South Carolina Jazz Festival

$20.00 Single Night Ticket for Featured Concert on Friday or Saturday evening.

$35.00 Two Night Ticket includes Featured Concerts for Friday and Saturday evenings.

All advanced purchased tickets must be picked up at Will Call located at Market Hall (Market & Second streets) from 2:00 to 6:30 pm Friday and 10:00 am to 6:30 pm Saturday.

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Directions to Cheraw
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2012 South Carolina Jazz Festival

Check out jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie’s historic hometown of Cheraw at the South Carolina Jazz Festival October 18-21, 2012!

Over 20 regional musical artists from the Carolinas will perform in an eclectic collection of venues. Add a Bebop Parade, Early Jazz and Late Night Jazz Restaurant Venues, the Dizzy Gillespie Scholarship Golf Tournament, a Birthday Party for Dizzy, kids’ art activities, Madonnari-Southern Style Chalk Competition, a Jazz Mass, student artwork, a 5K run/walk and much more while you experience the joy of jazz from your head down to your toes! As Dizzy would say, “Bebop on down to Chee-raw, South Carolina on October 18-21." For additional information, call 843.537.8420 ext. 12.

Historic Cheraw Cell Phone Tour
Free self-guided tour leads to over 25 points of interest, including Dizzy Gillespie Park, the Gillespie's home church, and the school Dizzy attended. Tour brochures available at the Lyceum, Market Hall and the Chamber office.

Tickets will be available at the Market Hall ticket venue
(located at Market & Second streets) from 2:00 to 6:30pm on Friday, and 10:00 am to 6:30 pm on Saturday.

Advance tickets may be purchased using the online shopping cart.

Cheraw Has Jazz!
Not too many towns can boast of having a native son who performed at the White House for eight presidents. Click here to read more about Dizzy Gillespie.

Jazz Festival Collectibles
Look for South Carolina Jazz Festival collectibles, available for purchase in Cheraw beginning in September. Click here for full details.

Featured Artists

Kate McGarry

Reggie Sullivan
(Think Jazz Orchestra)

Mitch Butler
(Think Jazz Orchestra)

Bryson Borgestedt
(Think Jazz Orchestra)

To find out more about the musicians featured in the South Carolina Jazz Festival click here.

SC Jazz Festival Brochure

Download a copy of the Cheraw, South Carolina Jazz Festival brochure.