$15.00 Single Night Ticket
Friday or Saturday evening.
The Friday evening Main Stage Event has limited seating. Please contact us for reserved tickets.
$25.00 Two Night Ticket Ticket includes Main Stage Events and Second Street Restaurant Crawl
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Cheraw is
Dizzy with Jazz!



Not too many towns can boast of having a native son that was invited to perform at the White House by eight presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to George Bush.

Jazz king John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in Cheraw in 1917. “Dizzy” was a founder of modern jazz, an innovative trumpeter known for his bent horn, bulging cheeks and sense of humor. Gillespie, who was famous around the world, almost always opened his performances with “I'm Dizzy Gillespie from Chee-raw, South Carolina.”

On the 85th anniversary of his birth, a seven-foot bronze statue of Gillespie playing his trademark bent horn was erected on the Cheraw Town Green. The Dizzy Gillespie Home Site Park also celebrates Cheraw's most famous son. The park features modern sculpture, eclectic stainless steel benches and a funky stainless steel fence.



2007 Featured Artists
Mike Longo with Trumpet Master Jimmy Owens
Jon Faddis
Kat Williams
Ben Tucker
Beth Chorneau
To find out more about the musicians featured in the South Carolina Jazz Festival click here.

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