Admission Cost: FREE

Presented by USC Jazz and the SC Jazz Foundation.

Admission Cost: Tickets: $27 - $32

The Koger Center and ColaJazz Foundation are excited to present to you the new 2026 Live in the Lobby Jazz season! Featuring 6 stunning performances, you can get your season tickets today to get every show for one low price.

Created as a partnership between the Koger Center for the Arts and the ColaJazz Foundation, Live in the Lobby 2024 will consist of six concerts held throughout the Koger Center facility. Join us to experience this one-of-a-kind series designed for audiences seeking premier jazz and specialty experiences in an exceptional setting.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Italy and now based in New York City, the 30-year- old guitarist Pasquale Grasso has developed an astounding technique and concept informed not by jazz guitarists so much as by bebop pioneers like Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and the classical-guitar tradition. His new digital-only EP series, available beginning in June from Sony Masterworks, showcases Grasso in the solo-guitar format, where his intensive studies of both midcentury jazz and classical meld into a signature mastery that is, remarkably, at once unprecedented and evocative.

These days, Grasso teaches and maintains a packed gig schedule around New York, including frequent solo performances at the popular Greenwich Village haunt Mezzrow, where a regular Monday-night gig allowed him to develop his solo-arranging skillset. Not that Grasso thinks his work is done. “All [of the musicians I love are] inspiration for me to get new ideas and form my style, because it’s still growing,” Pasquale says. “And it’s gonna be growing until the day I die.”

For more information please call 803-777-7500 or email kogercenter@sc.edu.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office, by phone at 803-251-2222 or online.

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Admission Cost: FREE

Admission Cost: Tickets: $39 - $71 Gala with a Bite addition: $150

Since its thrilling premiere in 1991, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite has captivated audiences across the Southeast and remains one of South Carolina Ballet’s most popular theatrical ballet productions. Suspenseful, dramatic, and darkly seductive, this audience favorite proves that ballet can be bold, contemporary, and wildly entertaining.

From its striking design to its haunting atmosphere, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite is a feast for the senses, filled with unforgettable characters, gothic spectacle, and plenty of thrills and chills.

Featuring an original rock/jazz score by Thomas E. Semanski, whose music drives the tension, drama, and dark allure of the ballet.

Presented by the state’s largest professional ballet company, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite is one of South Carolina Ballet’s signature productions and a standout Halloween tradition for audiences in Columbia and throughout the Southeast.

Discover why Dracula: Ballet with a Bite has become a Halloween tradition for so many.

Recommended for mature audiences only. PG 13

Enhance Your Friday Evening

On Friday, October 23, step inside Dracula’s Castle for Gala with a Bite, South Carolina Ballet’s annual gothic celebration benefiting the Educational Outreach & Engagement Series.

Gala ticket holders may access the banquet hall before the performance and during both intermissions. After the performance, guests are invited to return for heavy hors d’oeuvres, a full open bar, and a Silent Auction featuring extraordinary travel experiences.

Gala with a Bite Tickets

Saturday Costume Contest

Attending the Saturday, October 24 performance? Come dressed for the occasion. Guests are invited to take part in a Halloween costume contest before the performance, with prizes awarded for standout looks.

Winners will be announced during intermission. Whether gothic, glamorous, theatrical, or vampire-inspired, make the evening part of the spectacle.

For more information please call 803-777-7500 or email kogercenter@sc.edu.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office, by phone at 803-251-2222 or online.

Buy Tickets

Admission Cost: Tickets: $39 - $71 Gala with a Bite addition: $150

Since its thrilling premiere in 1991, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite has captivated audiences across the Southeast and remains one of South Carolina Ballet’s most popular theatrical ballet productions. Suspenseful, dramatic, and darkly seductive, this audience favorite proves that ballet can be bold, contemporary, and wildly entertaining.

From its striking design to its haunting atmosphere, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite is a feast for the senses, filled with unforgettable characters, gothic spectacle, and plenty of thrills and chills.

Featuring an original rock/jazz score by Thomas E. Semanski, whose music drives the tension, drama, and dark allure of the ballet.

Presented by the state’s largest professional ballet company, Dracula: Ballet with a Bite is one of South Carolina Ballet’s signature productions and a standout Halloween tradition for audiences in Columbia and throughout the Southeast.

Discover why Dracula: Ballet with a Bite has become a Halloween tradition for so many.

Recommended for mature audiences only. PG 13

Enhance Your Friday Evening

On Friday, October 23, step inside Dracula’s Castle for Gala with a Bite, South Carolina Ballet’s annual gothic celebration benefiting the Educational Outreach & Engagement Series.

Gala ticket holders may access the banquet hall before the performance and during both intermissions. After the performance, guests are invited to return for heavy hors d’oeuvres, a full open bar, and a Silent Auction featuring extraordinary travel experiences.

Gala with a Bite Tickets

Saturday Costume Contest

Attending the Saturday, October 24 performance? Come dressed for the occasion. Guests are invited to take part in a Halloween costume contest before the performance, with prizes awarded for standout looks.

Winners will be announced during intermission. Whether gothic, glamorous, theatrical, or vampire-inspired, make the evening part of the spectacle.

For more information please call 803-777-7500 or email kogercenter@sc.edu.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office, by phone at 803-251-2222 or online.

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Admission Cost: Tickets: $27 - $32

Created as a partnership between the Koger Center for the Arts and the ColaJazz Foundation, Live in the Lobby 2026 includes this bonus concert back by popular demand! Join us to experience this one-of-a-kind series designed for audiences seeking premier jazz and specialty experiences in an exceptional setting.

Prepare for a fang-tastic night as the ColaJazz Foundation unleashes a sonic haunting straight from the crypts of New Orleans! These frighteningly talented musicians bring the “NOLA to COLA” vibe with a blend of traditional and contemporary brass band music that’s so bewitching, it raises the dead. Their high-energy performances fuse jazz, funk, and gospel sounds into a cauldron of communal celebration, stirring up a crowd frenzy that feels less like a concert and more like a midnight monster mash.

This spooktacular ensemble is commanded by the bandleader and trumpet ghoul, Mark Rapp. A nationally recognized jazz phantom and “Jazz Hero” (JJA 2025), Mark haunts stages worldwide, from the haunted halls of the Blue Note NYC to the foggy fields of the Newport Jazz Festival. Rapp, a student of the legendary Ellis Marsalis at the University of New Orleans, also serves as the ghoul-daddy (Founder and Executive Director) of the ColaJazz Foundation, dedicated to ensuring that quality jazz continues to trick and treat the Southeast.

For more information please call 803-777-7500 or email kogercenter@sc.edu.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office, by phone at 803-251-2222 or online.

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Admission Cost: FREE

LOCATION: Koger Grand Tier

Admission Cost: Tickets: $75 young professionals (ages 21-30), $125 individual, $200 couple

Join the Friends of Music for the 2027 Musical Feast! On January 30, the Koger Center for the Arts will come to life while showcasing our students’ talent. Sip wine and savor delicious hors d’oeuvres, from the main stage to the Grand Lobby, with musical performances as varied as the locations. Move among the percussion, jazz, opera, strings and vocal musicians and mouthwatering food displays as you meet new friends and catch up with old ones. This is the night everyone looks forward to and you won't want to miss it!

Proceeds from the evening directly impact our students’ academic lives by raising funds for scholarships. Help our students achieve their dreams of making a difference in the world through music by purchasing a ticket today! 

Koger Center for the Arts (1051 Greene St.)

Admission Cost: FREE

Admission Cost: FREE

Admission Cost: FREE