2023 Performing Arts Festival
and Outreach Program

MARCH 3 – 10 AND JUNE 22-25, 2023

Priority Ticket Sales begin Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Ticket Sales will open to the public on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Thursday, June 22, 2023
7:00 p.m. “Jazz Explosion” Concert (Jazz Camp Faculty)

USC Aiken Etherredge Center
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC

Sponsored by: Mr. James S. and Dr. Sandra Field (in memory of Jack Mullin)

Tickets: $20 per person – general admission; Students Free with ID
Available online or contact the Etherredge Center Box Office (803-641-3305)

Sunday, June 25, 2023
3:00 p.m. “Jazz Explosion” Jazz Camp Student Performance

USC Aiken Etherredge Center
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC

Sponsored by Savannah River Mission Completion and Aiken Regional Medical Centers

FREE and Open to the public.  General Admission on a first come, first served basis; doors open at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 2, 2023
5:30 p.m. New Orleans-Style Funeral Parade
Led by trumpeter Alphonso Horne

Assembly point:  Newberry Street Fountain
Aiken, SC

Friday, March 3, 2023
8 p.m. Jazz At Lincoln Center PRESENTS – Songs We Love

USC Aiken Etherredge Center
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC

Tickets $50; Students FREE with ID
Available online or contact the Etherredge Center Box Office (803-641-3305)

Saturday, March 4, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Joye of Jazz

The Willcox
100 Colleton Avenue
Aiken, SC

Gospel Brunch with Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings:  12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tickets $125 Lobby; $100 Dining Room (Two Course Brunch menu and cash bar; includes 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. and 3:00 – 3:50 p.m. Handful of Keys and Listening Party sessions)

Evening Headline Session Featuring Jumaane Smith: 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Tickets $150 Lobby; $125 Dining Room (Three Course Dinner menu and cash bar)

All Day Pass $250 per person Lobby; $200 per person Dining Room

Tuesday, March 7, 2023
7:30 p.m. Sybarite5

St. John’s United Methodist Church
104 Newberry Street NW
Aiken, SC

Tickets $25; Students FREE with ID
Available online or contact the Etherredge Center Box Office (803-641-3305)

Thursday, March 9, 2023
12:00 p.m. Sanctuary Concert Series
Jeremy Jordan, pianist; Mark Dover, clarinetist

First Presbyterian Church
224 Barnwell Avenue
Aiken, SC

FREE and Open to the Public
General Admission is on first come first served basis; doors open at 11:30 AM

Thursday, March 9, 2023
7:30 p.m. Sarah Jarosz with Sam Reider

USC Aiken Etherredge Center
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC

Tickets $30; Students FREE with ID
Available online or contact the Etherredge Center Box Office (803-641-3305)

Friday, March 10, 2023
8:00 p.m. Festival Finale Starring Rachel Bay Jones

USC Aiken Etherredge Center
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC

Sponsored by WJBF

Tickets: $50 per person; Students FREE with ID
Available online or contact the Etherredge Center Box Office (803-641-3305)

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