The City of Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department is excited to present the “10th Annual Black History Jazz Concert”. The concert will be held at the Lessie B. Price Aiken Senior Youth Center on Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 6:00PM-9:00PM. The event is catered toward adults and consists of an evening of jazz, dancing, light hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, and lots of fun. Our main feature will be “Preston and Weston”. Tickets are on sale now until February 28th, 2020, and can be purchased at [...]

Scheherazade “The Thousand & One Nights” Saturday, March 7, 2020 7:30pm | Etherredge Center, USC Aiken campus Fledermaus:  Overture … Johann Strauss, Jr. Cello Concerto, Op. 129, A Minor … Robert Schumann Zlatomir Fung, Cello INTERMISSION Scheherazade, Op. 35 … Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Please click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBFHpywvao to view Mr. Fung on stage! The overture to the operetta “Die Fliedermaus,” (The Bat), was produced in 1874 by J. Strauss, who was widely acclaimed for his waltzes and conducting prowess. Fliedermaus was Strauss’s second venture into theatre where the libretto and score became instantly [...]

Jim Brickman has revolutionized the sound of solo piano with his pop-style instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations. Brickman has received 6 Gold and Platinum albums. His hits include Angel Eyes, If You Believe and By Heart. “Jim Brickman in Concert” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Jabez Hardin Auditorium on Friday, March 13, 2020. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Reserved Seating: $49.95 Ticket Information

On the heels of his recently released #1 jazz album, True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Harry Connick, Jr. announced today the TRUE LOVE: AN INTIMATE PERFORMANCE Tour in a limited number of cities this winter/spring, including a stop in Augusta, GA at Bell Auditorium on Saturday, March 14. Connick has been a Steinway Artist since 1990.   Without them, a Steinway piano is silent. But together, the artist and piano create music — such beautiful music that most professional pianists choose to perform only on Steinway pianos.  For [...]