All Concerts & Events
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Music Sandwiched In - Windjammers
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Musician: Windjammers - a jazz combo!
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Music Sandwiched In - Absinthe Minded
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Absinthe Minded - recently seen in Spartanburg at Hampton Heights PorchFest, Absinthe Minded brings Toe tappin', speakeasy jazz music to the MSI stage.
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
American Heroes
September 12 | 7 PM | Twichell Auditorium
Our season opener! A powerful exploration of American identity and belief, featuring Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, complete with a full chorus. Prefer Bowie to Bernstein? Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 4 “Heroes” is based on the rock luminary’s landmark 1977 LP.
Jessie Montgomery | Hymn for Everyone
Leonard Bernstein | Chichester Psalms
Philip Glass | Symphony No. 4 “Heroes”
Music Sandwiched In - Bluegrass Spartanburg Committee Band
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Bluegrass Spartanburg Committee Band!
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Music Sandwiched In - ContraBand Bootleg Jazz
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Cyrill-Westside Library of the Spartanburg County Library branches! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: ContraBand Bootleg Jazz - led by Spartanburg Philharmonic Principal Bass, Ian
Location: Cyrill-Westside Spartanburg Library (525 Oak Grove Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29301)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Music Sandwiched In - Foothills Oompa Band
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Foothills Oompa Band!
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Lonesome River Band
October 9 | 8P | Chapman Cultural Center
The long-running project of five-time IBMA Banjo Player of the Year Sammy Shelor, Lonesome River Band brings forty-plus years of bluegrass experience to Spartanburg for a night of hard-driving bluegrass. See the band that has performed with Steve Martin on Late Show with David Letterman.
Music Sandwiched In - Trio Radieuse
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Trio Radieuse! Featuring Kelly Vaneman, oboe, Chris Vaneman, flute, and Steven Graff, piano from Converse Unversity
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Red, White, and Shades of Blue
Jazz, blues, and symphonic traditions meet, with Gershwin, Ellington, a new piece by local composer John Moody featuring pianist Joe Davidian, and a Dual-Guitar Concerto performed by Thomas Flippin and Chris Mallet.
Duke Ellington | Black, Brown, and Beige
John Moody | Open Road
Chris Brubeck | Double Concerto for Classical Guitar, Blues Guitar & Orchestra
George Gershwin | An American in Paris
SPYO Fall Concert '26
Support some of the most talented young musicians in the Upstate!
Music Sandwiched In - Spartanburg High School Choral Department
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Spartanburg High School Chorus takes the MSI stage under the direction of Kimberly Colón.
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Music Sandwiched In - TBD
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: TBD
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Music from the Information Age
About
Bold, rhythmic, and unexpectedly familiar, this program explores the soundtrack of a world transformed by machines, media, and an endless flow of information. The Information Age: where technology and popular culture reshape the sound of the concert hall. Steve Reich and Philip Glass capture the hypnotic pulse of modern life, while inventive arrangements of Radiohead’s Everything in Its Right Place and Laurie Anderson’s iconic O Superman blur the boundaries between classical music, electronic experimentation, and pop.
Arrive early and make an evening of it! Your ticket includes a one-hour pre-concert reception with drinks, setting the stage for a relaxed, social, and distinctly entertaining night out.
5:30 - 6:30 PM - Pre-Show Reception
6:30 - 7:30 PM - Performance
Program
Radiohead | Everything in Its Right Place
Steve Reich | Radio Rewrite
Philip Glass | Etude No. 2
Missy Mazzoli | The Diver
Laurie Anderson | O Superman
Single Tickets now on sale!
Music Sandwiched In - Arbor Wind Trio
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: The Arbor Wind Trio returns by popular demand! Philharmonic musicians Karen Hill (principal clarinet), Chip Hill (clarinet), and Frank Watson (principal bassoon) come together to present this terrific trio.
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Hub City Holiday '26
A festive holiday concert featuring a chorus under the direction of Spartanburg Philharmonic’s former Music Director, Dr. Bill Scott.
Selections include:
Hallelujah Chorus
Jingle Bells
The Polar Express
And MORE!
The Nutcracker '26
Twichell Auditorium
December 11 | 7 PM
December 12 | 3 PM & 7 PM
December 13 | 3 PM
A Spartanburg classic returns. A tradition for 35 years and counting, featuring dancers from Ballet Spartanburg.
Music Sandwiched In - Philharmonic Brass
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: The Spartanburg Philharmonic Brass players invite you to cozy up in your seat and settle in for a fiery blend of music specially selected to celebrate the Holidays and ward off the winter chill.
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
Wayne & Kristin Scott Benson & Friends
Celebrate the holiday season with local bluegrass heroes Wayne & Kristin Scott Benson, bringing IBMA award-winning bluegrass, festive favorites, and special guests. Wayne and Kristen, both known for their innovative instrumental techniques, have shared the stage with legends Charlie Daniels, Michelle Branch, Dolly Parton, and many more. And this year, they’ve invited their friends to join them in this one-night only performance!
Music Sandwiched In - Converse Opera Theatre
Music Sandwiched In returns to the Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library! Bring your lunch and enjoy some music “sandwiched” into your day!
Musician: Converse University Opera Theatre
Location: Headquarters Spartanburg Library (151 S Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306)
Doors Open: 11:45 AM
Performance: 12:15 - 1:00 PM
Free Admission
Music Sandwiched In is a relaxed performance atmosphere geared for all ages.
THE G.O.A.T
A night of all-time greats! Guest soloist, Ilva Eigus, plays an Omobono Stradivari from 1707, on generous loan from the Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger-Huggler-Coray.
Mozart | Overture to The Magic Flute
Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto
Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Travelin' McCourys
The Travelin’ McCourys blend traditional bluegrass with a progressive edge. Rolling Stone has called them a “sublime combination of old and young,” with the chops to pick precisely but the vibes of a shaggy rock band. This group is truly a family affair, with brothers Robbie and Ronnie beginning their careers as sidemen for their father, Hall of Fame guitarist Del McCoury.
Music from the Gilded Age
About
Visit the Gilded Age, an era of dazzling growth, grand ambitions, and extraordinary musical creativity. Selections from Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor reveal the warmth and expressive power of the late-Romantic string quartet tradition, while popular music of the 1870s to the late 1890s pepper the performance. Elegant, spirited, and full of contrast, this program captures an age where refinement met exuberance—and the concert hall met the street.
Arrive early and make an evening of it! Your ticket includes a one-hour pre-concert reception with drinks, setting the stage for a relaxed, social, and distinctly Romantic night out.
5:30 - 6:30 PM - Pre-Show Reception
6:30 - 7:30 PM - Performance
Program
Brahms | String Quartet No. 3 (selections)
Sousa | The Washington Post
Coleridge-Taylor | Clarinet Quintet (selections)
Joplin | Maple Leaf Rag
Tchaikovsky | String Quartet No. 3 (selections)
Joplin | Bethena
Harry Dacre | Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)
Dvořák | “American” String Quartet (selections)
Single Tickets now on sale!
Music from the Great Outdoors
Enjoy music inspired by nature, with Respighi’s powerful Pines of Rome featuring our own Youth Orchestra playing side-by-side.
Max Richter | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Recomposed
Aaron Copland | Outdoor Overture
Ottorino Respighi | Pines of Rome
Music from the Jazz Age
About
Welcome to the Jazz Age, where rhythm takes center stage with the irresistible energy of American popular music. Favorites from the Great American Songbook, including Gershwin’s Lady Be Good and Fascinatin’ Rhythm and Fats Waller’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, capture the wit, swing, and sophistication of a defining musical era. The program also looks beyond the 1920s and ’30s, tracing jazz’s lasting influence through the music of contemporary composers, including Spartanburg’s own John Moody. Stylish, lively, and full of personality, this concert celebrates a distinctly American sound that continues to evolve.
Arrive early and make an evening of it! Your ticket includes a one-hour pre-concert reception with drinks, setting the stage for a relaxed, social, and distinctly cool night out.
5:30 - 6:30 PM - Pre-Show Reception
6:30 - 7:30 PM - Performance
Program
Gershwin | Lady Be Good!
Gershwin | Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Fats Waller | Ain’t Misbehavin’
Additional selections | Ian Bracchitta, John Moody & Tom Wright
Single Tickets now on sale!
Darrell Scott String Band feat. Rob Ickes
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, known for his collaborations with Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris, brings his String Band to Spartanburg, joined by dobro master Rob Ickes. Don’t miss the chance to hear why this duo are two of Nashville’s most sought-after session players.
John Williams Strikes Back
Back by popular demand! Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars with a concert celebrating one of the most influential composers of all time.
Featuring selections from:
Superman
Harry Potter
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Indiana Jones
and MORE!
Unveil the Trail 2026
Unveil the Trail
Join us as we welcome two new inductees to the Spartanburg Music Trail: award-winning bluegrass musician Kristin Scott Benson and acclaimed violist, broadcaster, and advocate Miles Hoffman.
This free public event marks the upcoming installation of their Music Trail marker and celebrates two extraordinary musical legacies with deep ties to the Upstate and beyond.
Thursday, June 11 at 4:00 PM
Barrett Room | Downtown Spartanburg Library
Come celebrate Spartanburg’s rich musical heritage with an afternoon of music, community, and recognition.
Music Sandwiched In #18
Featured Artist: Converse Trio: Courtney LeBauer (violin), Kathy Foster (cello), Steven Graff (piano)
American Dreams
From distant shores to dazzling stages, this program tells the story of artists who left their homelands in search of new opportunities, bringing with them rich musical traditions that would flourish in America.
Music Lover’s Luncheon
You’re invited for fine dining and an exclusive sneak peek of “American Dreams” at one of Spartanburg’s most storied institutions: The Piedmont Club.
Music Lovers’ Luncheon offers an inside look at the programming for Saturday evening’s concert. Music Director John Young Shik Concklin will share the ideas behind his selections and guest violinist Vijay Gupta, founding artistic director of Street Symphony, a non-profit that stages performances and workshops in shelters, jails, transitional housing sites, and community centers.
This is not a free event. Seating is limited, and reservations are required.
Chatham Rabbits
Chatham Rabbits, the beloved North Carolina roots duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie, blend their personal histories through deft songwriting and a warm, instantly familiar sound.
SPYO: Spring Concert 2026
The final SPYO concert of the season featuring our concerto competition winner(s)
Murder at the Philharmonic
Unleash your inner detective as the Philharmonic unravels an interactive murder mystery piece by piece.
Music Sandwiched In #15
Featured Artist: Emma Smoker - an afternoon of Opera and Art Song
Best of Broadway
Spartanburg Philharmonic teams up once again with our friends Spartanburg Little Theatre for an unforgettable Best of Broadway concert, celebrating the biggest hits from Broadway’s most iconic musicals.
Music Lover’s Luncheon
You’re invited for fine dining and an exclusive sneak peek of “Best of Broadway” at one of Spartanburg’s most storied institutions: The Piedmont Club.
Enjoy a world-class buffet and delightful conversation about the song selections for our upcoming Zimmerli concert, ‘Best of Broadway’, in collaboration with Spartanburg Little Theatre. From Broadway’s golden era to contemporary classics, Music Director John Young Shik Concklin will set the stage for one of our most popular shows. Join us at 12:00 PM on Friday, March 20th, 2026, for this special event featuring a talk with Maestro Concklin and an intimate live performance by Spartanburg Little Theatre's Samantha Hood and Casey Fowler. Don't miss this unforgettable afternoon of music, conversation, and community.
This is not a free event. Seating is limited, and reservations are required.
Voices of a Nation
Kicking off 2026 and the “Festival of American Voices,” this concert presents a vivid survey of American classical music.
Music Lover’s Luncheon
You’re invited for fine dining and an exclusive sneak peek of “Voices of a Nation” at one of Spartanburg’s most storied institutions: The Piedmont Club.
Music Lovers’ Luncheon offers an inside look at the programming for Saturday evening’s concert. Music Director John Young Shik Concklin will share the ideas behind his selections, Composer-in-Residence Peter B. Kay will speak about the premiere of his new work, Revolutions, and Steven Graff will be on piano providing live entertainment.
This is not a free event. Seating is limited, and reservations are required.
Authentic Unlimited
Authentic Unlimited is a dynamic bluegrass band that blends rich harmonies with skillful instrumentation to create a sound that is both timeless and innovative.
Locally Sourced
Celebrate Spartanburg’s rich musical heritage with Locally Sourced, a concert dedicated to showcasing the incredible talent of composers and musicians from our very own community.
The Nutcracker presented by Ballet Spartanburg
"The Nutcracker" with Spartanburg Philharmonic has dazzled audiences of Hub Cityfor more than three decades and is hailed as one of our most beloved holiday traditions. Over the years choreographer and director, Carlos Agudelo, has created a multi-faceted artistic masterpiece that delights audiences of all ages. Each season features new choreography and costume additions, as well as a Nutcracker Market located in front of Twichell Auditorium. This market provides families with an ultimate Nutcracker shopping experience, complete with photo opportunities, hot chocolate, music, and more before entering the auditorium. Join in the Christmas tradition with "The Nutcracker."
Hub City Holiday
Celebrate the season with Spartanburg Philharmonic’s annual Hub City Holiday concert, a joyful evening filled with festive music and community spirit.
Music Sandwiched In #8
Featured Artist: Harp Ensemble under the direction of Emily Waggoner
Fireside Collective
Fireside Collective, a progressive bluegrass group from Asheville, NC, has made waves since their debut seven years ago.
