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Straight Ahead Jazz Series, Charlotte, NC

  • Tate Hall @ Central Piedmont Community College 1206 Elizabeth Avenue Charlotte, NC, 28204 United States (map)

Every 4th Sunday from April to October ‘A Sign Of The Times of the Carolinas’ presents Straight-Ahead Jazz workshops and concerts from 3PM to 6PM at Central Piedmont Community College’s Tate Hall – located on the 2nd floor of the Halton Performing Arts Building in Uptown Charlotte.

Event website: https://www.asignofthetimes.org/programs/straight-ahead-jazz-series/

We celebrate Jazz – our “GIFT” to America – by presenting a FREE jazz workshop from 3 PM to 4 PM where we explain the basics of playing the ‘Blues’ and ‘Rhythm changes’. Then from 4 PM to 6 PM we play an array of songs in the Straight-Ahead Jazz Series genre.
The First Set (from 4 to 5 PM) features the ‘A Sign Of The Times’ Core group and the last set features local musicians in an open jam session.

Light hors d’oeuvres provided in the lobby of Tate Hall from 3 to 4 PM. NOTE: No Food is Allowed in the performance venue.

The workshop is a FREE event and the Jazz concert is $5 to attend. CLICK HERE for Tickets.

Central Piedmont Community College, Tate Hall

1206 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204 

2nd Floor of the Halton Performing Arts Building 

Charlotte, NC 28204