2025-2026 Popular Music Concert Calendar
Tickets
FREE for students
$10 General Public
$5 USC Upstate Faculty/Staff
Online reservation encouraged for ALL
Location
USC Upstate Humanities & Performing Arts Center (Main Stage Theatre)
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:30pm
Jazz COMBO: To relax and Study To…
The Upstate Jazz Combo invites you on an exploration of Lofi hip-hop and jazz.
Seating for this performance is general admission.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 7:30pm
UPSTATE Vocal Ensemble: Popping In
The Upstate Vocal Ensemble presents a fun choral sing of contemporary and familiar pop favorites, including Jon Batiste, Bill Withers, Billie Eilish, and Bruno Mars.
Seating for this performance is general admission.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 7:30pm
Commercial Music Combo: Make it Funky
The Commercial Music Combo dives into what makes funk…funky. Featuring tunes by James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and The Meters.
Seating for this performance is general admission.
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The Popular Music Studies program at USC Upstate offers students a flexible, accessible, and forward-looking education rooted in contemporary popular music and jazz within a liberal arts context. Our mission is to prepare the next generation of musicians and music professionals with career-ready skills in musicianship, ensemble performance, music technology, history, and the business of music.
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