Join the Columbia Jazz Band for an afternoon of Jazz in Ellicott City.

The Columbia Lakefront Summer Festival is sponsored by Columbia Association and held on the lawn at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront, located off of Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. Admission is free.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Witold Lutosławski - Les Espaces du Sommeil (The Spaces of Sleep)

The Columbia Jazz Band is honored to be invited to join this event as part of the True Blue Jazz Festival 2018.

Featuring each section of the orchestra in music by Bach's Toccata and Fugue, Barber's Adagio for Strings, a Beethoven "Rasumovsky" quartet and much more!

Join the Columbia Jazz Band for their annual concert at Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church. While CMPC is being renovated, this year's concert will take place at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County.

This concert is SOLD OUT!

Join the Columbia Jazz Band as they present Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy: The Songs of World War II. The band will play classics like In the Mood, White Cliffs of Dover, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Vintage newsreel and photos will be projected above the band as they play these American classics.

Enjoy Andrew Earle Simpson's score to Buster Keaton's The General as we perform this marvelous music live with the film. For tickets or more information, call 301-495-6720 or visit www.afi.com.

Antonín Dvořák - Scherzo capriccioso
Daniel Bernard Roumain - La, La, La, La
Sarah Kirkland Snider - Hiraeth
Richard Strauss - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Last year's first-ever Family Holiday Concert sold out in advance, so we're adding a second show this year! This program is a great fit for audiences of our Young People’s Concerts, but patrons of all ages are sure to enjoy these holiday classics! Enjoy the marvelous sounds of the holiday season: Christmas carols, music from The Grinch, highlights from The Nutcracker with our friends from Dance Connections, and other family-friendly favorites.

Join the Columbia Jazz Band for their annual Christmas Concert at the Howard County Historical Society. Be sure to get your tickets in advance as this event sells out!

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio No. 4
Astor Piazzolla - Four for Tango
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Quintet

Guillaume Connesson - Cello Concerto (U.S. Premiere)
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Joan Tower - Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Join us for a “High Seas Adventure” with musical tales of sea-faring pirates and Sinbad the Sailor! Narrator Greg Jukes and our friends from Dance Connections join the Orchestra for Scheherazade, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more! Try your hand at playing instruments at our Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, sponsored by

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Music from Harry Potter, hits from Guys and Dolls and The Greatest Showman, Celtic classics with Teelin Irish Dance, and much more!

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!

Join the Columbia Jazz Band as they play tribute to one of the most dynamic musicians in big band history - Buddy Rich. Known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed, Buddy Rich and his band gave the world some of the most challenging literature in the big band repertoire. Selections include Big Swing Face, Norwegian Wood, Channel One Suite and West Side Story. Cabaret and Theater Seating are available for this event as well as a cash bar and snacks.

Carlos Chávez - Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India)
Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemayá
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of jazz at an outdoor concert under a covered pavilion. This concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be accepted.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Michael Daugherty - Elvis is Everywhere
Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Winds
John Harbison - Mirabai Songs

Join the Orchestra on June 30, 2019 for a FREE Summer Pops Concert at the Chrysalis on the grounds of Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods. The whole family will love film favorites from Superman, Magnificent Seven, and The Lion King, plus Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, patriotic songs, and the ultimate outdoor classic: The 1812 Overture! Crowd-favorite Sola Fadiran joins the Orchestra for some of Broadway's greatest hits!

Proud to be part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts.