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All Koger Center tickets incur a $2 “Restoration Fee” per ticket. All tickets sold online or over the phone incur a sliding scale convenience fee (phone fee is lower).  You can avoid internet and phone fees by visiting the Box Office in person.

Koger Box Office:
806 Park St, Columbia, SC 29201
(Free parking spots directly in front of Box Office window on Park St.)
Phone: 803-251-2222
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 PM

Please note, all single tickets for Koger events must be bought through Koger Center. Do not buy tickets from any other vendors because they will not be honored.

CammWess, vocalist South Carolina Native Singer/Songwriter CammWess approaches music masterfully combining soul, blues, and hip hop to convey his take on POP with his unique sound and colorful vocal pallet.

He wowed audiences performing “Earned it” during his blind audition on season 18 of The Voice securing his position as a finalist!  He demonstrated his songwriting skills on the show with his original song “Save it for Tomorrow” co-produced with Ryan Tedder and co-written with John Legend.  CammWess’s rich silky sound made him stand out as a contestant and his soulful tone has been coined HONEY BUTTER by Legend.

CammWess is an artistic creative, expanding his gifts to writing and producing his debut single “Temptation” in 2018.  He then wrote, produced and also directed a music video for his third single “Lie”.  At age 16 his drive and love for music lead him to teach himself both guitar and piano.  With his arsenal of attributes CammWess will be a force in the world of music. VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Cat Galan, vocalist Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Cat Galan began playing violin at age 5. Before graduating from USC in 2020 with a BA in Violin Performance, she performed in the Saarburg International Music Festival in Germany and the International Concerto Festival in Czech Republic.

On top of her Classical training, Cat has also been singing all of her life, experimenting with several genres, including rock, pop, funk, folk, and jazz. She began gigging with her brother at 11 years old and continues to work at a wide range of venues throughout the Southeast.

Cat is also a songwriter and bandleader. Some of her current musical projects include Stankface, Boomtown Trio, and GALÁN, though she continues to collaborate with many different musicians.

Michael Hazin, vocalist If you've seen musical theatre in Columbia, you've probably seen the work of Michael Hazin. A company member at Trustus Theatre, he has recently performed in shows like Tick...Tick...Boom, Blind Date, Evil Dead: The Musical, The Restoration's Constance, Heathers and many others. He also performs to sold-out houses at the popular Villa Tronco Broadway Series, and has soloed with various jazz ensembles fronted by local jazz cat, Mark Rapp. Hazin also plays bass for local indie rock outfit, Say Femme. 

Johnnie J. Felder, tenor, is a native of Vance, South Carolina and holds bachelor and graduate music degrees from Benedict College and the University of South Carolina respectively. In 2022, Mr. Felder earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance. He has also undergone extensive vocal training in the opera studio of the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, and in the soloist program of the 20th annual Varna International Music Academy Festival. An expressive opera singer known for his impressive range, lyricism, and captivating vocal power, Felder made his 2019 European debut in Varna, Bulgaria as Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.

Felder’s leading roles include Beppe in Donizetti’s Rita, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, and Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

Felder was an inaugural member of the 2022 Spoleto Festival USA Choral and Vocal Fellowship (Charleston, SC). Too, Felder was a member of the brilliantly captivating chorus in the world premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ new opera, Omar, conducted by Maestro John Kennedy. Felder also stepped in, at moment’s notice, for renowned tenor, Paul Groves, in three performances on the Spoleto Festival Chamber Music Series in a world premiere of 5 Songs of Stevie Wonder with internationally acclaimed pianist and composer, Stephen Prutsman, at Charleston’s historic Dock Street Theatre.

Coal Rep Dance Co. Now in its 5th Season, the Cola Rep Dance Co. is one of Columbia newest and most thrilling new professional dance companies in the Midlands. The company performed their latest concert, How To Fall Down, at the new black box theatre at The Koger Center and followed that with a special site-specific performance at 701 Whaley where the company brought artist Jordan Sheridan’s interactive exhibition, “Duality,”  to life in a powerful fusion of art and dance. The CRDC performed at the prestigious DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn, NYC, in Summer 2024 and 2023. The CRDC is under the leadership of co-founders Bonnie Boiter-Jolley (Managing Director) and Stephanie Wilkins (Artistic Director).  OFFICIAL WEBSITE

The Columbia Choral Society was born in a spirit of service to the community. Organized as the Shandon Choral Society to compete in a 1930 Community Chest Drive contest, the group came to represent the entire city, and changed its name to reflect this. Working to stimulate and broaden interest in good music and to perform the world’s great choral works, the group quickly grew from about 40 to more than 100 voices.

Throughout its history, the Columbia Choral Society has performed with a long list of accomplished organizations, including the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, the Charleston Long Bay Symphony, the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestras, the Carolina Master Chorale, the Charleston Symphony Chorus, the Bulgarian National Chorus, the West Yorkshire (England) Chorus, the Sandlapper Singers, the Palmetto Mastersingers, the University of South Carolina Concert Choir and University Chorus, Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, the Benedict Concert Choir, and the Allen University Concert Choir.  The Choral Society frequently makes guest appearances with the South Carolina Philharmonic. In March 2024, the Columbia Choral Society combined with the Masterworks Choir of Florence, SC, to create a 140 voice choir for the performance of Mozart’s Requiem with SC Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Morihiko Nakahara.  Other appearances with the SC Philharmonic include singing such choral works as Haydn’s Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese (2009), Poulenc’s Gloria (2011), Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (2012 and 2015), Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky Cantata (2013), Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy (2016) and Brahm’s Schicksalslied (2016). 

Today the Columbia Choral Society continues its long tradition as a dedicated volunteer professional chorus of auditioned singers.In 2016, Dr. Elizabeth M. Mears became the Artistic Director of the CCS. Dr. Mears received her Bachelor of Music Education from Furman University. OFFICIAL WEBSITE