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The South Carolina Jazz Festival opens its inaugural year October 20 in Dizzy Gillespie?s hometown of Cheraw with a weekend celebrating Jazz and Gillespie?s 89th birthday. Over 30 Jazz performances are scheduled with the Mike Longo Trio headlining the two-day event. Activities will include evening restaurant crawls, street musicians, a jazz breakfast, gospel concerts, a BBQ & Jazz lunch, an educational clinic, and a self-guided walking tour featuring Dizzy Gillespie related sites.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Cheraw Country Club

Course Access: Semi-Private
Holes: 18
Reserve Advance Tee Times: 1

Cheraw, SC Golf Courses


First Presbyterian Church And Session House

Built c. 1832, the church's Greek Revival influences include four Doric columns that support the portico. Originally clapboard, the building was bricked over in 1922. The Session House is a small, one-story frame Greek-Revival structure, built in 1842

Cheraw, SC Famous Homes

Cheraw Lyceum

The Lyceum (c. 1820) began as a chancery court, became the Lyceum Meeting Room and private library, served as Cheraw's first telegraph office, and was both the Confederate and Union quartermasters' headquarters. It now houses a museum depicting Cheraw'

Cheraw, SC Other Attractions

Pee Dee River Artifacts Room

Relics from 200 years of river travel are on display here. Enter through the Ingram Law Office at 204

Cheraw, SC Other Attractions

Things to do near Cheraw, SC

Chesterfield Motel

Located within walking distance of downtown....

Carolina Adventure World

This 2,600-acre family park offers 100 miles of groomed trails that wind through deep woods, into steep valleys and along flo...

Super 8

Located near Interior Alternatives and Front Porch Restaurant. Outdoor pool. Pets allowed. Discounts and jacuzzi suites avail...

Guest House Inn

Small town inn, continental breakfast, and restaurants nearby. Modem line in rooms. AAA, AARP, and government discounts avail...

Songbird Manor

Showcase of southern craftsmanship built in 1912; Private baths, Cable TV, telephones; fireplaces; veranda; formal parlor; si...