Boyd Plaza Opening Celebration (Mar 7, 2019 5:00PM)

Thursday, March 7
Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
Celebration 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The extensive renovations of Boyd Plaza are nearly complete! The Darnall W. and Susan F. Boyd Foundation Inc. is celebrating its gift to Columbia with a party for the city! Join us during First Thursday on Main to see this exciting new space and enjoy music from The Dick Goodwin Big Band and the Greater Columbia Society for the Preservation of Soul, DIY art projects, and free refreshments while supplies last, including treats from Curiosity Coffee Bar and Blue Flour Bakery and beer tastings with Victory Brewing's Boyd Plaza Pilsner. Cash bar by the Whig.

Plus the usual CMA fun for First Thursdays on Main! Take a Behind the Collection gallery tour at 6:00 p.m., enjoy improv with The Mothers of Trustus Theatre at 6:30 p.m., and join Dr. Nancy Tolson for a Focal Points tour at 7:00 p.m. Free admission to the CMA all day 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. courtesy of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

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Boyd Plaza is going be swinging!

The Dick Goodwin Big Band has performed at major social events in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. Dick and members of the band have performed with such notables as Ray Charles, Bob Hope, Marian McPartland, Clark Terry, Billy Taylor, Johnny Mathis, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, and Aretha Franklin.

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Greater Columbia Society for the Preservation of Soul

Between sets from the Dick Goodwin Band, enjoy sets from the Greater Columbia Society for the Preservation of Soul.

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Free Refreshments

You can't have a party without refreshments! Enjoy them while supplies last - including treats from Curiosity Coffee Bar and Blue Flour Bakery and beer and wine tastings hosted by The Whig featuring Victory Brewing's Boyd Plaza Pilsner.