Live-music venues worth the trip in Columbia, South Carolina

Township Auditorium is a historic auditorium on Taylor Street in Columbia that opened in 1930, and its own site lists a “3,072 capacity for standard concert seating” in its arena.

Colonial Life Arena is the home of Gamecock basketball on Lincoln Street in Columbia, and it also hosts concerts.

The Senate is a concert hall in Columbia’s Vista District that holds up to 1,200, and its own site calls it “the premier venue on Columbia’s Live Music Block”.

New Brookland Tavern is a music club in Columbia’s Five Points that its own site says “is located in the former Cotton Gin building”, and it keeps a list of regional and local bands for “local support spots on bigger shows” and locally curated lineups.

Art Bar is a dive bar on Park Street in Columbia’s Vista district that has operated since 1992, and its own site lists Fridays for “Live Music or DJ” on its weekly schedule.

Tin Roof is a live music bar in Columbia’s Vista neighborhood, and its own site promises “Live bands on stage every Friday & Saturday night at Tin Roof in the Vista!”