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Performing Arts Events
1454 Events (viewing events 1 through 25)
Raleigh -- Wed., Oct. 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Meredith College: TrebleFest Showcase Concert
TrebleFest is a one-day festival where high school singers gather to form the Triangle’s largest treble-clef choir.
Join us for a day of empowering music-making in some of Meredith College’s historic and resonant performance spaces!
Winston-Salem -- Wed., Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, UNC School of the Arts: Nick Hornby speaks to alumnus Peter Hedges
The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, in partnership with the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), presents an evening of conversation with award-winning author and screenwriter Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity”) on Wednesday,... Read More
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is a top-ranked arts conservatory and America’s first state-supported arts school. The nation’s only public university of five arts disciplines on one campus, UNCSA prepares emerging artists for careers in dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and... Read More
FREE
Chapel Hill -- Wed., Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sarah McQuaid
Sarah McQuaid’s lush, chocolatey voice combines with her engaging personality, “subtle mastery onstage” (Huffington Post) and “brilliant musicianship” (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars, piano and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. All this is abundantly... Read More
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Durham -- Wed., Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle: BEERthoven Featuring Chaeyoung Park
Great music, local causes, tasty beer! Take part in this unusual trifecta at your favorite breweries and music venues throughout the Triangle. COT musicians and guest artists leave the concert stage to give you a front row seat for BEERthoven. Produced in partnership with a different local non-profit organization every season,... Read More
Renowned for its artistic excellence, remarkable versatility of musical styles, and adventurous programming, The COT is a dynamic orchestral ensemble of 40+ musicians hailing from all parts of North Carolina. Led by Artistic Director Lorenzo Muti and Principal Conductor Niccoló Muti, the COT often features classical... Read More
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Chapel Hill -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 ( Tue., Sep. 12, 2023 - Fri., Oct. 13, 2023 )
UNC Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History: Antoine Williams: Something in the Way of Things
Antoine Williams is an interdisciplinary artist who is heavily influenced by speculative fiction, critical Black studies and his working-class upbringing in Red Springs, North Carolina. He works with the notion of society as monstrous to question themes of power and class within their social, cultural, and... Read More
Artist website: https://antoinewilliamsart.com/home.html
FREE
Durham -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Duke University Department of Music: Fountain Concerts: Pas de deux
Dances for piano duet by Janaček, Dvořák, Brahms, Barber, Stravinsky, Debussy and Arthur Benjamin.
Featuring pianists David Heid, Eliran Avni, Andrew Moenning, Joanna Chang, R. Larry Todd, Hunchen Tao, Vicky Yang, Sriya Dhupati, Kevin Xu & Ieva Jokubaviciute.
Presented in association with DUMIC (Duke University Musical Instrument Collections), featuring the Collections' 1873 Steinway Early Parlor Grand piano donated by alumnus Garrett Saikley, M.D.
Free
Winston Salem -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA): Fireside Artist Talk: Design Done Together
For our October event, designers Adam Dixon and Rebekah Rhoden will come together for a discussion about design and collaboration, offering a special look at the Hanes House visual identity that they created together, and the inspirations that informed their creative process. The conversation will be hosted... Read More
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), a proud affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Art, offers a front row seat to the art of our time through exhibitions, experiences, and education programs with a focus on regional working artists.
Free
Charlotte -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Middle C Jazz: Felix Pastorius Trio
Felix Pastorius Trio is a newly formed group featuring Thommy Knoles on keyboards and Kurt Stracener on drums. This group plays a mix of different styles and sounds with every tune diving deep into intense improvisation. This group is heavily influenced by traditional and modern music and hopes to speak to every listener's... Read More
Whether you’re a lifelong jazz listener or are curious about discovering new music, you’ll find a home at Middle C Jazz. We bring artists from the mainstream, smooth, contemporary/emerging world, R&B/funk, and legend genres to the heart of our hometown for live performances as vibrant as the city we love.
$28-$35
Wilmington -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Cameron Art Museum: Jazz at Cam: Lenora Zenzalai Helm and the Tribe Jazz Orchestra Nonet
The series, focusing on this uniquely American art form, showcases the best of local and regional jazz.
Cameron Art Museum provides a cultural gathering place that enriches the lives of museum visitors and the community through high-quality exhibitions, lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic public programs, and stewardship and interpretation of the collection. CAM’s four core values: commitment to community, to lifelong... Read More
$35-$55
Elkin -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Sarah McQuaid
Sarah McQuaid’s lush, chocolatey voice combines with her engaging personality, “subtle mastery onstage” (Huffington Post) and “brilliant musicianship” (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars, piano and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. All this is abundantly... Read More
$$
Charlotte -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 - Sat., Oct. 28, 2023 )
Charlotte Ballet: Breaking Boundaries
Breaking Boundaries welcomes back the ground-breaking choreography of Ohad Naharin, best known for his smashing hit Minus 16. Experience the unconventional masterpiece, Kamuyot, an “inspiring and moving experience that allows the audience ‘to be with’ dance... Read More
Charlotte Ballet’s mission is to provide artistically excellent programming to diverse audiences in its home city of Charlotte, the Southeast region, and to the varied communities, it serves while on tour across the nation. Charlotte Ballet has received critical recognition nationally for excellence in programming,... Read More
$30-$102
Greensboro -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 - Sun., Oct. 15, 2023 )
Goodly Frame Theatre: Frankenstein
Frankenstein, a new adaptation by Jay Smith based on the novel by Mary Shelley: Victor Frankenstein is determined to go where no scientist has ventured before by replicating the elusive “spark of life” and achieving mastery over death. But can he live with the consequences? At a time when technology is... Read More
World Premiere Production
$25
Southport -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Sep. 28, 2023 - Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 )
Brunswick Little Theatre: Drop Dead
A cast of has-been actors plan to revive their careers in “Drop Dead”, a potboiler murder mystery directed by “Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage” Victor Le Pete. At the dress rehearsal, the set falls apart around them, props break and the producer and an actor are murdered. But the show must go... Read More
The Brunswick Little Theater is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to create awareness and appreciation of the performing arts in the greater Brunswick County area. We strive to produce transformative theatre and provide quality theatrical and technical instruction for all in a nurturing inclusive... Read More
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Winston-Salem -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM
UNC School of the Arts: UNCSA Jazz Ensemble in Concert
Don’t miss an opportunity to hear the acclaimed UNCSA Jazz Ensemble in concert. The Jazz Ensemble, composed of talented student musicians from the graduate, undergraduate and high school programs of the School of Music, has performed across the state and around the Southeast at jazz festivals, concert halls, public schools... Read More
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is a top-ranked arts conservatory and America’s first state-supported arts school. The nation’s only public university of five arts disciplines on one campus, UNCSA prepares emerging artists for careers in dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and... Read More
$25
Davidson -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM ( Thu., Sep. 21, 2023 - Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 )
Davidson Community Players: Yankee Tavern
Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy contermporary conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely... Read More
Davidson Community Players is a non-profit organization established to produce theatre that entertains, enriches, and encourages community participation in the dramatic arts.
$18-$23
Durham -- Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Durham Jazz Workshop, Sharp 9 Gallery: Fogo no Trio with Rebecca Kleinmann
Choro was the first popular Brazilian music, emerging in the 1870s, and is the precursor to samba, bossa nova and modern popular Brazilian music. Renowned for its virtuosic musicianship and diverse rhythmic palette, it is one of the most exciting instrumental genres on the planet.
The Durham Jazz Workshop (DJW) is a non-for-profit, 501c3 Arts organization dedicated to providing the very best in jazz education and live performances in the Triangle. The performance series highlights gifted local jazz artists as well as regional and national performers. The DJW is part of an ecosystem of... Read More
$25
Chapel Hill -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 ( Tue., Sep. 12, 2023 - Fri., Oct. 13, 2023 )
UNC Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History: Antoine Williams: Something in the Way of Things
Antoine Williams is an interdisciplinary artist who is heavily influenced by speculative fiction, critical Black studies and his working-class upbringing in Red Springs, North Carolina. He works with the notion of society as monstrous to question themes of power and class within their social, cultural, and... Read More
Artist website: https://antoinewilliamsart.com/home.html
FREE
Tryon -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Polk County Film Initiative, Tryon International Film Festival: Media Arts Education & Career Day
Aspiring artists ages 6th Grade + are invited to Drop In for a Career & Education Fair focused on Media Arts!
Our booths, hosted by schools and businesses in the industry from all over the country, will lead you from pre-production to post production, giving you a taste of the different types of jobs out there,... Read More
The Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) is the signature program of the Polk County Film Initiative (PCFI), a 501C3 non-profit organization. PCFI was founded in 2014 with a one-year film-making course for youth, titled The Next Generation Film Project. PCFI’s TRIFF began in 2015 and serves the WNC... Read More
$5-$45
Asheville -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Lightwire Theater, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts: The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare: The Next Generation
This electrifying combination of theatre, dance, and technology brings classic tales to new light with dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling and the creative use of music from classical to pop.
We begin with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and the Hare but continue the story — which finds them 10 years... Read More
$12
Asheville -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Lightwire Theater, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts: The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare: The Next Generation
This electrifying combination of theatre, dance, and technology brings classic tales to new light with dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling and the creative use of music from classical to pop.
We begin with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and the Hare but continue the story — which finds them 10 years... Read More
$12
Boone -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Downtown Boone Development Association, Watauga Arts Council: Buskers Fest
Buskers Fest is a celebration of our eclectic creative community. Artists and Performers of all mediums, experience levels, and activities line the streets of Downtown Boone. Experience the Arts with opportunities to dance, sing, make pottery, paint, and more!
Free
Tryon -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Polk County Film Initiative, Tryon International Film Festival: Gala Opener: Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Two drink tickets, heavy appetizers, music, special film screening.
In 2020 the directorial team, The Bragg Brothers (Austin and Meredith Bragg), stumbled upon Roger
Sharpe’s story, how in 1976 he pulled back the plunger of a pinball machine in the New York City Council chambers, proving to a hostile... Read More
The Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) is the signature program of the Polk County Film Initiative (PCFI), a 501C3 non-profit organization. PCFI was founded in 2014 with a one-year film-making course for youth, titled The Next Generation Film Project. PCFI’s TRIFF began in 2015 and serves the WNC... Read More
$100
Charlotte -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Jazz at the Bechtler: An Evening with Chuck Lamb
A member of the renowned Brubeck Brothers, talented pianist Chuck Lamb brings an unforgettable musical experience to Charlotte. Playing with the Ziad Jazz Quartet, led by Ziad Rabie, Lamb showcases his remarkable technical command and nuanced playing style. He has played Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Monterey Jazz Festival, and... Read More
The Bechtler is a jewel of a museum, only the second in this country designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta. It is intimate in scale, delightfully arresting in its spaces and vistas and simple and elegant in its materials. The Belchtler's mission sharing the joy and excellence of the Bechtler collection with all in... Read More
$25
Charlotte -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Middle C Jazz: Oli Silk
London-born keyboardist Oli Silk is the UK’s Smooth Jazz Ambassador! He began writing and recording music as part of jazz funk duo ‘Sugar and Silk’ in the late 1990’s. The pair released 2 albums to much European acclaim and this grabbed the attention of Trippin’N’Rhythm Records to... Read More
Whether you’re a lifelong jazz listener or are curious about discovering new music, you’ll find a home at Middle C Jazz. We bring artists from the mainstream, smooth, contemporary/emerging world, R&B/funk, and legend genres to the heart of our hometown for live performances as vibrant as the city we love.
$28-$35
Charlotte -- Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 - Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 )
Charlotte Symphony: Beethoven's Eroica
Performed by Melissa White, violin
Experience the power and grandeur of Beethoven's monumental "Eroica" Symphony. This epic work culminates in a glorious finale that celebrates the heroic spirit. One of the most beloved works of its kind, The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto will transport you to ancient China with the tragic love story of... Read More
The Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.
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