UIUC All Campus Calendar

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Improvisers Exchange Workshop: Janel and Anthony

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Orchestra Rehearsal Room (ORR)

  featuring: Janet Leppin, cello Anthony Pirog, electric guitar

  • Krannert Center

  

• Sinfonia Da Camera: Mozart in G Minor

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Nathan Hensley | No Escape, No Ending: Gesture, Improvisation, Solidarity

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Illinois Wind Symphony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Chi-Chen Wu, piano

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• PYGMALION: Mary Helen Specht

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• PYGMALION: Robby Hoffman

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• PYGMALION: Nirosta Steel with Julianna Barwick + Mary Lattimore

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, September 26, 2026

• Explore Your University Library at IlliniFest!

  Time

  10:00 am - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Main Library

  The Library has several locations open to welcome admitted students. Stop by to learn more about the libraries at Illinois!

  • Other

  

• Youth Literature Festival

  Time

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location

  I-Hotel & Conference Center

  The Youth Literature Festival is a free, family-friendly celebration of reading, storytelling, and creativity hosted by the University of Illinois College of Education.

  • Festival/Celebration

  

• ONE PIECE Music Symphony with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Manfred Honeck, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Stephanie O'Rourke | Landscapes of Dis-placement: Mining and Mapping the 19th-century British Empire

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• School Performance: Turn. Turning. TURNT (KCYS)

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Justin Jackson | Occupying America: War and the Infrastructure of US Power in a Globalizing World

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Olmeca

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  Raul Fernandez, drums Brenden Cabrera, keys (tracks) Pete "Maestro" Vale, congas Jaime Garza, bass Olmeca, vocals and laptop (playback)

  • Krannert Center

  

• University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre presents Turn. Turning. TURNT

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Under the Stars (Alice Campbell Center Courtyard)

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Alice Campbell Center Courtyard

  Sarah Wigley, artistic director Casey Robards, music director Dawn Harris, stage director

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre presents Turn. Turning. TURNT

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Under the Stars (Alice Campbell Center Courtyard)

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Alice Campbell Center Courtyard

  Sarah Wigley, artistic director Casey Robards, music director Dawn Harris, stage director

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Artists Talk: Sasha Velour

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Third Rail Projects: There's a Ghost in Everything Workshop

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• University of Illinois Philharmonia and Illini Strings

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Illinois Modern Ensemble: 30th Annual Martirano Award Contest

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Carlos Carrillo and Stephen Taylor, co-directors

  • Krannert Center

  

• Sasha Velour's TRAVESTY

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Food For Thought | Nicholas Jackson and Stefan Vogler

  Time

  11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked with CU Folk & Roots Festival: Dan Kusaya & The Chimurenga Inspiration

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Black and Transgender Migrations and Visions of Sanctuary

  Time

  6:00 - 9:00 pm

  Location

  Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

  • Lecture

  

• Third Rail Projects: There's a Ghost in Everything Workshop

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Brent Roberts | Studying Lives and Living a Life: Personality Development Across the Life Course

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

• The Librarians: A Film Screening with Becky Calzada

  Time

  5:00 - 8:15 pm

  Location

  Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL

  Join us for a screening of The Librarians. Special guest, Becky Calzada, a librarian featured in the film, will be present after the screening for a fireside chat with Emily Knox, interim Dean of the School of Information Sciences (iSchool), followed by a live audience Q&A.

  • Film Screening

  

• Hindsley Symphonic Band and Wind Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Hindsley Symphonic Band: Kimberly Fleming, conductor Kristina La Marca, graduate conductor Wind Orchestra: Barry L. Houser, conductor Beau Bujol, graduate conductor

  • Krannert Center

  

• Joshua Redman Quartet

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Third Symphony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Stephen Alltop, music director and conductor Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano University of Illinois Women's Glee Club, Andrea Solya, director Central Illinois Youth Chorus, Andrea Solya, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Explore Your University Library at IlliniFest!

  Time

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Main Library

  The Library has several locations open to welcome admitted students. Stop by to learn more about the libraries at Illinois!

  • Other

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Women in Science Lecture: Kelli Trei

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  Join us on Zoom (registration link below) or at the University Archives (146 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)

  Kelli Trei (B.S. Microbiology, 1999, and MLIS, 2012), Associate Professor and Biosciences Librarian, University of Illinois Library, will discuss her background in microbiology and work as liaison to the Schools of Life Sciences: Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB) and Integrative Biology, (IB) as well as to the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.

  • Webinar

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Artists Talk: Jupiter String Quartet

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• October Dance Virtual Performance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  KCPA YT/Vimeo

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Women of Valor Exhibit Opening

  Time

  3:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, 324 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana

  • Reception/Open House

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked with CU Jazz Festival: The Kyle Swan Quartet

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Niladri Kumaar presents The Space Between the Notes, honoring Zakir Hussain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Improvisers Exchange Workshop: Anida Yoeu Ali Performance for Non-Dancers

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Orchestra Rehearsal Room (ORR)

  • Krannert Center

  

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Meredith Chamber Singers

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Jupiter String Quartet with Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon, A New Music Festival Event

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Improvisers Exchange Workshop: Kojiro Umezaki and HUB New Music

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Orchestra Rehearsal Room (ORR)

  • Krannert Center

  

• Youssouf Sangaré | Islam in France

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W Illinois St

  • Lecture

  

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Kojiro Umezaki & Hub New Music: a distance, intertwined

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Modern Drugs

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Illinois Wind Symphony + Choirs

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Pablo Elias-Rodriguez, graduate conductor

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  International and Area Studies Library

  • Exhibition

  

• Sinfonia da Camera: Spellbound

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor Guido Sánchez Portuguez, guitar Marissa Simmons, contralto

  • Krannert Center