General Events

Saturday, August 29, 2026

• Krannert Center Costume and Prop Sale

  Time

  8:00 am

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• "Celebrate Community!" Procession

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Quad

  • Krannert Center

  

• Opening Night Party: Celebrate Community!

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  • Krannert Center

  

• Mucca Pazza (AMP)

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Amphitheatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• Antibalas (Stage 6)

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 6

  • Krannert Center

  

• Dr. Nativo (Stage 5)

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Funkadesi (Stage 6)

  Time

  8:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 6

  • Krannert Center

  

• DJ Silkee (Stage 5)

  Time

  9:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• Artists Talk: I Hear America Singing

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• I Hear America Singing

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  Music Director: Julie Gunn Singers: Nathan Gunn, Ben Jones, Adrienne Danrich, Catheryn Kuhar Narrator: Lisa Gaye Dixon

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• I Hear America Singing

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  Music Director: Julie Gunn Singers: Nathan Gunn, Ben Jones, Adrienne Danrich, Catheryn Kuhar Narrator: Lisa Gaye Dixon

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Cultura Pesá

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Tribute to CU African Musicians with Leon Lewis-Nicol & Reginald Lewis

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Somi

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• 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

• Illinois Wind Symphony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • 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

• 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

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Olmeca

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • 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

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

  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

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Hindsley Symphonic Band and Wind Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • 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

  

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

• 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

• 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

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 24, 2026

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

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Modern Drugs

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Choirs & Illinois Wind Symphony - choral balcony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• 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

  

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Michael Yeung, percussion

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Prairie Sharks

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Varsity Men's Glee Club - Dad's Day Concert

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Singin' in the Rain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• ECHOES Across the Atlantic | APOLLO'S FIRE

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichordist Jeanine De Bique, soprano

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Singin' in the Rain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Singin' in the Rain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Singin' in the Rain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Illinois Theatre: Fairview

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Illinois Theatre: Sense and Sensibility

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Singin' in the Rain

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• Raphaël Feuillâtre: An ELLNORA Reverb Event

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Artists Talk: Community Festivals

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Sinfonia da Camera: Handel's Messiah

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor Andrea Solya, choral director Ollie Watts Davis, soprano Thereza Lituma, mezzo-soprano John Swedberg, tenor Ricardo Herrera, bass University of Illinois Chamber Singers University of Illinois Oratorio Society

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Magic

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Stephen Alltop, music director and conductor Katelyn Lee, soprano Central Illinois Youth Chorus, Andrea Solya, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, January 21, 2027

• School Performance: Step Afrika! presents The Fruits of Our Labor (KCYS)

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• Step Afrika! presents The Fruits of Our Labor

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• The Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, January 22, 2027

• School Performance: Step Afrika! presents The Fruits of Our Labor (KCYS)

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• The Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, January 23, 2027

• The Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, January 29, 2027

• Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble: Holidayland

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Foyer

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, January 30, 2027

• Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble: Holidayland

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Foyer

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

• Seth Stewart: From Passion to Purpose

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, February 4, 2027

• Meyer, Marshall, Meyer

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, February 6, 2027

• Illinois Soul 3rd Anniversary Celebration: Kindred the Family Soul and Damon Williams

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, February 9, 2027

• Lyric Theatre @ Illinois: Carnaval!

  Time

  6:00 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Aleksander Tęcza and Kato Lindholm, choreography

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, February 10, 2027

• Dance at Illinois: February Dance Livestream

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  KPCA YT/Vimeo

  • Krannert Center

  

• Mary Halvorson: Canis Major

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, February 11, 2027

• Dance at Illinois: February Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, February 12, 2027

• Dance at Illinois: February Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, February 13, 2027

• Dance at Illinois: February Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Sinfonia da Camera: From Brahms with Love

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, February 18, 2027

• Jupiter String Quartet with Jeremy Denk, piano

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, February 19, 2027

• Midori, violin with Festival Strings Lucerne

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Daniel Dodds, leader and artistic director

  • Krannert Center

  

• Scott Silven's The Lost Things

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, February 20, 2027

• Scott Silven's The Lost Things

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center