Louisville has a captivating and very busy art scene. So many theater productions, so much music and plenty of dancing. Our city shines with the creative arts. Here are a selection of events and arts companies that we enjoy.
Ambo Dance Company
All The Water That Will Ever Be Is Right Now – August 25
The Graham Cracker: A Nutcracker
Parody – December
Louisville Ballet
Distilled – October 13-15
Giselle – November 10-12
The Brown-Forman Nutcracker –
December 8-24
#Chorshow – January 24-28
Romeo & Juliet – March 1-4
Vernardo’s Circus
October 5-15
The Big Stomp Music Festival
August 18-19
Bourbon & Beyond
Music Festival
September 14-17
Chamber Music Society
of Louisville
Chicago Pro Musica – September 24
Le Consort – November 5
Castilian String Quartet – February 25
ATOS Trio – March 10
Julliard String Quartet – April 7
Kentucky Center
The Rebirth: Chanson Calhoun Live – August 4
Leanne Morgan – Just Getting Started – August 12 – 13
Undertaker 1 deadMAN Show – August 24
40th Anniversary Community
Celebration – August 27
The Black Boy Narratives – September 2
BroCode: A Storytelling Event –
September 2
Ms. Pat: Ya Girl Done Made It –
September 8
The Magic and The Wonder – September 9
Jill Lepore, Historian and Journalist, with Congressman Jamie Raskin – September 11
Bluey’s Big Play – September 15-17
Christopher Titus: Carrying Monsters – September 23
Brian Culbertson – The Trilogy Tour – September 27
Pat Metheny – October 6
Late Nite Catechism – November 2-4
Dance Theatre of Harlem – November 3
Kat Timpf LIVE – You Can’t Joke About That – November 4
The Old Friends Acoustic Tour starring Ben Rector with Jordy Searcy – November 9
Joanne Shaw Taylor – November 11
An Evening with The Kingston Trio – November 19
The Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series – On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain – Author Ronald C.
White – November 21
Sex n’ the City: A (Super Unauthorized) Musical Parody – November 26
Jake Shimabukuro – Christmas in Hawai’i – December 13
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar – February 17
Kentucky Opera
Hansel & Gretel – September 29, October 1
All Is Calm – December 15, 17
The Pirates of Penzance – February 16, 18
As One – April 12, 14
Louder Than Life
Music Festival
September 21-24
Louisville Orchestra
CLASSICS: Our Kentucky Home at
Iroquois Amphitheater – September 16
In Harmony Tour: Happy Top in Beattyville – September 22
With Rufus Wainwright – September 30
Family: Composing A Story at Paristown Hall – October 7
COFFEE: Lasting Legacies – October 13
NIGHTLITES: Lasting Legacies at Paul Ogle Cultural & Community Center –
October 13
CLASSICS: Lasting Legacies – October 14
FILM: The Nightmare Before Christmas – October 18
POPS: Fright Night – October 21
COFFEE: (Un)Silent Film: Nosferatu & A Symphony of Horror – October 27
CLASSICS: (Un)Silent Film: Nosferatu & A Symphony of Horror – October 28
COFFEE: Bolero & Friends – November 17
NIGHTLITES: Bolero & Friends at Paul Ogle Cultural & Community Center – November 17
CLASSICS: Bolero & Friends –
November 18
FAMILY: Santa’s Symphony Spectacular – November 25
POPS: Holiday Pops – November 25
NIGHTLITES: Handel’s Messiah at Paul Ogle Cultural & Community Center – December 1
Andrea Bocelli at KFC YUM! Center – December 2
CLASSICS: Together In Song – January 13
FILM: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – January 17
POPS: Queens of Soul – January 19
FAMILY: Constructing An Orchestra at Paristown Hall – February 3
FILM: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – February 17
IN HARMONY TOUR: PADUCAH – March 2
IN HARMONY TOUR: BOWLING GREEN – March 5
IN HARMONY TOUR: DANVILLE – March 8
IN HARMONY TOUR: FORT KNOX – March 9
POPS: March Music Madness – March 16
NIGHTLITES: Magnificent Voices at Paul Ogle Cultural & Community Center –
March 22
CLASSICS: Magnificent Voices – March 23
POPS: Mariachi Fiesta – April 6
COFFEE: Mahler 6 – April 26
CLASSICS: Mahler 6 – April 27
COFFEE: Creators Fest – May 10
CLASSICS: Creators Fest – May 11
Seven Sense Music Festival
August 4-6
Actors Theatre
Dracula – September 6-17
King John – November 8-19
Mrs. Krishnan’s Party -December 6-17
Loving and Loving – February 7-18
I Am Delivered’t – March 13-24
Broadway Louisville
Wicked – September 20 – October 8
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – November 28 – December 3
Disney’s Frozen – January 24 – February 4
Clue – March 5 – 10
Six – April 9 – 14
Beetlejuice – May 14 – 19
The Brown Theater
Eddie B. Teachers Only Comedy Tour 23’ – August 12
Mark Normand: Ya Don’t Say Tour! – August 18
Steve Trevino – America’s Favorite Husband Tour – September 16
Justin Willman – Magic for Humans In Person – October 6
An Evening with David Sedaris – October 17
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Live in Concert – October 20
Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour –
October 24
Bobby Bones: Comedically Inspirational On Tour – November 17
Peppa Pig’s Sing-Along Party! –
November 18
Fortune Feimster: Live Laugh Love! – December 2
Karlous Miller – At the End of the Day.., – December 17
MOMIX: Alice – March 28
Bunbury
The Weir – October 13-15, 19-22, and 25-28
The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, & the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree – December 1-3, 7-10, and 14-17
Last Night at Mikell’s – February 9-11, 15-18, and 22-25
Tangled Webs – June 14-16, 20-23, and 27-30
CenterStage
Carousel – August 17, 19, 20, 24, 26 & 27
First Date – November 2, 4, 5, 9, 11 & 12
The Prom – February 22, 24, 25, 29 & March 2-3
She Loves Me – May 9, 11, 12, 16, 18 & 19
Clarksville Little Theater
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – September 8-10 & 15-17, 2023A Christmas Story November 10-12 & 17-19
Puffs – January 12-14 & 19-21
Curtains – March 8-10 & 15-17
Urinetown – May 10-12 & 17-19
Chicken Coop
Theatre Company
Jesus Christ Superstar – August 3-13
Bat Boy the Musical – September 28 – October 8
Who’s Holiday! – November 30 – December 4
The Musical Comedy of Murders of 1940 – January 25 – February 3
Chess – May 9-19
Derby Dinner
BUDDY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY – August 16 – September 24
THE NASHVILLE TENORS – August 21
ACCOMPLICE – September 27 –
November 5
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play” – September 30 – November 4
Salute to the Rat Pack & Friends –
October 16
A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL – November 9 – December 31
Jack Frost Saves Christmas – November 11- December 23
The Monarchs – January 5 & 6
THE BUNCO SQUAD! – January 10 –
February 18
SWEENEY TODD – February 21 –
March 31
Curious George – The Golden Meatball – February 24 – March 30
FOOTLOOSE – April 3 – May 19
THE RETURN – A Beatles Tribute! –
April 8
Fancy Nancy The Musical –
May 25- June 29
THE WORLD FAMOUS GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA – June 3
Floyd Central TheatreArts
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical – September 3-12
A Wrinkle In Time – November 30 –
December 1
The Wizard of Oz – March 8-17
Ruthless! – April 18-21
Little Colonel Players
Cowboys and Idiots – October 6-8, 12-15
Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays) –
December 1-3, 7-10
Jane Austen’s Lady Susan – February 2-4, 8-11
Breaking Legs – April 5-7, 11-14
Flemming:(An American Thriller) – May 31, June 1-2, 6-9
Mind’s Eye
Theatre Company
Bonnie & Clyde – August 18-27
Evil Dead the Musical – October 12-22
New Albany High School Theatre Arts
May We All – November 10-12, 17-19
The 69th Annual Christmas Mini Musical and Breakfast with Santa – December 2
The Drowsy Chaperone – March 1-3, 8-10
Radium Girls – April 24-26, 28
Old Forester’s
Paristown Hall
An Orchestral Rendition of Dr. Dre 2001 – August 5
Ice Nine Kills: Fear the Premiere Tour – August 15
Parliament Funkadelic feat
George Clinton – August 25
Weyes Blood – In Holy Flux Tour: Unleashed – August 27
Black Veil Brides – September 10
St. Paul and The Broken Bones –
September 27
The Mars Volta – September 29
Moon Taxi – October 14
The Band CAMINO – October 17
The Wood Brothers – October 19
Cannibal Corpse and Mayhem – October 21
Warren Eiders – October 26
Kip Moore – November 9
The Head and The Heart – November 10
Pandora Productions
The Prom (with ACT Louisville) – August 11-26
Love! Valour! Compassion! – September 1-3, 7-10, 14-17
Rent – November 3-5, 10-12, 17-19
Sugar In Our Wounds – January 5-7,
11-14, 18-21
The Inheritance – Part 1: March 8, 10, 14, 16, 21, 23, 25, 29
The Inheritance – Part 2: March 9, 11, 15, 17, 22, 24, 28, 30
Kinky Boots Coproduced with Redline Performing Arts – April 5-21
My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding – May 10-12, 16-19, 20, 23-25
Redline Performing Arts
Footloose Live! – Christy’s Garden
August 4-5
Into the Woods – September 29 – October 7
Kinky Boots Coproduced with Pandora Productions – April 5-21
Shelby County
Community Theater
Disney’s Frozen Jr. — September 7-10, 14-17
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde — October 19-22, 26-29
Elf the Musical — November 30, December 1-3, 7-10
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town — February 16-18, 23-25
Waiting for Godot — April 12-14, 19-21
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar — May 10-12, 17-19
The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew — June 6-9, 13-16
Stage One
Bunnicula – October 14, 21, 28
*Sensory Friendly performance October 21 at 2 p.m.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – December 9, 16
*Sensory Friendly performance December 1 at 5 p.m.
Number the Stars – February 3, 10
*Sensory Friendly performance February 10 at 2 p.m.
Nate the Great – March 16, 23, 30
*Sensory Friendly performance March 30 at 2 p.m.
Storytellers Series
October 28th – Waterfront Botanical Gardens (Trunk ‘r Treat Event)
November 11th – KMAC Museum
December 2nd – Kentucky Science Center
January 6th – Locust Grove
February 10th – Frazier
March 9th – Location TBD
University of
Louisville Theatre
The Old Settler Play- September
African American Theatre Program 30th Anniversary Celebration – September 30
She Kills Monsters – November
Gem of the Ocean – February
Caesar ‘43 – April
Whodunnit Murder Mystery Theater
The Haunting at Blackwood Hall – Saturday Evenings September 30-November 4,5
Murder on 34th Street – December 2-January 6
The Shadow Messenger – February 17-March 23
Murder at the Queen’s Table – May 25-June 22
Carmichael’s
Shannon Stocker presents: Warrior, A Patient’s Courageous Quest – August 5
Silas House: Lark Ascending paperback Celebration – August 22
Meagan Lucas with Frank Bill and J. Todd Scott – August 24
Alex Willan: Elves Are The Worst! – September 16
Kristen Gentry: Mama Said – October 8
Alix E. Harrow: Starling House – October 12
Steven Conn with Stephen George of LPM – October 19
Steven Skaggs The Hidden Factor – November 30
KMAC Museum
KMAC Poetry Slams – Last Saturdays August – December
Louisville Book Festival
November 10-11