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
