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Performance: The Fab Four
The ultimate tribute to The Beatles. The Emmy Award Winning Fab Four's all-new show celebrates The Beatles' second film, "HELP!," with performances from the movie soundtrack and the Beatles' greatest hits of every era.
Performance: Red Hot Chilli Pipers
It's Bagpipes. It's Rock. It's Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland. A 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers who have been rocking the world with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless.
Performance: The Peking Acrobats
The Peking Acrobats are part of a time-honored Chinese tradition, rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art. Tradition demands that each generation of acrobats add its own improvements and embellishments; because of this, high honor is conferred upon those skilled enough to become acrobats. By executing precision tumbling, trick-cycling, and gravity-defying contortions, they redefine the limits of human ability.
Performance: Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Great American Crooners
The show focuses on quintessential crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Bobby Darin, whose velvety voices and sentimental serenades made them superstars on stage and on screen. Featuring Robbie Lee and Shenel Johns, who have graced Jazz at Lincoln Center's stages and Downbeat Magazine's No. 1 Rising Star Male Vocalist, Benny Benack III.
Performance: The Simon and Garfunkel Story
The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the 60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous "The Concert in Central Park" reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.
Performance: Mrs. Doubtfire
Based on the beloved film, Mrs. Doubtfire tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. It's "the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now," raves the Chicago Tribune - one that proves we're better together.
Performance: Delirium Musicum
A self-conducted chamber orchestra that pulses with ferocious passion and infuses L.A.'s crackling energy into every performance, disrupting expectations and redefining "classical" music as the new red-hot concert experience.
Performance: Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains and featuring songs by Dolly Parton, this incredibly heartwarming, unforgettable production and amazing cast imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season.
Performance: Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland
A thrilling blend of world-class circus artistry and your favorite holiday music, this spectacular production will transport you to a winter wonderland of awe and enchantment.
Performance: Soweto Gospel Choir
The multi-Grammy and Emmy award-winning choir returns to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics. The inspirational concert will also feature the spirited music of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen and more.
Performance: The Addams Family
The devilishly delightful musical comedy based on the bizarre and beloved characters by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams.
Performance: iLuminate
iLuminate features a brilliant cast of the country's top dancers performing to energetic music - including top Pop and Rock hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, a little jazz, a little Latin, a little hip hop and more. The dancers are outfitted with customized LED suits synced to iLuminate's proprietary software to create extraordinary lighting effects with each of the phenomenally choreographed dance moves.
Performance: The Great Gatsby Ballet
Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new Broadway-style ballet by the World Ballet Company.
Performance: Comedian Preacher Lawson
Comedian Preacher Lawson is joined by his mother and brother Justin, for their first stand-up comedy show at Stephens Auditorium. Lawson is best known for his appearance on season 12 of NBC's hit series, "America's Got Talent" (2017), where he made it to the final round.
University Museums Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Join University Museums in celebrating the culmination of it's 50th anniversary. Enjoy exhibitions, special announcements, a book release, and much more. Event details to be released at a later date.
Summer Carillon Concert Series
The monthly concert series features performances by guest carillonneurs from around the world. Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the concert on the central campus lawn.
Songwriter Showcase: Lojo Russo and Abbie Sawyer
Lojo Russo and Abbie Sawyer take the stage for the fifth and final performance in the Goldfinch Room Songwriter Showcase series at Reiman Gardens. A local food truck will be on site and beverages will be available for purchase. Outside food and nonalcoholic beverages are allowed. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating on the lawn. Inclement weather could move the performance to the Garden Room.
Art Walk: Student Life and Reflections
Students are not only the group Iowa State was created to serve, but they have profoundly shaped the history and culture of campus. Take a walk of examples of student-centric public art.
Summer Carillon Concert Series
The monthly concert series features performances by guest carillonneurs from around the world. Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the concert on the central campus lawn.
Paint by Number Fridays: Travel Landmarks
Grab a friend and drop by for a fun evening of easy painting. Each Friday has a different theme, and there will be 8-10paintings to choose from. If you don't finish, no worries! We will send you home with extra paint and brushes, or you are welcome to come back sometime the following week.