Beat Saber VR party
Northside Branch Library
Tuesday, February 7th
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Stop by for a snack, then join us in the Game Room for a Beat Saber party using Oculus VR headsets!
The Jazz Lounge
Base 249
Tuesday, February 7th
6:30pm - 8:00pm EST
Featuring a collection of top Lexington musicians selected by Origins Jazz Series. Free.
Kentucy Great Writers Series
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning
Tuesday, February 7th
6:30pm - 8:00pm EST
We are excited to announce our lineup for the February edition of the Kentucky Great Writers Series!
Open Mic Night
Pivot Brewing
Tuesday, February 7th
6:30pm - 9:00pm EST
This is an all ages open mic at Pivot Brewing hosted by Jondra Nicole. Sign ups start at 6
White Reaper
The Burl
Tuesday, February 7th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
w/ Narrow Head and Taipei Houston | All-ages, doors at 7
Bring Your Own Craft Night!
Lex Center for Creative ReUse
Wednesday, February 8th
6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Casual crafting and social meetup
A Night of Film and Traditional Dance | ...
The Kentucky Theater
Wednesday, February 8th
7:00pm - 9:30pm EST
A celebration of Chinese New Year
Jason Carter and Friends
The Burl
Wednesday, February 8th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
All-ages show | Doors at 7
Paladin
Farish Theater
Thursday, February 9th
7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
Lexington jazz ensemble Paladin. Free.
Octomedusa, frigidkitty, Disconani
The Green Lantern Bar
Thursday, February 9th
9:00pm - 11:00pm EST
The 39 Steps
Woodford Theatre
Friday, February 10th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with non-stop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played b...
The Isaac Murphy Story
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Friday, February 10th
8:00pm - 9:30pm EST
I Dedicate This Ride: The Making of Isaac Murphy - Written by Frank X Walker and directed by Cathy Rawlings
Brit Taylor Album Release Show
The Burl
Friday, February 10th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
w/ Brother Smith | All-ages, doors at 7
Caravan Discordia, Autonomous, & Byrd La...
Al's Bar
Friday, February 10th
8:00pm - 11:59pm EST
An eclectic night of local hooliganism.
The Legend of John Henry
Lexington Children's Theatre
Saturday, February 11th
2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Adapted by Larry and Vivian Snipes
Firebird, Clic, Mariachi
Lexington Opera House
Saturday, February 11th
7:30pm - 10:30pm EST
A timeless classic tale of good and evil, "The Story of Humanity," and a tale of a young immigrant struggling toward a b...
Born Cross Eyed
The Burl
Saturday, February 11th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
Grateful Dead Music | 18+ show, doors at 7
Freedom Journey
Faith Lutheran Church
Sunday, February 12th
3:00pm - 4:30pm EST
Live music show with Lexington artist Whit Whitaker during Black History Month
Lexington Chamber Chorale
Second Presbyterian Church
Sunday, February 12th
5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
Restorative and Therapeutic Power of Music
Scott T. Smith & Corduroy Brown
The Burl
Sunday, February 12th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
All-ages show | Doors at 7
Fernando Valverde: America
Mitchell Fine Arts Center
Monday, February 13th
5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
A public talk by Fernando Valverde and reading from from his book “America”.
Valentine's Night Cabaret starring Helen...
Base 249
Tuesday, February 14th
7:30pm - 10:30pm EST
Join us at Base249 after your Valentine’s Dinner for an intimate, romantic, jazzy Valentine’s Night Cabaret show starrin...
J.R. Carroll w/ Jonathan Peyton
The Burl
Tuesday, February 14th
8:00pm - 2:00am EST
w/ Jonathan Peyton & Cody Lee Meece | Doors at y
An Evening With Emily Hilliard
EpiCentre Arts
Wednesday, February 15th
6:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Emily Hilliard is the former WV State Folklorist and author of "Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Cultu...
My Furry Valentine : A Watercolor Worksh...
Lex Center for Creative ReUse
Thursday, February 16th
6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Celebrate all kinds of love with this fun workshop!
Southland Jamboree: Winter Concerts
Farish Theater
Thursday, February 16th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Just like the Southland Jamboree you know and love, only for winter!
Jenkins Twins and Champs of The Sun w Br...
The Burl
Thursday, February 16th
7:00pm - 10:00pm EST
Jenkins Twins, Champs of the Sun, Brett and Donnie
E3 Presents: Ego Nwodim & Heidi Gardner
EKU Center for the Arts
Thursday, February 16th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
Comedians Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner from NBC's "Saturday Night Live" share the stage at EKU as part of the E3 Concert...
STARS Valentine's Cabaret
The Spotlight Playhouse
Friday, February 17th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Join the Spotlight Acting School STARS program as they present their annual Valentine's cabaret.
Voctave
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, February 17th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
Listen to Broadway show tunes and Disney medleys sung by a cappella sensation Voctave.
On My Way - A Celebration of Female Comp...
First United Methodist Church Downtown
Saturday, February 18th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
An all-female identifying, all-local cast will sing the works of female-identifying composers and lyricists.
Continuous Variation
Singletary Center for the Arts
Saturday, February 18th
7:30pm - 9:00pm EST
Join the Lexington Philharmonic for Continuous Variation guest violist Jordan Bak!
Classical Music Sundays
Farish Theater
Sunday, February 19th
2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Enjoy live classical music on the third Sunday of every month.
Classical Music Sunday
Farish Theater
Sunday, February 19th
2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Live classical music on the third Sunday of every month, February through April.
GreenRoom Exchange & Red Barn Radio Pres...
Base 249
Sunday, February 19th
6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters ...
Horse's Mouth Storytelling Night: "Love ...
West Sixth Brewing
Sunday, February 19th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
A night of true, live stories all about the ins, outs, ups, downs, and roundabouts of love.
Everything is Science: Future
Pivot Brewing
Tuesday, February 21st
6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Everything is Science, Lexington’s citywide science festival
A Culinary History of Collapse, Conqu...
University of Louisville Center for Archaeology and Cultural...
Thursday, February 23rd
6:00pm - 7:30pm EST
How do archaeologists use food to tell the story of the past?
Dominic Cheli
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, February 24th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
The featured work of this special evening will be Mussorgsky's famed, "Pictures at an Exhibition," along with compositio...
Captain William E. Jordan: He Paints in ...
Institute 193
Saturday, February 25th
12:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Institute 193 is pleased to announce the opening of Captain William Jordan: He Paints in the Dark
An Inspired Evening
UK Art Museum
Saturday, February 25th
7:00pm - 10:00pm EST
We are thrilled to announce the return of An Inspired Evening, focusing on our commitment to the art of the Commonwealth...
(Almost) March Madness!
Mitchell Fine Arts Center
Sunday, February 26th
3:00pm - 4:30pm EST
The Central Kentucky Concert Band plays marches.
Cats
Norton Center for the Arts
Monday, February 27th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
The record-breaking musical spectacular by Andrew Lloyd Webber that has captivated audiences in over 30 countries and 15...
Reception and Exhibition Opening of Work...
Central Bank
Wednesday, March 1st
9:00am - 5:00pm EST
Join us and meet the artist at the reception for the new exhibition of work by Dru Pilmer
Imani Perry: William R. Kenan Jr. Lectur...
Haggin Auditorium
Thursday, March 2nd
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Bestselling author Imani Perry will give Transylvania University’s 2023 William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture.
Jennifer Koh
Singletary Center for the Arts
Friday, March 3rd
7:30pm - 9:00pm EST
Jennifer Koh plays Mazzoli with the UK Symphony Orchestra
John Cowan and the Newgrass All-Stars
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Saturday, March 4th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
A fundraiser to benefit the flood victims of Eastern Kentucky.
REQUIEM by Herbert Howells
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 5th
7:30pm - 9:00pm EST
The Kentucky Bach Choir will present REQUIEM by Herbert Howells
Jazz at the Library
Farish Theater
Thursday, March 9th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Live jazz on the second Thursday of every month.
Miguel Zenón
Singletary Center for the Arts
Thursday, March 9th
7:30pm - 9:00pm EST
Miguel Zenón with the UK Faculty Jazztet
Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, March 10th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
An acoustic concert years in the making
Family Fun and Learning Night: Celebrate...
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning
Wednesday, March 15th
5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Join us for Celebrate Health on Wednesday, March 15 from 5-7 pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. Enjoy ...
Earls of Leicester
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Thursday, March 16th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Bluegrass super group Earls of Leicester featuring Jerry Douglas
The Pirates of Penzance
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, March 24th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Join the band of swashbuckling buccaneers, bumbling British bobbies, frolicsome Victorian maidens, and the delightfully ...
Emily Bingham: My Old Kentucky Home
Mitchell Fine Arts Center
Monday, March 27th
5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Public talk and book signing
Our Planet Live In Concert
EKU Center for the Arts
Tuesday, March 28th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
The landmark Emmy Award®-winning Netflix series that took the world by storm is now a live concert event!
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Singletary Center for the Arts
Sunday, April 2nd
3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Chamber music by Brahms and Mozart
UK Brass Ensembles Concert
Singletary Center for the Arts
Monday, April 3rd
7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Featuring music by the UK Trumpet Ensemble, UK Trombone Choir, UK Horn Choir, UK Tuba & Euphonium Choir
The Guess Who
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, April 14th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Rock out to 70s classics
Recital: New Music for Solo Tuba
Lucille Little Black Box Theatre (Fine Arts Building room 10...
Sunday, April 16th
6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
What better way to spend the last few weeks of the semester than by attending a concert of new music for the tuba?
Family Fun and Learning Night: Celebrate...
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning
Wednesday, April 19th
5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Join us for Celebrate the Earth on Wednesday, April 19 from 5-7 pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. Enj...
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Thursday, April 20th
6:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into Lexington.
Yo-Yo Ma with Teddy Abrams and the Louis...
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, April 27th
5:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Join us as Yo-Yo Ma displays his virtuosity alongside Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra in a single performance ...
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meye...
Norton Center for the Arts
Thursday, April 27th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Maestros merge worlds
The Power of Influence
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Saturday, April 29th
7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
The Power of Influence explores how artists are affected by external sources and features works by Lexington-born Shawn ...
Ashley McBryde
EKU Center for the Arts
Sunday, April 30th
7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Straight from her Grand Ole Opry induction, ASHLEY MCBRYDE announces performance at EKU!
Circus DuBois
Norton Center for the Arts
Thursday, May 4th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
A fast-paced, high-energy circus show for all ages, Circus DuBois showcases incredible feats of juggling, unicycle, aeri...
Family Fun and Learning Night: Celebrate...
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning
Wednesday, May 10th
5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Join us for Celebrate Children's Literature on Wednesday, May 10 from 5-7 pm at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Lea...
The Galvin Cello Quartet
Norton Center for the Arts
Friday, May 12th
7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Composed of members from China, Brazil, South Korea and the United States, The Galvin Cello Quartet burst onto the scene...
Bloom
Singletary Center for the Arts
Saturday, May 20th
7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
The 2022 - 2023 Season finale concert, Bloom, marks the arrival of spring with works celebrating the beauty of color and...
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