FRKO's "Waymin..." at Institute 193

Institute 193

Friday, February 20th

11:00am - 6:00pm EST

FRKO's solo exhibition blends bizarre storytelling with raw social commentary on Southern culture and hip-hop at Institu...

Southern White Amnesia by Zak Foster

Morlan Gallery

Friday, February 20th

12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

A collection of work examining the family stories that White Americans tell and choose not to tell about their origins i...

Cultivating Colors Open House

UK Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky

Friday, February 20th

12:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Opening of Cultivating Colors Exhibition, a case study of Kentucky dye plants

Old Pup & Ed Sunspot

Institute 193

Friday, February 20th

7:00pm - 9:00pm EST

Experimental music night featuring Old Pup and Ed Sunspot, with ambient pedal steel instrumentals. Donations encouraged.

The Mountaintop

Woodford Theatre

Friday, February 20th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

Civil rights icon Dr. King confronts his legacy when a mysterious stranger visits his motel room with surprising news.

Stumbling Stones: The John Rosenberg Sto...

Mountain Arts Center

Friday, February 20th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

A solo play performed by Jeff Sherr that spans continents and generations, from fleeing Nazi Germany to standing with ci...

All That Jazz

artfarm

Friday, February 20th

7:30pm - 11:00pm EST

Jazz night at Artfarm: Come for the croon and stay for the vibes.

Contra Dance

Tates Creek Ballroom

Friday, February 20th

8:00pm - 10:30pm EST

Fun and energetic dance for everyone

Eric Bolander/Letters of Acceptance/The ...

The Green Lantern Bar

Friday, February 20th

9:00pm - 11:59pm EST

An evening of independent rocknroll with Eric Bolander, Letters of Acceptance, and the Jenkins Twins.

Belly

The Kentucky Theatre

Friday, February 20th

10:00pm - 12:00am EST

FREAKY FRIDAYS: YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF CULT FILM

CivicLex 2026 Pancake Breakfast Club

Woodhill Community Center

Saturday, February 21st

9:00am - 11:00pm EST

Come for the pancakes, stay to get to know and find out how to join clubs in Lexington.

The Secret Garden

Lexington Children's Theatre

Saturday, February 21st

2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

The Secret Garden isn’t just a story – it’s an awakening. Experience a world where sorrow softens, friendship blooms, an...

Jubilee & Joy: Green & Beethoven

Singletary Center for the Arts

Saturday, February 21st

7:30pm - 9:00pm EST

A powerful concert featuring Green's TESTIFY! and Beethoven's Ode to Joy

Ira Glass & Jad Abumrad

Norton Center for the Arts

Saturday, February 21st

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

It's a public radio dream event when two of the most iconic national public radio hosts come together to take you on a j...

Latin Dance: Bachata Experience

Cannabuzz Bar & Dispensary

Sunday, February 22nd

3:00pm - 6:00pm EST

Bachata Dance Experience at Cannabuzz is a high energy Latin dance workshop with two levels of instruction. Join us!

Art & Soul

Luigart Studios

Sunday, February 22nd

4:00pm - 6:00pm EST

Dan Stone's hidden painting talent and The Full Catastrophe's unique jazz-folk music from Lexington

Business Etiquette

Woodford County Chamber of Commerce

Monday, February 23rd

9:00am - 3:00pm EST

Business Etiquette starts at the top! This two part series can be a one-time only with the business leader to get the to...

Intro to Strength Training | Beginner-Fr...

Sol Fitness

Monday, February 23rd

5:30pm - 6:30pm EST

Free, beginner-friendly Intro to Strength Training workshop at Sol Fitness in Lexington, KY. Open to all fitness levels ...

Press Forward Blue Grass Presents: An Ev...

The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center

Tuesday, February 24th

6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

A community conversation with Charles M. Blow, national political analyst and former New York Times opinion columnist, a...

UK Philharmonia Concert

Singletary Center for the Arts

Tuesday, February 24th

7:30pm - 8:30pm EST

featuring journeys of the past and present with SCAPA Orchestra

Kombucha Brewing Basics

Fayette County Extension Office

Wednesday, February 25th

6:00pm - 7:00pm EST

Learn to safely brew kombucha at home with a hands-on class that includes a take-home brewing kit.

The Choir of Man

EKU Center for the Arts

Wednesday, February 25th

7:00pm - 9:00pm EST

The Olivier Award-nominated, worldwide smash hit returns to the U.S. for a highly-anticipated national tour

The Screwtape Letters

Lexington Opera House

Wednesday, February 25th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

A demonic battle for souls in a theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis' satirical masterpiece "The Screwtape Letters"

Free documentary film: Lexington: Resili...

Lexington Public Library - Central Library

Thursday, February 26th

6:00pm - 7:30pm EST

Discover how redlining shaped Lexington—and how Black communities persist, organize, and build toward equity.

UKY Visiting Writers Series: Kei Miller

Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library

Thursday, February 26th

6:00pm - 7:30pm EST

Award-winning author Kei Miller to give reading at UK's Visiting Writers Series at the Niles Gallery

Singletary Center Presents: Turtle Islan...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Thursday, February 26th

7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Turtle Island Quartet's tribute to jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane blends tradition with innovative interpret...

Free Book Friday

International Book Project

Friday, February 27th

9:00am - 5:00pm EST

Free Book Friday: Hundreds of free fiction, nonfiction, and children's books available at International Book Project.

Louisville Orchestra

Norton Center for the Arts

Friday, February 27th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

Part of the 2026 In Harmony - The Commonwealth Tour

9th Annual Transylvania Liberal Arts + F...

Transylvania University Library

Saturday, February 28th

1:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Join us on Saturday, February 28 from 1pm-4pm at the Transylvania University Library to help us create and update pages ...

Cook-Off: Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meal...

Institute 193

Saturday, February 28th

4:00pm - 6:00pm EST

Cook-off competition featuring soups, stews, and one-pot meals with tasting and friendly culinary rivalry

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show

Hilton Lexington/Downtown

Saturday, February 28th

6:00pm - 8:30pm EST

Solve the crime while you dine! An immersive mystery where actors hide in the audience. Includes a 3-course dinner.

Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition

Singletary Center for the Arts

Sunday, March 1st

2:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Talented vocalists from across the U.S. and beyond will compete before a live audience in the 21st annual Alltech Vocal ...

Singletary Center Presents: The Bad Plus...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Tuesday, March 3rd

7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Jazz legends reimagine Keith Jarrett's American Quartet with melodic nuance and fearless improvisation

Thursday Night Tease - Burlesque at The ...

The Grove

Thursday, March 5th

7:00pm - 9:30pm EST

Sultry burlesque performances with heavenly delights and sinful pleasures at Thursday Night Tease

Pablo Sainz-Villegas

Norton Center for the Arts

Thursday, March 5th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

Internationally renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas invites audiences on a musical journey through Spain to ...

Film night @artfarm: Hedwig and the Angr...

artfarm

Friday, March 6th

6:30pm - 9:00pm EST

Join us for a film night at artfarm & watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch among friends! We‘ll discuss the meaning of the st...

Beauty Encore

Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center

Friday, March 6th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

Explore different aspects and ideas of beauty through contemporary dance, circus arts, and live music!

UK Opera Theatre Presents: A Nation of O...

Lexington Opera House

Friday, March 6th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

The WORLD PREMIERE of a galvanizing new opera from the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that created Sanctuary Road.

PHOTO/PRINT/REALISM

UK Art Museum

Saturday, March 7th

12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

This exhibition features screenprints, etchings, aquatints, and lithographs by Robert Bechtle, Henry Chodkowski, Robert ...

Geometric Rhythms

UK Art Museum

Saturday, March 7th

12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

The UK Art Museum collection includes an eclectic group of paintings, prints, textiles, and sculptures that use repeated...

Rauschenberg’s Reach

UK Art Museum

Saturday, March 7th

12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

This exhibition examines some of the connections between Rauschenberg and his mentors, peers, and contemporary artists i...

Daring Collaborations: Doris Ulmann and ...

UK Art Museum

Saturday, March 7th

12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

Doris Ulmann worked with a large-format camera to capture people's unique personalities on glass-plate negatives.

Color Your Inner Landscape

Midway Art Studios

Saturday, March 7th

2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Join us for a 90-min creative calm workshop designed to help you reconnect with yourself through gentle movement and int...

Contra Dance

Artworks at the Carver School

Saturday, March 7th

8:00pm - 10:30pm EST

Fun and energetic dance for everyone.

Central Kentucky Concert Band: Echoes of...

Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Transylvania U...

Sunday, March 8th

3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Join the Central Kentucky Concert Band on Sunday, March 8 @ 3pm at Transylvania University’s Haggin Auditorium for our F...

How Can I Keep from Singing: 35 Years in...

Second Presbyterian Church

Sunday, March 8th

5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

The Lexington Chamber Chorale celebrates 35 years of music making with a special March 8 concert featuring returning gue...

Black & Lit book club March - Black Joy ...

Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning

Monday, March 9th

6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Black & Lit book club discusses "Black Joy" by Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts with Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative

Singletary Center Presents: Immanuel Wil...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Thursday, March 12th

7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT

Immanuel Wilkins presents Blues Blood, a soulful meditation on ancestry featuring his quartet with gospel vocals

Lexington St. Patrick's Eve LIVE!

The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center

Friday, March 13th

6:15pm - 9:30pm EDT

Kick off St. Patrick’s weekend in the Bluegrass at the historic Lyric Theatre with the first-ever Lexington St. Patrick’...

Missy Raines & Allegheny

Norton Center for the Arts

Friday, March 13th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Raines is joined by her band, Allegheny, named for the Allegheny highlands of West Virginia where she grew up.

Second Saturday at International Book Pr...

International Book Project

Saturday, March 14th

10:00am - 2:00pm EDT

Shop affordable used books at International Book Project. All $5 or less, supporting global literacy.

2026 Alltech Lexington St. Patrick's Par...

Henry A. Tandy Centennial Park

Saturday, March 14th

10:45am - 5:00pm EDT

Alltech Lexington St. Patrick's Parade and Festival: Family-friendly celebration with parade and festivities

Pinkalicious!

Lexington Children's Theatre

Saturday, March 14th

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Join Pinkalicious on a sweet and silly adventure as she learns that too much of a good thing can lead to Pinkititis! Wit...

The Sleeping Beauty by International Bal...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Sunday, March 15th

3:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Family-friendly ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" with breathtaking choreography, Tchaikovsky's score, and magical sets.

Carbonaro: Lies on Stage

Norton Center for the Arts

Thursday, March 19th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Conjuring up a concoction of unbelievable magic, hysterical offbeat shenanigans and wonder for all ages, Michael Carbona...

Joy Full: A Gathering of Gratitude

Josephine Sculpture Park

Friday, March 20th

5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

JSP invites friends, supporters, and community members to come together for Joy Full: A Gathering of Gratitude on Friday...

Joy Full Gratitude Gathering

Josephine Sculpture Park

Friday, March 20th

5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Joy Full: A Gathering of Gratitude celebrating JSP's community of artists, volunteers, donors, partners, and visitors

Contra Dance

Artworks at the Carver School

Friday, March 20th

8:00pm - 10:30pm EDT

Fun and energetic dance for everyone.

Julien Donkey-Boy

The Kentucky Theatre

Friday, March 20th

10:00pm - 12:00am EDT

FREAKY FRIDAYS: YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF CULT FILM

Intro to Backyard Homesteading Skills

Fayette County Extension Office

Saturday, March 21st

9:30am - 3:00pm EDT

Introduction to Backyard Homesteading Skills: Learn canning, chickens, gardening, perennials, composting & more!

Discover More Series: Naturally Pink

Lexington Children's Theatre

Saturday, March 21st

6:00pm - 6:45pm EDT

Natural food dyeing demonstration by Wild Thyme before Pinkalicious performance - see how plants create brilliant colors...

SCFA Expansive Sounds Series #9: Chuck J...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Saturday, March 21st

7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT

Sonic Landscapes: Johnson & Jensen Blend Pedal Steel, Cello & Electronics in Experimental Performance

Because: Book Discussion and Signing wit...

Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning

Thursday, March 26th

5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT

Vietnam veteran and author discuss multigenerational war impacts and CIA-classified death investigation

Bowl for Kids' Sake

Southland Lanes

Friday, March 27th

1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Join us on March 27 for Bowl For Kids’ Sake 2026 at Southland Lanes in Lexington (1–4 p.m.)! Lane registration is $1,000...

Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame 2026 Induc...

The Kentucky Theatre

Monday, March 30th

7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring six writers and presenting a Literary Impact Award

Aquila Theatre Presents: The Hound of th...

EKU Center for the Arts

Tuesday, March 31st

6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

This brand-new take on the legendary Sherlock Holmes mystery is a comedy-driven and utterly suspenseful theatrical adapt...

Houston Ballet II

Norton Center for the Arts

Thursday, April 2nd

7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Called "the creme de la creme" by Playbill and "the next generation of ballet superstars" by Broadway Magazine, Houston ...

Singletary Center Presents: Bruce Brubak...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Thursday, April 2nd

7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT

Bruce Brubaker performs solo piano, bringing his visionary interpretations of Philip Glass and Brian Eno's works.

Sal Vulcano - Everything's Fine Tour

Singletary Center for the Arts

Saturday, April 11th

7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

Comedian Sal Vulcano, star of "Impractical Jokers," performs stand-up comedy for adult audiences.

Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Norton Center for the Arts

Saturday, April 11th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

With seven world-class musicians on stage, there are no backtracks here – just high-energy homage to music that defined ...

Pinocchio

Lexington Children's Theatre

Saturday, April 18th

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

From the moment Gepetto creates him from a stick of wood, Pinocchio dreams of being a real boy. But will the all-too-tem...

Serial Killers

Norton Center for the Arts

Friday, April 24th

7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Spend a deliciously chilling evening with renowned criminologist, best-selling author and true crime expert, Dr. Scott B...

Singletary Center Presents: Messthetics ...

Singletary Center for the Arts

Tuesday, April 28th

7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT

Fugazi's rhythm section reunites with guitarist Anthony Pirog and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis in a reimagined power ...

Mariposa/Butterfly

Lexington Children's Theatre

Saturday, May 2nd

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Neighbors discover unity through a butterfly's journey in this interactive theater experience for young children.Two nei...

Bravoh! Celebrating 140 Years of the Lex...

Lexington Opera House

Sunday, May 10th

7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT

Celebrate 140 years of Lexington Opera House with Bernadette Peters, A Local Arts Showcase, and The Lexington Singers wi...

F.E.A.S.T. 2026

Fasig-Tipton Co Inc

Friday, May 15th

6:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

F.E.A.S.T. culinary event featuring 30+ female chefs crafting small bites from Kentucky grown products.

How Can I Keep From Singing: The Heart o...

Henry Clay Estate

Sunday, June 7th

5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Kentucky music celebration featuring Appalachian songs, Shaker tunes, Shape Note Hymns, and 2026-2027 season preview.

Bike Lex Events Calendar

A calendar of events for cycling meetups around Lexington

Wick + Mortar Studio / Candle Pour Bar +...

OPEN Candle Pour Bar + Cocktail Lounge - Walk ins welcome

The Complete Appalachian Media Institute...

Each of these films was made by Appalachian youth (aged 14–20) as part of AMI's annual Summer Documentary Institute (SDI...

Lexington Public Art Map

The City of Lexington’s Public Art Map is the first comprehensive and searchable GIS map to document public artworks in ...

The Public Art Commission

The Public Art Commission was formed to advise the Mayor and the Urban County Council on developing a long-range plan fo...

Downtown Danville Public Art Map

Use our Public Art Map to explore 16 pieces of contemporary public art – including murals, sculptures, mosaics, and more...

Google Arts and Culture

[Not Local, But Verry Cool] Discover artworks, collections and stories from all around the world in a new way.

Americans for the Arts: COVID Resource a...

Up-to-date news and resources for the arts and culture field

Artists Thrive

Artists Thrive aims to identify the things that help artists pursue their vision and to enable communities to benefit fr...

Dream Wishes

Dream Wishes is a variety show featuring the most talented folks we can find