Welcome to Celebrity Series!

Welcome to Celebrity Series

You're invited to your first Celebrity Series performance: get great seats for just $20 for any one of the performances below!

New to Celebrity Series? Haven't attended one of our events before?

Celebrity Series is committed to welcoming new audiences to our performances around greater Boston. You have a lot of choices for arts and entertainment, and we want to make it easier to say yes to attending your first Celebrity Series performance, so you're invited to choose a show from the list below and get 2 amazing seats for just $20 each!

Come as you are: audience members wear clothing that they're comfortable in. Check out our venue pages for more information about each venue and what to expect!

No matter which show you choose, we hope you have a great experience and that it's just the first of many!

Music From The Sole: House is Open, Going Dark

Music From The Sole combines exhilarating tap dance with dynamic live music in House is Open, Going Dark, a performance depicting the creative process between musicians and dancers sharing intimate space. Known for their energetic, genre-blurring performances, this ensemble transforms everyday interactions into extraordinary art, providing audiences with an immersive exploration of rhythm, movement, and collaboration.

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 8:00PM at Boston Arts Academy

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow: The Genius of Haydn

In this What Makes It Great? performance, Celebrity Series favorite Rob Kapilow unpacks the first of the late quartets of Haydn’s Opus 76. He reveals how Haydn playfully subverted expectations and how this quartet encompasses much of what made Haydn great over his long and innovative career. Joining Kapilow is the renowned Balourdet Quartet, fresh off major career milestones, including a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:00PM at NEC's Jordan Hall

Dreamers’ Circus

Nordic roots trio Dreamers’ Circus blends echoes of the past with the vital pulse of the present, creating magic in their evocative, vibrant arrangements and original compositions. Their new album and tour, Handed On, aims to spark an interest in folk music among listeners and practitioners of all ages and levels of familiarity. Experience the boundless beauty and joy of Nordic folk music, reimagined and shared by Dreamers’ Circus.

Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00PM at NEC's Jordan Hall

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Whether unearthing forgotten rarities or performing 20th-century standards, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant makes every song unmistakably her own. Each song on her setlist unfolds like a fully realized drama: beautiful, complicated, and thought-provoking. Experience the artistry of an extraordinary storyteller when Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to Celebrity Series.

Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 8:00PM at Berklee Performance Center

Beatrice Rana, piano

Called “a marvelously expressive interpreter with a keen sense of how to get to the emotional heart of a work” by Minnesota’s Star-Tribune, Beatrice Rana returns to Celebrity Series with a program that shows off her refinement and virtuosity. She brings her storytelling prowess and emotional expressiveness to two well-loved ballet suites: highlights from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite.

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:00PM at NEC's Jordan Hall

Camille A. Brown: I AM

Camille A. Brown created I AM with inspiration from an unlikely source: an episode of HBO’s acclaimed sci-fi/horror series Lovecraft Country. Mirroring aspects of a character’s multidimensional journey of self-discovery and the power that comes with asserting who you are, Brown weaves a world of African diasporic dance styles into an energetic, spontaneous, immersive, and powerful work that the Berkshire Edge called “universal to human experience….it is good for the soul.”

Friday, November 14, 2025 at 8:00PM at Cutler Majestic Theatre

Third Coast Percussion: Metamorphosis

Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion and dancer-choreographers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz (together known as Movement Art Is) began this project remotely during the COVID-19 lockdown, a time that gave a special resonance to ideas of shared human experience. The result is a groundbreaking collaboration that weaves contemporary percussion music with distinct and powerful dance styles. At its heart, the work dramatizes the growth, resilience, and self-expression of two young Black men, offering an intimate journey that is as thought-provoking as it is visually and musically compelling.

Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 8:00PM at Arrow Street Arts

Soweto Gospel Choir: PEACE

Formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music, Soweto Gospel Choir draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto, South Africa. The choir is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music with audiences around the world and has received critical acclaim and audience adoration for their powerful renditions of African American spirituals, gospel, and folk music.

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 5:00PM at Berklee Performance Center

The Fine Print

This offer is for one-time use by first-time buyers only, with new accounts created in August 2025 and later. Limit two tickets for any one performance on the list above, and select your own seats from a limited (but high-quality!) allocation. For accessible seating available with these offer terms, please contact the box office.

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Card To Culture for EBT and WIC Cardholders

EBT and WIC cardholders can get $20 tickets to all concerts that allow subscription discounts as part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Card to Culture program.

Student Rush Tickets

High School students and all college or university students -- undergrad, grad, and professional -- can get $20 tickets for many performances through our student rush program. Some offers are online in advance and others are traditional rush at the door.

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Neighborhood Arts

If you're looking for high-quality free performances, check out Neighborhood Arts. The new season is full of amazing Boston-based artists sharing their talents at venues across Boston and Cambridge. Dance, Latin, jazz, contemporary music, percussion, and more: explore the 2022/23 Neighborhood Arts season today!

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Arts For All / Take Your Seat

Teachers and administrators of public school groups, student clubs and ensembles, and human services organizations can sign up to learn more about our deep-discount ticketing programs Arts For All and Take Your Seat. More information will be coming soon.

Contact

Celebrity Series Box Office

Walk-ins unavailable at the Celebrity Series office.
We are closed on Fridays from July-August.

boxoffice@celebrityseries.org

Business Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm

(617) 482-6661

(617) 598-3291