Full musical featuring colorful sets and costumes, a magnificent stage crew and orchestra, and talented performers in a state-of-the-art theater. NO ONE performs with the same passion and dedication as our stars. Our cast is truly UNLIMITED and shine brightly on stage, breaking down barriers and stereotypes while showcasing what they CAN do, not what they can’t.

In 2023, Billy Bragg celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favorite folk singer, songwriter and campaigner. To mark this significant landmark, he released an acclaimed career-spanning box set, ‘The Roaring Forty,’ and has played to sell-out crowds across the world. In November, he performed his most famous song, ‘A New England,’ on Later With Jools Holland almost exactly 40 years to the day that he debuted the song on The Tube (also presented by one Jools Holland!). With special guest Steven Page (formerly of Barenaked Ladies)!

Join Blackfriars Theatre for its 75th Anniversary Season, honoring the legacy of 75 years of ambitious, local, professional theatre in downtown Rochester presenting Every Brilliant Thing! What's It All About? If you were to make a list of things that make life worth living, what would be at the top? Family? Ice cream? The even-numbered Star Trek films? What if the list took on a life of its own? Every Brilliant Thing is a heartwarming, hilarious and compassionate play about depression, resilience, and the lengths we will go to for those we love.

Join Blackfriars Theatre for its 75th Anniversary Season, honoring the legacy of 75 years of ambitious, local, professional theatre in downtown Rochester presenting The Mouse Trap! What's It All About? For over 70 years, Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit has kept audiences worldwide on the edge of their seats. Trapped by a snowstorm in a country house, a group of guests is horrified to discover that there is a murderer in their midst. One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until, at the last, nerve-shredding moment, the identity and the motive are finally revealed. The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play!

slow burn: noun, informal A feeling that grows with a slow but deliberate intensity. For saxophonist and composer Boney James, these words perfectly describe the music he has crafted for his new Concord Records album, Slow Burn, released on October 18, 2024. “When I mentioned that phrase to people as a possible title, they said, “That also refers to your whole career in a way” James says with a laugh. “This is my 19th record and I feel like I’m just hitting my stride.”

Each Sunday evening at 9 PM, October through April, the Schola Cantorum, an ensemble of voices and historical instruments directed by Stephen Kennedy, performs the 30-minute liturgy by candlelight. On the first Sunday of each month, a Candlelight Concert at 8:30 PM precedes Compline.

Recognized as one of the world’s premier collegiate jazz performing organizations, the Eastman Jazz Ensemble launches a new season of jazz concerts at Eastman under the direction of award-winning saxophonist and arranger Christine Jensen.

The Eastman Wind Ensemble and conductor Mark Davis Scatterday present music from French composers Milhaud and Debussy, as well as Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. Assistant Professor of Composition Daniel Pesca appears as piano soloist for the Stravinsky. Admission is free and open to the public. Recommended for ages 6 and above.

The Eastman School of Music's Faculty Artist Series presents, Brock Tjosvold, piano and Theresa Bogard, guest piano. Tickets for Eastman’s Faculty Artist Series are $10 for the general public and free to URID holders. General Admission tickets will be available for purchase at each concert. Visit EastmanTheatre.org for more information.

Going for Baroque is a weekly series of mini-recitals at the Memorial Art Gallery, offered each Sunday at 1:30 PM and again at 3:00 PM. It offers the opportunity for students from the Eastman School of Music to perform alongside professional musicians on the Italian Baroque organ on the second floor of the museum. The 25-minute mini-recital is included with museum admission.

Join us for an evening of music, art, food, and community as we raise funds for Teaching Artists ROC. Performances by Merry Mischief, Womba Africa, and Jug Band Dan.

Fans can't get enough of the retro vibe of the hit series Stranger Things. Take a trip to the upside-down in the safety of the dome. Experience the '80s tunes and soundscapes from the show reinterpreted in vibrant laser light. Produced by Laser Fantasy

Lindsey Stirling remains fearless enough to always dream big. Since the release of her 2012 self-titled debut, the electronic music impresario, violinist, dancer, and artist quietly and humbly became one of the 21st century’s most innovative stars by clinging to her groundbreaking vision of cinematic violin-driven electronic music. After bowing at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Dance/Electronic Album Chart, holding #1 on the Classical Album Chart for 21 consecutive weeks, and receiving a Billboard Music Award for “Top Dance/Electronic Album,” her sophomore opus Shatter Me would not only garner an RIAA Gold certification, but two Billboard music awards. Attracting over 13 million subscribers and 3 billion-plus views on YouTube, in 2015 Forbes placed Lindsey at #4 on its yearly YouTube artists list, making her the highest-ranked female. Her headline tours would play to a cumulative audience of over 800,000 people worldwide, and her literary debut The Only Pirate at the Party, co-written with her sister Brook S. Passey became a New York Times Bestseller.

If you want to experience the best Beatles tribute ever, you won’t want to miss The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute. The 2024 tour brings their all-new show to the stage, celebrating The Beatles’ first visit to the USA, with performances from the Ed Sullivan show and the Meet The Beatles album, as well as the Beatles’ greatest hits of every era. The Emmy Award Winning Fab Four is elevated far above every other Beatles Tribute due to their precise attention to detail. With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “Hey Jude,” the Fab Four will make you think you are watching the real thing.

A band of classical musicians breathing beautifully dark energy into legendary rock and metal tracks. Bathed in a sea of candles, skeletal players with rhinestone masks effortlessly switch between sublime melodies and powerful walls of sound. Crooked lurching towers, floating lanterns and giant headbanging puppets set the stage for an otherworldly musical experience.‍ Get ready to be moved as The Rock Orchestra takes you on a journey through the biggest rock and metal tracks of the last 40 years, performed in stunning, candlelit surroundings.

Eastman students, faculty, and alumni present a 25-minute lunchtime concert at Christ Church every Tuesday. Performances feature the Craighead-Saunders Organ and Hook & Hastings Organ. Each free program begins at 12:10 p.m.