Mercer University Orchestra will be playing works by Mason Bates and Bizet.

We are excited to officially announce the first installment of Race & the Legal Profession: Let's Chat, an open forum centered around the book, "Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria" by Dr. Beverly Tatum. Keynote speaker, Angela Rye, attorney, political commentator, and CEO, will be joining us to share her experiences and Dr. Ansley Booker, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Mercer University will lead a moderated discussion to follow. We invite all law students,…

The opening Fabian Concert of the 20-21 season will be an inspiring, celebratory evening, as we gather together to safely hear live music again-- for many, the first time in six months! The program includes the soulful and dramatic piano quartet of Korngold, (the Austrian born composer who moved to Hollywood and wrote for movie soundtracks), a little known piano quartet by Finnish composer Sibelius and the popular and lovely Bagatelles by the Czech composer Dvorak. Recent Grammy winner and…

This concert introduces a new artist to the stage, violinist Itamar Zorman, winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky International Competition. Extraordinary guest pianist Orion Weiss, along with violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, cellist Leo Singer, bassist Daniel Tosky and young artists of the McDuffie Center, will join together to play the works of Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jessie Montgomery, Shostakovich, and Bottesini. It will be a wonderfully diverse musical evening. Adjusting to the new normal of 2020, the Fabian Concert Series will continue…

Ready for a fantastic night of music on November 5th with the Mercer University Percussion Ensemble and BEAR Steel, Mercer's own Steel Drum Band?  We'll be playing music written over the last 40 years to show the diversity of the percussion world.  We guarantee a great time, so come out to Macon's Grand Opera House and share the evening with us!!! Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/.

Two members of the multi-Grammy award winning Emerson Quartet, violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins, will be on stage to join dazzling pianist Anne Marie McDermott and violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti. Adjusting to the new normal of 2020, the Fabian Concert Series will continue to bring great chamber music, collaboration, education,and outreach to Mercer and Macon. This year, we will explore the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world's greatest musicians and bring healing and thoughtfulness…

We are featuring an evening of fabulous music by the great composers. Musicians performing include Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Dimitri Murrath, viola; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano; and McDuffie Center Young Artists. The Fabian Concert Series continues bringing great chamber music, collaboration, education, and outreach to Mercer and Macon. Over the course of this year, we are exploring the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world’s greatest musicians, channeling healing and thoughtfulness during this unprecedented time. Our 13th Anniversary…

FROM SAMOA TO SINATRA is Grammy award winner, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Matt Catingub’s tribute to his mother, jazz singer Mavis Rivers, and her years on Frank Sinatra’s Reprise record label, currently being heard on SiriusXM radio. Matt will be performing music specially written for the completion of this recording here in Macon, featuring Kevin Axt, bass; Steve Moretti, drums; violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; and the McDuffie Center Strings Ensemble. The Fabian Concert Series continues bringing great chamber music, collaboration,…

Program: Diamond Rounds of String Orchestra Walker ‘Lyric’ for Strings Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 7 in D minor

We are closing out the season with a powerful night of music. Featured musicians are Joyce Yang, piano; Ara Gregorian, violin and viola; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; and McDuffie Center Young Artists. The Fabian Concert Series continues bringing great chamber music, collaboration, education, and outreach to Mercer and Macon. Over the course of this year, we are exploring the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world’s greatest musicians, channeling healing and thoughtfulness during this…

The Last Sorcerer  is an operetta from 1867 composed by opera star and composer Pauline Viardot, recently rediscovered and made available for performance. Deep in the forest, fairies play tricks on the old sorcerer in his decaying palace in an effort to dislodge him from their woodland home. The opera incorporates magic, love, and comedy in a story with elements that hark back to Shakespeare’s comedies and familiar fairy tales.   The music is brilliant and lovely, the characters and plot are…

The Last Sorcerer  is an operetta from 1867 composed by opera star and composer Pauline Viardot, recently rediscovered and made available for performance. Deep in the forest, fairies play tricks on the old sorcerer in his decaying palace in an effort to dislodge him from their woodland home. The opera incorporates magic, love, and comedy in a story with elements that hark back to Shakespeare’s comedies and familiar fairy tales.   The music is brilliant and lovely, the characters and plot are…

Program: Higdon ‘String’ Concerto comp winner To Be Determined Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht

An evening of music specifically written for instruments that are within the percussion family. Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/

Ward Stare, conductor The newly formed Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra begins its inaugural season with a blockbuster concert featuring the Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 (Classical Symphony), Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and Otis Redding Foundation students and campers. Prokofiev's work premiered in 1918 and has become one of his most popular compositions. In composing the Classical Symphony, Prokofiev sought to draw inspiration from Joseph Haydn and other classical composers. Of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, it has been written that "this symphony is…

Ward Stare, conductor The second concert of the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra opens with the powerful and dramatic tone poem Egmont Overture by Beethoven. This work remains one of his most performed orchestral pieces and is correlated to the story of Count Egmont by the great German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Concluding the concert will be the immensely popular Italian Symphony of Felix Mendelssohn. This work is considered by many to be the epitome of Mendelssohn's compositional genius. Also appearing on tonight's concert will be…

Ward Stare, conductor The Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra invites you to spend a love-filled evening of music on Valentine's Day. The special Valentine concert will open with Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo and Juliet and will conclude with his Symphony No. 4, considered by the composer to be his greatest compositional work. We are also pleased to have rising star double bassist/composer Xavier Foley join with the orchestra for a performance of his For Justice and Peace co-commissioned by Carnegie…

Ward Stare, conductor The season concludes with the winner of the Townsend School of Music Concerto competition, along with Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Macon hip-hop artist, Bob Lennon. Written just after losing his hearing, Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 was composed during one of the most depressed times of his life, but Beethoven shows little sign of his obvious despair and end with an explosive finale. Maconite Bob Lennon also takes to the stage in this final concert of the…

An epic tale spanning 40 years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in Georgia who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. This gripping historical fiction is based on the novel by Alice Walker, originally from Middle Georgia. The Oprah-produced 1985 film will screen here at The Grand before the musical movie filmed only blocks away in downtown Macon premieres next year.

GABBA Fest 2022 – Life Is Peachy 7 p.m., Grand Opera House Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association celebrates its 30th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of “Eat A Peach.” Friday – The Danielle Nicole Band; EG Kight Trio opens. Lobby at 5:00, Doors at 6:00, Show at 7:00. Saturday – Brother & Sister featuring Vaylor and Melody Trucks; Parts & Labor open. FREE tickets to Mercer Students with ID at the door.

Broadway Does Pride 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House Broadway Does Pride is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. From Rent reminding us to “measure your life in love” to songs like “I’m Coming Out” from Diana Ross and “Vogue” from Madonna, we will spotlight music important to the LGBTQ+ community. These will be performed by Macon’s very own talent with a fresh and campy twist, making…

Mercer Wind Ensemble presents “New Beginnings” 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House Brittan Braddock and Nate Gay, conductors Please join the Mercer University Wind Ensemble for an evening of wind band music celebrating the past and the present at the Grand Opera House. This concert will mark the first with new faculty member and director of bands, Brittan Braddock. Nathan Gay (Director of Athletic Bands) will guest conduct a piece on the program. Featured on the program will be works by…

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House Roderick Cox, guest conductor Smetana Bartered Bride Overture Ravel Daphnis and Chloé Suite no. 2 Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story To open the second season of Macon’s smash success symphony, we celebrate the homecoming of Roderick Cox, the Macon-born superstar conductor garnering worldwide recognition. This lighthearted program borrows from epic love stories across a number of cultures, from Smetana’s comic opera The Bartered Bride to Ravel’s mythic ballet Daphnis et Chloé to Bernstein’s…

This show will spotlight the songs and melodies of America’s greatest composer, George Gershwin. Our special guests will be pianist Elizabeth Pridgen, saxophonist Mike Burton and vocalist Michelle Amato. The performance will include our very own Matt Catingub’s Juno nominated arrangement of the famous “Rhapsody in Blue.” BUY NOW

For over two decades, Gary Mullen & The Works have performed to sold-out audiences around the world, playing more than 2,500 live shows to audiences in over 20 countries around the globe. Gary Mullen & The Works’ One Night Of Queen show has played at London’s Hyde Park (twice) as a featured attraction during the prestigious BBC Proms concert series in front of enthusiastic crowds of over 40,000 people! Additionally, Gary Mullen & The Works have performed at many of…

A thoughtful MMSO concert highlights the diversity of American experiences: “From the New World,” created when Czech-born Dvořák was working in the U.S., and one of the most popular orchestral pieces from an American composer, Bernstein’s Candide overture. Jazz virtuoso Aaron Diehl will take on Gershwin, an American icon, in Concerto in F. Student seats are always free at the door at the symphony with valid ID. Tickets range from $25-35. BUY NOW

Welcome to the Macon Civic Club’s Annual Musical Revue. This year, is all about being doing your own thing. So we decided to start "It’s Your Thing!" We will be running through the hits of the decades like you have never heard before. BUY TICKETS

Welcome to the Macon Civic Club’s Annual Musical Revue. This year, is all about being doing your own thing. So we decided to start "It’s Your Thing!" We will be running through the hits of the decades like you have never heard before. BUY TICKETS

Welcome to the Macon Civic Club’s Annual Musical Revue. This year, is all about being doing your own thing. So we decided to start "It’s Your Thing!" We will be running through the hits of the decades like you have never heard before. BUY TICKETS

Welcome to the Macon Civic Club’s Annual Musical Revue. This year, is all about being doing your own thing. So we decided to start "It’s Your Thing!" We will be running through the hits of the decades like you have never heard before. BUY TICKETS

Enjoy a Valentine’s date at the symphony featuring rising opera star and Macon native Jasmine Habersham and guest conductor Peter Oundjian. Attend a romantic evening at The Grand Opera House, featuring the passionate and powerful Overture to The School for Scandal by Barber along with the fiery Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Habersham will take a spellbinding solo with the emotional Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Tickets: $25-35. BUY NOW

Macon Art eXplosion (MAX) wants to push the envelope in an all-day weekend extreme art festival. Maker Merchant Booths will showcase artists’ wares and offer interactive art activities. There will be Stage Highlight nights where you get a peek at what’s going on with performances, creators, and classes in the region. Finally, in Guerrilla Grand Spaces you get to explore the hidden spaces of the historic Grand, where you will discover mini-concerts, gallery shows, plays, and interactive performances. Macon Art…

Macon Art eXplosion (MAX) wants to push the envelope in an all-day weekend extreme art festival. Maker Merchant Booths will showcase artists’ wares and offer interactive art activities. There will be Stage Highlight nights where you get a peek at what’s going on with performances, creators, and classes in the region. Finally, in Guerrilla Grand Spaces you get to explore the hidden spaces of the historic Grand, where you will discover mini-concerts, gallery shows, plays, and interactive performances. Macon Art…

FIERCE FOOTWORK. FEMALE FORCE. Syncopated Ladies is a female tap dance band from Los Angeles created by Emmy Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer Chloe Arnold, protege of Debbie Allen. Syncopated Ladies’ viral videos have amassed over 100 million views. They have worked with megastar Beyonce, appeared on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance as the winner of the first dance crew battle, performed on Good Morning America and at the U.S. Open, and they have performed to sold-out audiences in their…

Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. The Dude is a lovable loser whose average life is turned upside down in a case of mistaken identity, which leads to an unlikely adventure of kidnapping, drugs, money and more. We’ll bring the white Russians for this quotable cult hit, a Coen-directed film that treads the line between black comedy and crime thriller. For mature audiences.

Friday, March 17 Broadway Does Country: A Cabaret 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House Broadway Does Country is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. Bring out your deepest accent, y’all, and cowboy hat to sing along with your favorite classic country songs. Broadway shows such as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun will be combined with sounds from your favorite artists such as Dolly Parton and Willie…

A multi-media concert celebration of the music of ELO. Audiences are left spellbound by the flawless musicianship and vocals of EVIL WOMAN’s 12 musicians as well as the fusion of Beatlesque-Pop and classical arrangements where cellos co-exist with guitars, and where classically tinged rock intersects with pop. Mr. Blue Sky, Roll Over Beethoven, and Evil Woman are among a list of over 20 instantly recognizable chart-topping hit songs. BUY TICKETS

The season concludes with the always popular Townsend Concerto Competition winner, along with popular favorites in the canon. Dvořák’s elegant "Serenade for Strings" was composed in just two weeks, but has enjoyed a far longer run in popularity. Then hear “Jupiter,” so named due to the stunning scope of Mozart’s longest and most complex work, to wrap up a heavenly year of music. Adults $25-35, Students FREE with valid ID

Remember putting on an album and listening from start to finish? Relive that moment with a live concert experience unlike any other. $30-35 BUY NOW

Broadway Does Punk is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. We want to embrace the raw energy that is punk music, combining rock with the imaginative power of musical theatre. Imagine musicals that have created this mashup in the past, like Hedwig and the Angry Itch, Spring Awakening or American Idiot, as well as imaginative renderings of punk favorites like Blink 182 or the Dead Kennedys. $10 BUY NOW

Blue Man Group Meets Picasso. Witness the creativity of an artist creating a masterpiece before your eyes in mere moments. These feats will defy your imagination. Artrageous is a troupe of misfits artists, singers, dancers and musicians who started as friends doing street theatre in Vancouver that has now grown into world wide entertainment. With the Artrageous electrifying art and music circus, you can be fully immersed into the world of theater, music, art and dance with YOU in the…

In Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin parish, Louisiana, six Southern women of three generations tell it like it is. Through joy and sadness, from laughter to tears, this star-studded ensemble cast represents the raw power of feminine strength. A heartwarming slice of life film led by names like Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton. $5 BUY NOW

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

Support America’s next national park with a concert of the Indigo Girls featuring Jontavious Willis for the benefit of Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative. Over a 35 year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the Grammy-winning folk duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have built a dedicated following across the globe. They’ve recorded 16 studio albums and sold over 15 million records as one of the most successful folk acts in history. New generations…

GABBAFest celebrates the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association with a two-day show at The Grand and a weekend of events. BUY NOW

GABBAFest celebrates the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association with a two-day show at The Grand and a weekend of events. BUY NOW

Dean Karen J. Sneddon invites you to join us for the Mercer School of Law 150th Anniversary Celebration. Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Michael P. Boggs, LAW '90, Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court Join us Friday, October 13 at 4:00 PM at the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon for a celebration of Mercer Law's legacy of success. Meet and greet faculty, staff, students, and alumni from across the country. A reception will follow the program.

We toast the opening of the MMSO season and Macon’s 200th birthday with a thrilling opening led by native son Roderick Cox. Beethoven’s Eroica is a boundary-breaking symphony that ushered in the Romantic era, while Copland’s Appalachian Spring will be the backdrop for “Macon Portrait,” a special staged documentary play written to honor Macon’s legacy and future by Andrew Silver for Macon200. $25-35, Students of all ages FREE at the door BUY TICKETS

Chi-Town Transit Authority is an 8-piece Chicago Tribute band based out of Atlanta, Ga. established in 2017 and dedicated in reproducing the “Chicago” Concert experience. $19.99 BUY NOW

Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience brings songs and stories from the “Man in Black” to the stage in a way that audiences haven’t seen or heard before. With video of Johnny from episodes of The Johnny Cash TV Show projected on a screen above the stage, a live band and singers will accompany him in perfect sync. This concert experience will showcase iconic performances from the TV show and highlight the spirit of the legend by revisiting some of…

Come out to The Grand for a classic Halloween tradition – The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Brad and Janet, a very square engaged couple, stumble upon Dr. Frank-n-Furter’s castle full of enigmatic and loud characters engaging in sinful delights. Rocky Horror is an interactive musical experience like no other that will leave you doing the Time Warp all the way home! Join our cosplayers and wear a costume of your own! For mature audiences.

November 2-3 Broadway Series: The Four Phantoms in Concert Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Just after the curtain has fallen on the longest running Broadway show in history, relive the sweet memories with the stars who made it special. An extravagant celebration of iconic Broadway showtunes and more, The Four Phantoms brings together four former Phantoms from the Tony Award winning musical "The Phantom of the Opera" for an unforgettable night of entertainment. The show features an extraordinary quartet of…

Friday, November 10 Pure Prairie League Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. From their beginnings in mid-60’s Southern Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/innovative pedal steel guitarist John David Call, propulsive drummer/vocalist Scott Thompson, keyboard master/vocalist Randy Harper and featuring new members Jared Camic on bass and vocals, plus ace guitarist/vocalist Jeff Zona, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces for over 50…

The MMSO welcomes Filippo Ciabatti, winner of the 2020 American Prize in Conducting, in a program featuring one of the best known classical symphonies, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Then the symphony joins members of the cast of Theatre Macon’s 2022 production of The Color Purple back to the stage, in a reprise of hits from the musical with a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music, and blues.

The Brass Band and Wind Ensemble take the stage to perform major works in the repertoire. The Brass Band, the newest ensemble in the band area, will open the evening. The Wind Ensemble will perform James Barnes' Third Symphony, nicknamed "The Tragic," which explores the depths of despair then explodes with optimism and joy.

Michael Cavanaugh can be called the new voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook. He’s a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in Movin’ Out, Cavanaugh evokes a style that rivals the Piano Man in concert. He appeared in the show for three years and over 1,200 performances, and received multiple accolades for the role, including a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured…

Michael Cavanaugh can be called the new voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook. He’s a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in Movin’ Out, Cavanaugh evokes a style that rivals the Piano Man in concert. He appeared in the show for three years and over 1,200 performances, and received multiple accolades for the role, including a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured…

Whitney Houston’s musical legacy is brought to life in this critically acclaimed tribute show described as “mind-blowingly spot on.” Be stunned by the breathtaking vocals of Belinda Davids – a RiSA chart-topping artist in her home country of South Africa – who has performed alongside the likes of Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole and Monica and featured on Fox TV’s ‘Showtime at the Apollo’ and BBC1 TV’s ‘Even Better Than the Real Thing.’ With the accompaniment of a live band, backing…

Year after year, hundreds of Macon Civic Club members and wives cast themselves in roles, sell tickets and program ads, and dedicate long hours of planning, rehearsal, and set building to produce an event designed to entertain the thousands of patrons who support the show and its beneficiaries. Local amateur talent combined with professional direction ensures the authentic, imperfect qualities that define every Macon Civic Club Musical Revue. Punch lines fall flat, dancers trip up, singers forget lyrics, and skits…

Year after year, hundreds of Macon Civic Club members and wives cast themselves in roles, sell tickets and program ads, and dedicate long hours of planning, rehearsal, and set building to produce an event designed to entertain the thousands of patrons who support the show and its beneficiaries. Local amateur talent combined with professional direction ensures the authentic, imperfect qualities that define every Macon Civic Club Musical Revue. Punch lines fall flat, dancers trip up, singers forget lyrics, and skits…

Year after year, hundreds of Macon Civic Club members and wives cast themselves in roles, sell tickets and program ads, and dedicate long hours of planning, rehearsal, and set building to produce an event designed to entertain the thousands of patrons who support the show and its beneficiaries. Local amateur talent combined with professional direction ensures the authentic, imperfect qualities that define every Macon Civic Club Musical Revue. Punch lines fall flat, dancers trip up, singers forget lyrics, and skits…

Year after year, hundreds of Macon Civic Club members and wives cast themselves in roles, sell tickets and program ads, and dedicate long hours of planning, rehearsal, and set building to produce an event designed to entertain the thousands of patrons who support the show and its beneficiaries. Local amateur talent combined with professional direction ensures the authentic, imperfect qualities that define every Macon Civic Club Musical Revue. Punch lines fall flat, dancers trip up, singers forget lyrics, and skits…

February 9 Orleans Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Platinum hit-makers ORLEANS is now celebrating 50 YEARS of live performances! Since their humble beginnings in Woodstock NY and throughout countless worldwide tours, ORLEANS have set some very high standards. Here in 2024 and beyond, ORLEANS continues to meet and exceed those standards at every show, to the delight of audiences everywhere. BUY TICKETS

Welcome back Mercer alumnus Keitaro Harada, artistic director of the Savannah Philarmonic and winner of the 2023 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, for the most romantic date in town before Valentine’s Day. Swoon over an eclectic international program, with Maestro Harada leading the MMSO through pieces from Italian, French, Mexican, Japanese, and Argentinean composers including Ravel’s unforgettable dance piece Boléro. $25-35 Adult, Students of all ages FREE with Valid ID. BUY TICKETS   Keitaro Harada, guest conductor Verdi “La forza del…

February 16-17 Bands at The Grand Honor Band Festival Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday Please join the Mercer University Wind Ensemble and High School Honor Bands at the Grand Opera House. February 16 at 7:30 p.m.: Mercer University Wind Ensemble. Conducted by Brittan Braddock, soloists Marcus Reddick and Laura Noah. February 17 at 3 p.m.: High School Honor Band, conducted by Erin Bodnar. Free and open to the public.

February 16-17 Bands at The Grand Honor Band Festival Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday Please join the Mercer University Wind Ensemble and High School Honor Bands at the Grand Opera House. February 16 at 7:30 p.m.: Mercer University Wind Ensemble. Conducted by Brittan Braddock, soloists Marcus Reddick and Laura Noah. February 17 at 3 p.m.: High School Honor Band, conducted by Erin Bodnar. Free and open to the public.

An iconic musical phenomenon with a worldwide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to America. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, the show creates a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring. Featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through…

An iconic musical phenomenon with a worldwide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to America. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, the show creates a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring. Featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through…

Broadway Does The ’90s is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. We want to like, totally reimagine where the music of pop queens like Britney can collide with the raw energy of quintessentially ’90s musicals like RENT. We’ll be da bomb singing fun songs from shows like tick…tick…BOOM! or Songs for a New World, as well as getting down with new showtunesy arrangements of songs like…

Stayin’ Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees Grand Opera House, 7:30 p.m. STAYIN’ ALIVE is the largest and most definitive production of its kind, offering big screen video clips, photos and dazzling imagery. STAYIN’ ALIVE has played intimate settings as a six piece band and huge venues with a 62-piece orchestra. STAYIN’ ALIVE is the quintessential tribute band to the Bee Gees, capturing the excitement of live performance and the tender subtleties of the human voice! BUY TICKETS

The season concludes with the Mercer University Concerto Competition Student Winner, as well as the artistic suite "Pictures at an Exhibition." Ravel's arrangements for large orchestra is the model of technical brilliance, creative vision, and thoughtfulness for Mussorgsky's original intent for the great piano work. Tickets are $25 for regular seats, $35 for premium seats, free for students of all ages with any valid student ID.

Step Afrika! is the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping — a polyrhythmic, percussive dance form that uses the body as an instrument Step Afrika! is one of the top 10 African American dance companies in the world. Step Afrika! promotes stepping as a contemporary dance genre through critically acclaimed performances and arts education programs. Creatively engaging audiences in this nascent art form, the Company creates full-length productions that expand on stepping’s unique American history. Event Sponsored…

The hysterical sequel to the smash-hit Menopause The Musical® is finally here! Five years after their chance encounter in a department store, we set sail with our beloved ladies for more high jinks on the high seas. Cruising Through ‘The Change’, is a hilarious and heartfelt look at the joys of menopause and friendship — plus hot flashes, mood swings, memory lapses & more! Join us on a trip of self-discovery, backed by a new soundtrack of toe-tapping parodied greatest hits from…

You Can’t Stop the Beat! Hairspray, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the ’60s,” “Good Morning Baltimore” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” Hairspray is “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York…

You Can’t Stop the Beat! Hairspray, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the ’60s,” “Good Morning Baltimore” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” Hairspray is “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York…

Broadway Does Pride is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. From Rent reminding us to “measure your life in love” to songs like “I’m Coming Out” from Diana Ross and “Vogue” from Madonna, we will spotlight music important to the LGBTQ+ community. These will be performed by Macon’s very own talent with a fresh and campy twist, making it a night of fun, freedom and love.…

The Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association is proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2024 festival, The GABBA Slide Summit: Sonny Landreth Trio, Eddie 9V, Joanna Connor, Neal Lucas Trio, OTIS, Smokestack and Lizella Reign. BUY TICKETS

The Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association is proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2024 festival, The GABBA Slide Summit: Sonny Landreth Trio, Eddie 9V, Joanna Connor, Neal Lucas Trio, OTIS, Smokestack and Lizella Reign. BUY TICKETS

3X ACM Entertainer of the Year and ACM Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean has bolstered 28 No. 1 hits, over 18 billion streams, and more than 20 million albums sold with “his own recipe…one that has vaulted him to the pinnacle of Country music success” (Atlanta Journal Constitution). This show is a benefit for Navicent Health Foundation. $99-350 BUY TICKETS

Long hair, tobacco, over-sized glasses and a trucker hat, Dusty Slay is the self-effacing bourbon-voiced Southern comedian next door with a knack for observational, blue-collar humor and the nerve to say what everyone else is thinking. He grew up the son of a single mom in an Alabama trailer park and evokes laughs about everything from Cracker Barrel to his aversion to soap. The 40-year-old Nashville native is a mainstay on the country music scene, making his Grand Ole Opry…

Macon Mayor Lester Miller will be joined by his predecessors, Robert Reichert and C. Jack Ellis, in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, reading excerpts from some of the 16th president’s greatest speeches, including the Gettysburg address. BUY TICKETS

Come out to The Grand for a classic Halloween tradition – The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Brad and Janet, a very square engaged couple, stumble upon Dr. Frank-n-Furter’s castle full of enigmatic and loud characters engaging in sinful delights. Rocky Horror is an interactive musical experience like no other that will leave you doing the Time Warp all the way home! Join our cosplayers and wear a costume of your own! For mature audiences. Doors open at 8 PM. Costume your hearts…

Toast takes the audience on a journey back in time, engaging a spectrum of emotions; from the tender moments that tug on the heartstrings to the upbeat classics that compel them to jump out of their seats and dance. And when combined with the timeless music of Bread, this concert has “risen” to the top as one of the absolute favorites of audiences everywhere! BUY TICKETS

On February 11, comedian Henry Cho was inducted as the 229th member of The Grand Ole Opry. This prestigious honor has not been extended to a comedian since 1973. Henry’s TV credits include appearances on NBC’s The Tonight Show, CBS’s The Late, Late, Show, and NBC’s Young Comedians Special. He served two years as host of NBC’s Friday Night Videos and had many guest roles on various network sitcoms. Henry was co-creator, co- producer and co-writer of “The Henry Cho Show” on…

Guest composer and conductor Dr. Jack Stamp will conduct two pieces on the program including his famous "Gavorkna Fanfare" to open the evening. Cailey Martinez will be featured in Dr. Stamp's "Elegy for English Horn and Band" and the Mercer Wind Ensemble will perform pieces by Peter Mennin, Leonard Bernstein, and Katahj Copley. This event is free and open to the public.

Amy Schwartz Moretti, Director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University and a member of the acclaimed Ehnes Quartet, is the featured soloist on the program, performing composer and Townsend School of Music faculty Christopher Schmitz’s "Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 1". The evening closes with Brahms’ masterpiece, "Symphony No. 2 in D Major".