UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
KINDA NICE
AT THE CAVE WITH BURNS
The Cave
June 2, 2023
9:00pm
Kinda Nice and Burns join forces for an epic show at The Cave in Chapel Hill! Friday June 2, 9pm-midnight.
KINDA NICE
QUEER COMMUNITY PICNIC
Pluck Farms
June 3, 2023
3:00 PM
Get your lawn chairs and picnic blanket ready for a fun-filled, relaxing day at the farm celebrating the start of Pride Month with our LGBTQ+ community and allies. It’s a family-friendly event with live music, a pop-up market with LGBTQ+ vendors, food trucks, face painting, a bouncy castle, and more!
The event is a fundraiser for our Pride Month 2023 charity partner Girls Rock NC.
ESSERE PERCUSSION
TO BE GRATEFUL
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church
June 6, 2023
7:00pm
Essere Percussion, in partnership with Kidznotes, presents an evening of percussion chamber music.
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
CONCERTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Southern Village Green, Chapel Hill
June 13, 2023
8:00pm
Tarboro Town Common
June 15, 2023
7:30pm
South Lawn at Tryon Palace, New Bern
June 20, 2023
7:30pm
Hear your favorite light classics—with music by Mozart, Copland, Richard Rodgers, and more!
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rodgers: Selections from Oklahoma
Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Bizet: Les toréadors from Suite No. 1 from Carmen
Bizet: Danse bohème from Carmen
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz from Carousel
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
This concert is FREE and open to the public.
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
SUMMERFEST: HARRY POTTER VS. STAR WARS
Koka Booth Ampitheatre
June 24, 2023
8:00pm
Two of the biggest film franchises battle it out at Summerfest! It’s wands vs. lightsabers as your North Carolina Symphony performs music from both epic worlds.
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
SUMMERFEST: CIRQUE CINEMA
Koka Booth Ampitheatre
July 1, 2023
8:00pm
Troupe Vertigo returns for an all-new program with dazzling feats of strength and grace. Acrobats, contortionists, and aerialists perform awe-inspiring choreography to orchestral favorites that will thrill audiences of all ages.
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
STARS AND STRIPES
Wilson Center, Wilmington
July 2, 2023
7:30pm
Lake Benson Park, Garner
July 3, 2023
8:30pm
Beat the summer heat and join us for a good old-fashioned salute to the red, white, and blue. We honor the birthday of the U.S.A. with high-spirited classics and patriotic favorites!
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
SUMMERFEST: INDEPENDENCE DAY
Koka Booth Ampitheatre
July 4, 2023
7:30pm
A Triangle tradition! Join us for a salute to the red, white, and blue as we honor the U.S.A. on its birthday with patriotic favorites, high-spirited classics, and fireworks over Symphony Lake.
PAPERHAND PUPPET INTERVENTION
WHERE OUR SPIRITS RESIDE
Forest Theatre
August 4 - September 17, 2023
7:00pm Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day
3:00pm September 10, 17
North Carolina Museum of Art
September 22- 24, 2023
7:00pm Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
3:00pm Sunday
Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s mission is to use diverse styles of puppetry and artistic expression to create works that inspire, promote social change and are deeply rewarding for all involved. These styles include: giant puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppetry, masks, stilt dancing and anything under the sky that strikes our fancy.
We will use this puppetry, performance and creativity to undermine and eradicate greed, hate and fear and promote justice, equality and peace. We will work uncompromisingly to these ends.
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SPOOKTACULAR
Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville
October 28, 2023
7:30pm
Featuring spooky selections from well-known composers such as John Williams, Michael Jackson, and Hector Berlioz, Spooktacular is the perfect addition to your Halloween agenda. Join us in your costume for extra fun! You’re in for a treat.
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BLAZIN' BRASS
Haymount United Methodist Church
March 9, 2024
7:30pm
The sounds of our mighty brass and percussion sections will fill the air at Haymount United Methodist Church. Featured pieces include Ottorino Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances Suite” and Eric Ewazen’s “Symphony in Brass”.
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MUSIC OF APPALACHIA WITH THE KRUGER BROTHERS
Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville
April 20, 2024
7:30pm
We are thrilled to welcome the Kruger Brothers to Fayetteville to perform alongside the FSO for this special program! You can expect to hear bluegrass music alongside classical masterpieces such as Copland’s Appalachian Spring on this exciting and collaborative program.
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BAD TO THE BONES WITH THE JOSEPH ALESSI
Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville
May 11, 2024
7:30pm
You won’t want to miss our season closer with special guest Joseph Alessi, the principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. Alessi is a Grammy Award-winning musician who has performed with orchestras all over the world, and we are honored that he’s chosen to share his talents with our Fayetteville community.
