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SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: November 17, 2020 Old date: March 29, 2020 Bruce Hornsby, the creatively insatiable pianist and singer-songwriter from Williamsburg, Virginia, always has succeeded on his exceptional gifts, his training and his work ethic. He has collaborated with Ricky Skaggs and the Grateful Dead. He has scored films and performed with symphony orchestras...

Celtic Thunder storms onto the mainstage with their latest live show, IRELAND, on Sunday, December 20 at 7:30 p.m. IRELAND is a brand-new revue show that revisits their most popular Irish and Celtic songs of the past decade and celebrates the influence of Irish and Celtic music around the world. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. “We, like everyone else the world over, are concerned ab...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Timeless music, dazzling costumes, breathtaking dance, stunning floral designs. Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert returns to t...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, based on the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. Winner of four Grammy® awards, and recipient of the US National ...

  IMPORTANT UPDATE (12/30/19): The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall regrets to announce that Il Divo's performance on Sunday, January 5, 2020 has been canceled and is being rescheduled for Friday, January 15, 2021. One of the members of the group is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon. He is currently unable to walk, and his doctors are not allowing him to travel from Europe...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: January 16, 2021 Old date: April 10, 2020 For the past ten years at the Mirage Hotel, world famous singer, comedian, impressionist and ventriloquist Terry Fator has sold out night after night with a show featuring his cast of characters that includes everyone from Winston the Impersonating Turtle to Elton John, to Elvis. In addition to winning Am...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Roald Dahl's amazing tale is now Sarasota’s golden ticket! It's the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Established in 1973, The Israel Symphony Orchestra has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Richardson Hall (Toronto), Festival Hall...

Finding My Voice takes audiences on a remarkable behind-the-scenes journey of Kathleen Turner’s extensive and well-documented career. Peppered with songs from the great American songbook, Kathleen Turner croons hits including “Let’s Fall in Love,” “I’d Rather Be Sailing,” “On the Street Where You Live” and “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” showcas...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: January 25, 2021 Old Date: April 11, 2020 Reza has taken the art of illusion to a new level, delivering his rock concert style magic show to audiences across the globe. Young and fresh, Reza’s new show, “Edge of Illusion,” has earned various awards including “Magician of the Year.” Don’t miss this Sarasot...

Known for their smooth stepping, The Temptations were honored with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2013. As trailblazers of the 1960s, “The Temptations Walk” became a staple of American style. Their legendary tunes include “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.” The Four Tops, who have been marveling audiences sinc...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New Date: January 28, 2021 Old Date: March 17, 2020 The runaway hit of numerous international music festivals is hitting the road for its first U.S. tour! Known across the globe as “the ultimate-feel good show,” THE CHOIR OF MAN offers up 90 minutes of indisputable joy! It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s a pint-filled good time set in a ...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New Date: January 31, 2021 Old Date: March 22, 2020 Sixteen-time Grammy®-winner David Foster returns to Sarasota with special guest Katharine McPhee! A prolific songwriter, David played a key role in the career launches of Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé and more. Some of his most beloved hits include “And Lo...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Back by popular demand, Neil Berg brings his company of extraordinary Broadway stars to Sarasota with an all new show to light up the night. It's a...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. The immersive, concert-style theater show chronicles the journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from the...

From The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to stand-up comedian, best-selling children’s book author, much-in-demand corporate speaker, lovable TV and movie voice-over artist, pioneering car builder and philanthropist…it’s no wonder that Jay Leno is widely characterized as “the hardest working man in show business.” Leno is the recipient of many honors, including Emmy, People’s Choice and TV Gu...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Truly great dance can be a window to the heart and soul, revealing our deepest selves. Let the dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn&r...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international per...

Itzhak Perlman returns to Sarasota in recital with pianist Rohan De Silva! Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded to a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond to his remarkable artistry and irrepressible joy for making music....

The Van Wezel’s performance starring America on March 19, 2020 has been rescheduled for March 10, 2021 at 8 p.m. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will follow up with patrons directly affected by this change.   The iconic classic-rock favorite AMERICA has amassed numerous gold and/or platinum albums, with their first greatest hits collection, “History...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Lang Lang is a leading figure in classical music today – as a pianist, educator and philanthropist he has become one of the worl...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: March 14, 2021 Old date: April 19, 2020 For over two decades, Grammy Award®-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation’s largest selling instrumental artist. His mesmerizing performances with a stunning arra...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, the Russian National Ballet has been bringing timel...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical ANASTASIA is on a journey to Sarasota at last! From the Tony Award®-wi...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Love transcends the harsh realities of war and prejudice in this sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning tale centered around two unlikely love affairs. Set on...

With a cast consisting of incredible rock and roll singers and stars from Broadway’s greatest rock musicals, Neil Berg returns by popular demand to share more of the 50-year history of the music that changed the world forever! From the progenitors of rock and roll in the 1940s, through the glory years of the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, up until MTV in the early ‘80s, Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock & R...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Due to a tour scheduling change, Blue Man Group's performances have moved from February 22 through 24, 2021 to April 12 and 13, 2021 at 7:3...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New Date: April 14, 2021 Original Date: April 16, 2020 Celebrating his 65th year in the music industry, legendary singer Johnny Mathis is Columbia Records’ longest-signed artist. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music eclipses passing fads and trends, Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories -- from music composed for...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is Riverdance, as you’ve never seen it before! A powerful and stirring reinvention of ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will not go on public sale until later this season. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo

RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles returns to the Van Wezel by popular demand on Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 7 p.m., delivering a note-for-note experience that brings all the greatest Beatles hits to life. Don’t miss the mind-blowing theatrical event that takes you back in time and was hailed by the Associated Press as “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” Performing together longer t...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: May 15, 2021 Old date: May 6, 2020 In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the largest number of votes ever received in the shows history.  The record of 864,838 votes was more than twice that of the runner-up.  Gary began touring on his own, and in 2002, formed a band (“The Works”)...

UPDATE May 20, 2020 - The Van Wezel’s performance of Maks & Val LIVE: Motion Pictures Tour featuring special guests Jenna Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd on July 14, 2020 has been rescheduled for July 25, 2021. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patrons directly affected by this change. Patrons who wish to attend the rescheduled performance should keep their tickets, which will be ho...

June 11, 2020 - Due to the touring schedule delay, the Sarasota premiere of Come From Away has been rescheduled from November 24-29, 2020 to November 23-28, 2021. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will follow up with patrons directly affected by these changes. Subscription package discounts for those who have already renewed will not be affected by these changes. Current purchased tickets for Come From Away will b...