Upcoming Events

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! The perfect opportunity to make new friends or participate in a fun team-building exercise – Trivia Hub Live will offer a virtual trivia event for Van Wezel patrons! Participants will work through trivia questions with their assigned groups in private Zoom “breakout rooms” throughout the game. The trivia game will accommodate up to 75 guests, and p...

Have you ever wanted to be a magician? NOW is the perfect chance and you can learn right in your own home! After he teaches an illusion, REZA will be available to answer your questions! Here is what you will need:* Two empty water bottles with the skinny cap (NOTE: The brand label on the bottle is important and needed for the illu...

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! If you are seeking unique and interactive virtual content, you won’t want to miss Follow Me: The Virtual Detective on Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. An Escape Room meets True Detective in this high speed and brain boggling adventure! The activity allows you to be the virtual detective as you work with a team over the course of an hour to find your missing p...

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! The Van Wezel presents I Have a Song to Sing, O! on Saturday, October 24: an exclusive video celebration of timeless Gilbert and Sullivan favorites! A cast of seven principal performers of New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players explore repertoire from seven NYGASP operas in this creative and entertaining virtual concert. Filmed ...

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! The perfect opportunity to make new friends or participate in a fun team-building exercise – Trivia Hub Live will offer a virtual trivia event for Van Wezel patrons! Participants will work through trivia questions with their assigned groups in private Zoom “breakout rooms” throughout the game. The trivia game will accommodate up to 75 guests, and p...

A Nine-Part Musical Series Available NOW for Streaming! You are cordially invited to A Killer Party - A Murder Mystery Musical - a brand-new musical starring Broadway theater favorites Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl, Bonnie & Clyde), Laura Osnes (Tony® nominee, Cinderella, Grease), Alex Newell (Glee, Once ...

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! The perfect opportunity to make new friends or participate in a fun team-building exercise – Trivia Hub Live will offer a virtual trivia event for Van Wezel patrons! Participants will work through trivia questions with their assigned groups in private Zoom “breakout rooms” throughout the game. The trivia game will accommodate up to 75 guests, and p...

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Grammy-nominated songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will take the nation by storm this holiday season with the Jim Brickman Comfort & Joy at Home 2020 Virtual Tour. A portion of each ticket purchased to this concert, performed LIVE from Cleveland, OH, will benefit the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to assist during these cha...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker Christmas Stream brings the holiday cheer right to your home! Spend quality time with loved ones and experience the smash-hit holiday tradition in this ground-breaking Video on Demand debut, all from the best seat in the house: your living room! Take a trip backstage with the cameras for a look at ho...

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, based on the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity and includes one of the most iconic and romantic endings ever portrayed on screen. Featuring the Grammy Award winning, #1 hit single “Up Where We Belong” and a score based on the 1980s catalogue of music that gave voice to a generation, the live stage production i...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra AND memory loss, hot flashes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex and more! This hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles! See what millions of women worldwide have been laughing about for 19 years!...

RENÉE FLEMING is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. Winner of four Grammy® awards, and recipient of the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2014, Renée brought her voice to a vast new audience as the only classical artist ever to sing the National...

SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! Sarasota Premiere! Making their Sarasota debut, the iconic group IL DIVO transcends categorization, uniting the classical and the popular in multiple languages and infusing the passion of opera into their performances worldwide for over a decade. The quartet has earned over a hundred gold and platinum awards in over 30 countries, and has solidified their...

SARASOTA PREMIERE! 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, including "Pure Imagination," "The Candy Man," and "I've Got a Golden Ticket," alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score from the songwriters of Hairspray. Willy Wonka is opening his m...

SARASOTA PREMIERE! Established in 1973, The ISRAEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Richardson Hall (Toronto), Festival Hall (London), the Colosseum (Munich) and Gaudi (Barcelona) and performs regularly throughout Israel. Hundreds of world-class musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Isaac Stern have performed with the ensemble. The...

PLEASE NOTE: To register for REZA's FREE Magic Trick and LIVE Q&A on Saturday, September 26 at 11:00 a.m., please click HERE. REZA has taken the art of illusion to a new level, delivering his rock concert style magic show t...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED (TICKETS AVAILABLE) 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 belov...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!  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 an evening of "Broadway Heaven" not to be missed, featuring songs from your favorite stage productions. ...

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 their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with “The Concert in Central Park” in 1981 with over half a million f...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actor. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award, she received a 2015 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama and was also named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people that ye...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 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 r...

Sarasota, FL (August 28) – The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces that the Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater performances on February 16-17, 2021 have been postponed to future dates. The Van Wezel hopes to announce new dates soon. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patrons directly affected by these changes. Patrons who wish to attend rescheduled performa...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!  SARASOTA PREMIERE! Musician, vocalist and composer Damien Sneed toured with Aretha Franklin, developing a strong mentee relationship with the soul legend. In A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, Sneed pays homage to the icon with fresh renditions of the beloved hits including “Respect,” ...

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’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in t...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty and utterly unique – an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden pole...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 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 remark...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!  SARASOTA PREMIERE! Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner, brimming with Tina hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s. The powerful raspy vocals, high-intensity dancing and thrilling stage presence live on stage, plus band, brass section, backing vocalists and dancers, making this the definitive tribute and a fabu...

The iconic classic-rock favorite AMERICA has amassed numerous gold and/or platinum albums, with their first greatest hits collection, “History,” hitting four million plus in sales. The Grammy® Award winners’ widely renowned singles – including “Horse With No Name,” “Sister Golden Hair,” “I Need You,’ “Ventura Highway,” “Don’t Cross the R...

LANG LANG is a leading figure in classical music today – as a pianist, educator and philanthropist he has become one of the world’s most influential and committed ambassadors for the arts in the 21st century. Equally happy playing for billions of viewers at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or just for a few hundred children in the public schools, he is a master of communicating through music.

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 array of legends such as Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli have cemente...

NOTE: Tickets to the general public go on sale Friday, September 25 at 10:00 a.m. Don’t miss PAUL ANKA performing his Greatest Hits: His Way in 2021! With over 500 songs to his credit and over 126 albums recorded worldwide, Paul Anka is the only artist in history to have a song on the Billboard Top 100 over 7 consecutive decades. Anka ...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK returns to the Van Wezel! The icon has 64 gold albums, 35 platinum albums, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame, spanning a career of over five decades. He has performed for several presidents, the Queen of England and billions of fans around the world, recordi...

Founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, the RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET has been bringing timeless ballet classics to the stages of North America since 1999. The company returns to Sarasota with the full-length ballet in four acts, Swan Lake....

SARASOTA PREMIERE! 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®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to ...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Love transcends the harsh realities of war and prejudice in this sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning tale centered around two unlikely love affairs. Set on a tropical island during World War II, this timeless Rodgers & Hammerstein classic features some of the most beautiful music ever composed woven into an inspiring story cherished around the world. Winner of ten Tony Awards,...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Grammy Award-winning saxophonist KENNY G returns to the Van Wezel! In a recording career spanning three decades and 23 albums, he has woven elements of R&B, pop and Latin music into his signature, smooth sound. He has collaborated with superstars including Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Natalie Cole, and has become a staple on adult contemporary and s...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 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 earl...

SARASOTA PREMIERE! 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 America’s Got Talent, Terry has won Las Vegas&rs...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! This is a journey never to be forgotten. Mansion of Dreams is the crowning achievement of the multi-award-winning Master Illusionist, RICK THOMAS. He has the unique ability to transport his entire audience to a mystical and riveting world unlike their own, and it is all found within the walls of his Mansion of Dreams. Stunning magic, e...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Sarasota Premiere! More than 35 million people around the world have experienced the smash-hit phenomenon that is BLUE MAN GROUP, and now it’s your turn! BLUE MAN GROUP premieres in Sarasota for a limited engagement on their new North American tour. It’s everything you know and love about BLUE MAN GROUP – ...

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 stage and film to golden era jazz standards, contemporary pop hits and holiday music, all of which has assu...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!  Returning to the Van Wezel, the SWEET CAROLINE TOUR is a Neil Diamond Concert Celebration starring Jay White. White has performed over 10,000 concerts around the world over three decades honoring the artistry of the American music legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icon. Featuring the greatest hits and beloved gems that audience...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is RIVERDANCE as you’ve never seen it before! A powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved favorite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecor...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. The original production won ten Tony Awards, inclu...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 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...

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”) to pay tribute to rock legends, Queen. Since May 2002, Gary Mullen and the Works have performed throughout the UK, US...

Acclaimed dance duo and brothers Maks & Val Chmerkovskiy have announced their third nationwide tour, Maks & Val Live: Motion Pictures Tour, featuring special guests, spouses and celebrated dancers Jenna Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd. This Latin and ballroom dance foursome has shared the stage many times as Dancing with the Stars alums, b...

SARASOTA PREMIERE! 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. Hornsby describes his new album Absolute Zero as “a compendium o...

CELTIC THUNDER storms onto the mainstage with their latest live show, IRELAND, 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. “We, like everyone else the world over, are concerned about the health of our families and community and wish for our fans to remain safe ...

Broadway’s COME FROM AWAY is a Best Musical winner all across North America! This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. ...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 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 Rolli...

SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! SARASOTA PREMIERE! SARAH BRIGHTMAN, the world’s best-selling soprano, makes her Sarasota debut with Hymn: Sarah Brightman in Concert. Brightman is known for her three-octave range and for pioneering the classical-crossover music movement, amassing global sales of over 30 million units.  Sarah Brightman released he...

Timeless music, dazzling costumes, breathtaking dance, stunning floral designs. SALUTE TO VIENNA NEW YEAR'S CONCERT returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for an unforgettable New Year’s celebration that will enchant and delight audiences of all ages in Sarasota. Freshly updated each year with a new cast and musical programme, the exuberant music of Johann Strauss and his counterpar...