Upcoming Events

A Nine-Part Musical Series Available August 5-19 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 (Gle...

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...

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE electrifies the 2020 holiday season with its reimagined live family holiday spectacular. The show has been hailed by the New York Daily News as a “delicious confection of charm, sparkle and talent by the sleighload.” Set in a multi-million-dollar wonderland of elaborate scenes and holiday production numbers, audiences will celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with over 300 sp...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. Timeless music, dazzling costumes, breathtaking dance, stunning floral designs. SALUTE TO VIENNA NEW YEAR'S CONCERT retu...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 t...

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! It's the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 recipie...

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 status as a global sensation with a timeless sound....

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 f...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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), Fes...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 croon...

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 Sarasota premiere – LIVE...

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 “A...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 fro...

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 a...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 could...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. Please sign up for our eClub for updates. STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty and utterly unique – an unforgettable experience for audiences of all age...

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....

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: March 10, 2021 Old date: March 19, 2020 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 Na...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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...

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...

  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, recording romantic ballads, movie theme songs, disco,...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 brin...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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 ...

PLEASE NOTE: This show is currently only available for purchase via subscription. Single tickets will go on public sale later this fall. 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. S...

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 7 at 10:00 a.m. 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 ...

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 & ROL...

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’s best show, best all-around performer, best family...

  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, extreme comedy, exquisite dancers and an inspir...

  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 – signature drumming, colorful moments of creativity and quirky co...

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 – f...

  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 rerecorded his mesmerizing soundtrack while producer ...

  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, including a special Tony for becoming the longest-r...

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 than the Beatles the...

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”) to pay trib...

NOTE: The Van Wezel’s performance of Maks & Val LIVE: Motion Pictures Tour  on July 14, 2020 has recently 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 honored for the new performance date. ...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: November 17, 2021 Old date: December 20, 2020 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. &ldquo...

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. ...

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 ...

SHOW POSTPONED New Date: TBA January 2022 Old Date: January 28, 2021 PLEASE NOTE: Due to travel restrictions and the interactive nature of the show, THE CHOIR OF MAN's Sarasota debut performance at the Van Wezel has been postponed to a future date in January 2022. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patr...