Juilliard Drama Presents August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson"
The Juilliard School – Stephanie P. McClelland Theater · Lincoln Square
LisaGay Hamilton directs Juilliard drama students in August Wilson's Pulitzer winner; tickets $40.
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This calendar gathers upcoming performances across Lincoln Center's campus in Manhattan, compiled independently by Stumblday from public listings. You will find orchestral concerts, ballet seasons, jazz tributes, film screenings with live accompaniment, and classic theater productions. New dates appear as organizers announce them, with listings refreshed every night.
Events at Lincoln Center, compiled by Stumblday from organizers’ and official listings. Not affiliated with Lincoln Center · Official site .
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Oct 14PLAZAOpens Oct 14 · through Oct 25Lincoln Center
Oct 21American Ballet Theatre Fall SeasonOpens Oct 21 · through Oct 31David H. Koch Theater
Oct 28Get Out in ConcertOpens Oct 28 · through Oct 31Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Nov 5August Wilson's Seven GuitarsOpens Nov 5 · through Jan 10Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center TheaterNov 11Django Reinhardt NY FestivalOpens Nov 11 · through Nov 15Lincoln CenterNov 18Bill Charlap Solo PianoOpens Nov 18 · through Nov 22Lincoln Center
Nov 25Rouvali Conducts Schubert's Great SymphonyOpens Nov 25 · through Dec 1Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen HallNov 27George Balanchine's The NutcrackerOpens Nov 27 · through Jan 2David H. Koch TheaterDec 9Handel's Messiah with the New York PhilharmonicOpens Dec 9 · through Dec 13Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen HallDec 9New Dances: Edition 2026Opens Dec 9 · through Dec 13Lincoln CenterDec 15Big Band Holidays The Jazz at Lincoln Center OrchestraOpens Dec 15 · through Dec 20Lincoln CenterDec 17Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in ConcertOpens Dec 17 · through Dec 20David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterDec 26Carlos Henriquez NonetOpens Dec 26 · through Dec 30Lincoln CenterSaturday, Oct 10
Eclectic Nycb I
David H. Koch Theater · Lincoln Square
City Ballet pairs Wheeldon's Continuum and Ratmansky's Solitude with Balanchine's Bourrée Fantasque.
Puccini's La Bohème
The Metropolitan Opera · Lincoln Square
Zeffirelli's famous staging, with its packed café scene, makes this Met matinee an easy first opera.
Mozart's Così fan tutte
The Metropolitan Opera · Lincoln Square
Mozart's swapped lovers move to a 1950s Coney Island, with real fire-eaters and sword-swallowers.
Sunday, Oct 11
Eclectic NYCB I
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Verdi’s Macbeth
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Temple University Studio, Symphony and Jazz Orchestras
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Monday, Oct 12
Steven Feifke Big Band Album Release
Dizzy's Club · Columbus Circle
Grammy-winning bandleader Steven Feifke fires up a full big band at Dizzy's Club to release his new album, with Central Park out the window.
$30–$60Add to calendar
Tuesday, Oct 13
Rush Hour Performance | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 22 and Op. 109
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Corcoran Holt Quintet: Freedom of Art Album Release
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
All Balanchine I
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Mozart’s Così fan tutte
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
New York City Ballet: All Balanchine I
David H. Koch Theater · Lincoln Square
New York City Ballet presents an all-Balanchine program at 7:30 PM.
Wednesday, Oct 14
Liederabend
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Rush Hour Performance | Artist Diploma Series: Mateusz Mikolajczak
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Tenor Legacy with Lew Tabackin
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Sophia Club: Live Philosophy
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Over My Head I Hear Freedom in the Air
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Contemporary Choreography I
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Verdi’s Macbeth
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Thursday, Oct 15
Rush Hour Performance | Cross-Generational With Jazz Faculty Mark Sherman
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Beethoven 200 – The Eternal Journey I: New York Classical Players Concert
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
David Gibson Nonet
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Eclectic NYCB I
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Bella Hristova & Gloria Chien
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Mei Semones
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Puccini’s La Bohème
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
FIRE · GUITAR · LEGEND
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Friday, Oct 16
Historical Performance Chamber Music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Concerto Competition Finals
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra | Count Basie and the Blue Devils
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Houdini: Preserving a Legacy of Magic, Escapes, and Showmanship
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Ekep Nkwelle
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Urban Love Suite
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration With Special Guests Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center · Columbus Circle
Chucho Valdés marks 85 with Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, John Patitucci, and Marcus Gilmore.
Puccini’s La Bohème
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Emilia y Pablo
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Eclectic NYCB I
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Saturday, Oct 17
Verdi’s Macbeth
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
The Past and The Curious Live at Lincoln Center
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center · Upper West Side
The kids' history podcast brings its songs about forgotten firsts to Lincoln Center's Atrium, free.
Free
Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance Gallery Tour
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts · Lincoln Square
A free guided walk through NYPL's Martha Graham centennial show, with Isamu Noguchi set pieces and Graham's own costumes on view.
Free
Akira Tana and Friends featuring Atsuko Hashimoto and Skylar Tang
Dizzy's Club · Columbus Circle
Drummer Akira Tana and Hammond organ firebrand Atsuko Hashimoto salute Tana's mentor Jimmy Heath in a three-night Dizzy's run.
$30–$60
14th — Nyff64 Closing Night World Premiere (Ava DuVernay)
Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Ava DuVernay's follow-up to 13th, on challenges to the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closer.
Lincoln Center · Lincoln Square
Program run at David H. Koch Theater, open through Wednesday, December 2.
Vivian Beaumont Theater · Lincoln Square
Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth lead Sorkin's courtroom drama on the Beaumont's huge thrust stage.
The Juilliard School · Lincoln Square
Juilliard's wind orchestra plays a 3 pm concert at The Juilliard School in Lincoln Square.
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography I
David H. Koch Theater · Lincoln Center
Two brand-new ballets by Jennifer Archibald and Alysa Pires, plus Kyle Abraham's Love Letter.
The Juilliard School · Lincoln Square
The Metropolitan Opera · Lincoln Square
Lise Davidsen and Quinn Kelsey lead the Met's new Verdi production, with Nézet-Séguin conducting.
$33
La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln Square
Zeffirelli's La Boheme returns to the Met for its season premiere - the snowfall, the Cafe Momus crowd scene, the whole spectacle.
New York City Ballet: Fall 2026 Season
David H. Koch Theater · Lincoln Center
Seven fall programs span Balanchine's Jewels and the long-awaited return of Pithoprakta.
creation stories and all the important importants
Claire Tow Theater (LCT3) · Lincoln Center
Mfoniso Udofia's world premiere follows a woman racing her body's clock, dream cycle to IVF.
Lincoln Center's Summer for the City
Lincoln Center campus · Lincoln Square
Lincoln Center's outdoor season is in its last stretch: a mirror-ball dance floor, silent discos and choose-what-you-pay concerts.
Free
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