2026/27 Season Announcement Livestream

We invite you to tune into overture.org to watch our free livestream event that will get you a front row preview of the season ahead with highlight videos from the stars set to light up our stages! There will be no in-person event.

Educational/Talks, Family Friendly, Free Events Community Clothing Swap

Overture Hall Main Lobby

Celebrate Earth Month with a clothing swap focused on reducing fashion waste and embracing conscious consumption. Give your gently used clothing a second life—and find something new to love in the process.

Dance, Family Friendly, Free Events, Kids in the Rotunda, Music Duke Otherwise

Rotunda Stage

Don’t miss the wildly entertaining Duke Otherwise! This playful wordsmith, spirited performer and captivating tap dancer brings music and laughter to audiences of all ages.

Free Events Overture Center for the Arts Blood Drive

Overture Hall Main Lobby

Overture Center for the Arts is hosting our annual American Red Cross Blood Drive. The one-day event takes place in Overture Hall Lobby on Tuesday, April 22 from 9am-2pm.

Family Friendly, Free Events, Kids in the Rotunda, Music Lullaby Project

Rotunda Stage

Join local musicians and teaching artists for a very special day of sharing songs created for the little ones in your life.

Educational/Talks, Free Events, Visual Arts Spring 2026 Exhibitions Reception

Overture Galleries

Join us for a reception and artist talks celebrating the Spring 2026 Overture Galleries. Centered on storytelling, our Spring Exhibitions feature artists who translate personal narrative into book-based and ceramic sculptures, symbolic mixed-media works and more.

Educational/Talks Joy Harjo: Inhabiting Home on Earth

The Playhouse

As part of the Finding Home series, the Wisconsin Academy presents a signature public events featuring acclaimed poet, musician and former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Known for her powerful storytelling and deep exploration of Indigenous identity, Harjo’s work invites reflection on what it means to belong to a place, a people, a history and a future. 

Classical Music, Free Events, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Music A Community Gift and Dream — for the Love of Music

During this free, two-day festival celebration, MSO musicians and diverse community groups will perform on a rotating schedule throughout Overture Center for the Arts. The Sunday concert features some of the “greatest hits” of classical music and will be the final concert Maestro John DeMain conducts as Music Director.

Classical Music, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Musical Landscapes in Color Vol IV - Transcendence

“Transcendence” explores music that reaches beyond boundaries—spiritual, emotional and artistic. Together, these works form a musical journey rising through reflection, celebration and resilience.

Classical Music, Jazz, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Masterworks I - Ravel Revelry

We kick off our 2026/27 Masterworks season with a program bold and full of personality as pianist John Novacek returns to play Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G,” fusing jazz rhythms and harmonies.

Classical Music, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Masterworks II - Fire & Form

“Fire & Form” brings together music shaped by resilience and intensity. Sylvia Jiang takes on Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in G,” a work known for its extreme technical demands and raw emotional force

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Masterworks III - Rossini to Rococo with Cello & Ballet

Charting its own path, “Rossini to Rococo” takes us on a musical journey of contrasting styles and eras. Graceful yet dynamic, this program moves seamlessly between stage, sea and soaring melody. 

Classical Music, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Masterworks IV - The Spanish Thread

Vibrant musical connection from start to finish. Srul Irving Glick’s “Divertimento for String Orchestra” opens our final Masterworks concert of the season before guitarist Ana Vidovic returns to the WCO stage to perform Rodrigo’s “Fantasia para un gentilhombre.”