Celebrate the arts in our community during our hybrid event! The re-imagined festival will feature live performances on our outdoor stage, aerials and artist demos (in a safe and physically distanced space), as well as virtual performances and activities for kids, online vendor market and more!

This new twist on Arizona Opera’s popular summer opera film festival will bring the art form to the newly created outdoor Pavilion at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. The first such collaboration of its kind between The Metropolitan Opera and a regional US opera company will present socially distanced screenings of La Traviata, Hansel and Gretel, and The Barber of Seville from the popular series, The Met: Live in HD for the weekend of November 20-22.

Don’t miss one of the Valley’s most celebrated actresses, Katie McFadzen, as she brings to life Charles Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol under the stars, lights, and chandeliers on the new outdoor stage at the Herberger Theater Center.

Musicians of The Phoenix Symphony will present a free outdoor concert as part of the Herberger Theater’s Performance Pop-Up Series. Concertmaster, Steven Moeckel, leads an all string roster in a program that includes Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major, JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 3, and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No 12. Also featured in this program is Principal Second Violin, Anna Kazapides, performing the solo violin part in Antonio Vivaldi’s “Winter” from The Four Seasons.

Dangerously Fun Juggling! Delighting audiences for over thirty years, James Reid presents a performance of big tricks, laughs, and fun for all ages. With unique juggling combinations you won’t see anywhere else, bowling ball juggling, and the dangerous fun weapons! All presented with fun interaction and comedy along with a personal style you won’t forget.

What do you get when you take the sweet, poignant essence of folk music, and put it in the hands of two keyboardist / arrangers with jazz, classical and R&B influences? GIRLS ON THE ROAD, the folktronica fusion duo of singer / songwriter / keyboardists Annie Moscow and Rachael Nicole Gold whose music draws on diverse influences ranging from Debussy, Charles Ives and The Beatles, to Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell and Bruce Hornsby.

Phoenix’s premier folklorico dance troupe brings its joyful attitude and mad talents to the The Pavilion at the Herberger Theater for a magical, colorful, and uplifting hour celebrating the regional dances of Mexico.

Join us on The Pavilion for our Art of Celebration Concert Series featuring Valley favorites Dennis Rowland & Diana Lee.

Musicians of The Phoenix Symphony are back with a third performance in the Herberger Theater’s Performance Pop Up Series! Concertmaster Steven Moeckel, leads an all string roster in a program titled “Sweets”. Associate Concertmaster Maggie Martinic-Jercic and her husband Boro Martinic-Jercic, will perform Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor.  Assistant Principal Cello Jan Simiz and his wife Maria, will be featured in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor. The program also includes English folk melodies in St. Paul’s Suite by Gustav Holst, Norwegian dance tunes in Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg, and Suite in G Major by English Baroque composer, Henry Purcell.

Billed by the Phoenix New Times as “the premier live hip-hop band in town,” The Stakes have become an institution in Arizona’s local music scene. The band reflects the diverse colors and experiences of the young and the revolutionary, with a realism and authenticity that brings together their unique brand of hip-hop. Venessa Mendez AKA “Sassy” of Sassy and the Sneak Attack and her guitarist bring their talents to The Pavilion opening for The Stakes.

PHOENIX AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA [PAO] proudly carries the musical and social torch that was first lit by the powerful duo of FELA KUTI and TONY ALLEN, original inventors of the Afrobeat sound. Led by funky heiress Camille Sledge, the 16-strong orchestra is comprised of the most ambitious and outrageous musicians in Phoenix today – making it the hottest super-group on the hot city scene! Opening for PAO are Arouna & Zaza Diarra!

HÄANA is a one-woman orchestra, combining music + tech + art with Nordic/Icelandic influences set to a broken beat. Her original productions are like a dynamic film score, crafting her sounds featuring electronica influences, synthetic sonority, and vocal textures.

Join Swiyyah on our outdoor stage for a plant-based fashion show. Learn about the design, functionality, and benefits of the plant-based fashion line.

Metro dance department presents dance works from students and guest artists.

David + Lisa is an intense fairy-tale of sorts that tells of two people who meet in a treatment center of young adults with mental and psychological issues. After a series of events, an unlikely attachment is developed between the volatile individuals. David + Lisa is inspired by the fact-based stage play, and 1960s film. Scorpius is the first to abstract this story into the realm of contemporary dance and original music by Kristofer Hill and Ryan Breen.

Spend a tuneful Sunday evening of musical, magical performances by professionally-trained student vocalists from Dale Yeoman Studios. Who knows where these graduating high school songbirds will take their talents as they spread their wings!

Help us close the gap on blood donations. Because of COVID-19, many blood drives have been cancelled. It is more important than ever that hospitals receive blood in this time of lessened donations.

Join us on The Pavilion for our Art of Celebration Concert Series featuring the Valley favorite Alice Tatum Band. 

The Phoenix Symphony is thrilled to present our musicians as the grand finale at the Pavilion, the outdoor stage at The Herberger Theater Center before it comes down for the season. The featured soloist on this program is Associate Principal Clarinet Steve Hanusofski, in Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B flat, an early-Romantic work that demonstrates the expressive capabilities of this wonderful instrument. Also on the program is Mozart’s youthful Divertimento in D for Strings and Tchaikovsky’s lush and iconic Serenade for Strings.

Phoenix’s premier folklorico dance troupe brings its joyful attitude and mad talents to The Pavilion at the Herberger Theater for a magical, colorful, and uplifting hour celebrating the regional dances of Mexico.

Join us for a unique re-imagined event where guests will have the option of outdoor dining at a fine restaurant, or dinner delivered to their home and served by a private chef. An online auction and virtual livestreamed program will also be held for all guests to participate. Proceeds from the event benefit the Herberger Theater’s youth education and outreach programs which engage participants through diverse arts experiences that ignite emotion, stimulate conversation, and inspire connections with the arts.