New to Vivo Performing Arts? Haven't attended one of our events before?
Vivo Performing Arts is committed to welcoming new audiences to our performances around greater Boston. You have a lot of choices for arts and entertainment, and we want to make it easier to say yes to attending your first Vivo Performing Arts performance, so you're invited to choose a show from the list below and get 2 amazing seats for just $20 each!
Come as you are: audience members wear clothing that they're comfortable in. Check out our venue pages for more information about each venue and what to expect!
No matter which show you choose, we hope you have a great experience and that it's just the first of many!
This offer is for one-time use by first-time buyers only, with new accounts created in August 2025 and later. Limit two tickets for any one performance on the list above, and select your own seats from a limited (but high-quality!) allocation. For accessible seating available with these offer terms, please contact the box office.
Brilliant bass-baritone Davóne Tines and early music continuo band Ruckus form the perfect pairing to reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Giving new life to Colonial- and Revolutionary-era hymns, ballads, and Baroque compositions, Ruckus and Tines embark on a musical journey that weaves through the pre-Civil War period, the Civil Rights era, and into the present day.
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 8PM at Sanders Theatre
The morning after the 2016 election, singer/composer Gabriel Kahane boarded a train from New York to Chicago, starting a 9,000-mile journey across America. In a climate of national division, Kahane listened to Americans’ stories; a song cycle, Book of Travelers, was born from their hopes, hardships, and shared moments of faith and resilience. Everyday American stories become extraordinary when you experience Gabriel Kahane’s poignant, wise, and empathetic Book of Travelers.
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 5PM at Sanders Theatre
Making their Vivo Performing Arts debut, Trisha Brown Dance Company brings a program spanning the visionary postmodern choreographer’s groundbreaking career—from her early explorations of movement to her later masterpieces. Fascinating, brilliant, witty: don’t miss Trisha Brown Dance Company!
Friday, February 13, 2026 at 8PM; Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 2PM at Boston Arts Academy Theater
Tradition and innovation, high concept and deep feeling: Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón doesn’t see these as opposites, but as the foundation for his smart, stylish, and expressive music. Rooted in his Puerto Rican heritage and propelled by Henry Cole’s inventive percussion work, Zenón’s post-bop explorations blend intellectual depth with rhythmic vitality, amplified by the global sensibility of his powerhouse quartet. Don’t miss an evening of brilliant music-making that poses big questions while delivering irresistible grooves.
Thursday, March 5, 9:00 PM at Arrow Street Arts
Saxophonist Isaiah Collier, a vital creative force in Chicago’s jazz scene, makes his Boston debut with a program inspired by one of his musical heroes, John Coltrane. Still in his mid-20s, Collier is a leading voice in “spiritual jazz:” music that transcends time and reaches for a spiritual level beyond the day-to-day. In this performance, Collier and his quartet, The Chosen Few, honor Coltrane’s prolific legacy with electrifying interpretations of his own iconic works.
Friday, March 6, 9:00 PM at Arrow Street Arts
In her Run the Gauntlet album, Kris Davis, accompanied by the extraordinary talents of bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake, pays homage to six trailblazing women pianists who have influenced her development as a pianist and composer. Seamlessly melding composition with improvisation, this album stands as a testament to Davis’ singular voice within the jazz landscape.
Saturday, March 7, 9:00 PM at Arrow Street Arts
Pianist Sullivan Fortner, a 2024 Grammy Award winner and recipient of the 2026 Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award, makes his debut as a bandleader with his trio. He's previously appeared on our stages alongside Cécile McLorin Salvant and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Expect deeply soulful and inventive music, marked by Fortner’s signature blend of technical brilliance, emotional depth, and boundless creativity—qualities that piano luminary and album producer Fred Hersch describes as “technique always in the service of expression, joy and humor, fearlessness and pianistic mastery.”
Sunday, March 8, 7:00 PM at Arrow Street Arts
Pianist Conrad Tao wowed and delighted Vivo Performing Arts audiences earlier this year in the joyfully exhilarating Counterpoint, alongside tap dancer Caleb Teicher.
Tao returns in the new season to showcase his range and sensitivity with Poetry and Fairy Tales, a program that interweaves evocative contemporary works with well-known pieces by Brahms and Ravel.
Structure and freedom, mood and narrative, dynamism and introspection combine when Conrad Tao—an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” (New York Times)—returns to Vivo Performing Arts.
Sunday, March 15, 3:00 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
The Takács Quartet—long celebrated for their fearlessness, power, and interpretive clarity—finds a well-matched partner in American violist Jordan Bak. Like the Quartet, Bak draws praise for his power and warmth, commanding presence, and ability to captivate an audience’s attention and imagination.
While all five musicians are dedicated champions of contemporary music, they bring their interpretive insights to bear on string quintets by Mozart, a composer whose legacy echoes across history.
The Quartet opens the program with Schubert’s Quartettsatz, a riveting movement filled with turbulence and lyricism. At the heart of the program, hear two relative rarities performed with unparalleled artistry and depth as Jordan Bak joins forces with the inimitable Takács Quartet!
Saturday, April 11, 8:00 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
Blessed with “poetic and sensitive pianism” (Washington Post) and a “wondrous sense of color” (San Francisco Classical Voice), Grammy Award-nominated pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences with her virtuosity, lyricism, and interpretive insight.
Acclaimed for her “extraordinary” and “kaleidoscopic” recital programs (Los Angeles Times), Yang brings Boston audiences a program anchored in piano suites that show off her range of colors and emotional sensitivity. Yang’s program features Schumann’s Kreisleriana—a captivating dialogue between lyricism and fiery passion—and Gershwin’s Songbook for Piano—18 of the composer’s iconic songs, playfully reimagined—to take you on a virtuosic, exuberant journey through myriad styles and emotions.
Saturday, April 18, 8:00 PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
Beauty, grace, strength: these are the hallmarks of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For more than six decades, the magnificent Ailey dancers have inspired us, touched our hearts, and invited us to joyously clap along with them as they take their curtain calls in the beloved Revelations.
The Ailey company honors the legacy of African American cultural touchstones and brings us a world of contemporary dance through new commissions.
Under the leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, the company embarks on its next era, guided as ever by Alvin Ailey's pioneering legacy. Ailey will continue to break new ground, pushing the bounds of what the human body can do and what the huma spirit can achieve.
Thursday, April 30, 8:00 PM; Friday, May 1, 8:00 PM; Saturday, May 2, 2:00 PM; Saturday, May 2, 8:00 PM; and Sunday, May 3, 3:00 PM at Boch Center Wang Theatre
EBT and WIC cardholders can get $20 tickets to all concerts that allow subscription discounts as part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Card to Culture program.
High School students and all college or university students -- undergrad, grad, and professional -- can get $20 tickets for many performances through our student rush program. Some offers are online in advance and others are traditional rush at the door.
If you're looking for high-quality free performances, check out Neighborhood Arts. The new season is full of amazing Boston-based artists sharing their talents at venues across Boston and Cambridge. Dance, Latin, jazz, contemporary music, percussion, and more: explore the 2022/23 Neighborhood Arts season today!
Teachers and administrators of public school groups, student clubs and ensembles, and human services organizations can sign up to learn more about our deep-discount ticketing programs Arts For All and Take Your Seat. More information will be coming soon.