It’s going to be a busy season of live music, dance, comedy, acrobatics and other acts as the Carpenter Center launches its 2025-26 season this fall.
Tickets went on sale this month for the upcoming season at the Center, which recently celebrated its 30-year anniversary in April.
Among the approximately two dozens acts this season, which as usual are divided into categories like dance, cabaret, concerts and other series, is Grammy-winning innovator Bilal, who has worked with Kendrick Lamar, Common, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé. The singer and producer blends jazz, soul, and hip-hop and kicks off the season with Sept. 12-13 shows.
Venue regular Sandra Bernhard returns for a Sept. 27 performance in the “Wit & Wisdom” series, while another regular performer, David Benoit, brings his “Tribute to Charlie Brown Christmas,” show on Dec. 6. Fans can stay in the holiday spirit with “A Broadway Holiday with David Burnham.” The show is scheduled for Dec 17–18.
People should also get ready to be wowed when the Peking Acrobats, flip, jump and perform seemingly impossible moves during the ensemble’s Jan. 17 show and the Cirque Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque do their own feats of acrobatics on March 21.
The season closes on May 6 with Emmy-nominated trumpeter and vocalist Benny Benack III.
For tickets go to carpenterarts.org