Full Calendar of Events at the Berklee Performance Center

 

Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Spearheaded by Mina Cho, the director of the group, the Gugak Jazz Society blends Korean traditional music with jazz. The group will perform selections from the newly released CD, Samulnori Fantasy: Seasons, which tells a modern Korean musical narrative.

Admission
Free; tickets required
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free; tickets required
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Berklee Anime Band is a large J-Rock/Pop ensemble led by students. They work in affiliation with the Berklee Anime Club to bring favorite songs to the stage and represent the anime community here at Berklee.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Immerse yourself in a night of musical mastery as the songwriting faculty of Berklee takes the stage to perform their latest original songs.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

One of the most talented and innovative fado singers of her generation, Carminho sings with an outstanding, heartfelt voice that Songlines magazine describes as “beautifully translucent and stunning in its emotional charge.”

Admission
$30 / $38 / $48 / $58
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar is a singular, genre-defying artist who spans classical and contemporary, acoustic, and electronic genres. She will be performing new music alongside reinterpreted favorites with her quintet that includes Arun Ghosh, Sarathy Korwar, Pirashanna Thevarajah, and Tom Farmer.
 

Admission
$38 / $48 / $58 / $69
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Jazz Composers Alliance will present a program of new, adventurous compositions for the 21 piece JCA Orchestra.

Admission
$12 in advance/$17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance/$5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This concert features original musical compositions written and performed by Berklee students who have completed their LENS: Contemporary Issues/Mass Incarceration course.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Presented By
Celebrity Series of Boston presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Celebrate the great bandleader and composer Charles Lloyd on his 85th birthday tour when he returns to Boston with his longtime quartet.

Admission
$39 / $49 / $65 / $75 / $95
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This yearly student showcase, presented by the guitar department, features some of Berklee’s finest guitarist singer-songwriters performing new, original songs in a variety of ensemble settings of their own design.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Latin Grammy lifetime achievement award winner and iconic diva Eva Ayllón returns to Berklee to celebrate a career spanning over five decades of performing Peruvian música criolla around the globe.

Admission
$79 / $89 / $99
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Join us for a night full of colors, rhythms, and emotions brought together by the unique fusion of contemporary jazz and traditional Sicilian music.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Presented By
AEG Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Coming off their sold out Just for Laughs show, Darcy & Jer are jumping off your phones and into your hearts in real life with their new show, The No Refunds Tour.

Admission
$39.50 / $49.50 / SILVER VIP $159.50 / GOLD VIP $209.50
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Developed by Sofia Red, Nando Michelin and Oscar Stagnaro, the LAVMF presents music from a wide variety of Latin influenced styles. Berklee students perform mostly original projects in a concert including students from all nationalities and backgrounds. 

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The 38th annual concert of jazz composition works by faculty from the harmony and jazz composition department performed by a jazz orchestra.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Guitar Night: jazz and blues student showcase concert featuring the finest jazz and blues guitarists at Berklee.
 

Admission
$12 in advance/$17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance/$5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This concert will celebrate the release of My Big Family Suite, a recording of music written by George W. Russell Jr. It is an 11 movement suite written for members of his family.

Admission
$30
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
$10 off ticket price
Presented By
Celebrity Series of Boston presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Dafnis Prieto joins forces with Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza to engage listeners through words and music.

Admission
$29 / $39 / $49 / $65 / $75
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Join Berklee's premier orchestra for musical theater in this cabaret-style show featuring Broadway's most legendary heroes and most notorious villains.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Weeknd Ensemble at Berklee presents a tribute show to the one of the most iconic artists of the 21st century—The Weeknd. The ensemble will perform the artist's biggest hits with live music and choreography by Berklee and Boston Conservatory students.

Admission
$12 in advance /$17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance /$5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This concert will feature all of the premier a cappella groups at Berklee: On the Vox, Pitch Slapped, Treble Threat, and Upper Structure.
 

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Get ready to go deep into the stuff of which snowy dreams are made with Warren Miller’s ALL TIME.

Admission
$25 in advance, $27 day of show
Presented By
Signature Series Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Berklee will pay tribute to Cuban composer, vocalist, and guitarist Pablo Milanés bringing his pianist and long-time musical director Miguel Núñez, and singer-songwriter Pavel Núñez, who shared the stage with Pablo Milanés.

Admission
$15/$20 in advance, $20/$25 day of show
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Piaf! The Show tells the story of famed French singer Edith Piaf through her unforgettable songs alongside original scenography and projections of unpublished images of Piaf from throughout her career.
 

Admission
$30 / $38 / $48 / $58
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Each semester, 120–180 voice students audition for the opportunity to be cast in Singers Night, one of the Voice Department's premier shows.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Berklee Middle Eastern Festival is a celebrated annual event that brings together artists from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean with students from all over the world to learn and experience the musical traditions of those regions.

Admission
$15/$20 in advance, $20/$25 day of show
Presented By
Celebrity Series of Boston presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Molly Tuttle, praised for her "expressive, crystalline voice and astounding flat-picking guitar skills" (Rolling Stone Country), and her band Golden Highway return to Berklee Performance Center for the first time as headliners!

Jobi Riccio is a Berklee college alumna who writes songs that meld classic country sounds from across the decades with modern sensibilities, turning tropes of the genre upside-down.

Admission
$29 / $39 / $49 / $59 / $75 / $85
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau will be performing with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums.
 

Admission
$40 / $50 / $65 / $79
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Since its inception as part of an after-school program for vulnerable youth in 2009, the inspiring Ndlovu Youth Choir has become one of South Africa’s most treasured choral groups, recognized globally for its unique musical arrangements, vocal talents, and infectious energy.

Admission
$30 / $38 / $48 / $58
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Guitar Night: Rock and Pop will feature eight student-led guitar-centered live bands. Chosen by Berklee's guitar department and faculty, these guitarists represent the college's finest in this style.

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Presented By
Bowery Boston Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This event will be the screening of the documentary film Omoiyari, followed by a conversation and live set by Kishi Bashi performing the album in its entirety.
 

Admission
$28 / $38 / $45 / $49
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Berklee Africana Studies celebrates the 50th Anniversary of hip-hop with an all-star lineup of performers highlighting the power of Black creative expression.

Admission
$12 in advance /$17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance /$5 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Be prepared to bring in the holiday season with Berklee’s “Diamond Cut” Big Band, performing Duke Ellington’s “The Nutcracker Suite.”

Admission
$12 in advance /$17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance/$5 day of show
Presented By
Celebrity Series of Boston presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Lakecia Benjamin fuses traditional conceptions of jazz, hip hop, and soul to create electrifyingly danceable grooves.
 

Admission
$29 / $39 / $49 / $55 / $75
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This funky retelling of what it takes to be "real" is fun for the whole family. Pinocchio is an hour long mini-musical, with a jazz and pop score that will give kids an opportunity to learn and sing along on one of the songs.

Admission
Free
Presented By
Signature Series Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Singers Showcase—the longest-running concert series in the history
of Berklee—this powerful interdisciplinary student production will pay homage to four boundary-breaking
decades of music from one of the most iconic, visionary, and influential figures in popular music history,
Madonna.

Admission
$15/$20 in advance /$20/$25 day of show
Presented By
Signature Series Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Singers Showcase—the longest-running concert series in the history
of Berklee—this powerful interdisciplinary student production will pay homage to four boundary-breaking
decades of music from one of the most iconic, visionary, and influential figures in popular music history,
Madonna.

Admission
$15/$20 in advance /$20/$25 day of show
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The 8-Bit Big Band is a Grammy Award-winning contemporary symphonic jazz orchestra created to celebrate and reimagine video game music’s most beloved hits rearranged in exciting and creative new ways in order push the envelope of how we experience the music from these legendary soundtracks as a standalone body of musical work!

Admission
$35 / $45 / $55 / $65 / $75
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Berklee World Strings directed by Eugene Friesen presents an evening surveying jazz violin greats featuring faculty and student soloists.
 

Admission
$12 in advance / $17 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Presented By
The Bowery Boston Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Oh God, he’s back. Like the demented Tooth Fairy, the rabid Easter Bunny, or the grandiose Great Pumpkin, the Old Saint Nick of Nutcases is ready to tour again with his all new holiday comedy show from hell. But John Waters doesn’t need any enslaved reindeer or un-unionized elves.

Admission
$34.50 / $49.50 / $69.50 / VIP:$139.50
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

With explosive taiko drumming and innovative, acrobatic choreography, DRUM TAO offers a breathtaking, vibrantly modern twist on a traditional art form—and a visual and sonic tour de force celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Admission
$40 / $52 / $60 / $69
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Winner of six Grammys, José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito, is a guitarist of major significance within the realm of flamenco.

Admission
$44 / $58 / $69 / $79
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Direct from Madrid, dancer Alfonso Losa is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, and director, known for his strength and virtuosity. Losa will perform Espacio Creativo, accompanied by live music and featuring guest dancer Concha Jareño.

Admission
$44 / $58 / $69 / $79
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Gala Flamenca captures all the beauty, power, and passion of flamenco, starring two mavericks of the flamenco world, Manuel Liñán and Alfonso de Losa, accompanied by rising flamenco star El Yiyo.

Admission
$44 / $65 / $79 / $89
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

With Tigran Hamasyan, potent jazz improvisation fuses with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia.

Admission
$30 / $38 / $48 / $58
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

World-famous tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, renowned bansuri player Debopriya Chatterjee, and master sarangi player Sabir Khan perform a brilliant evening of traditional Indian classical music.

Admission
$48 / $58 / $65 / $79
Presented By
Global Arts Live Presents
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Hot Sardines effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls to transform songs from past eras into music for the 21st century.

Admission
$42 / $50 / $58 / $65