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2026-27 Series & Festivals

Encounter the arts through a curated series or festival, each thoughtfully crafted around a theme, artform, historical moment in time, or audience. Whether you return to a favorite legacy program or discover something entirely new, we hope you leave feeling inspired by the arts—with a fresh perspective and connection to the world around you.

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Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival

This January, the Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival returns to celebrate New York City-based choreographers presenting boundary-pushing works, including two New York premieres and two commissions by the Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance.

Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

This year’s festival celebrates how community creates culture, exploring how the reciprocal influence of the diverse communities of San Juan Hill fostered extraordinary artistic innovation.

Featured Performances

Feel the power of live performance when you experience global contemporary artistry on our biggest stages, all for FREE or Choose-What-You-Pay!

Kids, Teens, and Families

A joyful and inclusive series of music, dance, storytelling, and hands-on creativity for young audiences and their families, with sensory-friendly and relaxed events throughout the season.

Lincoln Center Visionary Artist: Wynton Marsalis

Lincoln Center honors one extraordinary artist whose impact and vision embody the transformative power of the arts across disciplines.

Festival of Firsts

The fifth annual Festival of Firsts showcases performers boldly exploring new artistic territories. Experience this only-in-New York series of premiere performances, U.S. debuts, album debuts, and career milestone sets.

Unsound New York

The boundary-defying Unsound Festival returns to Lincoln Center with genre-blurring performances that reimagine sound through bold experimentation and global artistry.

American Songbook

The 2027 American Songbook season will once again be curated by Lincoln Center Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos, a world-renowned, Tony Award-winning designer, creative director, and producer. More to be announced soon!

¡VAYA!

From salsa and charanga to Latin jazz, bachata, boogaloo, and more, ¡VAYA! is meant to make you move. Whether you're bopping your head or spinning around on the city's most exciting dance floor… ¡pa'lante!

Under the Radar at Lincoln Center

This January, Under the Radar returns with a signature selection of more than 25 new theatrical productions with performances across the city, including at Lincoln Center.

At the Atrium

All year long, the David Rubenstein Atrium is your home for FREE and groundbreaking music, theater, family shows, dance, comedy, and interactive experiences—highlighting the voices of local and international artists.

Big Umbrella Festival

From April 2–24, 2027, the celebrated festival returns for a multi-week series of performances, workshops, relaxed spaces, and interactive artistic experiences specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families.

Lincoln Center Immersive

Encompassing excitingly fresh augmented reality experiences, the Lincoln Center Immersive series invites participants to expand their perception of reality and space, offering creative work that serves as an entry point into a hidden realm.

The Art of Wellbeing

Art engages the mind, body, and spirit with guided meditations and movement-based lessons accompanied by live music. Designed and presented in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian.

Lincoln Center Moments

A free, welcoming performance series created for individuals with dementia and their caregivers, offering intimate artistic experiences in a supportive setting.

Passport to the Arts

A free and inclusive introduction to the performing arts, this series welcomes children, teens, and adults with disabilities and their families to experience concerts, workshops, and events across Lincoln Center.

Livestreams

Watch select Lincoln Center performances from anywhere with free livestreams all season long—complete with closed captions and on-demand access.

Young Artist Pipeline

A free training program for sixth and seventh graders, Young Artist Pipeline nurtures emerging talent through foundational arts education, creative exploration, and pathways to NYC’s screened arts high schools.

Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center

The Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center comes together each summer during Lincoln Center's Summer for the City to celebrate and share iconic works of classical music in dialogue with new and rediscovered music.

Ticketing Overview

To make the arts more accessible, all tickets for Lincoln Center Presents events are Free or Choose-What-You-Pay. Play your part by selecting the ticket value that’s right for you, knowing your contribution helps expand access for all. Please refer to the dedicated event page of the show you’d like to attend to confirm ticketing options.

Choose-What-You-Pay Events

2026 Fall Season Member Pre-sale begins September 2 at noon
General On-sale begins September 9 at noon
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All tickets to select shows are available on a Choose-What-You-Pay basis. Select the ticket value that's right for you, knowing your contribution helps expand access for all.

Free General Admission Events

Many performances and events, including all programming at the David Rubenstein Atrium, are available for FREE via General Admission—first-come, first-served. Advance reservations are not required for these events; just show up! While we'll do our best to accommodate as many guests as possible, we cannot guarantee admission. Look for the “FREE” label on calendar listings and show pages, or select the “Free” calendar filter to search for a wide range of free programming.

Free Fast Track Option

All Lincoln Center Presents events at the David Rubenstein Atrium offer a Fast Track reservation option, giving priority entry into events. Reservations for Fast Track will open every Monday at noon for that week's events and can be reserved on this page. Please check the event's dedicated web page to confirm if Fast Track is available for the performance you'd like to attend.

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3. Book in-person at the Alice Tully Hall box office (Broadway and 66th Street) or the David Geffen Hall box office from Monday–Saturday 10:00 am–6:00 pm and Sunday noon–6:00 pm.

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globalFEST’s ten-sets-in-one-night festival returns to Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall for their annual full-theater takeover, populating all the floors of the building with soul-stirring performers from every corner of the globe The cultural catalysts at globalFEST have been promoting the world's greatest musical traditions for over 20 years, showcasing both today's hottest international sounds and styles born and bred in the Americas. The New York Times calls the festival, "a joyful and often raucous celebration of diversity and culture". This year’s featured artists include the Alash trio's performance of spiritual Tuvan throat songs from the Central Asian Steppe; Dogo du Togo guitar-driven Togolese Alagaa rock; Either/Orchestra’s swinging Ethiopiques big band; Gamelan Dharma Swara's shimmering Balinese percussion and dance; Mariposas Galácticas’ rebel kumbia-klezmer-punk; fusion Persian folk and psych-rock musician Mehrnam Rastegari; Austin's old-school country, Americana and roots singer-songwriter Melissa Carper; Haitian konpa legends Tabou Combo; the stunning mbira and vocals of Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa bridging Zimbabwe’s past and future; and Yeison Landero, irresistible heir to Colombian cumbia.

Featured Artists

Alash: The Alash trio, masters of the ancient Tuvan musical art of throat singing, integrate electronic, opera and rock-adjacent musical traditions into their performances.

Melissa Carper: Austin-based singer-songwriter Melissa Carper draws on the deep roots of American country music, encompassing old-time bluegrass, western swing, jazz and blues.

Dogo du Togo and his Alagaa Beat Band: Blending psych rock and Afrobeat into an exhilarating and genre-defying sound, Togolese bandleader Dogo du Togo and his Alagaa Beat Band offer a unique and richly creative take on contemporary Western African music.

Either/Orchestra: The ten-piece Either/Orchestra team up with East African vocalists to offer a selection of songs by the Ethio-jazz composer Nerses Nalbandian.

Gamelan Dara Swara: Gamelan Dharma Swara incorporates movement, sound and spectacle in service of presenting the joys and nuances of the percussion-focused Balinese gamelan tradition to American audiences.

Yeison Landero: A global ambassador of the vibrant, accordion-driven sound of Colombia's Caribbean heartland, Yeison Landero and his band represent multiple generations of love, skill and experience in their performance of traditional cumbia sabanera.

Mariposas Galácticas: The Philadelphia-based ensemble Mariposas Galácticas play cumbia-klezmer-punk rock enriched with rebellious joy, cross-community unity and DIY spirit.

Mehrnam Rastegari: NYC-based vocalist, composer and instrumentalist Mehrnam Rastegari engages Persian classical traditions to find connections between Iranian, American and European folk and modern music.

Tabou Combo: Active for nearly sixty years, the 12-member Tabou Combo are the world's best known and most passionate practitioners of konpa, a form of méringue that reigns supreme as Haiti's national dance music.

Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa: The work of musician-scholar-composer Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa draws on Zimbabwean philosophy, Indigenous musical tradition and the hymns of nineteenth-century colonial-era Christian missionaries.

Sunday, January 17, 2027 at 7:00 pm

Member Pre-sale: October 28 at noon
General On-sale: November 4 at noon

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To make the arts more accessible, tickets are available on a Choose-What-You-Pay basis. Select the ticket value that's right for you, knowing your contribution helps expand access for all.

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Art Bath

Lincoln Center Presents

December 05 at 7:30 pm

David Rubenstein Atrium

Immerse yourself in the fantastical and unusual at Art Bath, a performance series that melds music, opera, theater, dance, visual art, and much more.

ALL AGES

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

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River Whyless

Lincoln Center Presents

February 06 at 7:30 pm

David Rubenstein Atrium

Music collective River Whyless combines "exceptional songwriting talent and unexpected sound for something truly singular" (NPR Music).

ALL AGES

INDIE

Folk

SONGWRITER/STORYTELLER

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Come & Sing: Pop Punk Anthems

Lincoln Center Presents

February 10 at 6:30 pm

David Rubenstein Atrium

Come & Sing with us to choir arrangements of the songs that define pop punk’s emotional, rebellious, and cathartic spirit!

ALL AGES

COME & SING

Participatory

POP PUNK

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What's on today, October 16th

5:30 pm - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

7:30 pm

7:30 pm

Directed and Choreographed by Sekou McMiller

UPCOMING SHOWS

Saturday, October 17 at 5:00 pm

Saturday, October 17 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 18 at 12:00 pm

Sunday, October 18 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 am

Wednesday, October 21 at 1:00 pm

Wednesday, October 21 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 22 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 pm

Friday, October 23 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 pm

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 pm

featuring Sinfonia Varsovia and Księżyc

Saturday, October 24 at 11:00 am

A Film by Stanley Nelson

Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, October 24 at 11:00 am

Campus-wide

Saturday, October 24 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Sunday, October 25 at 11:00 am

with Aja Grant and Coulou

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Sunday, October 25 at 11:00 am

Campus-wide

Sunday, October 25 at 11:45 am

with Aja Grant and Coulou

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Sunday, October 25 at 1:00 pm

Sunday, October 25 - Multiple times

Created by Andrew Schneider

Sunday, October 25 at 5:30 pm

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian