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The best in music, dance, theater from around the world
The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University is thrilled to announce the complete 2026–27 performing arts season.
Bookended by shows that celebrate legacy and reinterpret American artistic traditions, the upcoming season features some the best established and rising talents across dance, theater, and music.
Performances include a powerful dance piece from sweat variant related to a fall exhibition. An unforgettable dinner party with bluemouth inc.’s Game of Life and an empathetic and revealing look at the secret lives of older people in La vie secrète des vieux. Explore the pitfalls of capitalism with Jenn Kidwell and conclude the season with a contemporary exploration of majorette dance in MAJOR. All alongside the best in jazz and contemporary music from Wynton Marsalis, SML, Dan Tepfer, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more. The complete schedule is below.
Tickets are available now, in person at the Wexner Center for the Arts, by calling (614) 292-3535, or online. Ticket prices vary (all details on pricing available online), though all include discounts for Wex members and students with a valid student ID. Prices include all fees. Fees are waived for members and in-person purchases. Wex members receive free parking with their ticket purchase. All other ticket buyers receive discounted $6 parking in the Arps, Ohio Union North, and Ohio Union South Garages.
All shows at the Wexner Center for the Arts, unless otherwise noted
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisPresented with support from Columbus JazzTue, Oct 6 | 7 PMMershon AuditoriumThe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to the Wex for an unforgettable night of swing, blues, and masterful musicianship.sweat variantadaku, part 2Tue, Oct 20–Thu, Oct 22 | 7 PM | World Premiere
An immersive multidisciplinary performance featuring movement, song, sound, text, and spatial design that considers cycles of ritual and repair.
SMLFri, Nov 6 | 7 and 9 PM
SML pushes the boundaries of jazz with an immersive blend of electronics, rhythm, and improvisation.
Dan TepferNatural MachinesSun, Nov 15 | 3 PMTimashev Recital HallExperience a mesmerizing performance where musical improvisation, technology, and visual art collide in real time.
bluemouth inc.Game of LifeThu, Dec 3–Sat, Dec 5 | 6 PM | Ohio Premiere
Join an unforgettable dinner party: part documentary, part lucid dream, and not entirely under control. Please note this performance is in two parts: Lucy AI (90 mins.) will begin at 6 PM nightly. Patrons are welcome to come and go as they please during that time. After a brief intermission at 7:30 PM, Elephant will begin at 8 PM. (program approx. 80 mins.)
Jeffrey Ziegler and Reggie “Regg Roc” GrayWe Were FridaysThu, Feb 4–Fri, Feb 5 | 7 PM | Wex Commissioned Project
An interdisciplinary archive and story, We Were Fridays blends cello, dance, and electronics to explore personal and familial histories within the Gullah community.
Mohamed El KhatibLa vie secrète des vieux (The Secret Life of Old People)Tue, Feb 9 | 7 PM | US PremiereMershon Auditorium
Experience a performance featuring elderly people sharing their real stories that explore whether the end of life marks the end of love. Presented in French with English subtitles.
Alfredo Rodríguez Band with Special Guest Pedrito MartínezFri, Feb 19 | 7 and 9 PM
Warm up this February with Alfredo Rodríguez and Pedrito Martínez for a captivating evening of Afro-Cuban jazz and masterful rhythms.
Jenn Kidwell and the blackeningThe Flea's production of we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalismThu, Mar 4–Sat, Mar 6 | 7 PM | Midwest PremiereWeaving stand-up comedy, performance art, and the carnivalesque, this evening of hysterical undertakings debunks the alluring tale of American economic might.
Cécile McLorin SalvantThu, Apr 1 | 7 and 9 PMAfter packing the house in 2024, Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to the Wex with her bold new project Oh Snap. Tickets are already moving fast for this highly anticipated show.
Ogemdi UdeMAJORThu, Apr 15–Sat, Apr 17 | 7 PM | Ohio Premiere | Wex Commissioned ProjectMAJOR is a dance theater project exploring the physicality, history, sociopolitical nature, and interiority of majorette dance, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960s.
PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYDoris Duke Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYGreater Columbus Arts CouncilOhio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the ArtsCampusParcThe Columbus FoundationThe Ohio State UniversityWexner Center Foundation BoardWith special thanks to our members
