ARTS CALENDAR
EVENTS IN & AROUND MICHIANA
Classical Arts Guide
Discover concerts, performances, and cultural events across our community.
2026
Friday, May 1
7:00 PM — From Cliburn to Kantorow: A Celebration of Tchiakovsky
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI
Saturday May 2
8:00 PM — Alexandre Kantorow, 2024 Gilmore Artist
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI
Sunday, May 3
2:00PM— Cameron Carpenter
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo, MI
Monday, May 4
2:00PM— Stewart Goodyear
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
Tuesday, May 5
2:00 PM— Eighth Blackbird
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
Wednesday, May 6
7:30 PM— Kirill Gerstein & KSO with Beethoven’s Piano Concertos
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI
Wednesday, May 6
2:00PM— Lori Sims
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo, MI
Thursday, May 7
2:00PM— Chopin and Viardot: A Dialogue
The Gilmore Piano Festival
📍 Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, MI
Friday, May 8-10
53rd Annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
📍 University of Notre Dame, IN
Saturday, May 9
7:30PM— Bernstein & Tchaikovsky
SMSO & The Gilmore
📍 The Mendel Center Jenkins Theater, LMC, MI
Saturday, May 9
4:00 PM— Marc-André Hamelin
The Piano Gilmore Festival
📍 Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, MI
Saturday, May 9
7:30 PM— Celebrating the Music of John Williams
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
📍 Morris Performing Arts Center, IN
Saturday, May 9
7:00 PM— Meet Me Here: An American Portrait
Musical Arts Indiana
📍 Kern Road Mennonite Church, IN
Friday, May 15
5:00-7:30PM— Michiana Annual Art Competition | Reception
Box Factory for the Arts
📍 Box Factory for the Arts, St. Joseph, MI
Friday, May 15
7:00PM— Giacomo Puccini: La
Bohème
Kalamazoo Philharmonia
📍 First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo, MI
Sunday, May 17
4:00PM— Exhale and Celebrate
Elkhart County Symphony
📍 The Lerner Theater, Elkhart IN
Friday-Sunday, May 29-31
Varies— Sleeping Beauty(ballet)
Southold Dance Theater
📍 DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN
Friday, May 15
6:00-8:00 PM— Preview: Sculpture
In the Direct Method
Krasl Art Center
📍 Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM— Harmonic Horizon
Battle Creek Community Chorus
📍 First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, MI
Friday, May 29
6:00-7:00 PM— Spring Concert of
Dance: The Four Seasons
The Citadel Dance & Music Center
📍 Hanson Theatre at LMC, Benton Harbor, MI
Friday, Saturday May 29 & 30
7:30 PM— Giacomo Puccini: La
Bohème
Lyric Opera South Bend
📍 IUSB Campus Auditorium, South Bend, IN
Friday, June 5
5:00 PM-8:00PM —
FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION | Around the Bend 2026
South Bend Museum of Art
📍 South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
June 5 -28
The Prom(musical)
Twin City Players
📍 Twin City Players Playhouse, St. Joseph, MI
Friday & Saturday, June 5 &6
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair
Kalamazoo Institute of Art
📍 Bronson Park , Kalamazoo, MI
Saturday, June 6
7:00 PM— Festival of Dance
Morris Performing Arts Center
📍 Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN
Saturday, June 6
10:00AM-7:00PM— St. Joe Lighthouse Tours
St. Joe Today
📍 Tiscornia Park, St. Joseph MI
Thursday, June 11
5:30PM-7:30PM— The Jim Cooper/Kenny Cooper Quartet
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
📍 Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
June 11 -28
7:30PM-9:30PM— Next to Normal (musical)
The Ghostlight Theater
📍 The Ghostlight Theater, Benton Harbor, MI
Thursday, June 18
7:00PM-8:30PM—Pops at the Pier 2026: From Broadway to the Big Screen
Holland Symphony Orchestra
📍 Eldean’s Boat Shed, Holland MI
Sunday, June 14
2:00PM- 5:00 PM— Garden Party
Fernwood Botanical Garden
📍 Fernwood Botanical Garden Niles, MI
Wednesday, June 24
9:30AM—7:30PM- Arts in Bloom Garden Walk 2026
South Bend Museum of Art
📍 The History Museum, South Bend, IN
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Past Featured Events
May
SBSO: Celebrating the Music of John Williams
May 9, 2026 / 7:30 p.m.
Morris Performing Arts Center, IN
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