2026/2027 Season Announced
From Wynton Marsalis’s farewell tour and thrilling gospel choirs, intimate recitals to global traditions, our 2026/27 season celebrates music, dance, community, and everything that makes this city extraordinary. Join us for 30+ unforgettable performances in venues throughout the region.
Firebird Early Access Dates:
- Washington Performing Arts donors $75+: May 26 at noon
- Firebird Group Reservations: June 11 at 10:00 a.m.
- Firebird Single Tickets: June 18 at 10:00 a.m.
Full Season Early Access:
- Chairman’s Circle Donors ($2500+): June 4 at 10:00 a.m.
- Benefactor, Sustainer Donors ($600+): June 11 at 10:00 a.m.
- All Friends ($75+): June 18 at 10:00 a.m.
General Public:
- Subscriptions: July 16 at 10:00 a.m.
- Single Tickets: July 30 at 10:00 a.m.
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Subscribing is a commitment to sharing singular, sublime experiences featuring the world’s best artists in our city’s most outstanding venues. Subscribers secure terrific seats at locked-in prices, no matter the demand. Enjoy seamless exchanges with no fees, plus additional discounts for select performances and special events.
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The Benefits of Being a Washington Performing Arts Subscriber
Instead of buying and seeing just one concert, subscribers reserve seats for multiple events. Free ticket exchanges, reduced handling fees, advance access to special events, guest pass tickets, and more. Subscribers receive deeper savings, access to seats before the general public, and better access to all Washington Performing Arts offers. Subscribers enjoy benefits not available to single-ticket holders, and the more shows you see, the lower the tickets cost.
Series Subscriptions
Orchestra Series, Hayes Piano Series, Recitalist Series
- Save up to 20%* off single-ticket prices when you subscribe to our Orchestra Series, Hayes Piano Series, or Recitalist Series.
- Secure the same seats for every performance in your series.
- If your plans change, exchange your tickets for free into other current season performances.
- $10 handling fees per order, whereas single tickets incur a handling fee of 15% of the order total.
* Some seating sections or performances are excluded from discounts.
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Custom Subscriptions are available online or by calling the box office at (202) 785-9727, Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT.
Custom 3 Performance Series
- Save up to 10%* off single-ticket prices when you choose three (3) paid events.
- Secure seats before tickets are available to the general public.
- If your plans change, exchange your tickets for free into other current season performances.
- $25 handling fees per order, whereas single tickets incur a handling fee of 15% of the order total.
Custom 5 Performance Series
- Save up to 15%* off single-ticket prices when you choose five (5) or more paid events.
- Secure seats before tickets are available to the general public.
- If your plans change, exchange your tickets for free into other current season performances.
- $25 handling fees per order, whereas single tickets incur a handling fee of 15% of the order total.
* Some seating sections or performances are excluded from discounts. Reservations for free events do not count toward the minimum number of events for Custom 3 or Custom 5 subscriptions.
Explore EventsWhat series subscriptions are available?
Orchestra Series
Experience awe-inspiring symphonic sounds at The Music Center at Strathmore. Experience the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Andris Nelsons, with violin prodigy Himari (April 12). Renew or subscribe to the Orchestra Series and maintain your favorite seats year after year.
Hayes Piano Series
Three early-career pianists comprise this year’s Hayes Piano Series at Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater. This season’s performers are Élisabeth Pion (October 3), Tom Borrow (April 17), and Evren Ozel (May 1).
Recitalist Series
Hear industry icons and artists-on-the-rise in our Recitalist Series at Sixth & I and Church of the Epiphany. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein presents the fifth-annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital with Rameau’s rarely performed Gavotte et six doubles, and more (October 18). Pianist and pedagogue Minsoo Sohn performs J. S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (November 14). Cellist Seth Parker Woods and pianist Conor Hanick unite with Fazil Say’s vivid Four Cities, George Walker’s 1956 Sonata for cello and piano, and Rachmaninov’s sweeping Cello Sonata, op. 19, one of the most passionate works in the duo repertoire (February 20). The Balourdet Quartet spans Monteverdi, Ben Johnston’s microtonal meditation on “Amazing Grace,” Bartók’s haunted Sixth Quartet and Mendelssohn’s passionately constructed Second at the center (February 27). Young Concert Artists and Washington Performing Arts present two exciting events to close the series: Estel Vivó Casanovas, saxophone, and Soojin Kang, piano, in a program spanning Baroque foundations to newly commissioned work (April 10); and a performance featuring Bela Kovacs’ Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman!, and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 featuring violinist Paul Huang, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, Jose Franch-Ballester on clarinet, and Clive Greensmith on cello (May 15).
Young Patron Subscriptions
Washington Performing Arts offers a Young Patron Subscription for those ages 40 and younger. Purchase tickets to three (3) Washington Performing Arts performances from a curated list for only $120 and we will seat you with other young arts fans. Young Patrons Subscriptions available July 16, 2026.
Experience awe-inspiring symphonic sounds at The Music Center at Strathmore. Experience the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Andris Nelsons, with violin prodigy Himari (April 12). Renew or subscribe to the Orchestra Series and maintain your favorite seats year after year.
Three early-career pianists comprise this year’s Hayes Piano Series at Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater. This season’s performers are Élisabeth Pion (October 3), Tom Borrow (April 17), and Evren Ozel (May 1).
Hear industry icons and artists-on-the-rise in our Recitalist Series at Sixth & I and Church of the Epiphany. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein presents the fifth-annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital with Rameau’s rarely performed Gavotte et six doubles, and more (October 18). Pianist and pedagogue Minsoo Sohn performs J. S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (November 14). Cellist Seth Parker Woods and pianist Conor Hanick unite with Fazil Say’s vivid Four Cities, George Walker’s 1956 Sonata for cello and piano, and Rachmaninov’s sweeping Cello Sonata, op. 19, one of the most passionate works in the duo repertoire (February 20). The Balourdet Quartet spans Monteverdi, Ben Johnston’s microtonal meditation on “Amazing Grace,” Bartók’s haunted Sixth Quartet and Mendelssohn’s passionately constructed Second at the center (February 27). Young Concert Artists and Washington Performing Arts present two exciting events to close the series: Estel Vivó Casanovas, saxophone, and Soojin Kang, piano, in a program spanning Baroque foundations to newly commissioned work (April 10); and a performance featuring Bela Kovacs’ Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman!, and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 featuring violinist Paul Huang, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, Jose Franch-Ballester on clarinet, and Clive Greensmith on cello (May 15).
Washington Performing Arts offers a Young Patron Subscription for those ages 40 and younger. Purchase tickets to three (3) Washington Performing Arts performances from a curated list for only $120 and we will seat you with other young arts fans. Young Patrons Subscriptions available July 16, 2026.
The City is our Stage!
For 60 years, we have brought you top artists in venues of different capacities, aesthetics, and layouts throughout the region. Our work emphasizes the transformative power of live performances as a unifying force, highlighting how the arts revitalize individuals and communities, inspire discovery, and forge meaningful connections among audiences.
Explore our main 2026/27 season venues:
Questions?
Questions? Contact our Patron Services.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Staff work hybrid schedules in the office during business hours.
On performance days, Patron Services representatives are available in the lobby or box office of our venues 90 minutes before performance start times.
Contact
Patron Services
(202) 785-9727
PatronServices@WashingtonPerformingArts.org
Mailing Address
Washington Performing Arts Patron Services
1400 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005