The Arts Connect Us
By fostering community, creating opportunities, and opening spaces for all, Kentucky Performing Arts is connecting and inspiring through the arts.
Upcoming Events
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Saturday | September 12, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Dusty Slay
The Neighborhood Guy
Monday | September 14, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Lakisha Morris: CEO of Pink Batter Cake Studio
Masterclass Monday: Cake Decorating 101 - FREE EVENT
Sculpting A Giant S'mores Cake
Tuesday | September 15, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Sunday | September 20, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Fortune Feimster
Takin' Care of Biscuits Comedy Tour
Saturday | September 26, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth
Wednesday | September 30, 2026 | 7:30 PM
91.9 WFPK presents
David Nail
Down To The Studs Tour with Will Hoge
Thursday | October 1, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Kentucky Author Forum presents
Bestselling Author John Grisham with Author and Political Leader Stacey Abrams - The French Illusion
October 3 - 4, 2026
Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Nikki Glaser
The Stunning Tour
Saturday | October 3, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
Couples Therapy
The Theatrical Show
Saturday | October 3, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts and Live Nation present
Dylan Gossett
Live in Concert
Tuesday | October 6, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Kentucky Author Forum presents
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear with New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd - Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country
Tickets are available for the live stream in the North Lobby
October 9 - 11, 2026
Kentucky Opera
The Barber of Seville
Music by Giachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Saturday | October 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts and Live Nation present
Chance The Rapper
Coloring Book 10 Year Anniversary Tour with special guest La Reezy
Tuesday | October 13, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts and Live Nation present
The Midnight: Time Machines
With support from Jessie Frye
October 17 - 25, 2026
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company presents
Finding Lilith
an original devised production
Sunday | October 18, 2026 | 12:00 PM
La Casita Center and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Aflora
Free Event, No Tickets Required
Wednesday | October 21, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Louisville Orchestra
Steve Hackman Conducts His MAHLER X NOTORIOUS B.I.G. X 2PAC
Friday | October 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Heroes Off Duty Comedy Tour
Friday | October 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
The Carpenters Songbook
A Live Celebration
Friday | October 30, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts and Live Nation present
Thundercat
Distracted AF Tour
Saturday | October 31, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
Night of the Living Yacht
feat. River City Yacht Club Band & DJ Always
Monday | November 2, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Kentucky Author Forum presents
Acclaimed Scholar Timothy Snyder with Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Anne Applebaum - On Freedom
Thursday | November 5, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble Series presents
Collage Dance Collective
Friday | November 6, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
A Chilling Evening with Dr. Katherine Ramsland
Cracking The Serial Killer Code
Saturday | November 7, 2026 | 6:35 PM
Live Nation and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Trivium: Crown in The Grave
Sunday | November 8, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange and Kentucky Performing Arts, in partnership with Kentucky to the World, present
The Golden Thread
The tie that binds the Bluegrass
Thursday | November 12, 2026
Roberts Group Live and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Wild Kratts LIVE 2.0
Activate Creature Power!
Friday | November 20, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Henry Cho
The Empty Nest Tour
Saturday | November 28, 2026 | 8:00 PM
91.9 WFPK presents
Jim James (Solo Acoustic): Wowed Out Tour
with Grace Rogers
Saturday | December 5, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical
Tuesday | December 8, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Kentucky Author Forum presents
Prominent Tech Journalist Kara Swisher with Bestselling Author Scott Turow - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Saturday | December 12, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Alt 105.1 presents
Dexter and The Moonrocks
with special guests Cigarettes @ Sunset & High June
Monday | December 14, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kentucky Performing Arts presents
Mark O'Connor's An Appalachian
Wednesday | January 27, 2027 | 6:00 PM
Kentucky Author Forum presents
Bestselling Narrative Historians Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War and The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
Saturday | February 6, 2027 | 11:00 AM
Emporium Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present
Laurie Berkner
The Greatest Hits Solo Tour
Saturday | March 27, 2027 | 7:30 PM
Louisville Orchestra
Michael Feinstein "My Celebration"
Best of Johnny Mathis and Henry Mancini
Lexus Lounge and The Chef's Table
This all-inclusive food and beverage pre-show and intermission experience gives patrons exclusive access into the Lexus Lounge, The Kentucky Center’s premiere lounge space.
Education and Community
Kentucky Performing Arts serves a broad spectrum of people in our community and state through a variety of nationally recognized Education & Community programs. Click here to find out more.
KPA Spaces For All
Kentucky Performing Arts offers community-based artists and organizations an opportunity to obtain rental assistance in its family of venues for local, qualifying organizations.
KPA Resident Companies
Kentucky Performing Arts brings the finest in music, dance, theater and more to the Commonwealth — across three iconic venues and in partnership with Louisville's most beloved companies, from the Louisville Orchestra to PNC Broadway in Louisville.
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