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Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

Past Events

Comedian Preacher Lawson headshot

Campus Comedy Night
Featuring Preacher Lawson
with opening sets by Kate Sisk and Derby


8:00 pm Wednesday, April 12, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
General-admission seating
An orchestra sits on a stage below an overhead projection of an image of Earth from space.

Our Planet Live in Concert 
Featuring members of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra


7:30 pm Tuesday, April 11, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $39
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $22
A balding man looks at his trumpet while he plays.

Amir ElSaffar
and the Two Rivers Ensemble
featuring Hamid Al-Saadi


7:30 pm Tuesday, April 4, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $42
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $26
A balding man looks down while he plays a horizontal stringed instrument called a santur.

Community Jam Session with Amir ElSaffar


7:00 pm Monday, April 3, 2023


3 Dots Downtown
137 E. Beaver Ave., State College

FREE and open to the public
An acrobat does an aerial flip with a goalpost in the distance.

FLIP Fabrique 
Muse


7:30 pm Tuesday, March 28, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $32
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $18
A hand sketches using a pencil.

Opportunity to sketch
FLIP Fabrique cirque artists 


6:00 pm Tuesday, March 28, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

FREE and open to artists and art students; reservation required
Two men wearing similar sunglasses, hats, and pose with enthusiasm.

Soul Science Lab
Make a Joyful Noize


7:30 pm Thursday, March 23, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $35
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $18

A Standing Witness
with Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
and Music from Copland House


7:30 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $46
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $24
Canceled!

Munich Symphony Orchestra
Nodoka Okisawa, principal conductor
Robert McDuffie, violinist


7:30 pm Wednesday, February 15, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

The Frederick Douglass Project


6:00 pm Wednesday, February 8, 2023


Virtual event

FREE

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