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Calendar

February 25

Abir Saksouk (Public Works)

On February 25 at 12:00 pm

Bard College, Center for Human Rights and the Arts

Lecture Online Event, Online Event

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Abir Saksouk

March 6–8

Amelia Goes to the Ball & Gianni Schicchi

Next on March 6 at 7:00 pm

Bard Conservatory

Opera

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Doug Fitch, 2025

March 6–7

2026 Senior Project Festival

Next on March 6 at 7:30 pm

Theater & Performance Program

Theater

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SPROJ Festival

April 1

Tanya Lukin Linklater

On April 1 at 12:00 pm

Bard College, Center for Human Rights and the Arts

Lecture Online Event, Online Event

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Tanya Lukin Linklater

April 2–4

2026 Spring Dance Concert

Next on April 2 at 7:30 pm

Dance Program

Dance

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Spring Dance

April 11

Reflections and Refractions: A Sonic Kaleidoscope

On April 11 at 8:00 pm

Bard Conservatory

Classical

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Delaunay, Robert (1885-1941) - The Window 1912-13

April 17–19

The Antipodes

Next on April 17 at 7:30 pm

Theater & Performance Program

Theater

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April 18

Tan Dun Conducts

On April 18 at 7:00 pm

The Orchestra Now

Classical

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April 25

Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

On April 25 at 7:00 pm

Bard Conservatory

Classical

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April 30 – May 2

2026 Faculty Dance Concert

Next on April 30 at 7:30 pm

Dance Program

Dance

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Chora

May 7–9

2026 Spring Senior Dance Concert

Next on May 7 at 7:30 pm

Dance Program

Dance

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May 9–10

Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony”

Next on May 9 at 7:00 pm

The Orchestra Now

Classical

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June 25 – July 19

Suddenly Last Summer

Next on June 25 at 7:30 pm

Bard SummerScape

New Opera

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Suddenly Last Summer

June 26–28

Lucinda Childs: Momentary Reprise

Next on June 26 at 7:00 pm

Bard SummerScape

Dance

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Lucinda Childs

June 26

Underground System

On June 26 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Underground System

June 27

James Austin Johnson

On June 27 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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James Austin Johnson

July 2

The Fretliners

On July 2 at 7:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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The Fretliners

July 3

Tray Wellington Band

On July 3 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Tray Wellington

July 10–11

Martha Redbone

Next on July 10 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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bell hooks and Martha Redbone

July 16

The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project

On July 16 at 7:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project

July 17

Chanel Ali

On July 17 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Chanel Ali

July 18

Samora Pinderhughes

On July 18 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Samora Pinderhughes

July 23

Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky

On July 23 at 7:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky

July 24 – August 2

The Egyptian Helen

Next on July 24 at 6:00 pm

Bard SummerScape

Opera

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July 24

Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat

On July 24 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Grey Arias

July 30

Kittel & Co.

On July 30 at 7:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Kittel & Co.

July 31

American Patchwork Quartet

On July 31 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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August 1

Al Olender

On August 1 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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Al Olender

August 6

The Onlies

On August 6 at 7:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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The Onlies

August 7

Bard Music Festival Opening Night Social

On August 7 at 5:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Special Event

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August 7

Program One • The Many Facets of Mozart

On August 7 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 7–9

Justin Vivian Bond

Next on August 7 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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August 8

Panel One • Gottlieb or Amadé? Who Was Mozart?

On August 8 at 10:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Panel

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August 8

Program Two • Fathers and Sons

On August 8 at 1:30 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 8

Program Three • Mozart and Prague

On August 8 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 9

Program Four • Theatrical Life in Vienna: Hanswurst, Leporello, and Papageno

On August 9 at 11:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 9

Program Five • Rivalries and Conspiracies

On August 9 at 3:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 13

Program Six • I live with God ever before me: Mozart’s Religion

On August 13 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 13

Big Richard

On August 13 at 7:00 pm

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Spiegeltent

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Big Richard

August 14

Program Seven • Beauty, Charity, and Reason

On August 14 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 14–15

BenDeLaCreme

Next on August 14 at 8:00 pm

Spiegeltent

Spiegeltent

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BenDeLaCreme

August 15

Panel Two • The Age of What?: Absolutism and Enlightenment or Revolution and Romanticism

On August 15 at 10:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Panel

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August 15

Program Eight • The Pinnacle of Achievement

On August 15 at 1:30 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 15

Summer Picnic

On August 15 at 3:30 pm

Bard SummerScape

Special Event

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August 15

Program Nine • Friends, Family, and Students

On August 15 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 16

Program Ten • A Lasting Influence: Mozart’s Legacy

On August 16 at 11:30 am

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 16

Program Eleven • “Too beautiful”: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio

On August 16 at 3:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College is located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in the beautiful Hudson Valley, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston.