Indy is a four season city, and something is always happening.
Overview
The Butler Arts Center has a unique role amongst university-managed performing arts centers. The BAC serves the Butler University, Indianapolis, and larger central Indiana communities and hosts over 250,000 patrons annually for a variety of presentations that provide shared experiences in the performing and visual arts.
Consolidating four arts venues on the campus of Butler University under one umbrella organization, the Butler Arts Center is anchored by Clowes Memorial Hall, which seats 2,123 and after 53 years remains Indiana’s most versatile and professional venue, having welcomed the world’s greatest talent and personalities—a star-studded list that includes Maya Angelou and Jimmy Fallon, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Itzhak Perlman, Wynton Marsalis and Sir Elton John.
The Schrott Center for the Arts, completed in 2013, adds a one-of-a-kind, student- and community-focused facility to the Butler Arts Center. At just 475 seats, but with a full-size proscenium stage, the venue is designed to optimize acoustics and sightlines, and is equally well-suited for music, dance, and theatre.
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Apr 15 to Apr 19
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William Fisher will lead a generative process with Butler Theatre students to direct a new, devised work.
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Apr 17 to Apr 19
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A Christel DeHaan Legacy ConcertThe Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Dance Kaleidoscope return to the Schrott Center for the Arts for a…
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Apr 17 to Apr 19
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The story of a simple peasant girl who is betrayed by love, driven to madness, dies of a broken heart, becomes…
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Apr 20
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The Butler University Jazz Combos will perform an exciting program featuring special guest, guitarist/composer Adam Levy. New York-based guitarist Adam Levy…
Apr 22
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Get ready for an unforgettable night of rhythm, energy, and sound. Join the Butler University Percussion Ensemble for their final concert…
Apr 23 to May 3
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Belle Gunness killed more than two dozen men as well as a handful of women and children at the turn of…
Apr 24
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Out of the Dawg House (OOTDH), Butler University’s premier lower voice a cappella group, invites you to an evening full of…
Apr 25
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Join the Butler University Chorale, Spectra, and Chamber Singers as we present “Transitions,” a choral showcase exploring significant changes, metamorphoses, and…
Apr 26
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The Butler University Wind Ensemble concludes the 2025–2026 academic year with a program commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of…
Apr 27
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David Sedaris, America’s best-selling humorist and social satirist, returns following publication of his most recent book of short stories, Happy Go…
Apr 27
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Spring into the season with the upper-voices ensemble, Freshly Brewed, at their Spring Concert! This year’s program features an exciting mix…
May 1 to May 2
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The Kids Dance Outreach Event of the Year is an annual culminating, professionally produced performance featuring the children of Kids Dance…
