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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Sep 14
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Grammy Award winner and Tony Award winner Shoshana Bean can currently be seen starring in The Lost Boys musical on Broadway…
Sep 15
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Free Movies SeriesIn Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings…
Sep 15
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HP+ is Indy’s new jazz supergroup led by Chelsea Hughey and Charles Platz, bringing together some of the Midwest’s finest musicians…
Sep 16
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What makes a string quartet even better? An extra viola! Enjoy string quintets by Mozart and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-2…
Sep 17 to Sep 27
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In memorializing her father, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant man…
Sep 20
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The annual School of Music Ensemble Showcase concert will highlight the Butler University Percussion Ensemble, the Butler University Chorale, and a…
Sep 21
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Samuel Levi Jones discusses the scope of his art practice through his methodology of deconstructing books and various frameworks of knowledge…
Sep 22
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Free Movies SeriesA waitress desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner is set on a journey to turn a…
Sep 22
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Join David Murray, double bass, and Amanda Hopson, piano, plus special guest Diana Gannett, double bass, and members of the Butler…
Sep 24
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N.K. Jemisin is the first author in the genre’s history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, all for her…
Sep 25
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Grandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading…
Sep 26
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The Freddy Jones Band remains one of the most enduring names in American rock, defined by infectious melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and…
