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 29
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Pianist Kent Cook is joined by Davis Brooks, violin, Max Geissler, cello, Yang Guo, viola, Stephen Hawkey, cello, and Sam Rothstein…
Sep 29
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2022 Gold Medalist Sirena Huang takes the stage with IVCI Official Pianist Chih-Yi Chen to perform a recital featuring Mozart’s Sonata…
Sep 30
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The first three of six Finalists who advanced from the Semi-Finals collaborate with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra in a concerto…
Oct 1
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Green ChemistryDr. David A. Laviska was Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University where he was co-director of the Academy for Green…
Oct 1
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The JCA Composers Orchestra begins its 4039th season by featuring new music from its students, faculty, alumni, and guests, with pieces…
Oct 1
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The first three of six Finalists who advanced from the Semi-Finals collaborate with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra in a concerto…
Oct 4
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The Butler University Wind Ensemble presents our first concert of the 2026-2027 season, Southern Harmonies.We welcome to the stage two Butler…
Oct 4
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Laurel Canyon originates from its intersection with Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood and slices it’s way through the Hollywood Hills. It…
Oct 6
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Nationally renowned composer Brent Wallarab joins the Butler University Generations Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble for an exciting night of Wallarab’s original…
Oct 7 to Oct 11
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By Federico García Lorca Translated by Caridad Svich Directed by Vladislavs Nastavševs, 2026 Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre ArtistAfter the death…
Oct 7
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National Book Award Winner for Poetry and 25th Poet Laureate of the United States In partnership with Brick Street PoetryArthur Sze…
Oct 7
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Founded in 2022, Slides In Harmony Trombone Quartet seeks to explore all musical genres, cultures and styles of works composed or…
