Wisconsin Union Theater Season

What’s Next Now for 2026–2027

There’s excitement in the air at WUT for our 2026–2027 season as our student-led programming delivers a fresh, forward-looking perspective across music, dance, and theater. We have best-in-class artists who have honed their craft over decades; gamechangers, innovators, and disrupters who open ears, eyes, hearts, and minds; and buzz-worthy newcomers ready to show up and show out.

Check out these highlights.

An unmatched virtuoso at the top of her game, superstar classical pianist Yuja Wang amazes on April 10.
Pilobolus Dance Theatre takes off on a gravity-defying, mind- and body-bending journey of dance, movement, and contortion in Trips on April 16.
“One the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today” (The Wall Street Journal), Grammy Award–winner Linda May Han Oh sets the vibe on September 10.

Dive deeper into the season and lock in our best values with the Classical Series and Jazz Series, and check out the Special Events, Dance, and Theater. Plus, Black Box Sessions returns with a focus on R&B-Neo-Soul.

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Upcoming Events

Oct

Manual Cinema's "Frankenstein"

Theater

Oct 23 2026 | 7:30 - 9pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

Emmy Award–winning, shadow-puppet extraordinaries Manual Cinema returns to Wisconsin Union Theater for an encore of Frankenstein, its evocative retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

Nov

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Music

Nov 20 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble raises the bar playing Mendelssohn’s masterful String Octet and R. Strauss’s Sextet from Capriccio.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Octet standing in front of a skyline.

Nov

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science

Music

Nov 21 2026 | 7:30 - 9pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

Grammy Award–winning drummer, producer, educator, and activist Terri Lyne Carrington takes her socially conscious music into its next era leading her group Social Science.

Photo of Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science

Dec

Canadian Brass

Music

Dec 4 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

Celebrate the holidays with Canadian Brass, “who put brass music on the map with their unbeatable blend of virtuosity, spontaneity, and humor” (The Washington Post).

Photo of Canadian Brass performing on stage.

Dec

A Guaraldi Holiday

Music

Dec 5 2026 | 7:30 - 9pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

In this tribute to Vince Guaraldi’s music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," the Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet lifts the spirit with a holiday jazz concert.

Photo of Isaiah J. Thompson sitting in front of a tan background.

Jan

Bang on a Can All-Stars: 90/90

Music

Jan 27 2027 | 7:30 - 9:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

Performing music that inspired a movement, leading new music ensemble Bang on a Can celebrates the 90th birthdays of game changers Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

Bang On A Can All-Stars standing outdoors with their instruments.

Feb

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Music

Feb 12 2027 | 7:30 - 9:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

The democratic, player-led Orpheus Chamber Orchestra finds its perfect match in rising-star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason in this concert of music by Handel, Haydn, and Mozart.

View of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on stage from above.

Feb

Black Box Sessions: Isaia Huron

Music

Feb 19 2027 | 8 - 9:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Clocked by Billboard as an up-and-coming R&B artist of 2026, Isaia Huron tackles complex ideas with his sophisticated songwriting.

Isaia Huron standing in front of a dark backdrop.

Feb

Selected Shorts

Theater

Feb 21 2027 | 2 - 3:30pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

Running for four decades, "Selected Shorts" has developed an incomparable knack for handing powerful short stories to great actors and letting the magic happen.

Mar

Zohar & Adam

Music

Mar 4 2027 | 7:30 - 9pm

Wisconsin Union Theater

Ticketed Event

With their debut album "Osmosis," brothers Zohar and Adam harness their jam-band energy to fuse crafted acoustic jazz with experimental electronic production.

Zohar and Adam in front of a light gray backrop.