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2025-26 Series & Festivals

Encounter the arts through a curated series or festival, each thoughtfully crafted around a theme, artform, historical moment in time, or audience. Whether you return to a favorite legacy program or discover something entirely new, we hope you leave feeling inspired by the arts—with a fresh perspective and connection to the world around you.

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Lincoln Center Visionary Artist: Jeanine Tesori

Lincoln Center honors one extraordinary artist whose impact and vision embody the transformative power of the arts across disciplines.

Kids, Teens, and Families

A joyful and inclusive series of music, dance, storytelling, and hands-on creativity for young audiences and their families, with sensory-friendly and bilingual events throughout the season.

Lincoln Center Immersive

Step into a vivid blend of art and technology with augmented reality installations that transform Lincoln Center’s campus into a living, digital canvas.

American Songbook

A beloved Lincoln Center tradition, American Songbook celebrates the evolving landscape of American music—past, present, and future—with a bold new vision from Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos.

AMOC* Up Close

Get up close to today’s most boundary-pushing artists in a one-of-a-kind showcase on our most intimate stage: featuring innovative new works from leading creators in music, dance, and opera.

Beats, Rhymes & Sights

A bold celebration of Hip-Hop’s next fifty years, this series brings together iconic concerts, film, dance, and interactive events curated by Xavier “X” Jernigan.

Big Umbrella Festival

A welcoming, multi-sensory festival created for neurodiverse audiences of all ages, featuring interactive performances, installations, and workshops each April.

Create-athons

A series of free, hands-on workshops where participants team up with pro artists to dive into music, design, tech, and more—no experience needed, just bring your creativity.

Festival of Firsts

Feed your curiosity with premiere performances, Lincoln Center debuts, and fresh collaborations, so that you can say, “I saw them first!”

Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center

The Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center comes together each summer during Lincoln Center's Summer for the City to celebrate and share iconic works of classical music in dialogue with new and rediscovered music.

Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

From October 14–29, celebrate the artistic legacy of San Juan Hill with events that shine a light on the artists who created here and the community that inspired them.

Lincoln Center Moments

A free, welcoming performance series created for individuals with dementia and their caregivers, offering intimate artistic experiences in a supportive setting.

Livestreams

Watch select Lincoln Center performances from anywhere with free livestreams all season long—complete with closed captions and on-demand access.

Passport to the Arts

A free and inclusive introduction to the performing arts, this series welcomes children, teens, and adults with disabilities and their families to experience concerts, workshops, and events across Lincoln Center.

Seen, Sound, Scribe

Curated by Poet-in-Residence Mahogany L. Browne, this powerful series uplifts poetry, performance, and dialogue with today’s leading and emerging literary voices.

Songwriter/Storyteller

A six-night tribute to the timeless art of storytelling through song, featuring genre-defying artists who blend narrative and music with heart and originality.

The Art of Wellbeing

Refresh your mind, body, and spirit with free guided meditations, movement classes, and live music in this uplifting wellness series created with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

The InBETWEEN Music & Tech

An electrifying fusion of art, tech, and imagination, this series from Nona Hendryx invites audiences to explore AI, XR, and cyborg futures through immersive experiences and visionary dialogue.

The Tune Up!

Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks and her nine-piece band SLP & The Joyful Noise ignite a high-voltage night of new songs, short plays, surprise guests, and dance-in-the-aisles joy.

Under the Radar at Lincoln Center

Part of NYC’s trailblazing Under the Radar, this series brings two bold new productions to Lincoln Center, spotlighting boundary-breaking voices from around the globe.

Unsound New York

The boundary-defying Unsound Festival returns to Lincoln Center with genre-blurring performances that reimagine sound through bold experimentation and global artistry.

Variations on America: A Discussion Series

In partnership with the New York Philharmonic, this free discussion series explores the American experience through music, history, and culture—moderated by ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley.

¡VAYA!

A vibrant celebration of Latin music and dance, ¡VAYA! brings NYC’s top orchestras and rhythms to the stage—for dancers, listeners, and everyone in between.

Young Artist Pipeline

A free training program for sixth and seventh graders, Young Artist Pipeline nurtures emerging talent through foundational arts education, creative exploration, and pathways to NYC’s screened arts high schools.

Ticketing Overview

Our goal is to continue exploring new ticketing practices together as a community to make our performances more accessible to more people and to center equity and inclusion in every aspect of our field. All tickets for  Lincoln Center Presents programs are FREE or Choose-What-You-Pay. Please refer to the dedicated event page of the show you’d like to attend to confirm ticketing options.

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Free General Admission Events

Many performances and events, including all programming at the David Rubenstein Atrium, are available for FREE via General Admission—first-come, first-served. Advance reservations are not required for these events; just show up! While we'll do our best to accommodate as many guests as possible, we cannot guarantee admission. Look for the “FREE” label on calendar listings and show pages, or select the “Free” calendar filter to search for a wide range of free programming.

Free Fast Track Option

All Lincoln Center Presents events at the David Rubenstein Atrium offer a Fast Track reservation option, giving priority entry into events. Reservations for Fast Track will open every Monday at noon for that week's events and can be reserved on this page. Please check the event's dedicated web page to confirm if Fast Track is available for the performance you'd like to attend.

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Presented in collaboration with The Juilliard School as part of UNGA Healing Arts Week

Join us for an inspiring tale of resilience, rediscovery, and identity with a special screening of My Brain: After the Rupture–the indelible story of broadcaster, writer, musician, and former WQXR Creative Director Clemency Burton-Hill as she emerges from a 17-day coma. Following a catastrophic brain hemorrhage, this film follows Clemmie as she tries to rebuild her life, return to her career, finish her book, and join her son in playing the violin again—all depicted through a series of compelling recordings from her early days of recovery. The film screening will be followed by a panel and audience Q&A.

This event is presented as part of UNGA Healing Arts Week, a New York City-wide celebration of arts and health during the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, produced by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization.

Film's Creative Team

Panelists

Christopher Bailey is the Arts & Health Lead at WHO Headquarters. Educated at Columbia and Oxford Universities and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, after a career as a professional actor and playwright, Christopher joined the Rockefeller Foundation as its Research Manager. From there he was recruited by WHO, where he led its health informatics work, and later its online communications team, before starting the Arts & Health programme. Bailey has performed original pieces such as Stage 4: Cancer and the Imagination, and The Vanishing Point: A journey into Blindness and Perception. The message of his work is to amplify the WHO definition of health, which states that health is not merely the absence of disease and infirmity but the attainment of the highest level of physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

Clemency Burton-Hill, MBE (writer, broadcaster and musician) was born and raised in London, now resident of the US, Clemency Burton-Hill is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster, author, journalist, musician, producer and host of prestigious arts programmes on both sides of the Atlantic. For well over a decade, Clemency was the face of many of the BBC’s flagship arts TV programmes, including Young Musician, The Proms and The Culture Show; while on BBC radio she was the voice of the Breakfast Show on Radio 3, BBC New Generation Artists and Front Row. She has hosted/written dozens of arts documentaries covering a range of subjects, including in music, theatre, dance, visual arts and literature — as well in non-arts subjects, including technology, developing world politics, healthcare, and artificial intelligence.

John-Morgan Bush, the Dean of Juilliard Extension, is shaping one of the nation’s most ambitious continuing education programs in the performing arts. His work centers on the intersection of lifelong learning, creative aging, and community engagement, advancing the role of the arts in health and well-being. He has led pioneering initiatives with senior living communities, including a pilot program with Sunrise Senior Living that brings Juilliard artists into residences to foster creativity, connection, and joy among older adults. John-Morgan’s advocacy for creative aging reflects a broader vision: to harness the transformative power of the performing arts to support cognitive vitality, emotional resilience, and social connection in our society. He has extended this work nationally through partnerships with health systems, public agencies, and cultural organizations, advancing the idea that the performing arts are essential to human flourishing across the lifespan.

Ursula MacFarlane (Director) is an award-winning documentary and drama director and executive producer. Her body of high profile documentaries and drama-documentaries showcases her ability to capture truthful and beautifully observed characters, combined with compelling storytelling and visual flair. Whether working with retrospective stories: the tragedy of the late 1990s model Anna Nicole Smith, the riveting story of a baby kidnapped from a Chicago hospital in the 1960s, or the moving stories of survivors of Harvey Weinstein, or vérité work with psychiatric patients in Notes From The Inside With James Rhodes, Broadway stars in West Side Stories and established actors like Warwick Davis setting up his new theatre company, she is known for her humane touch, sensitivity, humour and psychological insight. Her feature documentary Breaking Up with the Joneses, for Channel 4, was included in the Grierson Trust’s 50 must-see documentaries of the last 50 years. Ursula has been nominated for a BAFTA four times and has a clutch of wins and nominations for the Emmy, Grierson, Broadcast and Royal Television Society Awards. She supports emerging filmmakers through mentoring programmes with the UK’s National Film & Television School, and Directors UK.

Dr. Anna Palumbo is the Research Manager at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at New York University. Her research examines how music supports neurorehabilitation and child development and has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the American Music Therapy Association, and the NeuroArts BluePrint Initiative. Dr. Palumbo completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at New York University. Prior to her doctorate, Annareceived an MA in Music Therapy at New York University and conducted clinical work in the areas of neurorehabilitation, acute psychiatric care, and child development. She previously sang professionally with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

Larissa W. Trinder (Assistant Vice President of NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine) is responsible for stewarding NYC Health + Hospitals’ collection of more than 7,000 works of art, the largest such collection in New York City, as well as creating and implementing programs for patients, staff and the community that utilize the arts as a tool in healing. A seasoned professional with more than 20 years in the healthcare field, Larissa has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Before joining H+H, Larissa worked for more than ten years at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, in philanthropy and creating programs to integrate the arts into the hospital system. She is a staunch advocate for the importance of the arts and humanities within a healthcare system to advance patient health outcomes, enhance staff engagement, morale and retention and to empower communities.

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Venue

Francesca Beale Theater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

144 West 65th Street, New York, NY

For ticketing, call CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 from Monday–Friday 10:00 am–6:00 pm (EST).

For general inquiries, call Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or email [email protected].

The Francesca Beale Theater is a 144-seat house featuring plush seating and cutting-edge technology for programs that range from filmmaker retrospectives to international festivals, sneak previews, and highly anticipated new releases. Learn more »

Accessibility

Accessible seating and designated aisle seats; Accessible restrooms and accessible routes

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HeARTbeat

Lincoln Center Presents

February 21 at 1:30 pm

David Geffen Hall

Join us for our first-ever wellness summit, celebrating the power of the arts to support mental health, physical wellbeing, and human connection.

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Variations on America: A Discussion Series

Resistance: The Power of Change

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic

March 10 at 7:00 pm

David Rubenstein Atrium

Investigate the revolutionary spirit of the world premiere of a newly commissioned orchestration of Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated.

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UPCOMING SHOWS

Thursday, November 13 at 1:00 pm

Virtual on Zoom

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

DANCE

Thursday, November 13 at 6:00 pm

Connecting to Yourself and Others

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Samuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Thursday, November 13 at 7:00 pm

Friday, November 14 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 15 at 11:00 am

Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 pm

BKHP Poetry Party

Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 pm

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater and The Metropolitan Opera

Monday, November 17 at 1:00 pm

Wednesday, November 19 at 11:00 am

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

MUSIC

Wednesday, November 19 at 1:00 pm

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

MUSIC

Thursday, November 20 at 7:30 pm

Friday, November 21 at 2:00 pm

Friday, November 21 at 7:00 pm

Friday, November 21 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 22 at 11:00 am

Saturday, November 22 at 2:00 pm

Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 pm

With an Opening Set by Queen Esther

Sunday, November 23 at 11:00 am

Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 pm

Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00 pm

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic

Thursday, December 4 at 1:00 pm

Virtual on Zoom

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

SPOKEN WORD

MUSIC

Thursday, December 4 at 7:30 pm

Friday, December 5 at 7:00 pm

And PraiseHouse Dance Party

Saturday, December 6 at 1:00 pm

The Art of Wellbeing | Take a Breath

Lincoln Center Presents and New York Philharmonic In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 pm

Wednesday, December 10 at 11:00 am

Lincoln Center Presents In collaboration with New York Philharmonic

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater and The Metropolitan Opera

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic

Lincoln Center Presents and New York Philharmonic
In collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with New York Philharmonic