CulturalProgramsFall 2026
Fall 2026 Cultural & Special Events
榴莲app官方网站入 presents a broad offering of academic and special programs every semester. The cultural calendar provides a month by month overview of musical and theatrical performances, guest and faculty lectures, religious and ethnic observances, recitals, art exhibitions, special entertainment and other events.
Students with valid Elon ID must obtain their ticket for free admission. Faculty and staff with valid Elon ID must obtain tickets (4 maximum) for free admission.
Events are subject to change or cancellation.
Tickets
Admission to programs is free and聽a ticket or reservation not required unless noted in the event descriptions below and on the monthly pages. Prices include all applicable sales taxes. Patrons with valid 榴莲app官方网站入 identification may receive admission free of charge unless noted. Tickets are nonrefundable unless the program is canceled.
Upcoming Featured Events
Keith Alessi, 鈥淭he Banjo Saved My Life鈥
Event Category: Music
- Thursday, September 3
7:30 pm
Whitley Auditorium
106 E. Lebanon Avenue, Elon
Admission is free; donations will be collected in support of Elon Relay for Life.
Jody Servon & Lorene Delany-Ullman: 鈥淪aved Objects of the Dead鈥 artist talk and opening reception
Event Category: Visual Arts
- Monday, September 7
5:00 pm
Gallery 406, Arts West
406 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Exhibition runs from Aug. 25 through Oct. 1.
Trigg Watson: Magic for the Future
Event Category: Performing Arts
- Tuesday, September 15
7:30 pm
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning August 25 at .
Texas Guitar Quartet
Event Category: Music
- Monday, September 21
7:30 pm
Whitley Auditorium
106 E. Lebanon Avenue, Elon
Admission: Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning August 25 at .
Fall Convocation with David Brooks
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Friday, September 25
3:30 pm
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning August 17 at .
贰濒辞苍鈥檚听聽will be followed.
Department of Performing Arts presents 鈥淒ancing in the Landscape鈥
Event Category: Dance
- Friday, September 25
5:30 pm - Saturday, September 26
12:00 pm
Global Neighborhood
Common Reading Lecture with Hanif Abdurraqib
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Tuesday, September 29
7:30 pm
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning August 25 at .
The Fred and Phyllis Young Classical Music Program featuring the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, 鈥淧atriotic Pops Celebrating America 250鈥
Event Category: Music
- Wednesday, September 30
7:00 pm
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning August 17 at聽.
Department of Performing Arts Presents “Everybody”
Event Category: Performing Arts
- Friday, October 2 - Saturday, October 3
7:30 pm - Saturday, October 3 - Sunday, October 4
2:00 pm - Monday, October 5 - Tuesday, October 6
7:30 pm
Roberts Studio Theatre, Scott Studios at Arts West
402 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning September 11 at .
Kate Kinder: 鈥淪ometimes, Even Now鈥 artist talk and opening reception
Event Category: Visual Arts
- Monday, October 5
5:00 pm
Gallery 406, Arts West
406 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Exhibition runs through Nov. 5.
Meet Storybook Maze, the Radical Street Librarian
Liberal Arts Forum Lecture
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Tuesday, October 6
7:30 pm
Whitley Auditorium
106 E. Lebanon Avenue, Elon
Instant Laughter
Event Category: Performing Arts
- Friday, October 23 - Saturday, October 24
7:30 pm
Yeager Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning October 9 at .
榴莲app官方网站入 Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert
Event Category: Music
- Wednesday, October 28
7:30 pm
Yeager Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Department of Performing Arts presents 鈥淐ome From Away鈥
Event Category: Performing Arts
- Friday, October 30 - Saturday, October 31
7:30 pm - Sunday, November 1
2:00 pm - Saturday, November 7
2:00 pm - Thursday, November 5 - Saturday, November 7
7:30 pm
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning October 9 at .
Student Juried Exhibition Opening Reception
Event Category: Visual Arts
- Monday, November 9
5:00 pm
Gallery 406, Arts West
406 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Exhibition continues through Dec. 3.
Brian Hare, 鈥淪urvival of the Friendliest鈥
Liberal Arts Forum Lecture
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Monday, November 9
7:30 pm
Whitley Auditorium
106 E. Lebanon Avenue, Elon
鈥淭apestry鈥 – 茅lan a cappella
Event Category: Music
- Tuesday, November 10
7:30 pm
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Carole Ann Walker International Lectureship with Kyle Carpenter
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Wednesday, November 11
11:00 am
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Tickets are free with a reservation beginning October 21 at .
Department of Performing Arts presents 鈥淢arauders鈥 Midnight鈥, the Fall Dance Concert
Event Category: Dance
- Friday, November 13 - Saturday, November 14
7:30 pm - Saturday, November 14 - Sunday, November 15
2:00 pm
Roberts Studio Theatre, Scott Studios at Arts
West 402 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning October 23 at .
榴莲app官方网站入 Jazz Fall Concert
Event Category: Music
- Friday, November 13
7:30 pm
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts
417 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon
Celebration of Light
Event Category: Music
- Tuesday, December 1
7:30 pm
Whitley Auditorium
106 E. Lebanon Avenue, Elon
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address with Danielle Coke Balfour
Event Category: Speakers and Events
- Wednesday, January 13
12:00 pm
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning November 30 at .
贰濒辞苍鈥檚听聽will be followed.
Department of Performing Arts presents 鈥淪tupid F##king Bird鈥
Event Category: Performing Arts
- Saturday, January 16
2:00 am and 7:30 pm - Sunday, January 17
2:00 pm - Tuesday, January 19 - Thursday, January 21
7:30 pm - Friday, January 29 - Saturday, January 30
7:30 pm - Saturday, January 30 - Sunday, January 31
2:00 pm
Roberts Studio Theatre, Scott Studios at Arts West
402 W. Haggard Avenue, Elon
Tickets are $15 or free with valid Elon ID and available beginning January 4 at .