Northern Michigan 2026 winter concert guide

Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m.
Buster Keaton’s “The General” with live piano accompaniment by George Krawczyk
Cheboygan Opera House
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Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.
The Acting Company: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Interlochen in Town Presents: Arts Academy Singer Songwriter Showcase
City Opera House, Traverse City
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Saturday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m.
Musical Storytime with the TC Phil: Trombone
Traverse Area District Library Woodmere Branch, Traverse City
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Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
The Best Of The Best: Jazz From Detroit (film screening)
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
The Acting Company: "Great Expectations"
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Pianists Christopher Goodpasture and Kara Huber
Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen
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Thursday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m.
"Hamilton" Singalong
Traverse Area District Library Woodmere Branch, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.
Benzie Area Community Emergency Fund Concert: Contra Dance
Mills Community House, Benzonia
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Friday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Dennos Concert Series: Full Cord Bluegrass
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15
Interlochen Arts Academy Dance: Romeo & Juliet
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Saturday, Feb. 14
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra Little Waves series
10:30 a.m. at the Petoskey Library
1 p.m. at the Charlevoix Library
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Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
Live at The Bay: Mardi Gras Paxton Spangler
Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay
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Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
Great Lakes Cinema Series: "La La Land"
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Downtown Sound: KalHaven Strings
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey
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Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
The Bill Sears Quintet
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.
TC Phil presents: Pianists Kara Huber and Christopher Goodpasture
Traverse City Philharmonic Center, Traverse City
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Sunday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m.
GLCO Sunday Series: Cummings String Quartet
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Petoskey
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Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m.
Music Midweek featuring The Horns of Traverse City
Central United Methodist Church, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
Interlochen Arts Academy Dance: Romeo & Juliet
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Saturday, Feb. 21 starting at 11 a.m.
Winterlochen
Interlochen Center for the Arts
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Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
Pianists Hyemin Kim and Khan Nhi Luong: Souvenirs of Austria
Music House Museum, Williamsburg
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Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
Encore Symphonic Winds: Pops Concert
TC Philharmonic Center, Traverse City
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Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Alla Boara
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.
Benzie Area Strings Program (first ever) Student Recital
Mills Community House, Benzonia
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Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.
PFLAG Traverse City presents a community chorus gathering
Fine Arts Building, Interlochen
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Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m.
NMC Children's Choirs and NMC Chamber Singers
Lars Hockstad Auditorium, Traverse City
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Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m.
Northern Michigan Brass Band
First Congregational Church, Charlevoix
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Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m.
Alasdair Frasier and Natalie Haas
Hart Public Schools Auditorium, Hart
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Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Arts Academy Choir and Wind Symphony: Waloyo Yamoni
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
FREE Community Connection Concert for IPR listeners

Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Keith Hall Brazilian Jazz Trio with Chico Pinheiro
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
NMC Concert Band
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Arts Academy Jazz Combos and Orchestras: Women in Jazz Composer Spotlight
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
FREE Community Connection Concert for IPR listeners

Friday, Feb. 27 - Sunday, Mar. 1
Grand Rapids Ballet presents Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"
DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids
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Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
Interlochen in Town: An Evening of Woodwind Chamber Music
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Friday, Feb. 27 - Sunday, Mar. 1
Grand Rapids Ballet presents Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"
DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids
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Sunday, Mar. 1 at 3 p.m.
Northern Michigan Brass Band
Bellaire High School Performing Arts Center, Bellaire
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Thursday, Mar. 5 at 7 p.m.
Violist Jay Julio and pianist Josh Tatsuo Cullen
Music House Museum, Williamsburg
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Friday, Mar. 6 at 7 p.m.
Mariachi Herencia de México
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Friday, Mar. 6 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Mar. 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
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Saturday, Mar. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Downtown Sound: Wakefire
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey
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Saturday, Mar. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Imagine US: Yo-Yo Ma & Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250 - SOLD OUT
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Sunday, Mar. 8 at 2 p.m.
Ben Traverse & The Little River Céilí Band
Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington
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Sunday, Mar. 8 at 2 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Lenny Ranallo, guitar, and Yolanda Tapia, piano
Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen
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Sunday, Mar. 8 at 6 p.m.
Dennos Concert Series: Téada
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
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Friday, Mar. 13 at 7 p.m.
Live at The Bay: Switchback
Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay
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Friday, Mar. 13 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Friday, Mar. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Harmonious Wail
Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington
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Saturday, Mar. 14
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra Little Waves series
10:30 a.m. at the Petoskey Library
1 p.m. at the Charlevoix Library
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Sunday, Mar. 15 at 1 p.m.
The Ides of March: Roaming Shakespeare Festival
The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City
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Sunday Mar. 15 at 3 p.m.
Traverse City Philharmonic and NMC Choirs: Brahms Requiem
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Sunday, Mar. 15 at 4 p.m.
GLCO Sunday Series: Harp Trio
First Congregational Church, Charlevoix
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Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 6 p.m.
Peppa Pig: My First Concert
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
The Branford Marsalis Quartet
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Thursday, Mar. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Arts Academy Popular Music Ensemble: Love is a Battlefield
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
FREE Community Connection Concert for IPR listeners

Friday, Mar. 20 at 7 p.m.
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
Cheboygan Opera House
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Saturday, Mar. 21 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee
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Saturday, Mar. 21 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"
Lyric Theatre, Harbor Springs
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Saturday, Mar. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Kombos Collective’s Uproot & Malis/Novotny Duo
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Saturday, Mar. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band
Center Stage Theater at WSCC, Scottville
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Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.
Interlochen in Town Presents: Community Night at the State: "Phantom of the Opera" (2004 film)
State Theatre, Traverse City
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Friday, Jan. 9 through Sunday, Jan. 11
Mashup Rock & Roll Musical: "The Little Prince & The Man from Mars"
The MATCH at the Cherryland Center, Traverse City
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Saturday, Jan. 10 at 11 a.m.
Musical Storytime with the TC Phil: Percussion
Traverse Area District Library Woodmere Branch, Traverse City
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Saturday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Bellini's "I puritani"
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee
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Saturday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Bellini's "I puritani"
Lyric Theatre, Harbor Springs
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Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Michael Dease City Life Quintet featuring Geoffrey Keezer & Billy Kilson
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.
Michael Coonrod, piano
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Beulah
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Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.
Benzie Area Community Emergency Fund Concert: Contra Dance
Mills Community House, Benzonia
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Sunday, Jan. 11 at 4 p.m.
GLCO Sunday Series: Brass Ensemble
First Presbyterian Church, Petoskey
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Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.
TC West Middle School 8th Grade Symphony Band send-off concert
Lars Hockstad Auditorium, Traverse City
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Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
The Fischer Duo (cello and piano)
Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen
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Friday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
Dennos Concert Series: Joan Shelley
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City
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Friday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Full Cord Bluegrass
Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington
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Friday, Jan. 16 & Saturday, Jan. 17
Mashup Rock & Roll Musical: "The Little Prince & The Man from Mars"
The MATCH at the Cherryland Center, Traverse City
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Saturday, Jan. 17 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera in HD: Giordano, "Andrea Chenier" (encore presentation)
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee
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Saturday, Jan. 17 and Sunday, Jan. 18
Youth Entertainment Showcase (YES): Jazz bands from TC West, TC Central, Kingsley and Elk Rapids High Schools
Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay
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Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Backstage Pass with Kevin Rhodes and the TC Phil
Traverse City Philharmonic Center, Traverse City
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Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m.
The Friars: Winterpalooza
City Opera House, Traverse City
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Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m.
An Afternoon at the Opera with John Riesen and Friends
Hart Public Schools Auditorium, Hart
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Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m.
Traverse City Philharmonic: American Fireworks with pianist Jeffrey Biegel
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Monday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Building Bridges with Music: Michigan Poet Laureate Jessica Care More
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Monday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Re-Imagine the DREAM (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Performance)
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m.
Great Lakes Cinema Series: Titanic the Musical (on screen)
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor
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Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m.
Music Midweek Series: Jeff Haas and friends
Central United Methodist Church, Traverse City
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Friday, Jan. 23 & Saturday, Jan. 24
Interlochen Arts Academy One-Act Festival
Harvey Theatre, Interlochen
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Saturday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera in HD: Bates, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" (encore presentation)
Lyric Theatre, Harbor Springs
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Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.
Trillium Groove
Music House Museum, Williamsburg
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Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.
Live at The Bay: Garnet Rogers
Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay
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Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton De Holanda Trio
The Alluvion, Traverse City
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Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 12:30 p.m.
Wu Man: The Pipa - A Bridge between Cultures
Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium, Grand Rapids
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Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
American Brass Quintet
Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen
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Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Detroit Opera Resident Artists
Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen
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Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.
PDQ Bach - Thrice is Nice
Suttons Bay Congregational Church
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Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.
Invoke
City Opera House, Traverse City
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Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Arts Academy Wind Symphony
Corson Auditorium, Interlochen
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