2025-26 Season
The 2025–26 Season brochure is now available.
Subscriptions for five or more performances, which receive a 20% discount, will go on sale on Monday, July 7.
Single tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Orders will be accepted online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice, by phone at 570-577-1000, by mail order form, and in person at the Weis Center's Campus Box Office location.
Fall 2025 Upcoming Performances
Kings Return
A CAPPELLA QUARTET
Thursday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Dynamic and soothing four-piece vocal group Kings Return takes pride in crafting a diverse yet supremely cohesive a cappella sound. The blend of their unique vocal timbres is so rich and so smooth that, at times, it sounds more like a full choir than merely four men. Their brand of rhythm and blues is entwined with free moments of jazz, soulful bursts of gospel and bright touches of pop — all built on a solid classical foundation.
André Mehmari Trio
JAZZ/WORLD MUSIC
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Atrium
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
For pianist and composer André Mehmari, the world of music has no borders as he follows his muse to create musical journeys. Rooted in the Brazilian music of his homeland where he is the most prolific and extraordinary musician of his generation, he glides with ease into the realms of jazz and classical music as his ideas call for them.
National Geographic Live: From Roots to Canopy
MULTIMEDIA
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This engagement is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
National Geographic Explorer at Large Nalini Nadkarni interweaves her research on rainforest canopy biota with innovative public engagement.
Ailey II
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Thursday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country's finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's outstanding and emerging choreographers. At the Weis Center, they will perform a mixed repertoire ideal for all ages, including Revelations.
Kurbasy
WORLD MUSIC/UKRAINE
Friday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Kurbasy channels contemporary connections to an archaic past with its time-bending Songs of the Ukrainian Forest. The folk-based multimedia performances vibrate in tight vocal harmonies, resonant lyrics, distinctive instrumentation and phantasmagoric visual imagery.
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
One of the premier Indian dance ensembles performing today, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble had the distinction of making The New York Times' Best Dance of the Year list two consecutive years (2015 and 2016).
Tarwa N-Tiniri
WORLD MUSIC/DESERT BLUES/MOROCCO
Friday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
In 2012 in the heart of Morocco, childhood friends came together to form a band that would become a musical force representing the soul of the Amazigh people and the vast, rugged landscapes of the desert. This musical odyssey is a tapestry of culture, tradition and heartfelt expression.
Castalian String Quartet
CLASSICAL
Saturday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Since its formation in 2011, the London-based Castalian Quartet has distinguished itself as one of the most dynamic, sophisticated young string quartets performing today.
Yasmin Williams
FOLK/AMERICANA
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Atrium
Yasmin Williams, from Woodbridge, Va., grew up surrounded by music and was inspired by a range of artists, from Chuck Brown to Jimi Hendrix. She developed her innovative fingerstyle acoustic guitar technique while studying music theory and composition at New York University.
Modigliani Quartet
CLASSICAL
Sunday, Nov. 9, 4 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
The Paris-based Modigliani Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023, is a regular guest at the world's top venues and finest string quartet and chamber music series. In 2017, they were the first string quartet to perform in the big hall of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany.
Charly Lowry
FOLK/AMERICANA
Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Charly Lowry, a musical powerhouse from Pembroke, N.C., is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the Lumbee/Tuscarora Tribes. She is passionate about raising awareness around issues that plague underdeveloped and under-served communities.
Brent Birckhead Sextet
JAZZ SAXOPHONE
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Atrium
Saxophonist Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Birckhead's approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy.
Spring 2026 Upcoming Performances
Drum Tao
JAPANESE TAIKO DRUMS
Friday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Drum Tao's phenomenal performances consist of incomparable Wadaiko drums and the beautiful melody of Japanese flutes and harps. They were awarded Outstanding Cultural Contribution from Oita prefecture, earned a Culture Creators Award from Taketa city in Oita prefecture and received the sixth Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Award and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award from the Japanese government.
East Nash Grass
BLUEGRASS
Thursday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
East Nash Grass is one of the hottest young bands in bluegrass, having earned an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award for Best New Artist. The group is stacked with IBMA Best Instrumentalist winners, including Grand Master fiddle champion and American Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year nominee Maddie Denton, Cory Walker (banjo) and Harry Clark (mandolin). They perform alongside charismatic frontman James Kee and bassist Jeff Partin (Rhonda Vincent, etc.), making them a powerhouse leader of the next generation in bluegrass excellence.
Beijing Guitar Duo
CLASSICAL
Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Praised by the distinguished Classical Guitar Magazine as "having the star potential to serve as inspiration for new generations of guitarists to come," Beijing Guitar Duo made its New York debut in Carnegie Hall in 2010, launching an international concert career. Guitarists Meng Su and Yameng Wang, who are Beijing Guitar Duo, have performed around the world in halls such as Concertgebouw, Palau de Musica, Tchaikovsky Hall and National Theatre in Beijing.
Shadow Cities: Ephrat Asherie Dance with Arturo O'Farrill
CONTEMPORARY DANCE/JAZZ
Thursday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Ephrat Asherie collaborates with Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer Arturo O'Farrill in the company's newest creation, Shadow Cities. Bringing together Ephrat Asherie Dance's exhilarating choreography that remixes and reconnects various street and club dance styles and an original composition featuring O’Farrill’s trademark Latin jazz sound, Shadow Cities explores what it means to be and to feel the in-between.
Pilobolus
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Thursday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Pilobolus is a rebellious dance company. Since 1971, it has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies. Pilobolus has created and toured over 120 pieces of repertory to more than 65 countries while being recognized with honors. In 2015, Pilobolus was named one of Dance Heritage Coalition’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures.
Bang on a Can All Stars
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL/CHORAL
Sunday, March 1, 2 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Since its first Marathon concert in 1987, Bang on a Can has been creating an international community dedicated to innovative music, wherever it is found. With adventurous programs, it commissions new composers, performs, presents and records new work, develops new audiences and educates the musicians of the future.
Goitse
TRADITIONAL IRISH
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
The popular and multi-award-winning quintet Goitse was forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick’s Irish World Academy. Named Live Ireland’s Traditional Group of the Year, Chicago Irish American News' Group of the Year as well as winning the 2016 international Freiburger Leiter award in Germany, Goitse has become a leader of the new generation of traditional Irish ensembles. Their distinctive sound lies in the quality of their own compositions interspersed with age-old traditional tunes that make each performance unique.
Artemis: Arboresque
JAZZ
Friday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Founded by pianist and composer Renee Rosnes, Artemis is a powerful ensemble of instrumental virtuosos. Along with Rosnes, the quintet includes trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Allison Miller.
Dan Tepfer
JAZZ/PIANO
Thursday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
One of his generation's extraordinary talents, Dan Tepfer has earned an international reputation as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging innovation, individuality and drive — one "who refuses to set himself limits," according to France's Télérama. The New York City-based Tepfer, born in 1982 in Paris to American parents, has recorded and performed around the world with some of the leading lights in jazz and classical music, from Lee Konitz to Renée Fleming, and released 11 albums of his own in solo, duo and trio formats.
Circa: Humans 2.0
CONTEMPORARY CIRQUE
Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
Since 2004, Circa has been at the frontier of a new vision of the circus arts — creating powerful works that challenge, thrill and delight. Featuring an ensemble of multi-skilled artists under the direction of Yaron Lifschitz, Circa's award-winning works have been seen in 39 countries across six continents. At the Weis Center, they will present Humans 2.0, a reflection of our times the work becomes more intimate, internal and searching. It argues that we must evolve towards heightened connection, care and sensitivity — next level humanity, next level acrobatics.
Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies (OIANT)
WORLD MUSIC
Friday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Hailed by the international press as "a shamanic orchestra for a technological age", the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies (OIANT) brings to life long forgotten indigenous instruments. It's show Hidden Sounds of the Americas is a musical journey across the continent that blends traditional music and contemporary works.
Twin Flames
CANADIAN FOLK DUO
Thursday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall
This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series.
Twin Flames has garnered recognition and acclaim throughout Canada and abroad. Their exceptional talent and artistry have earned them 44 awards and nominations, as well as being four-time Canadian Folk Music Award winners.
Weis Center Season 2025-26 Publications
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