Category: 2024-25 Season

Explore how “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” redefined opera and meet the artists & contributors that will be coming to Purdue for Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Jan. 21, 2025.

How does Fire Shut Up In My Bones redefine opera? Rewind to September 2021, when the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, darkened for more than a year by the pandemic, reopened its doors with a groundbreaking performance: the first...

Thank you for being part of the audience that keeps the magic alive at Purdue Convocations! Each ticket you buy helps bring the world’s most captivating performances right here to Greater Lafayette. But did you know we can’t do it alone?

Thank you for being part of the audience that keeps the magic alive at Purdue Convocations! Each ticket you buy helps bring the world’s most captivating performances right here to Greater Lafayette. But did you know we can’t do it...

Purdue Convocations offers a diverse lineup of performances for Spring 2025, making it easy to give unique holiday gifts to friends and family. Here’s a curated guide with something for everyone on your holiday gift shopping list.

Purdue Convocations offers a diverse lineup of performances for Spring 2025, making it easy to give unique holiday gifts to friends and family. Here's a curated guide with something for everyone on your holiday gift shopping list. Gift CardsBUY NOW...

Purdue University invites the public to experience a profound evening of music, storytelling, and reflection at Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones Excerpts in Concert on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 7 PM at Loeb Playhouse (Location Changed)....

Join The Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet for an extraordinary evening of jazz at Purdue’s Loeb Playhouse on October 12, 2024. Led by award-winning pianist Isaiah J. Thompson, the quartet features David Alvarez III on drums, Julian Lee on saxophone, and Sebastian Rios on bass. Together, they bring a dynamic, soulful performance that blends jazz tradition with innovation. Don’t miss this unforgettable night of piano, bass, drums, and sax!

Discover Rising Jazz Piano Star Isaiah J. Thompson at Purdue's Loeb PlayhouseBUY TICKETS The Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet will feature the Steinway D Concert Grand on October 12. Get ready to immerse yourself in an extraordinary evening of jazz as...

The musical that celebrates the iconic life and legacy of Tina Turner continues to woo audiences around the world. Casting has been announced for an all-new North American tour of the joyful and triumphant Broadway smash hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical.

North American Tour Cast for TINA - The Tina Turner MusicalTickets on sale now! BUY TICKETS The musical that celebrates the iconic life and legacy of Tina Turner continues to woo audiences around the world. Casting has been announced for...

Crossroads Live North America and Purdue Convocations announce the cast for the new North American tour of “Dear Evan Hansen,” running over 30 weeks in the 2024-2025 season, with a one-night performance at Purdue’s Elliott Hall on September 25, 2024. The cast includes Michael Fabisch as Evan Hansen. Tickets are on sale now.

THE TONY AND GRAMMY-WINNING BEST MUSICAL THAT CONNECTED THE WORLD   Producer Crossroads Live North America is pleased to announce complete casting for the new, licensed North American tour of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the Tony and Grammy-winning Best Musical sensation. The tour is expected to run...

Purdue University President Mung Chiang and Purdue Convocations will host an exclusive free Presidential Lecture Series event featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma on September 29, 2PM, at Elliott Hall of Music, moderated by PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The event explores culture’s role in society through stories and musical interludes. Due to high demand, additional tickets for this and other 2024-2025 Purdue Convocations events will be available starting August 26.

A Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma in SeptemberAdditional Seats Now Available for Upcoming EventsFREE TICKETS Purdue University President Mung Chiang, Purdue Convocations, and the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series are thrilled to present an exclusive FREE event featuring the legendary cellist Yo-Yo...

Experience Jessie Murph live at Elliott Hall of Music on November 1st as part of her In the Sticks Part 2 North American Tour. New album out September 6th!

November 1stJessie Murph announces North American headline tour with stop at Purdue Jessie Murph Debut Album That Ain't No Man That’s the Devil out September 6th“Hope It Hurts” Out This FridayIn the Sticks Part 2 North American Fall Headline TourPresented...

The 2024-2025 Convos Season includes the 29th West Lafayette Global Fest, award-winning jazz and chamber musicians, a curricular integration theatre residency, thought-provoking lectures, family-friendly engagements, and award-winning Broadway musicals and major attractions in Elliott Hall of Music including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert, Dear Evan Hansen, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Hadestown, Pretty Woman: The Musical, and Chicago.

Purdue Convocations announces its 2024-2025 seasonTickets Now Available All tickets for theatre, music, and national Broadway tours are now on sale to the general public and Friends of Convocations. Purdue Convocations presents its 122nd Season with a lineup of innovative projects...

Experience the sequel to the Oscar®-winning Spider-Man animated Spider-Verse film live in concert! Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Live In Concert combines stunning visuals with a groundbreaking soundtrack performed by a diverse ensemble of musicians. Full orchestra, scratch DJ, percussion, and electronic artists bring the iconic score to life on a colossal HD screen.

The Next Chapter of the Oscar®-Winning Spider-Verse Saga Concert Series Will Spin Into West Lafayette This Fall! Tickets On Sale May 3 at 10am Press Assets PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE – April 29, 2024 – Building on the success of...

Renowned cellist, recording artist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma and PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang for a special Presidential Lecture Series conversation Sept. 29 in Elliott Hall of Music.

Purdue University President Mung Chiang and the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series present the renowned cellist, recording artist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma in a special engagement moderated by PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Through personal anecdotes, thoughtful inquiry and musical interludes, Yo-Yo...