Our top arts and culture picks in chronological order
Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.
Macon City Auditorium
This annual benefit for the Tubman Musuem will feature Mr. Lenny Williams, The Whispers, and an after-party hosted by Macon’s own AJ the DJ.Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Fickling Hall, McCorkle
Music Building
Macon’s best kept musical secret will feature the Bruch Octet and the Mendelssohn Octet in an intimate chamber setting with renowned guest artists.Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Emerson at Plum
Join Macon Pops for their annual fundraiser where disco fever will be playing all night!Feb.12 at 7:30 p.m.
Grand Opera House
Internationally acclaimed conductor and Mercer alumnus Keitaro Harada leads the seductive “Bolero” by Ravel for an elegant Valentine’s Day treat.Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
Burden Parlor at Wesleyan
Macon Concert Association presents violinist Samuel Vargas, 2021 First Prize winner of the Sphinx Competition and 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artist.Feb. 22 – 25
Capitol Theatre
Macon 200 and Visit Macon present Rock Candy Tours’s guided journey through Macon’s musical origins as the hometown of legendary musicians and the Birthplace of Southern Rock on stage.Feb. 24 at 6 p.m.
The David J. Zuver Center for Performing Arts (Mount De Sales Academy)
Hayiya Dance Theatre and guests interpret James Weldon Johnson’s “God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927).” A beloved annual event.March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
The Grand Opera House
Daring maneuvers are on display at this exuberant entertainment event, featuring all the excitement and festive pageantry of a Chinese carnival.March 1 – 10
Theatre Macon
A gripping, contemporary drama exploring Black identity and the white gaze, the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning play comes to Central Georgia for the first time.March 15 – 24
Downtown Macon
Come to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrating love, beauty, and international friendship since 1982 with races, a concert series, food truck festival, pageant, Kentucky Derby party, and parade.ABOVE: See Emily Furr’s fruit stand themed installation, Cozy, at the McEachern Art Center, Feb. 2 – March 30, Thursdays – Saturdays, 4 – 8 p.m. Photo by Brian D. Smith.