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Lied Center of Kansas announces its 2026–27 season
Announcing the Lied Center's 2026–27 season
  • Mon • May 4, 2026
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Lied Center of Kansas announces this season’s IMPACT Award winners
The Lied Center of Kansas has named Renée Fleming and Mike Jones as the 2025–26 IMPACT Award winners.
  • Tue • April 7, 2026
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra band members playing trumpets, trombones and saxophones on stage
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis to premiere “Wave the Wheat Suite” honoring 15 KU icons
“Wave the Wheat Suite” honoring 15 KU icons
  • Tue • October 14, 2025
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Lied Center of Kansas announces its 2025–26 season
The Lied Center of Kansas announced the 2025–26 season on Sunday, May 4, to the Friends of the Lied.
  • Sun • May 4, 2025
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Lied Center of Kansas announces this season’s IMPACT Award winners
The Lied Center of Kansas has named the iconic Paul Taylor Dance Company and Trish Averill Neuteboom.
  • Wed • March 26, 2025
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Lawrence Public Schools Honors Lied Center of Kansas Staff as its 2023 Outstanding Citizens
The Lied Center of Kansas has partnered with Lawrence Public Schools since the performing arts center opened.
  • Wed • July 12, 2023
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Who remembers this magical voice from the coronation of King Charles III?!? ✨ We are thrilled to welcome Pretty Yende, soprano, to the Lied Center stage on October 4, 2:00pm. Get tickets at lied.ku.edu.
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Join us when America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator takes the Lied Center stage (along with Elton, Winston and more 😆) in #lawrenceks on Wednesday, September 23, 7:30pm! Get tickets at lied.ku.edu.
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Congratulations to the KU School of Music Jazz program! We always love when these incredibly talented students perform on our stage! ❤️💙🎶
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KU Jazz sets record at DownBeat Student Music Awards
The University of Kansas Jazz and Commercial Music program has earned national recognition with a record-setting eight honors in the 49th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards.
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🎵 Don't miss The Lost Keys at the final Sunday Jayhawk Jukebox, presented in partnership with the Lied Center of Kansas - Performing Arts Center and the KU School of Music!

➡️ See them perform live at the Dole Institute on Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m.
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Make sure to visit our friends at the Dole Institute of Politics this weekend for the Sunday Jayhawk Jukebox concert series featuring Mire Pral! Sunday, July 5, 2:00pm. Free and open to the public! Learn more at lied.ku.edu.
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The Lawrence City Band performing the national anthem of #Algeria, Kassaman, last night!
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Lawrence playwright tells her family’s story of migration to Kansas for better opportunities
The Lawrence community can celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday by attending a play by a local playwright on her parents' migration from Mississippi to Kansas in search of better opportunities.
  • Thu • June 19, 2025
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Highland Park High School band shines on Lied Center stage alongside University of Kansas band
The Highland Park symphonic band was invited to perform three songs alongside the KU University Band at Lied Center on Kansas’ campus.
  • Tue • April 29, 2025
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Lawrence students shine on stage during annual Ovation! show
Numerous students made their Ovation! debuts this year. For some students, the show is one of their first opportunities to step outside their comfort zones and perform for the broader Lawrence community.
  • Mon • February 3, 2025
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