Here is a list of some Columbus events to keep you entertained throughout the performance season.

BalletMet, www.balletmet.org  
Swan Lake, Oct. 16-18
Nightmoves, Nov. 6-7, 13-15, 20-21
The Nutcracker, Dec. 11-23
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Feb. 5-6, 11-14
Carmina Burana, March 5-7, 11-13

CAPA, www.capa.com/columbus
Church Basement Ladies, Aug. 5-9
An Evening with David Sedaris, Oct. 17

Opera Columbus, www.operacolumbus.org  
Opera Over Lunch, Aug. 14 and Sept. 18
Opera at the North Market, Sept. 26 and Nov. 28
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Oct. 23 and 25
Tribute concert to Mario Lanza, Dec. 12
Gounod’s retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Feb. 12 and 14

Columbus Symphony Orchestra, www.columbussymphony.com  
Classical #1, Oct. 9-11
CSOvations concert with Ben Folds, Oct. 28
Classical #2, Nov. 7-8
Classical #3, Nov. 20 and 22
Gospel Christmas, Dec. 19
Classical #4, Jan. 8-9
Classical #5, Jan. 22-23
The Wizard of Oz, Jan. 30
Classical #6, Feb. 5-6
Classical #7, Feb. 20-21
Classical #8, March 5-6
Mozart ‘til Midnight, March 12
Classical #9, March 19-20
Classical #10, April 10-11
Classical #11, April 16-17
Classical #12, May 8-9

ProMusica, www.promusicacolumbus.org  
Opening Night with 12-year-old piano prodigy Tiffany Poon, Oct. 11
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Nov. 14 and 15
“Messiah (And More!) Side-By-Side Sing-A-Long,” Dec. 11
“A Baroque Holiday,” Dec. 12-13
“Dynamic Duos,” Jan. 9-10
“Songs of a Wayfarer,” Feb. 6
“Letters From Lincoln,” Feb. 7
“An Evening of Brass and Organ,” March 20
Eroica Symphony, April 10-11
Music of J.S. Bach, April 17
Gala & Benefit Concert, May 7

Midland Theatre, www.midlandtheatre.org
Say Goodnight Gracie, Sept. 25
Jon Vezner, Oct. 1-2
The Smothers Brothers, Oct. 9
Ruthie Foster with Vance Gilbert, Oct. 23
Jonathan Kingham, Oct. 29-30
Golden Dragon Acrobats, Nov. 15
Central Ohio Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker, Nov. 27-29
Bearfoot with special guest Missy Raine and the New Hip, Jan. 15
Barbara Bailey Hutchinson, Jan. 21-22
Four Bitchin’ Babes: Diva Nation!, Jan. 30
Doktor Kaboom, Feb. 5
Marc Cohn with special guest Amy Correia, Feb. 14
Emile Claire-Barlow, Feb. 18-19
Yu Wei — Chinese Dance & Multimedia, Feb. 20
Mark Nizer, Feb. 26
Three Dog Night, Mar. 5
Gene Bertoncini, Mar. 11-12
Robert Post, Mar. 19
The New Christy Minstrels, Mar. 26
Moscow Festival Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty, Apr. 10
Dave Bennett’s Pete Fountain Tribute, Apr. 16

Broadway Across America – Columbus, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/columbus  
Cirque Dreams Illumination, Sept. 29-Oct. 4
Young Frankenstein, Oct. 27-Nov. 1
In the Heights, Nov. 24-29
Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Jan. 19-24
Dreamgirls, Feb. 16-21
101 Dalmations, March 2-7
Chicago, June 8-13
Wicked, July 28-Aug. 29

Columbus Jazz Orchestra, www.jazzartsgroup.org  
Sammy and Friends (starring Ted Levy), Aug. 14
Blues Explosion (starring Bobby Floyd and Kristen Eubanks), Aug. 21
“A Taste of Smooth Jazz,” Sept. 25-26
Duke’s Place, Oct. 28-Nov. 1
“Home for the Holidays,” Dec. 2-6
“Spinning Wheel,” Jan. 22-23
“Louis, Ella & Friends,” Feb. 24-28
“I Loves You Porgy,” March 24-28
“Cole & Cole,” April 21-25
“A Night in Vegas,” with the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, May 21-22

CATCO, www.catco.org  
Murderers, Sept. 30-Oct. 18
The Seafarer, Nov. 24-Dec. 13
The Santaland Diaries, Dec. 3-27
Evie’s Waltz, Feb. 17-Mar. 7
Pierce to the Soul, April 7-25
The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful, June 2-27

Columbus Children’s Theatre, www.colschildrenstheatre.org
Cinderella, A Hip Hop Fairy Tale, Aug. 5-16
The Wizard of Oz, Sept. 24-Oct. 4
How I Became a Pirate, Oct. 22-Nov. 8
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Nov. 27-Dec. 20
Rapunzel, Jan. 7-17
The Boxcar Children, Feb. 4-21
The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, March 11-28
Seussical the Musical, April 15-25
Jack and the Beanstalk, May 6-16

The Phoenix Theatre for Children, www.phoenix4kids.org  
The Paper Bag Princess, Nov. 6-8, 13-15
Madeline’s Christmas, Dec. 4-13
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant, Jan. 22-31
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, March 5-14

New Albany Performing Arts Center, www.mccoycenterforthearts.com
Jeanette Walls, author, Oct. 15
Chicago City Limits, Nov. 20
Fisk Jubilee Singers, Feb. 6
Columbus Children’s Theatre presents Sleeping Beauty, March 21
Cirque Mechanics presents Birdhouse Factory, April 9

Otterbein College Theatre, www.otterbein.edu/theatre  
The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Aug. 6-9, 13-15
Babes in Arms, Oct. 15-18, 22-24
A Delicate Balance, Oct. 29-31, Nov. 6 and 7
You Can’t Take It With You, Feb. 4-7, 11-13
Dance Concert 2010, March 4-7
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, April 29-May 1, May 7-8
Pippin, May 2-23, 27-29

Chamber Music Columbus, www.columbuschambermusic.org  
Ying Quartet, Oct. 17
Jupiter Strong Quartet, Nov. 7
Europa Galante with Fabio Biondi, Jan. 30
David Finckel, Wu Han, and Philip Setzer, Feb. 13
John O’Conor, piano, March 6
eighth blackbird, April 17

Westerville Symphony, www.westervillesymphony.org  
Sounds of Summer, Aug. 23
Torke, R. Strauss, Elgar, Nov. 22
Sounds of the Season, Dec. 13
Rossini, Schumann, Dvořák, Feb. 28
Tunes & Tales, March 27
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, June 6