Great Performances at Mason

Culminating its fourth consecutive year as a Mason Artist-in-Residence, Grammy Award-winning Silkroad ensemble led March events on George Mason University’s campus and out in the community in conjunction with its performance of "Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual" on March 22 at the Center for the Arts.

When Doug Varone and Dancers takes the stage at the Center for the Arts on April 25, it will mark a full circle moment for company member and George Mason University alumnus Dareon Blowe, who had participated in a residency with them as a student in the School of Dance.

For National Volunteer Month, Center for the Arts board member Debbie Jones details the ways Friends of the Center for the Arts support through their time and energy.

When members of the innovative Australian circus company Circa hit the Center for the Arts stage April 12, expect them to blur the lines of what acrobatics and circus can be, and explore what it means to be human in 2026.

The innovative Dorrance Dance Production "The Center Will Not Hold, a collaboration by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and breakdancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee Michelle Dorrance, comes to the Center for the Arts May 2.

The Center for the Arts is bringing back its restaurant partner program for the 2026–27 season, giving ticket holders special offers for dinner and a show.

In the new program "Sanctuary," Rhiannon Giddens and the Silkroad Ensemble explore how these traditions help us make sense of our world, process loss, navigate environmental and social changes, and rebuild community through shared musical experience. At its core, the program (March 22 at the Center for the Arts) seeks to uplift—offering joy, hope, and a renewed sense of belonging through collective listening and presence.

“Arguably the world’s most daring circus company” (The Guardian), Australian company Circa presents “jaw-dropping, seat-clawing” (ArtsHub) next level circus at the Center for the Arts on April 12.

Known as the Monty Python of the music world for more than 30 years, the Austrian brass septet Mnozil Brass pays homage to the “King of the Waltz” Johann Strauss at the Center for the Arts March 1.

Traditional Irish musical ensemble Danú celebrates its 30th anniversary, performing a concert the week of St. Patrick's Day at the Center for the Arts, on March 20.