Duke Performances' 2017/18 Season NOW On Sale!

In Durham, At Duke, Essential & Extraordinary.
Single tix for Duke Performances' 2017/18 season are NOW on sale!

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25% Pick-Four or More Discount

Take 25% off your total price when you buy tickets to four or more shows from Duke Performances' 2017/18 season.

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MONK@100

Duke Performances' festival celebrating the life & legacy of NC-native jazz icon Thelonious Monk — hosted over 10 days in downtown Durham. October 17-26 at Durham Fruit & Produce. Tickets NOW on sale!

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Upcoming Shows

Thursday, September 07

Lost Bayou Ramblers Opener: Shamu Garçon
Friday, September 08 - Saturday, September 09

Beasts of the Southern Wild with Wordless Music, North Carolina Symphony & Lost Bayou Ramblers
Saturday, September 23

Ciompi Concert No. 1 featuring Rachel Kuipers Yonan, Viola & Brent Wissick, Cello
Sunday, September 24

Vicente Amigo
Saturday, September 30

American Brass Quintet
Wednesday, October 04

The Civilians + Ethan Lipton School Project
Friday, October 06 - Saturday, October 07

World Premiere: New Work for Goldberg Variations Pam Tanowitz Dance & Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
Saturday, October 14

Bill Callahan Openers: Nathan Bowles + Jake Xerxes Fussell
Tuesday, October 17

JD Allen Trio & Bill Frisell

MONK@100
Wednesday, October 18

JD Allen Trio & Dave Douglas

MONK@100
Thursday, October 19

JD Allen Trio & Kris Davis

MONK@100
Friday, October 20

Tyshawn Sorey & Jason Moran

MONK@100
Saturday, October 21 - Sunday, October 22

Monk Songbook with Chris Pattishall, Frank Kimbrough, Jeb Patton, Ethan Iverson & Orrin Evans

MONK@100
Saturday, October 21

Quatuor Mosaïques
Saturday, October 21

Gerald Clayton & Ben Wendel

MONK@100
Sunday, October 22

The Como Mamas

MONK@100
Monday, October 23

Ethan Iverson Trio & Melissa Aldana

MONK@100
Tuesday, October 24

Ethan Iverson Trio with Chris Potter & Houston Person

MONK@100
Wednesday, October 25

Ethan Iverson Trio & Joshua Redman

MONK@100
Thursday, October 26

Ethan Iverson Trio & Ravi Coltrane

MONK@100
Thursday, November 02

Pharoahe Monch & PitchBlak Brass Band
Thursday, November 09

Yasmin Levy
Saturday, November 11

Modigliani Quartet
Sunday, November 12

John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring The Meeting of the Spirits

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Director’s Note for Duke Performances’ 2017/18 Season

We live in anxious, uncertain times. Across our globe, in our country, our state, and even our city of Durham, there seem to be newly monumental consequences of our decisions, many of which feel beyond our control.

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