The Weis Center will welcome jazz ensemble Endea Owens and The Cookout on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Concert Hall. There will be a pre-performance artist talk from 6:45-7:05 p.m. in the Atrium, facilitated by Music Professor Wade Dean. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Teri MacBride and Steve Guattery.   The band includes: Endea Owens – Bass, Curtis Nowosad – Drums, Arco Sandoval – Piano/Keys, Alphonso Horne – Trumpet, Irwin Hall – Saxophone, and Nia Drummond – Vocals. Band members are subject to change. Known as one of Jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, […]

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The Weis Center will kick off its new season with bluegrass and Americana artist Bronwyn on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Concert Hall. The performance is sponsored, in part, by the Columbia Montour Visitors Bureau. Bronwyn is renowned as a prolific instrumentalist, earning two International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddle Player of the Year awards as well as a Grammy for her work with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway. As a child, music lessons gradually transitioned into public performances, with a particular emphasis on Irish music after her family relocated to Charlottesville. Her lifelong musical education […]

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The 2026-27 season at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts includes 26 professional performances – including world music, classical, contemporary cirque, Americana/folk music, contemporary dance, ballet, world dance, jazz, and much more. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, July 13 for subscribers (5+ performances, 20% discount) and on Monday, August 10 for single tickets. At that time, patrons may call 570-577-1000, go online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or use a mail-order form available at Bucknell.edu/WeisCenter.   The full lineup is as follows: BLUEGRASS/AMERICANABronwynFriday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m.Weis Center Concert HallBronwyn Keith-Hynes is renowned as a prolific instrumentalist, earning […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts wraps up its 2025-26 season with world music ensemble Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies (OIANT) on Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Hailed by the international press as “a shamanic orchestra for a technological age”, the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies (OIANT) brings to life long forgotten indigenous instruments. Its show Hidden Sounds of the Americas is a musical journey across the continent that blends traditional music and contemporary works. Through an immersive audiovisual […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome contemporary cirque ensemble Circa on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. When at the Weis Center, they will present Humans 2.0: a symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa. The work was created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble. The performance is 70 minutes, without an intermission and is suggested for ages 8+. Please note: Parts of this performance will include strobe lighting and haze.  The performance is sponsored, in part, by the Press Enterprise. Circa acknowledges the assistance of […]

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Talk is Part of the Weis Center’s Year-Long Trees Series The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome speaker Carl Achhammer Jr., a bonsai artist and current president of the NEPA Bonsai Society on Wednesday, April 1 at 12:00 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium. The noon talk is free and open to the public. This talk is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. For more information, visit go.bucknell.edu/TreesSeries Carl will discuss the history of the art of bonsai, misconceptions, styles and how to get started.  Carl Achhammer Jr.’s passion for the art of bonsai developed over […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome jazz pianist Dan Tepfer on Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. The performance is co-sponsored by the Bucknell Music Department and Kushell Endowment. Dan Tepfer, born in Paris to American parents and based in New York City, is “a pianist of extraordinary technique and fearless harmonic sensibility” (JazzTimes). He has performed worldwide with artists ranging from Lee Konitz to Renée Fleming and released more than a dozen albums as a leader in solo, duo, and trio settings. The New York Times calls him a “deeply rational improviser […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome Jazz supergroup Artemis on Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center, just days after their Carnegie Hall appearance. There will be a pre-performance interview from 6:45-7:15 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium with Allison Miller facilitated by Peg Cronin. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Karl Voss and Chanin Wendling and family. This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Founded by pianist and composer Renee Rosnes in 2017, ARTEMIS—named for the Greek goddess—is a multinational, multigenerational ensemble of jazz instrumental virtuosos. Its current […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome traditional Irish ensemble Goitse on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. (Goitse is a Gaelic word for ‘come here’ and is pronounced Go-wit-cha) The performance is sponsored, in part, by Martha and Alan Barrick and Coldwell Banker Penn One Real Estate. Goitse includes: Colm Phelan, bodhrán, Áine McGeeney, fiddle, vocals, Conal O’Kane, guitar, Alan Reid, banjo, bouzouki and Daniel Collins, piano, accordion. The multi-award-winning quintet Goitse continues to blaze trails as one of Ireland’s most dynamic and celebrated traditional ensembles. Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick’s […]

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The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome Bang on a Can All Stars featuring the Bucknell Choir, under the direction of Professor Caleb Hopkins, on Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center. They will perform David Lang’s before and after nature with music and text by David Lang and video design by Tal Rosner. There will be a pre-performance interview from 1:15-1:45 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium between Professor Hopkins and David Lang. This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Co-sponsors include Bucknell’s Department of Music, the Class of 1953 […]

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