Arts News

UGA Presents welcomes the Branford Marsalis Quartet in its return to Hodgson Concert Hall on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The concert is centered around “Belonging,” the group’s new release on Blue Note Records.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann, brings one of the most powerful musical statements ever written to the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center’s Hodgson Concert Hall on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

This year, the University of Georgia’s monthlong Spotlight on the Arts celebration will begin with an ambitious new event: the first UGA Poetry Festival, a two-day series of public readings by five major American poets.

UGA Theatre will summon chainsaws, demons and laughter on the Fine Arts Stage this fall with “Evil Dead: The Musical” — a high-octane, blood-soaked and side-splitting adaptation of Sam Raimi’s cult-classic horror films.

Nicholas Enrico Williams oversees five ensembles for the School of Music.

The internationally acclaimed Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus will perform at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center’s Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the UGA Presents ’25-’26 season.

The University of Georgia will celebrate the visual, literary and performing arts with more than 40 events and exhibitions in November during the 14th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival.

The UGA Performing Arts Center continues its 30th anniversary season with the return of world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt on Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall.

UGA Presents welcomes the Camerata Nordica Octet to Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The concert, part of the “Nordic Dream: Voices from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden” series, will feature the world premiere tour of Hanna Helgegren’s “The Nordic Seasons,” a piece with film inspired by Scandinavian folk music.

The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center presents the return of Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.