Do you love live performance and experiencing some of the best events our city has to offer? If you're 35 or younger, you're invited to join $35 Under 35 to experience the magic of the performing arts at Celebrity Series of Boston for just $35!
What’s in it for you?
🎟️ Get cheap tickets, but not the “cheap seats” – special seats reserved just for $35 Under 35 are available at our performances all season long!
🎶 Share unforgettable, one-night-only experiences that will introduce you to great artists, time-tested masterpieces, and exciting new works at some of Boston’s iconic venues.
✨ Join our vibrant community: meet other arts lovers and mingle at our $35 Under 35 events throughout the season.
👯 Bring a friend or loved one: $35 Under 35 tickets are available in pairs.
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New for 2024/25: We've made it easier for you to get tickets when you want them! Tickets for all eligible performances are now available at the same time as full price tickets, instead of rolling out month by month. Check back January 14th for shows starting in mid-March.
The Fine Print
$35 Under 35 offer will be valid for up to 2 tickets per performance
All availability is first come first served. See below for available offers.
Offer expires the business day before the performance at noon
Tickets must be picked up at Will Call with a valid photo ID showing age of 35 years or younger
All sales final, no refunds or exchanges
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano (in Cambridge, MA)
Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a Chopin Competition gold medalist with a flourishing career throughout Europe, makes her eagerly anticipated Celebrity Series debut, offering a bold and audacious program featuring short works by Liszt and Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata.
Wednesday, January 15th at 7:30PM at Longy's Pickman Hall
$35 Under 35 tickets for this performance are no longer available.
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano (in Groton, MA)
Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a Chopin Competition gold medalist with a flourishing career throughout Europe, makes her eagerly anticipated Celebrity Series debut, offering a bold and audacious program featuring short works by Liszt and Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata.
Thursday, January 16th at 8PM at Groton Hill Music Center
Malpaso Dance Company
Cuba’s most in-demand contemporary dancers return to Boston with a vibrant program showcasing the company’s commitment to working with international choreographers while also nurturing Cuban artistry.
Friday, January 17th at 8PM and Saturday, January 18th at 2PM and 8PM at Emerson Paramount Center
$35 Under 35 tickets are no longer available for the Saturday 2pm performance.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Impeccably tight and always in the pocket, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns, after a sold-out performance at Symphony Hall in 2024, to lend their old-school class and effortless polish to covers of jazz standards, 20th-century classics, originals by Marsalis and other band members, and more.
Wednesday, January 22nd at 8PM at Symphony Hall
Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet
Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto returns to Celebrity Series with his dynamic Sí o Sí Quartet. Prieto—a Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Fellow—is known for blending Cuban percussion instrumentation, rhythms, and textures with the classic jazz drum kit, providing a distinctive pulse for the foursome’s “ecstatic and intelligent” (AllAboutJazz) contemporary post-bop explorations.
Friday, January 14th at 8PM at Berklee Performance Center
Jamie Barton, Matthew Lipman, Tamar Sanikidze
In a Celebrity Series first, the thrilling combination of a mezzo-soprano, a violist, and a pianist share the stage for a program featuring Romantic-era classics and culminating in the Boston premiere of a Celebrity Series co-commission by Joel Thompson written for the ensemble.
Saturday, January 25th at 8PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
Jad Abumrad: How to Talk to a Human
Journalist Jad Abumrad, creator and former co-host of NPR’s Radiolab, returns to Celebrity Series with his latest project, How to Talk to a Human, an innovative, lively, and timely presentation about the art and science of interviews and tough conversations.
Friday, January 31st at 8PM at Sanders Theatre
Meklit
Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian American vocalist, songwriter, composer, and former refugee known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound, and cultural advocacy. Meklit refracts American funk, soul, indie pop, and jazz through traditional Ethiopian styles, incorporating complex polyrhythms and propulsive grooves with her soulful, melismatic vocals. The result is an irresistible sound that is entirely her own.
Saturday, February 1st at 8PM at Berklee Performance Center
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to Celebrity Series with an all-Ravel program following his sold-out debut in 2023. Cho’s affinity for Ravel’s works—encompassing orchestral appearances, a forthcoming recording, and this recital tour—promises a performance full of depth, mastery, and commitment.
Sunday, February 2nd at 3PM at Symphony Hall
$35 Under 35 tickets for this performance are no longer available.
Caleb Teicher & Conrad Tao: COUNTERPOINT
Counterpoint is the latest collaboration between pianist and composer Conrad Tao and choreographer and tap dancer Caleb Teicher, last seen together on the Series in More Forever (2020). In this dynamic duet performance, the artists engage in a mesmerizing dialogue of harmonic, theatrical, and rhythmic interplay, bridging their disparate traditions and creating a collective experience that fires the imagination and opens the heart.
Friday, February 7th at 8PM and Saturday, February 8th at 2PM and 8PM at Boston Arts Academy Theater
Stave Sessions
Every night offers something new: premieres, debuts, the return of a featured artist from a previous festival. Electronics, effects, and sampled sound sit side by side with in-the-moment virtuosity.
Vocals and electronics swirl and mix when Courtney Swain returns. Owls reinvents the string quartet (and shakes up the idea of a string quartet program). Seth Parker Woods tells a powerful story with cello and vocals. The Westerlies blend anything-goes joy and verve with precise and virtuosic brass ensemble playing.
Learn more about the performances here!
February 11th-14th at 7:30PM at Crystal Ballroom
All tickets $35!
Dover Quartet
The Dover Quartet returns to Boston following their appearance on the Debut Series in 2018, marking a thrilling opportunity for audiences to experience their continued excellence and artistic growth. The Quartet will perform Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 alongside Tchaikovsky’s moving first string quartet, and Dvořák’s 1893 “American” quartet, written in an Iowa Czech immigrant community.
Friday, February 14th at 8PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang
Pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang have consistently wowed audiences as solo recitalists, chamber music partners, and orchestral soloists. This season, they come together on Symphony Hall’s stage for a two-piano and piano four hands recital featuring Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction, and more.
Friday, February 21st at 8PM at Symphony Hall
$35 Under 35 tickets for this performance are no longer available.
Lang Lang, piano
Lang Lang’s expressive piano mastery and passion are evident to audiences across the globe. He consistently and expertly conveys the sweeping drama of music through his gestures, expressions, and sumptuous playing.
Friday, February 28th at 8PM at Symphony Hall
$35 Under 35 tickets for this performance are no longer available.
Jason Moran: Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings
Guided by Duke Ellington’s great canon, Moran takes a solo piano climb up “Mount Ellington” in this extraordinary celebration of the composer’s enduring legacy 125 years after his birth. Experience the timeless genius of Ellington’s music, brilliantly reimagined by Moran.
Saturday, March 1st at 8PM at Berklee Performance Center
Leonidas Kavakos, violin & Daniil Trifonov, piano
Two superstars join forces for a chamber recital spanning highlights of the piano and violin repertoire. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos makes a return to the Series for the first time since 2019, appearing with Daniil Trifonov for an evening of virtuosity highlighting 19th- and 20th-century classics from Beethoven, Bartók, and more.
$35 Under 35 tickets for this performance are sold out.
Wednesday, March 5th at 8PM at Symphony Hall
Midori, violin & Özgür Aydin, piano (in Groton, MA)
Renowned for the expressive agility of her playing, violinist Midori returns to the Series for the first time since 2012 with a program that lends her finely honed touch to songs of mourning and lamentation across cultures.
Thursday, March 6th at 8PM at Groton Hill Music Center
Midori, violin & Özgür Aydin, piano (in Boston, MA)
Renowned for the expressive agility of her playing, violinist Midori returns to the Series for the first time since 2012 with a program that lends her finely honed touch to songs of mourning and lamentation across cultures.
Friday, March 7th at 8PM at NEC's Jordan Hall
KODO
Kodo returns to the Celebrity Series with Warabe, a soul-stirring program created to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary. In this performance, Kodo’s drummers, singers, and other traditional instrumentalists look to the group’s classic repertoire and early days, blending simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate their unique sound, resonance, and physicality. Come and experience the soul-stirring rhythm of life firsthand.
Sunday, March 9th at 5PM at Symphony Hall
Students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, high school, or trade/training programs are invited to access our Student Ticketing programs. Special advance deals and last-minute rush options give you great savings and flexibility.
Neighborhood Arts is our free concert series that's open to all and presents Boston-based and Boston-affiliated artists in venues across Boston and Cambridge. Churches, neighborhood performance halls, and other community spaces come alive with jazz, contemporary music, international styles, and classical.
Join Celebrity Series at our annual SHINE! Gala on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts with a SHINE! Gala Young Professional Cabaret Partygoer Ticket for ages 21-35. Experience a delicious family-style meal from The Catered Affair at a cabaret table, access to the cocktail hour, after-dinner dance party, and photo opportunities, and surprise artistic performances and moments of support for the future of live performance. This is a black tie event! Will you join us?! Tickets start at $300 per person.
Tickets for performances mid-March through the end of the season go on sale January 14th at noon.
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