Charleston performing arts events

Lewis Black

Friday, Oct 18 8:00p

N. Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston

LEWIS BLACK, Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author...

Pirate Mystery Show: A Family Comedy

Wednesday, May 22 7:30p

The Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston

It's been many a high tide since the notorious Blackbeard and the Gentleman Pirate Stede Bonnett sailed the dark waters off Charles Town, but still thar be whispers on the wind of the ill-gotten tr...

Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra

Monday, Jun 3 7:30p

Sottile Theatre, Charleston

The orchestra will perform John Adams’ "Harmonielehre" (“Book of Harmony”), in addition to the American premieres of the Ravel/Boulez "Frontispice" and Pēteris Vasks’ "Credo."

Verdi's Requiem

Thursday, Jun 6 8:00p

TD Arena - College of Charleston Campus, Charleston

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus will perform Verdi's "Messa da Requiem," one of the world's most endeared choral masterpieces, at this farewell appearance for Joseph Flummerfelt, Spoleto’s...

Sherlock Holmes and The Charleston History Mystery

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

The Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston

Join Sherlock Holmes for an Historical City Tour truly for the lazy — where without ever leaving your theatre seat you will explore Charleston's past, present, and ... other worldly .....

Opening Night Fete

Friday, May 24 9:00p

President's House at C of C, Charleston

The fourth annual Spoleto Opening Night Fête kicks off the 2013 season with an elegant block party with a cocktail supper, live music, a full bar and the company of Festival artists and patrons...

Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra

Tuesday, May 28 7:30p

Sottile Theatre, Charleston

A trio of orchestral showpieces, to include Bartók’s suite from the ballet "The Wooden Prince," Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" and Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances."

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston

At its U.S...

Chamber Music: Program V

Friday, May 31 1:00p

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston

This Bank of America Chamber Music concert series features a rotating roster of artists, under the leadership of violinist Geoff Nuttall. Program V is Bach's "Suite No...

Joshua Kendall: America's Obsessives

Friday, May 31 7:00p

Charleston Library Society, Charleston

In this Piccolo Spoleto Literary Festival lecture, Joshua Kendall discusses his new book, "America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation"...

Holy City Cirque Variety Show

Sunday, Jun 16 6:00p

Hampton Park, Charleston

On June 16 at 6 p.m...

Dorothea Benton Frank: Porch Lights

Wednesday, May 29 3:00p

Charleston Library Society, Charleston

Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivans Island, South Carolina, and in this Piccolo Spoleto Literary Festival Lecture, she'll share stories about her fiction set o...

Chamber Music: Program IV

Wednesday, May 29 1:00p

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston

This Bank of America Chamber Music concert series features a rotating roster of artists, under the leadership of violinist Geoff Nuttall...

The Prodigal Son

Saturday, Jun 1 6:00p

Gage Hall, Charleston

Romantic, timeless love in all forms — from unconditional to unrequited — is the continuous thread for this year’s Charleston Chamber Opera Piccolo Spoleto Festival production...