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Performing Arts Season 2025–26

A performer with light skin poses with strips of blue painters tape and yellow rubber chickens in front of a red backdrop.

Deep inquiry and daring innovation converge to expand perceptions and ignite hope during the Walker’s 2025–26 Performing Arts Season. Music, performance, and movement artists courageously interrogate urgent issues defining our world today. Their work invites audiences to uncover new realms through immersive live performances rich with light, sound, projection, text, and unforgettable stage images.

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener: Open Machine
Two dancers—one standing, one sitting—shown in movement. Behind them is a screen with hard-to-read text.

May 29–30, 2026

Performances

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener: Open Machine

L’Rain – Live at the Walker
A musician with dark skin and long hair holds a microphone.

Sat, May 2, 2026

Performances

L’Rain – Live at the Walker

Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock... aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Apr 24–25, 2026

Performances

Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock... aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Mali Obomsawin Sextet
A light-skinned woman with long dark brown hair holds a cello.

Sat, Apr 18, 2026

Performances

Mali Obomsawin Sextet

Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane plus Live Trio
A person with medium skin and long grey-black hair stares to the left of the camera.

Thu, Apr 16, 2026

Performances

Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane plus Live Trio

Meg Stuart & Doug Weiss: All the Way Around
A light-skinned woman stands against a black wall facing a person with a cello.

Apr 3–4, 2026

Performances

Meg Stuart & Doug Weiss: All the Way Around

AACM@60!
Photos of two musicians are placed side-by-side. On the left, Wadada Leo Smith holds a silver trumpet. On the right, Amina Claudine Myers rests her head on her hand.

Sat, Sep 13, 2025

Performances

AACM@60!

Aszure Barton & Ambrose Akinmusire: A a | a B : B E N D
One hooded performer dressed in black poses in front of a lighted platform.

Fri, Sep 19, 2025

Performances

Aszure Barton & Ambrose Akinmusire: A a | a B : B E N D

Jlin: n! = 3! (Permutation of Three)
A musician with dark skin and long hair sits on a leather chair, looking forward with a neutral gaze.

Thu, Oct 2, 2025

Performances

Jlin: n! = 3! (Permutation of Three)

Shahzad Ismaily: Bitterness Is Not a Bridge
A person with medium skin rests their chin on their hand in front of a tan, rocky landscape.

Fri, Oct 10, 2025

Performances

Shahzad Ismaily: Bitterness Is Not a Bridge

Tiago Rodrigues: By Heart
Seven people sit on-stage against a brick backdrop, with one person holding a book up that reads Candida.

Oct 28–29, 2025

Performances

Tiago Rodrigues: By Heart

An Evening with Gabriella Smith & yMusic
Six people in dark clothing stand and gaze at the viewer against a dark background.

Sat, Nov 8, 2025

Performances

An Evening with Gabriella Smith & yMusic

Trisha Brown Dance Company: Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown, and Cunningham Onstage
A dancer with light skin jumps, looking downward, in front of three other dancers.

Tue, Nov 11, 2025

Performances

Trisha Brown Dance Company: Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown, and Cunningham Onstage

Choreographers’ Evening 2025

Sat, Nov 22, 2025

Performances

Choreographers’ Evening 2025

Exploding Star Orchestra
Nine musicians perform on a stage in front of a multicolored video projection.

Fri, Dec 5, 2025

Performances

Exploding Star Orchestra

Alex Tatarsky: Sad Boys in Harpy Land
A light-skinned woman wearing a rooster head hood stares in shock at the viewer.

Jan 8–10, 2026

Alex Tatarsky: Sad Boys in Harpy Land

Nile Harris: this house is not a home
A dark-skinned man in a costume poses on stage with artwork in the background.

Jan 22–24, 2026

Performances

Nile Harris: this house is not a home

Bert and Nasi: L’Addition
A light-skinned man throws a white sheet at a light-skinned man sitting down, against a red curtain.

Feb 5–7, 2026

Performances

Bert and Nasi: L’Addition

The Wooster Group: Symphony of Rats
Five performers with light skin pose in a dark, cluttered set with a blackboard, table, and speakers.

Feb 25–28, 2026

Performances

The Wooster Group: Symphony of Rats

Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: Marks of RED
Abstract image of people in motion, overlain with swirling red patterns.

Mar 20–21, 2026

Performances

Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: Marks of RED