Experience profound, provocative, beautiful, and entertaining live art by attending a performance, concert, work in progress showing, or artist talk this summer. More details to be announced later this spring. Tickets will go on sale June 1.
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2024 Live Performances
Aretha Aoki & Ryan MacDonald
IzumonookunI
Fri & Sun| July 12 & 14
Schaeffer Theatre
Sean Dorsey Dance
The Lost Art of Dreaming
Fri & Sat | July 19 & 20
Schaeffer Theatre
TRIBE
Black Hole – Trilogy and Triathlon
Thurs & Fri | August 1 & 2
Schaeffer Theatre
Concerts on the Quad
Bondeko
Wed | July 17
Bates Historic Quad
Free and open to the public
BDF x CRĀV
The Continuum of Black American Artistry panel discussion
Fri | July 26
Schaeffer Theatre
Free and open to the public
BDFête
a party for our community!
Sat | July 27
The Bates Library Quad
Tickets on sale soon!