Singletary Center for the Arts

06/12/2026

Joining us tonight for It's a Grand Night for Singing! ? We understand parking on UK's campus can be tricky, so arriving at SCFA early is HIGHLY encouraged. Here are the best options:

🌟Valet parking IS NOT offered for this performance. (We always recommend riding with friends or utilizing rideshare services to avoid the hassle of self park whenever possible).

🌟Handicap-accessible parking and entry are available behind SCFA off Patterson Drive (pink area).

🌟Free parking is available in the University of Kentucky "E" (employee) parking lots near SCFA (you will not need a permit). The closest parking options are behind Memorial Coliseum and off Linden Walk (yellow area).

🌟The UK Student Center lot and the Newman Center lot require payment at all times (orange area).

06/11/2026

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet returns to the Singletary Center stage in November! Experience the largest Nutcracker production in North America — a breathtaking holiday spectacle featuring world-class international dancers, gravity-defying acrobatics, magnificent costumes, and towering puppets.

The presale starts tomorrow at 12PM EST 🐴

General onsale beings Monday, June 15 at 12PM EST

06/10/2026

✨THE RESULTS ARE IN...✨

Thank you to everyone who entered our ticket giveaway - be sure to check your inbox for a message from the Singletary Center for the Arts!

📸: Sally Horowitz Photography

06/09/2026

🎹Take a peek behind the It's a Grand Night for Singing! curtain as Dr. Tedrin Blair Lindsay chats about rehearsals, production, and {iconic} piano solos.

Thanks to WUKY's Open Studio podcast - hosted by Tom Musgrave!

A Lexington musical tradition is opening one week from tonight. Produced by University of Kentucky Opera Theater, It's a Grand Night for Singing is Kentucky's longest running Broadway review. And it's running from next Friday June 12th through Sunday June 21st at the Singletary Center for the Arts o...

06/08/2026

Attending "Grand Night" has become a regular feature on Jim Albisetti’s summer calendar, a faithful patron of this celebration of classic and contemporary Broadway music for nearly 3 decades!

It's a Grand Night for Singing! opens for its 34th season this Friday, June 12 at the Singletary Center for the Arts. Whether it's your first or thirtieth time attending, we can't wait to see you at the show! 🤩

UK Opera Theatre’s “Grand Night for Singing” returns with a wide-ranging mix of Broadway music while continuing a long tradition of audience loyalty.

06/08/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED: Jim Brickman: A Christmas Celebration is coming to Lexington on December 13 🎹🎄

Presale starts tomorrow June 9 at 10AM EST (use code: PIANO) - public sale starts Friday, June 12 at 10AM EST.

🎟Tickets available at SingletaryCenter.com

06/05/2026

We're just one week away from GRAND NIGHT's opening weekend! ...don't have your tickets yet? Worry not - here's a chance to win a pair to the performance date of your choice! 🤩🎟️

Contest wraps up soon, so be sure to complete all entries by Wednesday, June 10 at 12PM EST. Winner will be notified by the Singletary Center Ticket Office.

Lexington's lively Broadway-style r***e featuring UK Opera Theatre students and local performers opens next weekend. You don't want to miss the big dance numbers, heartfelt solos, and nonstop musical theatre energy! Enter now through Wednesday, June 10 for a chance to win a pair of tickets to a Gran...

06/04/2026

"All art is a shared experience. Yes, a review is, by definition, a critical appraisal. But nothing excited me more than to share accounts of when a performance moved me in ways that went beyond purely musical terms, when it ignited something deeper, more indefinable inside — something that, clichéd as it sounds, stirs the soul."

From his first published story reviewing a performance of Don McLean in the early years of the center to continuing to cover nearly every performance in our 2025/26 Season of Innovation, Walter Tunis has been a constant in the Singletary Center's history. Thank you for all you've shared and we can't wait to see you in the hall again soon!

From ear-splitting arena events to quiet soul-baring revelations, he’s been a witness to music history and taken readers along for the ride.