Events calendar

National Dance Week, St. Louis

Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

The 26th annual National Dance Week (NDW) St. Louis is set to kick off on Saturday, May 3rd, at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. The FREE outdoor event will begin at noon and will feature the 2025 NDW Honorary Dance Company, Mareck Dance.
Over 50 dance troupes and hundreds of dancers including St. Louis Dance Theater Trainees, WU Dance Collective, Lindenwood University, Webster University, Karlovsky & Company Dance and Dances of India to name a few.

NDW features diversified cultural expressions of dance including ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, modern disciplines, as well as Irish, Mexican, African, Middle Eastern, and Indian.
The outdoor stage has seating available / inclement weather inside KPAC, Ross Theater.

The event will also host a variety of food trucks. 

For more information, http://www.NationalDanceWeekSTL.com

Dana Richard Smith Retrospective

Granite City Arts and Design District

We are kicking off 2025 celebrating rock & roll, skateboarding, and St. Louis by featuring work from Dana Richard Smith! This exhibition will display works created by Smith over the past 30 years, plus an outdoor skate ramp! Stay tuned for concerts that will coincide with this show.

Join us on Saturday, March 8, from 6-9 pm for the opening.
Gallery hours are every Saturday from 1-4 pm and by appointment. 

For more information, http://www.gcadd.org

Improv Troupe: COCA IGNITES!

COCA (Center of Creative Arts)

Don’t miss this fun, interactive performance by the pre-professional artists in COCA’s Improv Troupe. Performers practice long-form and short-form improvisation, sketch comedy, and activities that involve audience participation. Using prompts, games, and thematic music, audiences will help to create the characters, settings, and stories that drive this performance. COCA Improv Troupe is directed by Ed Reggi.

For more information, https://www.cocastl.org/calendar/improv-troupe-coca-ignites-spring-2025/

The Lionel Richie Experience featuring David Graham

Blue Strawberry STL

The Lionel Richie Experience featuring David Graham - A Musical Tribute to Mothers!

For more information, https://eventvesta.com/events/99544/t/tickets

Mak Grgic with Curtis Stewart – Guitarist & Violinist

560 Music Center

St. Louis Classical Guitar presents a concert with Mak Grgic, classical guitarist, and Curtis Stewart, violinist, performing solo pieces and as a duo inspired by their Balkan and Greek heritage on Saturday, May 3rd at 7:30pm at the 560 Music Center's Pillsbury Theatre.

SLCG welcomes back Mak Grgic, “a guitarist to keep an eye on” by the Washington Post, who will be joined by violinist Curtis Stewart, praised for “combining omnivory and brilliance” by The New York Times. Expect a program of three sets - Solo Violin, solo guitar, and duo, in which the two musicians explore their cultural shared heritage (Balkan/Greek/Mediterranean). You won’t want to miss these award-winning performers coming together for one spectacular evening!

For more information, https://www.stlclassicalguitar.org/performances/mak-grgic-curtis-stewart

JAMD UP

The Attic Music Bar

Live Music by JAMD UP

For more information, https://eventvesta.com/events/97494/t/tickets