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Black Friday 2023

Deals on shows in the New Year and advance offers for hot Spring shows, plus gift certificates and more!

Tickets make a great gift, or a special treat for yourself!

  • Gift an experience: Performance tickets are a great way to share a special moment with a loved one.
  • Shop small + local: We're a small, local nonprofit business with a big impact on the community. Your purchase supports all of Celebrity Series' performances and our partners and vendors across the Boston area.
  • Not just more stuff: Event tickets and gift certificates take up almost no room in your (or your recipient's) home, and they're easy to mail in a holiday card or a standard-sized envelope.

Save 25-50% on events in December, and in the New Year that you're going to love, as a gift or as a special treat for yourself.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday offers expire at midnight on Monday, November 27, so act fast!

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Winter 2024 Ticket Deals

What Makes it Great? with Rob Kapilow: Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, featuring A Far Cry

February 3 at NEC's Jordan Hall

Spring 2024 Presales

Book your seats early for these Spring 2024 events and save. Regular ticket sales for these shows don't start until January, so beat the rush and get great seats now!

Offer Terms

Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023 Offers are valid for up to 4 tickets per show per order.  All sales are final, no refunds or exchanges.  Not valid on previously purchased tickets or at venue box offices (except Boch performances).  Offers do not qualify for any subscription benefits.

For more flexibility

Celebrity Series subscribers can order and gift tickets at the subscriber price (with no additional handling fees) for any performance. Subscriber tickets offer exchange privileges until the business day before the performance.

Gift Certificates give your recipient the choice of any performance sold by Celebrity Series' box office. Certain performances are excluded: all events at Boch Center Venues (Vertigo Dance Company and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater this season) and Stave Sessions concerts at the Crystal Ballroom (Nathalie Joachim, JIJI, Chromic Duo, and Mark Lettieri Group).

Gift Guide

With dozens of shows in the second half of the season, there's something for everyone! But what if you want an item to wrap up or put under the tree? Take a look at our gift guide for ideas!

Book your tickets for this Spring's performances, and get something special to wrap up this holiday season!

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Official Online Store >>
Apparel, accessories, and more, featuring the new season artwork for 2022/23 and timeless Ailey looks.

Books for Kids who Love Ailey

When Langston Dances
by Kaija Langley, illustrated by Keith Mallett
Celebrity Series Staff Kids' Choice (enthusiastically endorsed by Owen and Daniel, who loved this book in first grade)

Langston likes basketball okay, but what he loves is to dance—ever since he saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Company perform.

My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome

A boy discovers his passion for dance and becomes a modern hero in this inspiring picture book biography of Robert Battle, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 

We all have that one friend (or more than one) who's obsessed with David Sedaris, and you can get them his latest book of essays and treat them to his reading at Symphony Hall in April.

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Be sure to stay afterward to meet David: he'll probably ask you and your guest some unexpectedly personal questions and write something shocking in their book.

Happy-Go-Lucky (2022)
by David Sedaris
David's newest book!

Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris
(Always a classic for this time of year, but your Sedaris-loving friend probably already has it. You might not, though!)

The Best of Me
by David Sedaris
Collected essays, 2021

What makes Rob Kapilow great? He's been compared to Leonard Bernstein and Bill Nye the Science Guy for the engaging and fun way he unpacks sophisticated musical concepts for audiences ranging from novices to connoisseurs.

There's one more chance to see a What Makes it Great? concert this season, when Rob and A Far Cry perform Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and show you what gives the work that extra special something, how it fits in Tchaikovsky's career, and how it was shaped by the cultural currents of its time.

Get tickets for What Makes it Great? Serenade for Strings >>

Rob Kapilow is also an acclaimed author, and his latest book covers the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim. It's a great companion to the songwriters and works that have been the subject of audience-favorite What Makes it Great? presentations over the years.

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
by Rob Kapilow

"[Kapilow's] melodious writing hums with the vibrant music of American history and American popular culture.
-- Publishers Weekly [starred review]

Fall 2023: Check out memoirs by pianist Jeremy Denk, soprano Renée Fleming, and pianist and wolf sanctuary founder Hélène Grimaud. Read Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason's account of raising seven awe-inspiring musicians, and more!

Read on Medium >>

Winter/Spring 2024: Artists slated to appear at Celebrity Series in 2024 have published behind-the-scenes memoirs, reflections about chamber music and more, and advice about how to bring the principles of jazz into your day-to-day.

Read on Medium >>

More ways to celebrate

a gift tied with a bow, wrapped in a box with Celebrity Series' logo

Gift Certificates

Gift Certificates are available in any amount and can be applied to any event sold through the Celebrity Series box office: this season's performances, a future live event, or a digital performance.

Events start at $20 per household for digital concerts, and with live events featuring audience favorites like David Sedaris, Audra McDonald, Orchestre de Paris with Yunchan Lim, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, there's a lot to look forward to!

Giving Tuesday logo with logos of partner orgzanistions

Make an impact this December!

Celebrity Series works with over 50 community organizations each season. This year, in the spirit of community, we are thrilled to shine a spotlight on six of our partners for Giving Tuesday and invite you to get to know the good work they do!

Digital Performances

When you can't be there in person, our high-quality digital concerts are a wonderful way to experience a concert.

Select concerts are available for digital viewing, with concerts premiering 48 hours after the live in-person event, and are available to watch at your convenience for seven days. 

Get a $20 gift certificate for a friend and share a concert, virtually!

Buy a $20 gift certificate now
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