Valentine Theatre | April 19 & 21 Ragtime Nominated for 13 Tony Awards including “Best Musical,” and winning for “Best Original Score” and “Best Book of a Musical,” Ragtime makes its premiere to Toledo Opera audiences! Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, this musical tapestry depicts an African-American family, a Jewish family, and a wealthy […]
Valentine Theatre | 8 p.m. Rita Barbour Kern Masterworks New World A-Comin' Honored as 2022 Classical Woman of the Year by Performance Today, American pianist Lara Downes has been called “an explorer whose imagination is fired by bringing notice to the underrepresented and forgotten” (The Log Journal). Her dynamic work as a sought-after soloist, a […]
University of Toledo | 6:30 a.m. Run faster at the Toledo Roadrunners Club’s 46th annual Mercy Health Glass City Marathon. A field of up to 2,500 runners will make their Destination Toledo on the fast and flat 26.2-mile course. Our springtime marathon regularly shows in the top 25 fastest races, with over a third of […]
Sauder Village | May 1-4 47th Annual Sauder Village Quilt Show Thursday-Saturday, May 1-4: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Founder's Hall Celebrate the rich tradition of quilting at Sauder Village’s annual event! With hundreds of quilts on full-length display, this event showcases a traditional craft that has become a form of art worldwide. The kaleidoscope of color […]
Huntington Center | 7:30 p.m. Special Guest: Bryan Martin Doors: 6:30 p.m. Tickets at Ticketmaster.com or Huntington Center box office. $45.50-$75.50 (not including VIP packages or Platinum seating).
Glass City Center | May 3-5 Friday, May 3: 12PM – 10PM Saturday, May 4: 11AM – 10PM Sunday, May 5: 11AM – 7PM Our tattoo festivals are unlike any tattoo event you have ever attended. The Toledo Tattoo Festival offers a selection of over 200 of the best artists from all over the world […]
Stranahan Theater | 8 p.m. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi After a quick trip back to Tatooine, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo are reunited and join up with the amassing rebel fleet to take down the evil Empire once and for all. But the Empire is plotting too. Emperor Palpatine commands his […]
Toledo Zoo | 11 a.m. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Our annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will feature the talents of local entertainers and fun cultural crafts and activities, taking place in our historic Amphitheatre!1 a.m. - noon Music with DJ - Tony Rios Noon - 1 p.m. Performance by El Corazon de Mexico Folklorico […]
Stranahan Theater | 6 p.m. SESAME STREET LIVE Doors: 5pm Tickets: $31.50 to $71.50 at etix.com or Stranahan Theater box office. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street are coming to your neighborhood to say hello! In Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, you can sing and dance with your favorite furry […]
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle | 8 p.m. Rita Barbour Kern Masterworks Tragic Destiny Turbulence, self-sabotage, and a rise from slave to hero. Some of music’s greatest stories center around tragic drama and this program is no different! Spanning the years from 1880 to 2005, these works depict the rise and fall of our tragic […]
Stranahan Theater | 7:30 p.m. Doors: 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $44 to $79 at etix.com or Stranahan Theater box office. Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic, and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. “I don’t intend to retell the whole […]
Valentine Theatre | LITTLE WOMEN Little Women has been praised by critics for its ambition in bringing the timeless, captivating story to vivid musical life onstage. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March, each determined to love on their own terms. Little Women […]
Fort Meigs | May 17-18 MINIATURE WAR GAMING CONFERENCE Fight epic battles on a small scale Friday and Saturday in the Visitor Center when Fort Meigs hosts the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Great Lakes Chapter war gaming conference. Many time periods will be represented from Roman wars to WWII. Warfare on the land, sea, and […]
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle | 8 p.m. KeyBank Pops The Eyes of the World From D-Day to VE Day. In a must-see program for history lovers, historian John Monsky captures the dramatic final 11 months of World War II in Europe through the eyes of Ernest Hemingway, LIFE magazine war photographer Robert Capa, and […]
Fort Meigs | May 25-26 A PIVOTAL FIGHT As April 29, 1813 dawned, the soldiers at Fort Meigs had been surrounded for two days by British forces and their Native American allies. This was a defining moment in the history of our state and nation. The First Siege of Fort Meigs would help turn the […]