Celebrity Series of Boston

Celebrity Series of Boston is one of the nation’s most highly regarded multi-disciplinary performing arts presenters. With a reputation for excellence honed since our founding in 1938, in a typical season, Celebrity Series presents 50+ main stage performances in 8-12 different venues across Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Groton, plus dozens of community engagement activities. Celebrity Series is a critical part of the cultural fabric of our region, not only bringing great artists to Boston whom our audiences might not otherwise experience but also introducing our audiences to new artists, new art forms, and new artistic experiences.

We present a range of emerging to established artists, not only the world’s great orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists, but also innovators and audience favorites in contemporary dance, jazz, world and folk music, and spoken word. Although we are a large size presenter, we do not own our own venue. Instead, we rent venues ranging from 300 to 3,500 seats. The variety of venues complements the variety of artists and audience experiences that we offer to our community.

Alongside our robust subscription season, our Arts for All! community engagement initiative engages 5,000+ participants annually via four program areas: 

• Neighborhood Arts presents free concerts and school visits with professional Boston-affiliated artists in partnership with neighborhood venues in Back Bay, Cambridge, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roxbury, Roslindale, and the South End. 
• Artist Connections encompasses master classes, lecture-demonstrations, talkbacks, open rehearsals, and interactive workshops from Celebrity Series’ ticketed season artists. We connect these artists with schools, after-school programs, youth arts organizations, and community-based partners to offer interactive opportunities for students and the public. They interact with and learn from these artists in intimate settings, offering our audiences the opportunity to connect directly with the artists.
• Take Your Seat provides complimentary and $10 tickets to Celebrity Series subscription season performances to partner school and community groups that serve primarily low-income youth and families.
• Public Performance Projects – like Street Pianos Boston, Jazz Along the Charles, Let’s Dance Boston, and Concert For One - activate public spaces in our city, embodying our belief that the performing arts belong not only on stage, but in streets and neighborhoods across Boston.