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The Wisconsin Union Theater is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 season. Along with the 100th anniversary of the venerable Concert Series, the season will include a Women of the World series, fantastic new artists as well as great established ones, a Valentine’s Day dance and wonderful collaborations.

Tickets will be available April 26 at 10 a.m. Subscriptions for the Concert Series and the opportunity to be among the first to buy tickets to the gala concert by Renée Fleming are still available.

Buy tickets online, at the Campus Arts Ticketing Box Office in Memorial Union or by calling (608) 265-ARTS (2787). Again this season, UW-Madison student tickets are only $10 for most season shows.

Enjoy also the free Summer Serenade program, with classical music offered on the Memorial Union Terrace at 5 p.m. on June 30, July 14 and 28, and Aug. 11 and 25. Free Indigenous Jazz performances will be presented in the Play Circle on Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 18.

The 2019-2020 Season includes:

2019:

Madison World Music Festival
Sept. 13-14, free!
Memorial Union & Willy Street Fair

Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl
Sept. 19, 8 p.m. 
Play Circle 

Chanticleer
Oct. 6, 7:30 P.M. 
Hamel Music Center

Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer
Co-sponsored by SuccessWorks
Oct. 10, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

Yumi Kurosawa with special guest Anubrata Chatterjee
Oct. 20, 8 p.m. 
Play Circle 

Ultimate Duets: Arturo Sandoval and Jane Monheit
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

Pilobolus Shadowland 2
Nov. 1, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

Emanuel Ax, piano
Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

Las Cafeteras and LADAMA
Nov. 15, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

Alicia Olatuya Quintet
Nov. 21, 8 p.m. 
Play Circle

Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

2020:

The Seldoms: FLOE
Jan. 22-24, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall & Play Circle

Escher String Quartet w David Finckel 
Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

Neophonic Jazz Orchestra
February 14
Great Hall

Russian Renaissance 
Feb. 21, 8 p.m. 
Play Circle

Marcia Legere Play Festival
March 1- 7
Play Circle

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 
March 5, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

Wu Han with UW Symphony Orchestra
March 7, 7:30 p.m. 
Hamel Music Center

Yamato 
March 12, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

George Hinchliffe’s Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
March 27, 8 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

Gil Shaham
March 28, 7:30 p.m. 
Shannon Hall

Christian Sands 
April 9 and 10, 8 p.m.  
Play Circle

Renée Fleming
May 2, 6 p.m. 
Shannon Hall 

Isthmus Jazz Festival
June 19-20
Memorial Union