Lyric Theatre and Culture Center

The Rockin' Blues For Rescues
2025-06-28 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Performing Live: TeeDee Young and Top Shelf

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GANDHARVA
2025-06-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Experience the Magic of Fusion: An Unforgettable Evening of World Music
Step into a world where the timeless essence of Indian classical music meets the pulse of contemporary global sound. This remarkable ensemble brings together versatile musicians from the East and West, rooted in the traditions of Indian classical music yet boldly exploring new sonic territories.
Drawing from the depth and discipline of Indian classical forms — both melodic and rhythmic — and blending them with diverse world music influences, the group creates an immersive, soulful experience. Each performance is a curated celebration of tradition transformed, honoring the rich heritage of Indian classical music while pushing the boundaries through vibrant, cross-cultural collaboration.
Prepare for an electrifying evening where rhythm, melody, and spirit transcend borders. This is more than a concert — it’s a transformative musical journey, featuring award winning, acclaimed musicians in the field and performing artist, Lakshmi Sriraman.
For more information on the exciting and highly talented musicians in Gandharva, please go to GreenRoom Exchange at www.greenroomexchange.org. A 250Lex and Lex Arts grant supported organization.

Women Leading Kentucky and the Women's Business Center of Kentucky Emerging Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition
2025-06-12 16:30 - 20:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
We’re proud to be hosting
Women Leading Kentucky and the
Women’s Business Center of Kentucky June 12th for their Emerging Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition, and we hope you’ll join us for an exhilarating evening!
The theme is: Bold Women. Big Ideas. Bright Futures. Join us as we recognize the brilliance and boldness of women business owners in Central Kentucky. It’s sure to be an unforgettable gathering of inspiration, connection, and celebration!
Tickets are just $15 and include access to the event, panel discussion, networking reception, and delectable bites and beverages! Space is limited and this event will sell out. Head to
womenleadingky.com/emerging-entrepreneurs to learn more and reserve your spot today!

Ultimate Elvis Concert
2025-06-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
June 5th at 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Price w/ Fees: $45.00 – $75.00
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LandLine Watch Party
2025-05-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

Family Reunion Comedy Show
2025-05-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

Nappy Roots
2025-04-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
NAPPY ROOTS – LIVE IN CONCERT
Southern Soul. Hip-Hop Grit. Unforgettable Vibes.
Get ready for an unforgettable night as Nappy Roots takes the stage — the Southern hip-hop trailblazers who brought you chart-topping hits like “Po’ Folks,” “Awnaw,” and “Good Day.” Known for their authentic lyrics, soulful melodies, and infectious energy, Nappy Roots blends storytelling and Southern flavor into an experience that moves both heart and feet.
Emerging from Bowling Green, Kentucky, this Grammy-nominated group became the voice of a generation with their groundbreaking 2002 debut Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz. Since then, they’ve continued to evolve, remaining true to their roots while pushing creative boundaries in music and beyond — including launching their own brewery, Atlantucky Brewing.
With over two decades in the game and a reputation for electrifying live shows, Nappy Roots is more than a concert — it’s a celebration of culture, resilience, and real music. Don’t miss your chance to vibe with legends.
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The People's Town Hall: Kentucky Democratic Party with John Yarmuth
2025-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
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Free Yoga Classes
2025-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
held in the art gallery
Led by yoga instructor
Terri Warner

EmpowHER Poetry & Tea
2025-03-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
EmpowHER Poetry & Tea

Saturday March 15th
Doors open @ 6:30PM
Film Starts @ 7PM

Light bites, appetizers, and herbal tea provided by Chef Cole with Alfalfa Catering
Giveaways & Free Maternal/Baby Items provided by The Floating Lotus Doula Network
Free showing of short film, I Love You But Not Like I Love Me, by Robin G Poetry followed by open discussion
Women-led poetry segment with available open mic opportunities. Please email robingpoetry@gmail.com

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Unveiling of Our Sculpture
2025-03-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Unveil Starts at 6pm
Saturday March 15th
Doors open @ 6:30PM
Film Starts @ 7PM
Light bites, appetizers, and herbal tea provided by Chef Cole with Alfalfa Catering
Giveaways & Free Maternal/Baby Items provided by The Floating Lotus Doula Network
Free showing of short film, I Love You But Not Like I Love Me, by Robin G Poetry followed by open discussion
Women-led poetry segment with available open mic opportunities. Please email robingpoetry@gmail.com

Live at the Apollo!
2025-02-22 08:00 - 18:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Lyrics Black History Tribute to Showtime At The Apollo
FEB 22, Doors open at 6 pm
Cheers and Boos will determine the winner!

Magic of Motown
2025-02-14 18:30 - 22:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Magic of Motown 2.14
A journey through Motown’s Best including: The Temptations, The Jackson Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and more! Grab your tickets and save your seats

The Expungement Event
2025-02-13 16:00 - 19:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

MENTAL WEALTH SERIES : SHOWING IN THEATER IN AND OUT
2025-02-08 08:00 - 14:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

"Expressions of Black Excellence" Series
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-28 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Weekly Themes and Events

BTC SHORT MOVIES
2025-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Movie shorts, produced by college students learning how to create and share their creativity

Southern Soul Comes to Kentucky
2025-01-25 19:00 - 23:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Live Performances by J-Wonn :”I Got This Record” Move on ” Lokey Kountry “Same Song”Memphis Jackson ” It’s All about You. Dani Dolce
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Tom's Elton Tribute - The Lyric Theatre
2025-01-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
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the world’s number one Elton John tribute band are coming to play All The Hits by Elton John.
The spectacular show includes Bennie and the Jets, Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Candle In The Wind, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, I’m Still Standing, Crocodile Rock and Your Song. They will also be performing classic album tracks like Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the multi-platinum double LP released in 1973.
Tom Cridland, playing the part of Elton John on lead vocals and piano, is close friends with Elton John drummer, Nigel Olsson, has recorded songs and episodes of his Greatest Music of All Time Podcast with Elton John guitarist, Davey Johnstone… and has even met Sir Elton himself, the man who Tom credits with helping him recover from alcoholism.
The level of attention to detail in recreating the music and fabulous costumes of Elton John & His Band is simply unparalleled.
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Black Santa and Christmas Mall Event 2024
2024-12-21 17:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
The Lyric will be hosting our annual Black Santa and Christmas Mall event. This event will be free to the public and we centered around holiday activities. Your kids will be able to take photos with Santa, Play in our winterland kids bouncie houses and watch christmas kids movies. We will have gift wrapping , christmas carols, live music and a host of other activities.

NPHC Movie Screening: The Six Triple Eight
2024-12-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
The Six Triple Eight is a 2024 American war drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black and all-female battalion, in World War II.[2] The film features an ensemble cast which includes Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Moriah Brown, Gregg Sulkin, Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston and Oprah Winfrey.
The Six Triple Eight was released in select cinemas on December 6, 2024, before its streaming debut by Netflix on December 20, 2024.

Slay Bells - A Holiday Drag & Variety Show Spectacular!
2024-12-08 16:00 - 20:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
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Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

WOODSONGS This Mon Nov 25 ... from Willie Nelson to Flatt & Scruggs
2024-11-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
WOODSONGS PARTNERS come FREE call 859-252-8888 or CLICK HERE
Become a WoodSongs Partner CLICK HERE
PUBLIC TICKETS are AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR NIGHT OF THE SHOW … the LYRIC no longer sells tickets, please make a DONATION to attend or reserve a seat online CLICK HERE
WARD DAVIS is a hard core country troubadour from Monticello, Arkansas, his songs recorded by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Trace Adkins, Wade Hayes, Sammy Kershaw, Jimmie Van Zant, Buddy Jewel, Carolina Rain, The Roys, Cody Jinks, Whitey Morgan, Paul Cauthen and others.
CUTTER & CASH started out as 4 year old performers, became WoodSongs Kids and have since become the rage of the bluegrass world, appearing as gusts on the Grand Ole Opry, ROMP and more. They are more than just consummate professionals, they are skilled musicians, who infuse every performance with infectious energy. Watch them get TWO standing ovations on the Grand Ole Opry CLICK HERE

TROUBADOUR CONCERTS!
ALL CONCERTS ON SALE NOW at the Kentucky Theatre
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BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
Don’t miss a magical evening of music with multi Grammy winners BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA in concert at the Kentucky Theatre Tues Dec 3. It’s a blues and soul holiday concert by one of the most legendary and historic vocal groups in American music history
. For tickets call 859-231-6997 or CLICK HERE

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA in concert at the Kentucky Theatre Thursday Dec 3 7:30PM CLICK HERE
READ a news story on the WoodSongs HELENE effort CLICK HERE
WOODSONGS This Mon Nov 25 … from Willie Nelson to Flatt & Scruggs
One of the BEST WoodSongs broadcasts of the Year!

Murder at the Disco Lounge Soulful Murder Mystery
2024-11-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

School Daze Gospel Explosion
2024-11-09 14:00 - 20:00 | Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center, East Third Street, Lexington, KY, USA, 300 East Third Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Kentucky college choirs will perform and share college life experiences. More details to be announced!

Reckoning, Remembering, Restoring: A Symposium on the History of Racial Violence in Kentucky
2024-11-09 09:00 - 16:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Reckoning, Remembering, Restoring: A Symposium on the History of Racial Violence in Kentucky
Saturday, November 9th, 2024
Lyric Theater & Cultural Arts Center, 300 E. Third Street Lexington. KY 40508
Co-Sponsors: The Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, Kentucky Humanities, LexHistory, and The Gaines Center for Humanities

This event will explore how digital humanities—through databases, newspapers, census data, legal cases, and archives—can shine a light on the widespread racial violence that contradicts the myth of Kentucky as a racially progressive state.
Inspired by Dr. George C. Wright’s pivotal work, Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865 – 1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule and “Legal Lynchings,” this symposium is a public, community-focused discussion on the extralegal and legislative efforts that violently enforced Jim Crow laws in Kentucky, often without holding the perpetrators accountable.
A diverse group of community members, local organizations, library professionals, and university academics will share ideas and research on past civil and human rights violations against African American Kentuckians. We will also explore attempts at restorative justice and how new technologies can help reimagine a more historically accurate and nuanced history of race in Kentucky.
ADMISSION IS FREE. REGISTER HERE!
PROGRAM
9 am – Doors open. Catered breakfast provided
9:30 – 10:30 am: Keynote – Dr. George C. Wright, University of Kentucky
“Revisiting Racial Violence in Kentucky”
10:45 – 11:45 am: Documenting Racial Violence in Kentucky
11:45 – 12:30 pm: Catered lunch provided. Performance
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Civil Rights and Restorative Justice – Kentucky
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Take Back Cheapside
2:30 – 3:30 pm: The Future of Reckoning with Racial Violence Roundtable Workshops
with Dr. John Giggie, History Department, University of Alabama; Sharyn Mitchell, African American Genealogy Group of Kentucky; Monument Workshop at UK; Documenting Racial Violence in Kentucky; Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-Kentucky, Take Back Cheapside
3:30 – 4:00 pm: Closing/Next Steps
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AfroLex Conference
2024-10-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
This one-day event is a professional networking and civic engagement conference for young adults ages 17-30 from African backgrounds.

Benefit Concert featuring Grammy-winning gospel artist Hezekiah Walker and the hilarious Christian comedian Mattie J.
2024-10-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Join us for an unforgettable evening where music, laughter, and philanthropy come together to support the Lyric Arts Scholarship Fund, benefiting students passionate about pursuing an arts education. This special event will showcase outstanding performances by Grammy-winning gospel artist Hezekiah Walker, Jayson Clayborne and the All-Star Choir, the Bracktown Praise Team, and the hilarious Christian comedian Mattie J. Don’t miss this inspiring night dedicated to empowering the next generation of artists!
VIP Experience: Elevate your night with our exclusive $100 VIP Experience ticket, which includes: doors open at 5 for VIP Guest

Preferred parking
Early access to a meet-and-greet with the performers
A special gift bag

Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a night of incredible entertainment while contributing to a worthy cause. Secure your tickets now and be part of an event that makes a difference!

Meander Double Film Screening
2024-10-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Lyric Theatre and Culture Center, 300 East 3rd Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Decade (2024) Paul Rodgers

“Decade” is an experimental documentary of the animator’s upbringing, chronicling from birth to adolescence his journeys at the intersection of a prescribed faith and a larger world. Constructed from family photos, this animated commentary depicts the relationship between a religious mother and her son whose coached memorization and recitation of a Rosary prayer evolves from empty mimicry and absurd tedium, to comforting ritual. “Decade” is a dream-like, non-narrative slideshow that uses dark humor and metaphor to capture the messiness of growth and the transformation of our belief systems.

Meander (2024) Lexi Bass

As artificial intelligence replaces workers in our increasingly elderly global population, companies engineering AI race robots amidst human inequities and emerging problems of AI sentience. The sum spells disaster for the human race in the dystopian world of Meander, which evokes both ancient Greek mythology and near-future science fiction. Meander finds herself destitute in the Underworld with no way to finance escape other than offering her biological potential for surrogate pregnancy up to dubious experimentation in an underground facility. Meanwhile, filmmaker/narrator, Lexi Bass, recounts her experiences of pregnancy and motherhood at the precipice of age 40 and the loss of her own mother shortly after, questioning the future of humanity at the precipice of Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Super-Intelligence.
