What's On: Fall '23

The Best of This Season's Music, Arts, and Culture

Written by Hana Abdel Magid

Fall is a busy time for many of our organizations as they wrap up their seasons and prepare for the new year. Check out some of the amazing events they have scheduled and stay posted on our social media @artaxisfl for more.

Music

Tampa Bay Symphony

Passion & Power | Select Dates November 5-12 | Tickets

On-Again, Off-Again – Jack Frerer
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 – Rachmaninoff – Dr. Hui Xu, Piano soloist
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – Ludwig van Beethoven

EMIT Series

Latin Jazz Festival | October 6 & 7 | $20 General Admission

José Valentino Ruiz Quintet at the Music Center at St. Petersburg College
Dimas Sanchez and the Afro Latin Jazz Project at the Music Center at St. Petersburg College

The Florida Orchestra

Morning Matinees

October 4 & 5 | Take Flight: Music Inspired by Birds | Tickets
November 8 & 9 | Natural Wonders: Sounds of the Outdoors | Tickets

Masterworks

September 30 & October 1 | Holst's The Planets: A Trip Through the Galaxy | Tickets
October 21 & 22 | Copland's Appalachian Spring: The Beauty of American Sound | Tickets
October 28 & 29 | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini w/ The Metropolis Symphony | Tickets

Special Events

September 16 | The Music of James Taylor, Neil Diamond & Paul Simon | Tickets
September 22 & 23 | Live Orchestra Film: Jurassic Park in Concert | Tickets
October 7 & 8 | Cirque Dances with Troupe Vertigo | Tickets
November 2 | Fusion Concert: Steve Hackman's Tchaikovsky X Drake | Tickets
November 3 & 4 | Women Rock: Honoring Female Singers & Songwriters of Rock 'n' Roll | Tickets

Lakeland Symphony Orchestra

Gallery Concert Series

September 14 | LSO String Quartet & Polk Museum: Sound Curated by Art | Tickets
November 9 | Gallery Series at Polk Museum: Sound Curated by Art | Tickets

Artist Series Concerts

Musician Spotlights

October 1 | NEXUS Chamber Music | Tickets
October 10 | Ilya Yakushev - Piano | Tickets
October 18 | Joseph Parrish, Bass-Baritone with Joseph Holt, Piano | Tickets
October 29 & 30 | Amit Peled, Cello and Solomon Eichner, Piano | Tickets
November 2 | The Chopin Project® Featuring Matthew Graybil, Piano | Tickets

Ensemble New SRQ

Special Events:

October 23 | Beyond the Veil: Haunting Sounds From the World Beyond | Tickets
November 20 | Legeti’s 100th: Celebrating a Legacy of Music | Tickets

Perlman Suncoast Music Program

Special Events:

November 15 | The Tobias Quartet at Sarasota Art Museum | Tickets

Punta Gorda Symphony

Special Events:

October 22 | John Williams Star Wars – A Galaxy Far, Far Away | Tickets
November 12 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” | Tickets

Performances

Jobsite Theatre

Special Events:

September 13 - October 8 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead | Tickets
October 18 - November 12 | Frankenstein | Tickets

Tampa Rep

Special Events:

September 29 - October 15 | The Crucible | Tickets

New Tampa Players

Special Events:

October 20 - 29 | Shrek: The Musical | Tickets

Enzian Theatre

National Theatre Live:

September 2 | The Best of Enemies | Season Pass $49.50
October 28 | Good | Season Pass $49.50

Special Events:

September 17 | Meet the Filmmaker: Red Earth | Tickets
October 15 | Central Florida Film Slam | Tickets
November 4 | Science on Screen: Computer Chess | Tickets

Orlando Repertory Theatre

Special Events:

September 9 - October 1 | Dinosaur Dance Party | Tickets
September 9 - December 2 | Family Theatre Workshop | Tickets
October 2 - October 31 | Click, Clack, BOO! A Tricky Treat | Tickets
November 6 | Teen Perspectives Lab: Plays to End Gun Violence | Tickets

Orlando Shakes

Special Events:

September 6 - October 1 | A Comedy of Errors | Tickets
October 4 - October 29 | Boulevard of Bold Dreams | Tickets
October 18 - November 11 | The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | Tickets

American Stage

Special Events:

October 4 - 29 | Indecent | Learn more
November 21 - December 17 | Acts of Faith | Tickets

FreeFall Theatre

Special Events:

October 6 - November 5 | Nightsweat | Tickets

The Players Centre

Special Events:

September 8 - 17 | Indecent | Tickets
September 27 - October 15 | Ruthless! The Musical | Tickets

Asolo Repertory Theatre

Special Events:

November 15 - January 4 | Crazy for You | Tickets

Urbanite Theatre

Special Events:

October 20 - December 3 | The Sound Inside | Tickets

Van Wenzel Performing Arts

Special Events:

September 30 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show 48th Anniversary Spectacular | Tickets
October 8 | Romeo and Juliet - International Ballet of Florida | Tickets
November 1 | Celtic Thunder Odyssey | Tickets
November 27 - 28 | Pretty Woman: The Musical | Learn more

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

Special Events:

October 11 - November 19 | Once on This Island | Tickets

Culture

Dali Museum

Rotating Exhibits:

August 26 - September 4 | Talent Within: The Dali Staff Art Show
September 9 - January 7 | Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary

Special Events:

September 19 | An Evening of Art & Food with Chef Chuck Bandel | Tickets
October 5 | Performance: Hispanic Heritage with Orilla | Tickets
October 28 | Sueños de Dalí 2023 | Tickets

Morean Arts Center

Rotating Exhibits:

September 9 - October 26 | SHINE Mural Festival Artist Exhibition
September 9 - October 26 | ARTofficial Intelligence: The St. Pete Robot Exchange
September 9 - October 26 | Ermin Tabakovich: Transcending Space

Special Events:

September 13 | Gallery Grooves: Live Music Broadcast with Radio St. Pete | Learn more
October 14 | Yoga in the Chihuly Garden | Tickets

Orlando Museum of Art

Rotating Exhibits:

September 16 - December 10 | Something Like a Hello: The Picture Book Art of Loren Long
October 20 - January 28 | NORMA: Selected Works by Norma Canelas Roth

Special Events:

September 2 & October 7 | Art's the Spark | Learn more
October 18 | Symphony Storytime | Learn more
October 21 | Family Day | Learn more
Select Wednesdays | Art Night Out | Learn more

Mennello Museum of Art

Rotating Exhibits:

June 23 - September 24 | Anila Quayyum Agha: Flourishing Patterns
October 6 - January 15 | In Nature's Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting

Special Events:

October 28 | 2023 Indie Folk Festival | Learn more
Second Sundays | Free Family Funday | Learn more

Tampa Museum of Art

Rotating Exhibits:

January 6 - November 12 | Taking Pictures: Women of Independent Spirit
September 28 - January 7 | Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Special Events:

October 8 | Antiquities Circle Lecture: Painted Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt | Learn more
September 15 | Art & Aces | Learn more
September 21 | Rufino Tamayo and Pepe Mar: Bridging Worlds through Myth and Magic | Learn more
November 4 | Pavilion XXXVII: La Vie En Rose | Learn more

Tampa Bay History Center

Rotating Exhibits:

March 4 - October 15 | Etched Feathers: A History of the Painted Bird
April 15 - October 15 | Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic

Florida Conversations:

September 20 | Florida History is Latino History | Learn more
October 17 | Tampa's Soulwalk | Learn more
November 15 | Florida in the 1920s | Learn more

Henry B. Plant Museum

Rotating Exhibits:

September 9 - December 23 | Captain's Log: Voyages in the Age of Steam

Special Events:

Second Saturdays | Free Entry Saturday | Free
Sundays | Upstairs/Downstairs: Character Performances | Free with entry

Harn Museum of Art

Special Events:

October 31 - October 26, 2025 | Metamorphosis: Reshaping Contemporary Art

Special Events:

September 14 | Museum Nights: Noche de Museo | Learn more
September 28 | Chic Radicals: Street Drag as Critical Performance Art in the 1970s | Learn more
October 28 | Museum Days: "Under the Spell of the Palm Tree" | Learn more
November 2 | Los Carpinteros and the Meaning of Beauty | Learn more

Polk Museum of Art

Rotating Exhibits:

September 2 - October 15 | Summer Art Camp 2023
September 30 - February 4 | Illustrations from the Mirror: The Art of Ahmad Taylor
October 21 - November 12 | Learning to be Me: Artwork by Polk County Students Grades K through 2
November 18 - December 31 | Art Out Loud: Artwork by Polk County Middle School Students

Special Events:

Mondays, September 25 - October 30 | After School Art | Tickets $5
September 21 & October 19 | Art Connects ALZ | Learn more
October 5 | Art Access: Special Needs | Tickets

Art Center Manatee

Rotating Exhibits:

September 7 - 30 | Create
October 4 - 28 | Color Outside the Lines
November 1 - 28 | Raymond Lawler: Tales of a Traveler

Art Nights Out:

October 27 | Holiday Ornaments with Sarah Bocchi | Tickets $45
November 3 | Baby Pig Watercolor with Barbara Doty | Tickets $55
November 11 | Holiday Market Baket with Kay Johnson | Tickets $55

Dunedin Fine Arts Center

Rotating Exhibits:

September 8 - October 15 | PLAY On! Artist-Made Toys
September 8 - October 15 | LOL! Funny Papers
September 15 - December 23 | Amy Santoferraro: Kowtow Mountain
September 15 - December 23 | Nancee Clark: Insights and Follies
September 15 - December 23 | At Home with “City of Ghosts”

Artist Opportunities

Orlando Museum of Art

Call for Artists:

October 6 | PLATFORM: Quarterly Artist Showcase | Learn more

Tampa Museum of Art

Art Networking:

October 11 | Lunch on the Grass - Artist Networking | Free to Register
October 26 | NextGen: Art, Network & Vibe | Free to Register

Morean Arts Center

Call for Artists:

October 8 | All is Bright: Morean Annual Holiday Show | Learn more
November 13 | Fresh Squeezed: Florida Emerging Artists | Learn more
November 14 | Four Decades: PCCA 40th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition | Learn more

St. Pete Art Alliance

Call for Artists:

September 8 | City of Orlando Fire Department Public Art Opportunity for Station 11 | Learn more
September 8 | The International Exhibition “The Value 2024” - CICA Museum | Learn more
September 13 | Artistic Incubator Guava Gala Showcase | Learn more
September 18 | Contemporary Art Solo Show Series Fall 2024 - CICA Museum | Learn more
September 18 | Passions: Exploring Passions Through Art @ Five Deuces Gallery | Learn more
September 20 | No Place Like Home - Midwest Nice | Learn more
September 28 | “Seasons” Online Art Competition | Learn more
September 29 | Switch 2023 - Artists Working with Video | Learn more
September 29 | Historic Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks' Illuminated Art Boxes | Learn more
September 29 | Murals - Riverside Park Concession Building Tarpon Springs, FL | Learn more
September 30 | Honeymoon Island Fall Festival | Learn more
October 14 | Heritage Village Artisan Festival - Artists & Demonstrators | Learn more