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CAPA - Columbus Association for the Performing Arts For 50+ years, CAPA has brought award-winning entertainment to downtown Columbus' historic theatres.
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CAPA is a non-profit, award-winning performing arts organization, presenting national and international performing arts and entertainment since 1969.

10/20/2026

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most returns to Columbus.

Tickets for Beetlejuice The Musical go on sale Friday, October 30.

Sign up now for priority access at BroadwayInColumbus.com.

Just announced 🎶 Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour🎟️ Tickets on sale this Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 am: https://tickets.ca...
10/20/2026

Just announced 🎶 Martin Sexton: Live Wide Open Tour

🎟️ Tickets on sale this Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 am: https://tickets.capa.com/12342
🗓️ May 14, 2027
📍 Lincoln Theatre

Martin Sexton tours in support the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open – the critically-acclaimed double vinyl live album. The show will include these fan-favorites as well as some new material and surprise covers.

“The real thing, people”
—Billboard

“Soul-marinated voice”
—Rolling Stone

“Mr. Sexton as an impassioned performer can bring women and men to tears when they see him live”
—Wall Street Journal

“The best live performer I’ve ever seen.”
—John Mayer

“Master of dynamics, reducing a room to silence with his blustering baritone, then teasing that silence with a fluttering falsetto.”
—Acoustic Guitar

10/19/2026

to last year's CAPA Haunts the Palace 👻

We’re getting ready to bring the spooky fun back to the Palace Theatre this week! 🎃 Come dressed in your Halloween best and collect goodies throughout the Palace for a safe, weather-proof alternative to trick-or-treating.

CAPA Haunts the Palace
Wednesday, Oct. 21 | 4–7 PM
FREE! No ticket required.

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Just announced! Brian Culbertson Official: The Midnight Tapes Tour 🎶 🎟️ Tickets on sale this Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 am: ...
10/19/2026

Just announced! Brian Culbertson Official: The Midnight Tapes Tour 🎶

🎟️ Tickets on sale this Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 am: https://tickets.capa.com/12323
🗓️ April 27, 2027
📍 Southern Theatre

It’s a rare feat for a recording artist to release 30 albums and score more than 40 Billboard No. 1 singles. It’s even more exceptional for an artist to hit that milestone while firmly in their prime, continuing to grow and evolve with each release. Rarer still is for that genre-crossing songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist to be a dynamic performer who presents their music in ways never before seen, both on stage and online. And beyond that, the artist has built a premium festival brand around unique fan experiences. Brian Culbertson checks every one of these boxes.

Culbertson’s sonic approach has been to craft primarily instrumental music fusing jazz, R&B, funk, and pop. He’s been doing it at the highest level since he exploded on the scene after the release of his debut album, Long Night Out, in 1994. That hit-filled set recorded in his college apartment in Chicago instantly established Culbertson as a core artist in the newly emerging smooth jazz genre. Now, on his 30th album, The Midnight Tapes, Culbertson does something he’s never done before: he played every single instrument on the album himself.

Sensory Notice: This show uses lighting effects that may not be safe for those with epilepsy or light sensitivity.

Presented by CAPA.

10/19/2026

No tricks, just treats! Get 25% off tickets to Cirque Dreams Holidaze in Columbus Dec. 26 & 27 using code BOO25 🎃

Save your seat: https://tickets.capa.com/overview/11954/

*Some restrictions apply. Cannot be combined with other offers or on previously purchased tickets.

👻 Calling all ghouls and goblins: This Wednesday is your time to shine!CAPA Haunts the Palace is our FREE family-friendl...
10/18/2026

👻 Calling all ghouls and goblins: This Wednesday is your time to shine!

CAPA Haunts the Palace is our FREE family-friendly community event at the historic Palace Theatre. Children of all ages are invited to celebrate the Palace’s 100th birthday with a special, slightly spooky visit this fall. Wear your costume and collect goodies throughout the theatre in a safe, weather-proof alternative to trick-or-treating.

📅 Wednesday, Oct. 21
⏰ 4-7 p.m.
🆓 FREE! Drop in anytime: https://www.capa.com/productions/capa-haunts-the-palace/

Along the way, encounter “creatures” courtesy of the Ohio School of Falconry, meet a character from Castle on a Cloud Entertainment, explore a Day of the Dead display and stop for photos at a variety of selfie stations.

⚠️ NOTE: This event includes stairs. An accessible path alternative is available upon request. ASL interpreters will be available throughout the event.

No pets, other than service animals, please.

📸 Photo credit: Mitchell Multimedia

10/17/2026

Less than two months until Whitney Cummings: The Big Baby Tour arrives in Columbus!

Save your seat: https://tickets.capa.com/11600/11601/

📅 Saturday, Dec. 5
📍 Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center

Whitney Cummings first gained recognition as a stand-up comedian and has since become one of the most distinctive and influential comedic voices of the past two decades. She co-created and co-wrote the Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, while simultaneously creating, producing, and starring in NBC’s Whitney. She currently hosts the hit podcast Good for You [podcasts.apple.com] and starred in Friends: The Game Show on Max, a fan competition series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic sitcom Friends.

10/17/2026

Save your favorite seat to Al Stewart's Farewell Tour with The Empty Pockets!

🎟️ Tickets: https://tickets.capa.com/12294/12295/
🗓️ Oct. 10, 2027
📍 Southern Theatre

When Al Stewart wrapped the first legs of his 80th Birthday Farewell Tour in the fall of 2025 with sold-out nights up the American East Coast, then Amsterdam, a triumphant run across the United Kingdom capped by the London Palladium, and closing nights in Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin — the goodbyes weren’t finished.

Audiences can expect the songs that defined him — “Year of the Cat,” “Time Passages,” “On the Border,” “Modern Times” — alongside selections from a catalogue that stretches from the British folk clubs of the 1960s to the present.

10/16/2026

Let's live it up tonight! Tickets on sale now for Operation Mincemeat Broadway, coming to the Ohio Theatre from January 5-10.

Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/4409334?brand=baa&venueId=41027

It’s 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen co**se. Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award winner for Best New Musical, a 2025 Tony Award winner, and the best-reviewed show in West End history with 113 five-star reviews.

Educators, save your spot for this upcoming show! 🎟️ Subsidized tickets and transportation assistance is available for b...
10/16/2026

Educators, save your spot for this upcoming show! 🎟️ Subsidized tickets and transportation assistance is available for both performances! 🚌

🐺 The Boy Who Cried Wolf
📅 Friday, February 12
⏰ 10 am & 12:30 pm
🎒 Grades: Pre-K through 5
📚 Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Social Studies, Social-Emotional, Arts
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.capa.com/productions/the-boy-who-cried-wolf/

Take your students on a journey of learning with CAPA’s 2026-2027 Passport to Learning Student Matinee Series. Carefully selected to enhance curriculum and make learning fun, this series makes history, math, science, and literature come alive by using the power of the arts on the stages of Columbus’ finest historical theatres. So, book your students’ journey today!

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55 E State St
Columbus, OH
43215

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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(614) 469-0939

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