Merryman Performing Arts Center

10/19/2026

SPECIAL SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT - ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Crane River Theater presents “Letters From Home” for a one-night engagement on Veterans Day!

Letters From Home is a high-energy USO-style singing and tap dancing show honoring our nation’s veterans, active military heroes and their families.
Plus, it features two Crane River alumni - Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann!

Join us on Wednesday, November 11th at 7:00pm at the Merryman Performing Arts Center for this special event.
Tickets are just $25, and are available now at CraneRiverTheater.org!
Complimentary admission is available for all veterans! Please call 308-627-5796 to reserve your seats.

10/15/2026

Hear the Black Jacket Symphony perform Bon Jovi's “Slippery When Wet” album on stage at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Merryman Center for the Performing Arts. ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

10/14/2026

THIS Friday at 7 p.m., The Isaacs will enrapture the Merryman stage with their close. soulful harmonies. Thirty years of familial experience sharing love and hope to the masses can't be wrong. You can still get tickets to hear them live at www.merrymancenter.org

And check out The Solid Rock's display this Friday to find things that help encourage and inspire your soul.

Music video by The Isaacs performing The Living Years (Live).© 2013...

10/09/2026

Thank you to our Pleasanton friends for attending today's performance of LightWire Theater's The New Adventures of the Tortoise and the Hare!
Over 1,200 students from Kearney, Amherst, and Pleasanton got to experience LightWire's brilliant performance of Aesop's fable for free as part of the Merryman's Morris Matinee series.

09/29/2026

The Black Jacket Symphony is presenting Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 pm at The Merryman in Kearney.
Only 20 days left to get tickets!
Sponsored by Cunningham's Journal on the Bricks

09/22/2026

Tickets are on sale TODAY for all of our spring Season Extras. Get great seats for shows like Heart By Heart Featuring Steve Fossen & Michael Derosier of Heart on Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m.

09/18/2026

The Isaacs are on their way to the Merryman in Kearney on October 16 at 7 p.m.! Enjoy their soul-lifting American music by getting tickets now at merrymancenter.org/tickets/

Thank you to The Solid Rock in Kearney for making this performance possible! Check out The Solid Rock for Encouragement and Inspiration for your soul.

09/16/2026

09/10/2026

Crane River Theater Company's production of Come From Away opens TONIGHT at the Merryman in Kearney!
This emotional telling of true events from 25 years ago is an absolute must see!
Tickets are available at CraneRiverTheater.org

09/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who donated yarn and yarn projects and all the volunteers who made that yarn into projects and helped decorate the town! The Bricks is now a more colorful place to be thanks to all of you.

Thank you especially to Julia McKlem and the UNK Crochet Circle for pitching, planning, and performing this act of art!
Thank you as well to The World Theatre Kearney Public Library Downtown Kearney on the Bricks The Open Book and Central Mercantile feat. Ktown Cakery for hosting events, setting out donation bins, and welcoming the yarn!