Event Tickets and Information

For information about events at VMA, please call the VMA Event Line at 401/272-4VMA. The Event Line is in operation during VMA Box Office hours and automated during non-VMA Box Office hours. On days of events, the VMA Box Office opens at 12 Noon and remains open until a half hour past curtain. Otherwise standard VMA Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM during the performance season. To purchase tickets at any time, please use VMA's premier ticketing service, Tickets.com. Log on to www.tickets.com 24 hours a day or call 1-800-919-6272 between 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM. For box office hours June – August, please call the VMA Event Line for box office hours.

Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts & Cultural Center (VMA) Event Calendar

2007 - 2008 Season Events

• June 2, 2008
• U.S. Naturalization Ceremony - Private event
• Monday

Presided over by the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Registration begins at 8:00 AM. For more information, call 401/752-7223.

• June 9, 2008
• City of Providence, Central High School graduation - Private event
• 6:00 PM

• June 10, 2008
• City of Providence, Hope High School graduation - Private event
• 6:00 PM

• June 11, 2008
• City of North Providence, North Providence High School graduation - Private event.
• 7:00 PM

• June 12, 2008
• City of Providence, Classical High School graduation - Private event
• 4:00 PM

• June 13, 2008
• City of Providence, Mount Pleasant High School graduation - Private event
• 6:00 PM

• June 17, 2008
• West Warwick High School graduation - Private event
• 7:00 PM

• August 4, 2008
• U.S. Naturalization Ceremony - Private event
• Monday

Presided over by the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. For more information, please call 401/752-7223.

• June 17, 2008
• West Warwick High School graduation - Private event
• 7:00 PM

2007 - 2008 Season Highlights

• October 19-21, 2007
• Festival Ballet Providence Cinderella World Premiere

World Premiere of Viktor Plotnikov's production of the classic fairy tale. Music by Prokofiev.

• October 27, 2007
• Ningo Yue Opera Butterfly Lovers U.S. Premiere.
• Sung in chinese with English subtitles

Traditional Chinese music and instruments. Butterfly Lovers is regarded as the equivalent of the classic Western Romeo and Juliet story. A unique form of opera with an all-female cast, differing both musically and visually from traditional Western opera. Butterfly Lovers is an excellent opportunity to further understanding of Chinese art, history, culture and tradition. Presented by the University of Rhode Island in celebration of the opening of the URI Confucius Institute, one of only 20 such institutes in the U.S.

• November 3, 2007
• Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company
• Another Evening: I Bow Down Rhode Island Premiere

The great modern dancer Bill T. Jones and his company. Inspired by the pieces that Tony-award winning Jones and the late Zane began creating over 20 years ago, Another Evening: I Bow Dow is a transporting experience that examining the resilience of the human spirit. In this performance, Jones is both dancer and spectator, moving through a landscape of natural disasters and personal reminiscence. Live music by Daniel Bernard Roumain. Concludes the FirstWorksProv 2007 festival.

• November 17, 2007
• Rhode Island Philharmonic Classical

Music Director Larry Rachleff conducting. Percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Program: Elgar Cockaigne (in London Tower), Schwantner Percussion Concerto, Maxwell-Davies An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, and Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

• April 15, 2008
• Eddie Izzard Live
• Tuesday 8:00 PM

Presented by WestBeth Entertainment.

• April 25 - 27, 2008
• Festival Ballet Providence Swan Lake

Classical ballet's most enduring work, choreographed by Artistic Director Misha Djuric and Milica Bijelic after Petipa/ Ivanov. Score by Tchaikovsky.

Past Events

2007 - 2008 Season