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Wake the Arts Events

The Arts are alive in every corner of campus, with new events happening every week. Whether you’re into hip-hop or abstract painting, poetry or puppetry, ballet or Balinese gamelan, we’ve got you covered. The Arts are for you.

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Coming up

  • Isidore String Quartet + Sterling Elliott, cello
    September 24, 2026 | 7:30pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Experience a transformative evening of chamber music as the Isidore String Quartet—celebrated for their commitment to "revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate…” the classical canon—joins forces with the virtuosic cellist Sterling Elliott. This powerhouse collaboration moves from This powerhouse collaboration moves from the elegant, cello-forward …
  • Family Weekend Choral Highlight Concert
    October 2, 2026 | 5:00pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Part of Wake Forest University's Family Weekend! We are excited to host family and friends for this concert from the WFU Choirs.
  • Faculty Recital: Larry Weng, piano
    October 9, 2026 | 7:30pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    WFU Department of Music presents a recital from Dr. Larry Weng, piano.
  • Oktoberfest Sunday Salon Concert
    October 18, 2026 | 3:00pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Featuring WFU Music voice students.
  • WFU Wind Ensemble Concert
    October 21, 2026 | 7:30pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Join the WFU Wind Ensemble for their fall concert! Featuring WFU Music students, and classics, old and new.
  • Actors From the London Stage: “Much Ado About Nothing”
    October 22, 2026 | 7:30pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Experience the wit and wordplay of Much Ado About Nothing as brought to life by Actors From The London Stage, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious touring Shakespeare companies. Co-founded by Sir Patrick Stewart and featuring elite talent from the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Globe, …
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