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RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS

80 Forsyth Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

28th Annual Rialto Holiday Gala


A beloved Atlanta tradition, the Holiday Gala returns for its 28th year, featuring over 200 student performers from the Georgia State University School of Music. ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses with Gordon Vernick Trio


Enjoy a free lunch to close out the semester as the Rialto Center for the Arts presents Feed Your Senses with Gordon Vernick Trio. Led ...

Joshua Redman at Rialto Center


Join 10-time GRAMMY nominee Joshua Redman as he brings his innovative jazz sound to the Rialto stage. With a career spanning three decades, Redman is celebrated as one of ...

Tango After Dark at Rialto Center


Direct from Buenos Aires, Tango After Dark delivers an electrifying night of Argentine tango on the Rialto Stage. World tango champion German Cornejo leads a company ...

Tony Jackson at Rialto Center


Country music artist Tony Jackson delivers an evening of soul-stirring songs rooted in classic country tradition. A former U.S.  Marine and banking professional turned breakout ...

Patrick Bartley with GSU Jazz Band


Directed by Dr. Gordon Vernick, the Georgia State University Jazz Band features top student musicians from the School of Music in a thrilling performance of ...

Cochren & Co. at Rialto Center


Cochren & Co. present original Christian contemporary songs blurring the lines of American pop/rock with soul/blues and gospel. Twice nominated for Dove Awards since their ...



Jazz And Tango Legends Headline 2025–2026 Season At Atlanta’s Rialto Center For The Arts


by A.A. Cristi - July 18, 2025

The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University will present an eclectic lineup for its 2025–2026 Rialto Series, featuring jazz luminaries, tango sensations, country favorites, and chart-topping Christian contemporary acts. ...

TOPDOG/UNDERDOG & More Lead Atlanta's April 2025 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - March 28, 2025

Atlanta is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2025 include Actor's Express Topdog/Underdog and more!...

Choreographers & Filmmakers For Dance Canvas' 17th Season Have Been Revealed


by Blair Ingenthron - November 10, 2024

Embarking on their 17th season, Dance Canvas had introduced Atlanta to the 7 choreographers and 4 filmmakers who make up this season's Choreographer Career Development Initiative (CCDI) and Dance Canvas: on Film program....

Choreographers & Filmmakers For Dance Canvas' 17th Season Have Been Revealed


by Blair Ingenthron - November 10, 2024

Embarking on their 17th season, Dance Canvas had introduced Atlanta to the 7 choreographers and 4 filmmakers who make up this season's Choreographer Career Development Initiative (CCDI) and Dance Canvas: on Film program....

Choreographers and Filmmakers Revealed For Dance Canvas' 17th Season


by Stephi Wild - November 08, 2024

Embarking on their 17th season, Dance Canvas has announced the 7 choreographers and 4 filmmakers who make up this season's Choreographer Career Development Initiative (CCDI) and Dance Canvas: on Film program....

Past Shows

Rialto Feed Your Senses with West Byrd


Enjoy a free lunch and jazzy live performance as the Rialto Center for the Arts presents Feed Your Senses with pianist and composer West Byrd, ...

U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors at Rialto


The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the premier touring ensemble of the United States Army, bring their world-class musicianship to Rialto Center for the Arts for ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses with Gwen Hughes


Enjoy a free lunch and live performance as the Rialto Center for the Arts presents Feed Your Senses with Atlanta vocalist and songwriter Gwen Hughes, ...

Voctave at Rialto Center for the Arts


Experience the extraordinary sound of Voctave, the 11-member a cappella sensation making their Rialto debut. With over 200 million online views and chart-topping albums, Voctave is ...

Voctave at Rialto Center for the Arts


Experience the extraordinary sound of Voctave, the 11-member a cappella sensation making their Rialto debut. With over 200 million online views and chart-topping albums, Voctave is ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater


With a multifaceted career spanning four decades, two-time Grammy winner and Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists. During live performances ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater


With a multifaceted career spanning four decades, two-time Grammy winner and Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists. During live performances ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses with Oudist Suheil Sedran


Enjoy a free lunch and live performance as the Rialto Center for the Arts presents Feed Your Senses with veteran oudist Suheil Sedran, who has ...

World Premiere for The Games in Black & White


Enjoy a night at the movies for the world premiere of the feature documentary “The Games in Black & White.” Centered around the inspirational friendship ...

Anat Cohen with the GSU Jazz Band


Nominated for three Grammy Awards, clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader Anat Cohen is known for her acclaimed Latin jazz and world music recordings as well as ...

GSU Opera Theater Presents “Die Fledermaus”


Georgia State University Opera Theater presents “Die Fledermaus,” a.k.a. “The Flittermouse Operetta” presenting a comedic revenge by Johann Strauss II unveiled in three acts. An ...

GSU Opera Theater Presents “Der Fledermaus”


Georgia State University Opera Theater presents “Die Fledermaus,” a.k.a. “The Flittermouse Operetta” presenting a comedic revenge by Johann Strauss II unveiled in three acts. An ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater


With a multifaceted career spanning four decades, two-time Grammy winner and Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of ...

Dance Canvas Presents ‘Introducing the Next Generation’


The acclaimed Dance Canvas performance series returns to the Rialto stage for two nights of exhilarating choreography, featuring over 40 professional dancers from across the ...

Dance Canvas: On Film Screening


The 2025 Dance Canvas Film Program concludes with an engaging and interactive screening experience. Join four feature filmmakers—Tonia Boies, Kirsten Hamm, Melissa Matticoli and Page ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses with Puppeteer Jeffery Zwartjes


Enjoy a free lunch and live performance featuring puppeteer Jeffery Zwartjes as he delivers a comedic musical drama for all ages. Zwartjes is also known ...

New Orleans Songbook of Jazz at Lincoln Center


Performers from Jazz at Lincoln Center bring the soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras to this amazing celebration of composers and ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses featuring Dance Canvas


Enjoy a free lunch and live performance featuring Dance Canvas, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the art of choreography. The event includes a mix of ...

The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunther’s Coasters


With legendary status dating back to each band’s foundations in the 1950s, The Drifters (1959), The Platters (1952) and The Coasters (1955) original member and ...

Sweet Honey In The Rock


Celebrating 50 years and three Grammy nominations, this versatile all-female African American a cappella ensemble features five-part harmonies with a sixth member performing as an ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses With Atlanta Ragtime Band


Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring Atlanta Ragtime Band, a fabulous nonprofit celebrating the tunes of early jazz and performing a delightful mashup of ...

27th Annual Holiday Gala Presented by the GSU School of Music


Enjoy the highly anticipated concert that is now a tradition of over a quarter-century, featuring the GSU School of Music’s talented students and faculty presenting ...

säje
säje
10/26


Enjoy an evening of harmonic voices with the female quartet säje. Fresh from their recording debut for which they shared a 2024 Grammy Award for ...

Cirque Kalabanté – Afrique en Cirque


Created by Yamoussa Bangoura and inspired by daily life in his native Guinea, “Afrique en Cirque” (Africa in Circus) presented by the Kalabanté acrobats portrays ...

Capitol Fools


Continuing in the spirit of Washington’s popular Capitol Steps comedy troupe, the musical comedy team Capitol Fools elevates political satire whilst holding a mirror to ...

LeAnn Rimes


Enjoy an intimate evening with multi-Grammy and Country Music Awards winner LeAnn Rimes performing career-spanning hits including “Blue,” “I Need You,” “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” ...

Feed Your Senses presents the 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring internationally acclaimed 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra, and eight-piece horn driven klezmer-funk-jazz-rock ensemble performing original compositions and arrangements combining ...

GSU Student Film Festival 2024


Enjoy the free annual showcase of films written, produced and directed by current film and media majors and master of arts production students. The goal ...

Harold López-Nussa and Pedrito Martinez


The Rialto presents a double-header of Afro-Cuban music superstars, with Act One featuring pianist Harold L ó pez-Nussa ’s distinctive combination of classical, folkloric and ...

Jumaane Smith


Enjoy an evening with Wynton Marsalis protégé Jumaane Smith, an acclaimed trumpeter, vocalist and composer celebrating the origins of jump blues and jazz in “Louis! Louis! ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses with Casey Hooper and Friends with the Ukeladies


Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring Casey Hooper and Friends with special guests the Ukeladies. Hooper is a sideman guitar player who has collaborated ...

Parsons Dance


Enjoy a performance by Parsons Dance, the New York-based contemporary American dance company that’s internationally renowned for its energized, athletic ensemble work. Founded in 1985 ...

The King’s Singers


The King’s singers have set the gold standard in a cappella singing for over 50 years. Formed in 1968 by six recent graduates of King’s ...

Mike Opitz Quartet


Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring The Michael Opitz Quartet, which will present a program of music ranging from familiar jazz standards of the ...

Peabo Bryson


Just in time for Valentine’s Day, enjoy an enchanting evening of love songs by one of the top male vocalists of the last 40 years. ...

Take 6
Take 6
1/27


Heralded as “the baddest vocal cats on the planet” by Quincy Jones, Take 6 is the quintessential a cappella group and model for vocal genius. ...

Quinn Mason


Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring saxophonist Quinn Mason, who has shared the stage with countless talented musicians coast to coast. Quinn and his ...

Rialto Center’s 26th Annual Holiday Gala


Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring The Rambling Boys, a bluegrass band from the rolling hills of North Georgia. Comprised of four friends, the ...

Rialto Center’s 26th Annual Holiday Gala


Experience the magic of the 26th Annual Holiday Gala, a captivating event proudly presented by the Georgia State School of Music at the iconic Rialto ...

Feed Your Senses LIVE featuring Bautanzt Here


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring Bautanzt Here, from bau meaning “build” and tanzt or German for “dancing,” a site-specific Atlanta-based dance theater founded ...

The Queen's Cartoonists


Performing music from over 100 years of animation, The Queen’s Cartoonists (TQC) perfectly synchronize their instruments to the classic cartoons projected on the screen, matching ...

Feed Your Senses LIVE featuring the Javelinas


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring the Javelinas, which began as a guitar duo featuring the organic post-western melancholic, part improvisation, part composed music ...

Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer


Grammy Award-winning vocalist Ms. Lisa Fischer, who appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet from Stardom,” joins Grammy-winning Roots band Ranky Tanky for an unforgettable ...

Feed Your Senses LIVE featuring the Grady Glenn Collaboration


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring the Grady Glenn Collaboration, including their blend of world instrumentation and rhythmic voice interactions with the possibility for ...

Free Film Premiere “The Harvest” with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Douglas A. Blackmon


Enjoy a free film premiere of “The Harvest” exploring what happened when the small town of Leland, Miss., integrated its public schools in 1970. Told ...

Feed Your Senses LIVE featuring Alchemical String Theory


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring Alchemical String Theory (AST), a collective of avant-garde string artists from Atlanta’s Improvisational Underground. Live performances often feature solo ...

Feed Your Senses with Pianist Anita Aysola


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring pianist, vocalist and songwriter Anita Aysola with band members Justin Chesarek (percussion) and Robby Handley (bass). Armed with ...

Feed Your Senses with Pianist Anita Aysola


Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring pianist, vocalist and songwriter Anita Aysola with band members Justin Chesarek (percussion) and Robby Handley (bass). Armed with ...

Feed Your Senses with The Jeff Crompton/Benjamin Shirley Duo


The Feed Your Senses series continues with a live performance by Atlanta saxophonist Jeff Crompton with cellist Benjamin Shirley. Collaborating on original duo music since ...

Jeff 'Tain' Watts and the GSU Jazz Band


With explosive power, blinding speed and mastery of complex rhythms, jazz drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts brings a rare sense of elegance, tried-by-fire composure and gritty ...

Our Town - The Opera


Thornton Wilder’s beloved 1938 American classic play “Our Town”—which earned a Pulitzer Prize for its depiction of life in fictional Grover’s Corners, N.H.—inspired radio, television, ...

Our Town - The Opera


Thornton Wilder’s beloved 1938 American classic play “Our Town”—which earned a Pulitzer Prize for its depiction of life in fictional Grover’s Corners, N.H.—inspired radio, television, ...

Dorrance Dance Company


Featuring dancers and musicians rooted in improvisation, Dorrance Dance Company is an award-winning tap ensemble founded by 2015 MacArthur Fellow/Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance. The company ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Songs We Love


Songs We Love , a journey through the first 50 years of jazz song, is presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center under the musical direction ...

Johnny Mercer Tribute Featuring Joe Gransden


“Jeepers Creepers.” “Summer Wind.” “Moon River.” “Hooray for Hollywood.” Everyone knows the lyrics to these songs, among more than 1,400 penned by Georgia native Johnny ...

Feed Your Senses LIVE with Alex Gordon


Feed Your Senses LIVE returns in person in the Rialto lobby with Alex Gordon, who was voted the city’s Best Instrumentalist in  Creative Loafing’s  2019  Best of ...

Mavis Staples


Mavis Staples is a living legend. In a career spanning longer than Queen Elizabeth’s reign, this once-in-a-generation artist is a Kennedy Center Honoree, Blues, Gospel ...

Martha Graham Dance Company


The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a world leader in the evolving art form of modern dance since its founding in 1926. Today, the ...

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.


Legends and co-founders of The 5th Dimension also known as “The First Couple of Pop & Soul,” Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. are the ...

25th Annual Gala Holiday Concert


Presented by the Georgia State University School of Music, this highly anticipated concert has been an Atlanta tradition for 25 years, bringing together talented student ...

Arturo Sandoval


Among the most dynamic and vivacious performers of our time, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval is the Dizzy Gillespie protégé who first ...

Nobuntu
Nobuntu
10/15


The word Nobuntu is an African concept that values humbleness, love, unity and family from a womans perspective. This female a cappella quintet from Zimbabwe ...

Jane Monheit


A vocalist with remarkable virtuosity and innate interpretative skills, Jane Monheit puts her unique touch on beloved jazz standards, classic torch songs and contemporary pop. ...

Traces: A Speech to African Nations


In this one-man theatrical performance in French with English supertitles, the philosophical and poetic thoughts of writer Felwine Sarr come to life through his character, ...

The Manhattan Transfer


Through nearly five decades during which they earned 10 Grammy Awards, The Manhattan Transfer continues to set the standard as one of the worlds greatest ...

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham “An Untitled Love”


Choreographer, dancer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham presents An Untitled Love featuring the catalogue of Grammy Award-winning R&B legend DAngelo. This A.I.M by Kyle Abraham ...

Rialto Jazz for Kids All Stars Neighborhood Jazz Series


Rialto Center for the Arts presents the Rialto Jazz for Kids All Stars on stage as part of the City of Atlantas Neighborhood Jazz Series. ...

Rialto Jazz for Kids Neighborhood Jazz Series


Rialto Center for the Arts presents the Rialto Youth Jazz Orchestra Combo (RYJO) on stage as part of the City of Atlantas Neighborhood Jazz Series. ...

Miguel Zenón and the GSU Jazz Band


Multiple Grammy-nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenn is widely considered among the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation, representing a select ...

2nd Annual Rialto Gala with Broadway's Next Hit Musical


Celebrate the cultural centerpiece of Downtown Atlanta with a red carpet evening at the Second Annual Rialto Gala, with attendees dressed like the stars. Diamond ...

Syncopated Ladies: Live!


Syncopated Ladies: Live! features the female tap dance band widely known for their viral videos and founded by Emmy-nominated choreographer Chloe Arnold, who was discovered ...

Pacific Mambo Orchestra


Pacific Mambo Orchestra (PMO) is a 20 piece big band with an even bigger sound that Salsa Trips Magazine named one of the best Latin ...

Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo
1/29 - 1/22/2022


A master of international music who sings in five languages, Anglique Kidjo is among the most iconic and respected artists in global music today. On ...

Christmas with Calabria Foti and Bob McChesney


Celebrate Christmas with Grammy-nominated songstress Calabria Foti and trombone virtuoso Bob McChesney. The husband and wife duo delight audiences with an exciting blend of swingin ...

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue


Winner of the prestigious Blues Music Award (formerly the W.C. Handy Award) for horn in 2018, the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy ...

Rialto Livestream of Rock Duo WEISSHUND


Enjoy this free Feed Your Senses livestream performance featuring WEISSHUND, the rock duo born from a raucous all-night, whiskey-fueled jam session in 2014. Rick Lollar ...

Live at the Rialto - The Gala!


Enjoy this free virtual gala celebration and fundraiser in support of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University, featuring a virtual red ...

Rialto Feed Your Senses Livestream featuring Joe Gransden


As described by jazz enthusiast and performer Clint Eastwood, Joe Gransden is a young man with an old soul and a classic voice hes a ...

Rialto Homegrown: Kenito Murray and Quinn Mason


Atlanta-based artists Kenito Murray (percussion) and Quinn Mason (saxophone, electronics) are staples of the local music scene. Murray and Mason explore, collaborate, and improvise across ...

Videos


Once Upon A Mattress in Atlanta Once Upon A Mattress
The Imperial Theatre (5/8 - 5/10)
A Christmas Carol in Atlanta A Christmas Carol
Stage Door Theatre (12/6 - 12/21)
Seared in Atlanta Seared
Woodstock Arts Theatre (3/13 - 3/29)
The Cottage in Atlanta The Cottage
CenterStage North Theatre (2/7 - 2/14)
Downtown Delilahs Modern Burlesque Cabaret in Atlanta Downtown Delilahs Modern Burlesque Cabaret
Mata Hari's Speakeasy (12/11 - 12/11)
Rialto Feed Your Senses with Gordon Vernick Trio in Atlanta Rialto Feed Your Senses with Gordon Vernick Trio
Rialto Center for the Arts (12/10 - 12/10)
MJ in Atlanta MJ
Fox Theatre (1/27 - 2/1)
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