PNC Arts Alive All Access Expands Discounted Ticket Program to Include Ages 13-25

The PNC Arts Alive All Access program launched last year is now expanding its discount ticket program to include young people aged 13-25. Designed to make the arts affordable and accessible, the program offers $5 tickets to a wide variety of performing arts events in Columbus. The program originally included ages 13-18, but the eligible age range has now been expanded to include those up to and including age 25.

The PNC Arts Alive All Access program is funded by a grant from PNC Arts Alive, a three-year, $1.5 million initiative of The PNC Foundation that supports visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways.

“Through the PNC Arts Alive All Access program, an even wider range of students will be introduced to the abundance of quality arts opportunities happening in their own hometown,” said Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC regional president for central Ohio. “A thriving arts community contributes to the economic success of central Ohio, and we look forward to the positive impact this next generation of arts patrons will have on this region in the years to come.”

Participating arts organizations include CAPA (which is administering the program), BalletMet, CATCO, Chamber Music Columbus, Columbus Symphony, Jazz Arts Group, King Arts Complex, Opera Columbus, ProMusica, and the Wexner Center for the Arts. These groups will offer blocks of $5 tickets to select performances throughout their seasons. Additional events will be added on a rolling basis.

Arts events now available at www.GoFor5.com include:

CATCO presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
October 10-28, Studio Two, Riffe Center

The Jazz Arts Group presents Come Together: From Gershwin to The Beatles
October 25-28, Southern Theatre

BalletMet presents Dracula
October 26-November 3, Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center

The Columbus Symphony presents Rachmaninoff & Sibelius
November 2 & 3, Ohio Theatre

CAPA presents Aimee Mann
November 8, Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra presents Mozart and the Masters
November 10 & 11, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents The Fab Four
November 10, Ohio Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Cheek & Charm
November 16-18, Southern Theatre

CAPA presents Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
November 23-25, Palace Theatre

CATCO presents The Story of My Life
November 28-December 16, Studio Two, Riffe Center

The Jazz Arts Group presents Home for the Holidays
November 29-December 2, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Holiday Pops
Novmeber 30-December 2, Ohio Theatre

The King Arts Complex presents the Holiday Jazz Celebration
December 1, Pythian Theatre

CAPA presents Buddy Valastro Live: Homemade for the Holidays Tour
December 4, Palace Theatre

CAPA presents Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2012
December 7, Palace Theatre

BalletMet presents The Nutcracker
December 7-23 (select performances TBA), Ohio Theatre

CAPA presents Over the Rhine
December 14, Lincoln Theatre

CAPA presents Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold
December 14, Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center

CAPA presents Under the Streetlamp
December 16, Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra presents Merry Mozart
December 16, Southern Theatre

The King Arts Complex presents The Holidays with Aaron Diehl
December 29, Pythian Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Vienna Dances
January 4 & 5, Ohio Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Four Seasons
January 11-13, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Cirque de la Symphonie
January 19, Ohio Theatre

The Jazz Arts Group presents Suite Rosa
January 25 & 26, Lincoln Theatre

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra presents Schubert’s Unfinished
January 26 & 27, Southern Theatre

Chamber Music Columbus presents Kronos
January 19, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Mozart & Haydn
February 1 & 2, Ohio Theatre

Chamber Music Columbus presents Trio Cavatina
February 2, Southern Theatre

The Jazz Arts Group presents Ragtime, Blues & Beyond: A Short History of Jazz
February 7-10, Southern Theatre

CAPA presents The Second City: Laughing Matters
February 8 & 9, Lincoln Theatre

CATCO presents Red
February 13-March 3, Studio One, Riffe Center

CAPA presents Suzanne Vega
February 19, Lincoln Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Song of the Earth
February 22 & 23, Ohio Theatre

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra presents Recorder Virtuosa
February 24, Southern Theatre

CAPA presents Ailey II
March 1, Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center

The Columbus Symphony presents Beethoven & Mendelssohn
March 1-3, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Al Jarreau
March 9, Ohio Theatre

Chamber Music Columbus presents A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra
March 9, Southern Theatre

CAPA presents the Kodo Drummers of Japan
March 14, Palace Theatre

The Jazz Arts Group presents Big Band on Broadway
March 14-17, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony and BalletMet present The Rite of Spring
March 22 & 23, Ohio Theatre

The King Arts Complex presents the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
March 23, Pythian Theatre

The Jazz Arts Group presents Piano Men: The Music of Billy Joel, Elton John & Stevie Wonder
April 11-14, Southern Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Chris Botti
April 12, Ohio Theatre

The Columbus Symphony presents Brahms’ Requiem
April 19 & 20, Ohio Theatre

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra presents Bravo, Maestro!
April 20 & 21, Southern Theatre

Chamber Music Columbus presents Pavel Haas Quartet
April 20, Southern Theatre

CATCO presents Five Guys Named Moe
May 1-26, Studio Two, Riffe Center

The Columbus Symphony presents Fantastique Finale
May 3 & 4, Ohio Theatre

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