The University of Alabama at Birmingham
10/11/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/11/2024 09:17
UAB students: Get $10 tickets to shows at the Alys Stephens Center
Preservation Hall Jazz Band will present a Creole ChristmasStudents at the University of Alabama at Birmingham can enjoy top-flight entertainment for much less, with discounted and student rush tickets from the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The Alys Stephens Center offers $10 student tickets to most performances it presents, available in a limited supply. Coming up are Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Vitamin String Quartet with the music of Taylor Swift and "Bridgerton," Brian Reed of "S-Town," Andy Grammer, Alex Cuba, "Napoleon Dynamite Live!" plus The Secret Sisters with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and more.
The Alys Stephens Center also offers UAB student rush tickets, which are free and available one hour before showtime on a first-come, first-served basis.
New this season is the Pay What You Choose series, designed to offer arts experiences to everyone no matter their budget. These shows still require tickets. See Young Concert Artists Ziggy & Miles, Australian brothers who are masters of classical guitar, this fall, and percussionist Michael Yeung this spring.
For more information or to purchase discounted UAB student tickets or student rush tickets, call the Alys Stephens Center Box Office at 205-975-2787 or visit 1200 10th Ave. South, Birmingham, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Students must purchase tickets at the box office; a Blazer ONE Card is required to pick up the ticket. The Blazer ONE Card used for purchase must be presented for entry to the event.
Vitamin String Quartet will perform the music of Taylor Swift, "Bridgerton" and more.Students can enjoy these performances presented by UAB's Alys Stephens Center at a discounted rate this season. All shows are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Samara Joy, student rush tickets only
Sunday, Oct. 20
Disney's Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert
Sunday, Nov. 3
"Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid" with Opera Birmingham
- Pay What You Choose event
Thursday, Nov. 14
Young Concert Artist Series: Ziggy & Miles
- Pay What You Choose event
2 and 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 7-8
- Pay What You Choose event
"Napoleon Dynamite Live" with Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and Jon GriesFriday, Dec. 13
Creole Christmas with Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Limited number of student tickets available
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025
Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, "Bridgerton" & Beyond
- Limited number of student tickets available
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
Brian Reed, "Creating S-Town: A New Way to Tell a Story"
Sunday, March 16, 2025
- Limited number of student tickets available
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Young Concert Artist Series: Michael Yeung
- Pay What You Choose event.
The Secret Sisters will perform with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.Thursday, March 20, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
The Drifters and Cornell Gunter's Coasters
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Limited number of student tickets available
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Secret Sisters with The Alabama Symphony Orchestra
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra offers discounted $10 and $12 student tickets to most of the concerts in its season held at the Alys Stephens Center.
ASO student tickets are available at any time to students of any age with valid student ID/proof of enrollment. Limit one student ticket per person. Student tickets are available by visiting the Alys Stephens Center Box Office; please contact the box office at 205-975-2787 for availability. Visit the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at AlabamaSymphony.org.
Performances this season will highlight works by Bartók, Beethoven, Strauss, Shostakovich, Villa-Lobos, Mahler, Barber, Rachmaninoff, Bernstein, Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. Coming up are "A Gospel Symphony Celebration" and "Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross," both conducted by UAB Department of Music University Professor Henry Panion III, Ph.D. Featured are Handel's Messiah Concert from Dec. 20-21 and "New Year's Eve: A Viennese Celebration" on Dec. 31.