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HARVARD ARTS FESTIVAL

Welcome to Harvard Arts Festival, May 1-4, 2025! Formerly Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival, this annual campus-wide celebration produced by the Office for the Arts at Harvard showcases the expansive creativity and innovation of Harvard students, staff, alums, and faculty.

Enjoy the dynamic imagination and cultural expression at the heart of this festival by visiting many of the university’s iconic indoor and outdoor spaces transformed by art making and open for all to explore. Year after year, Arts Fest draws 5,000+ audience members who are entertained, delighted, and inspired by the many art forms on display on outdoor and indoor stages, in Harvard’s museums, galleries, and classrooms, and across the green spaces of Harvard Yard.

Much of the festival is also live streamed on HarvardArts on YouTube.

For details on the Arts Fest Performance Fair on Saturday, May 3, review event listings in the College Calendar Performance Fair channel.

The festival is open to all, family-friendly, and mostly free. (Some ticketed events charge for admission.) The Office for the Arts invites everyone to join us at Arts Fest.

Welcome to the arts at Harvard!

Events

9 to 5: The Musical

Thu, May 1, 2025 8pm

Agassiz Theatre

More dates & times available

$15 general admission, $10 for students, seniors, and Harvard ID holders.
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