About the event
6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2025 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2025
Multiple locations
6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2025 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2025
Multiple locations
Following the multi-year success of the Creative Imperatives festival, the School of Visual and Performing Arts is pleased to announce our third festival of UWL ArtsFest—a celebration of the artistry and innovation that infuses our campus. The annual festival follows our tradition of preserving a place and time for the campus (and wider community) to honor, celebrate, and advocate for the arts’ position at the heart of our institution. We engage with the arts because they bring us joy, challenge us, create shared experiences, and foster community. We dedicate these four days of ArtsFest to expressing the vital role that the visual and performing arts play in our private lives and our public cultures.
ArtsFest 2025 will feature a weekend of student performances, along a series of visiting artist presentations and performances leading up to the celebratory weekend. Visit uwlax.edu/artsfest for updates on invited guest artists. 2025 featured events are:
Thursday, April 24, 2025
ArtsFest Opening Reception 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lowe Center for the Arts Lobby UWL Treble Chorus 7:30 p.m., Annett Recital Hall, Lowe Center for the Arts
Friday, April 25, 2025
Senior Art Major Exhibition & Opening Reception 5-6:30 p.m., UWL Art Gallery, Lowe Center for the Arts
Saturday, April 26, 2025
UWL Symphony Orchestra 2 p.m., Annett Recital Hall, Lowe Center for the Arts
UWL Jazz Concert 7:30 p.m., Bluffs Ballroom, Student Union
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Cabaret
2 p.m., Toland Theatre, Lowe Center for the Arts
All events are free and open to the public except for the production of Cabaret, which is a ticketed event. Tickets for Cabaret can be purchased at uwlax.edu/VPA
Plans are still being made for 2025. Check out 2024's programming in the meantime! The campus map shows the buildings where events will take place.