Our spectacular 2017-2018 season celebrates 92 years of historic concerts, extraordinary music, and legendary performers at the Nation’s Library. In our splendid concert hall, nestled in the stunning architectural environment of the Thomas Jefferson Building, you can encounter an impressive range of musical experiences, free of charge.

2017 EVENTS

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (Location)
Wednesday	September 6	10 am	GET TICKETS for the Ensemble Signal | Steve Reich: Special Event presented in collaboration with Washington Performing Arts. General Admission Tickets will be available for this event only starting on September 6.
Wednesday	September 20	10 am	GET TICKETS for 2017 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2017 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for Ensemble Signal, presented in collaboration with Washington Performing Arts, will be available starting at 10am on Wednesday, September 6.
Wednesday	October 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Ensemble Signal | Steve Reich (Coolidge Auditorium) [Post-concert conversation onstage]
Thursday	October 19	8 pm	CONCERT: La Santa Cecilia (Coolidge Auditorium)
Tuesday	October 24	7 pm	AMS LECTURE: “The Kishineff Massacre” (Montpelier Room)
Wednesday	October 25	7 pm	JAZZ SCHOLARS: “Jelly Roll Morton in Washington,” John Szwed in conversation with Stephen Winick (Montpelier Room)
Monday	October 30	8 pm	CONCERT: Orlando Consort (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion – Pre-concert lecture]
Thursday	November 2	7 pm	LECTURE: "So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley," with Roger Steffens (Mumford Room)
Saturday	November 4	11am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Amy Beach at 150,” with Caitlin Miller (Whittall Pavilion)
Saturday	November 4	2 pm	CONCERT: Solungga Liu (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert conversation]
Friday	November 17	8 pm	CONCERT: Minguet Quartett (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert conversation]
Friday	December 8	8 pm	CONCERT: McCoy Tyner Trio with Joe Lovano (Coolidge Auditorium)
Wednesday	December 13	10 am	GET TICKETS for 2018 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2018 event through June that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress.
Monday	December 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Dover Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion – Pre-concert lecture]
Tuesday	December 19	8 pm	CONCERT: Dover Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) - repeated concert [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion – Pre-concert conversation]

2018 EVENTS

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (Location)
Friday	January 12	8 pm	CONCERT: Europa Galante (Coolidge Auditorium)
Friday	January 19	8 pm	CONCERT: Camerata RCO (Coolidge Auditorium)
Thursday	February 1	7 pm	FILM: Little Shop of Horrors (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	February 3	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: New and Used Kreislers: Exploring the Fritz Kreisler Collection at the Library of Congress,” with David Plylar, Music Division (Whittall Pavilion)
Thursday	February 8	7 pm	FILM: Labyrinth (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	February 15	7 pm	FILM: Beetlejuice (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	February 17	2 pm	CONCERT: Doric Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert conversation]
Saturday	February 17	12 pm	FILM: The Neverending Story (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	February 22	7 pm	FILM: Gremlins (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	February 24	2 pm	CONCERT: Vienna Piano Trio (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert lecture]
Thursday	March 1	8 pm	CONCERT: Quatuor Diotima (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert conversation]
Thursday	March 8	8 pm	CONCERT: Julian Lage Trio (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	March 24	8 pm	CONCERT: Colin Currie and Nicolas Hodges (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert lecture and conversation]
Friday	March 30	9 pm	CONCERT: Library Late - Spektral Quartet with Winston Choi (Coolidge Auditorium) - Program 1
Saturday	March 31	2 pm	CONCERT: Spektral Quartet with Winston Choi (Coolidge Auditorium) - Program 2 [12:30pm, Whittall Pavilion – Pre-concert lecture]
Friday	April 6	8 pm	CONCERT: Artemis Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert conversation]
Saturday	April 7	2 pm	EDUCATIONAL EVENT: OrchKids (Coolidge Auditorium)
Wednesday	April 11	8 pm	CONCERT: Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert lecture]
Wednesday	April 25	8 pm	CONCERT: Gerald Finley and Julius Drake (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion - Pre-concert lecture]
Friday	May 4	12 pm	CONCERT: Esperanza Spalding (Coolidge Auditorium)
Thursday	May 10	7 pm	JAZZ SCHOLARS: “Transblucency: Duke Ellington, The Wahingtonians, and the Realm of the Visual,” Robert G. O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English, Columbia University (Montpelier Room)
Saturday	May 12	12 pm	FILM: Bernstein Conducts Mahler and Liszt. Part of Bernstein Centennial (Pickford Theater)
Tuesday	May 15	7 pm	AMS LECTURE: “Bernstein Conducting Himself,” Part of Bernstein Centennial (Montpelier Room)
Thursday	May 17	7 pm	FILM: "On the Waterfront". Part of Bernstein Centennial (Pickford Theater)
Friday	May 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Leonard Bernstein's America. Part of Bernstein Centennial Minifest (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	May 19	11am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Bernstein and Social Identity,” Nicholas Brown, Office of the Librarian. Part of Bernstein Centennial (Montpelier Room)
Saturday	May 19	11am-5pm	LECTURES/FILMS/PERFORMANCES: Leonard Bernstein’s America: Celebrating the Collection. A day-long program, an immersive experience anchored by an extensive display of manuscripts, letters, playbills, photographs and memorabilia, sketches, casting notes, and designs. Part of Bernstein Centennial (Madison Building)
Saturday	June 2	2 pm	CONCERT: Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Coolidge Auditorium)