Single Tickets for all 2025-2026 Toledo Symphony, Toledo Ballet, and Toledo Jazz Orchestra Performances On Sale JULY 29
TOLEDO, OH – The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announces a major addition to its 2025-2026 season. Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, a powerful concert combining Delta Blues, orchestral music, and cinematic storytelling, will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 8PM at The Peristyle.
This announcement coincides with the public release of single tickets for all 2025-2026 TAPA performances, including concerts by the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Ballet, and Toledo Jazz Orchestra. Tickets are available beginning July 29 at artstoledo.com or by calling the TAPA Box Office at 419.246.8000.
An Immersive Evening with a Legendary Voice
Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience invites audiences into a rich musical journey through the cultural heart of the Mississippi Delta. The performance features sweeping orchestral arrangements by Martin Gellner, cinematic visuals, and live performances by top blues musicians associated with Clarksdale, Mississippi’s Ground Zero Blues Club. Mr. Freeman co-founded the club in 2001 to preserve and celebrate authentic Delta Blues music.
This unforgettable evening is more than a concert. It is an immersive journey through sound, culture, and storytelling. Guided by the legendary voice and vision of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, the program weaves together a vibrant dialogue of in-person and recorded commentary, including a special pre-concert Q&A session and a live appearance at the top of the performance.
“This program is unlike anything we’ve presented in Toledo,” says Zak Vassar, President & CEO of TAPA. “Morgan Freeman’s voice, combined with the soul of the Delta Blues and the full power of the Toledo Symphony, will create an experience that is at once cinematic, historic, and profoundly human. We are honored to welcome Mr. Freeman and these incredible artists to The Peristyle stage for a night that will stay with us long after its final notes.”
Tickets for Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience start at just $29. Patrons are encouraged to reserve early.
2025-2026 Single Tickets On-Sale July 29
With the launch of single tickets, audiences can now access the full 2025-2026 season lineup, which includes:
- Rita Barbour Kern Masterworks Series: The Toledo Symphony presents symphonic cornerstones, including Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 1, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and guest artists including pianists Olga Kern and Sara Davis Buechner, soprano Angela Meade, and violinist Kerson Leong.
- KeyBank Pops Series: The Toledo Symphony presents a new Led Zeppelin symphonic experience, the music of ELO, Christmas at the Peristyle, a Paris-themed evening with jazz chanteuse Emilie-Claire Barlow, an “out-of-this-world” concert of Symphonic Sci-Fi, and a night of Broadway featuring Toledo native Sara Sheperd, who performed as Carole King in the national tour of Beautiful.
- Hartmann-Bogan Financial Planning Jazz Series: The Toledo Jazz Orchestra presents a high-voltage performance with legendary Cuban-American jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, A Charlie Brown Christmas, a swinging Count Basie tribute, and a celebration of the Great American Songbook with vocalist and trombonist Aubrey Logan, and a genre-crossing performance by Ray Angry, acclaimed composer and keyboardist for The Roots.
- Buckeye Broadband & The Blade Chamber Series: Musicians from the Toledo Symphony curate these five intimate afternoon concerts held in the new Robert Bell Studio at the Toledo Center for Live Arts. Programs include a Ravel Birthday Celebration; quintets by Shostakovich and Schubert; Sermons, Saints, & Sinners; music from Toledo’s Sister Cities; and a celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary.
- The Andersons Inc. Charitable Foundation Family Series: These performances are designed to inspire younger audiences, beginning with the return of Toledo Ballet’s Halloween hit The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Seuss and the Symphony, and Toledo Ballet’s full-length production of Delibes’s Coppélia, a charming and comic ballet classic.
- Special Events: Toledo Ballet presents its 85th annual presentation of The Nutcracker. This holiday classic delights audiences with Artistic Director Eric Otto’s dazzling choreography and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the Toledo Symphony. Two special programs at Rosary Cathedral highlight its beautiful acoustics: the Toledo Symphony’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah and an Organ Spectacular with organist Todd Wilson to celebrate the restoration of the Cathedral’s Skinner organ.
How to Attend
Tickets for Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience and all of TAPA’s 2025-2026 performances are available July 29 at artstoledo.com or by calling the TAPA Box Office at 419.246.8000. Subscriptions and flex packages remain available for those seeking priority access and savings. Subscribers receive 15 percent off ticket purchases and early access to all events throughout the season.
For full program information regarding the 2025-2026 performance season visit www.artstoledo.com. For questions, please contact Emily McCready, Marketing Manager, at emccready@artstoledo.com.
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ABOUT TAPA
The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is a collective consisting of the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Ballet, Toledo Symphony School of Music, Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestras, and The Toledo Jazz Orchestra. TAPA seeks to enrich the cultural life of Northwest Ohio through performances, education programs, and community partnerships that connect people through the power of the performing arts.
In 2025, TAPA moved its headquarters to the historic former Masonic Temple adjacent to the Stranahan Theater on Heatherdowns Boulevard. This new home, the Toledo Center for Live Arts, serves as the hub for all of TAPA’s artistic and educational activities, including concerts, classes, rehearsals, and administrative operations.
