All calendar events subject to change due to COVID restrictions. In addition to the annually planned tours and concert events listed here, Hesston College ensembles perform in local churches and other venues throughout the year. All such events and occasional tour details are included on the campus calendar.
August
- 20 – Bel in the Black Box, 7 p.m., Black Box Theater, Keim Center
September
- 11 – Sunflower Performing Arts: Sunflower Soirée, 3 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 28 – TheatreFest
- 30 – Performing Arts auditions, Keim Center
- 29 to Oct. 2 – Fall production: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Keim Center
October
- 14 to 16 – Bel Canto Singers fall tour to Colorado
- 18 – Bel Canto Singers fall concert, 7 p.m., Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston
- 25 – Sunflower Performing Arts: ensemble 4.1, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
November
- 11 – Performing Arts auditions
December
- 3 – Christmas performance: “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play,” 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 6 – Sunflower Performing Arts: Calmus: A Cappella Christmas, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
January
- 5 to 7 – Kansas Thespian Festival
- 14 – Masterworks concert, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 25 – Treble Choral Festival, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- 28 – Keyboard Festival
- 29 – Bel Canto Singers, Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church
February
- 6 – Sunflower Performing Arts: Our Song, Our Story: The New Generation of Black Voices, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
March
- 1 to 5 – Spring musical: “The Apple Tree”, Keim Center
- 3 – Performing Arts auditions, Keim Center
- 31 – Performing Arts auditions, Keim Center
April
- 2 – Sunflower Performing Arts: pax duo, 3 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 26 to 30 – Theatre for Young Audiences production: “Tomato Plant Girl”, Keim Center
May
- 12 – Bel Canto Singers concert, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 12 to 13 – Student recitals, 2 and 4 p.m.
- 14 to 25 – Bel Canto Singers Tour
- Friday, May 12, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church, Hesston, Kan.
- Monday, May 15, 7 p.m., Albuquerque Mennonite Church, Albuquerque, N.M.
- Wednesday, May 17, 7 p.m., Trinity Mennonite Church, Glendale, Ariz.
- Thursday, May 18, 7 p.m., Shalom Mennonite Church, Tucson, Ariz.
- Sunday, May 21, 10:30 a.m., Pasadena Mennonite Church, Pasadena, Calif.
- Sunday, May 21, 2:30 p.m., Grace Indonesian Christian Fellowship, Sierra Madre, Calif.
- Wednesday, May 24, 7 p.m., First Mennonite Church, Denver, Colo.
2023-24 Performing Arts Calendar
August
- 26 – Bel and Broadway in the Black Box, 7 and 9 p.m., Black Box Theater
September
- 22 – Alumni choir rehearsal, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 23 – Alumni choir concert, 3:30 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 27 – TheatreFest
- 29 – Performing Arts scholarship auditions
- 28 to Oct. 1 – Fall production: “Steel Magnolias,” Black Box Theater
October
- 29 – Sunflower Performing Arts presents Sunflower Soirée, 3 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
November
- 10 – Performing Arts scholarship auditions
- 11 – Masterworks Concert, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
December
- 2 – Performing Arts Christmas collaboration, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
January
- 24 – Treble Choral Festival, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
February
- 28 to March 3 – Spring musical: “Little Shop of Horrors,” Black Box Theater
March
- 1 – Performing Arts scholarship auditions
- 8 to 17 – Bel Canto Singers spring tour
- 19 – Bel Canto Singers home concert, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 22 – Performing Arts scholarship auditions
April
- 26 to 27 – “Pen to Paper to Performance,” 7 p.m., Black Box Theater
May
- 10 – Student recitals, 2 and 4 p.m.
- 10 – International Chorale with Alumni and Friends concert, 7 p.m., Hesston Mennonite Church
- 11 – Theatre Showcase, 1 p.m., Black Box Theater
- 14 to June 4 – International Chorale and Alumni/Friends Choir Europe tour