Each summer, the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival attracts hundreds of music lovers from all over the world! With a wide variety of highlight performances, it’s an absolute must for your summer itinerary. Whether you prefer classical music or the more contemporary sounding artists, the 2018 Tanglewood schedule is sure to showcase a performance to suit your tastes.
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Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 Tanglewood Schedule
As the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, you can also expect amazing performances by the Boston Pops and the Chamber Players. Tickets go on sale January 28th and tend to sell out quickly. When you make plans to visit Lenox and the Gateways Inn, be sure to get your tickets for these Tanglewood in Lenox, MA concerts!
2018 Tanglewood Schedule for June
Friday, June 15th: Roger Daltrey performs The Who’s TOMMY
Sunday, June 17th: Stephen Stills and Judy Collins
Thursday, June 21st: Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me
Friday, June 22nd: Andy Grammer (Popular Artist!)
Sunday, June 24th: Boston Pops and Audra McDonald
Friday, June 29th: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Saturday, June 30th: Ozawa Hall String Quartet Marathon and Live From Here at Tanglewood
with Chris Thile
2018 Tanglewood Schedule for July
Sunday, July 1st: Brass, Winds, and Percussion Extravaganza and String Quartet Marathon – The New Fromm Players
Monday, July 2nd: Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton and TMC Vocal and Instrumental Fellows – An Evening of Bach Cantatas
Tuesday, July 3rd-4th: James Taylor at Tanglewood
Thursday, July 5th: Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Friday, July 6th: Opening Night at Tanglewood with Lang Lang
Saturday, July 7th: Bernstein’s On the Town
Sunday, July 8th: TMC Chamber Music and Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms and Shostakovich
Monday, July 9th: Andris Nelsons conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Wednesday, July 11th: Jeremy Denk
Thursday, July 12th: Bernstein’s Trouble In Tahiti
Friday, July 13th: Moritz Gnann conducts Wagner, Mozart, and Schumann
Saturday, July 14th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Bernstein, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra, and Andris Nelsons conducts Puccini’s La bohème
Sunday, July 15th: TMC Chamber Music, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Wind Ensemble, and Andris Nelsons conducts Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Bernstein with Yuja Wang
Monday, July 16th: Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Tuesday, July 17th: TMC Vocal Recital
Wednesday, July 18th: Pamela Frank and Emanuel Ax
Thursday, July 19th: The Fleisher-Jacobson Piano Duo
Friday, July 20th: All-Mozart Program with Emanuel Ax UnderScore Friday Concert
Saturday, July 21st: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Adès and Sibelius and Herbert Blomstedt conducts Mozart, Bernstein, and Haydn
Sunday, July 22nd: TMC Chamber Music, Thomas Adès conducts Adès and Sibelius with Christian Tetzlaff, and TMC Vocal Recital
Monday, July 23rd: Tanglewood Music Center
Tuesday, July 24th-25th: Emerson String Quartet
Thursday, July 26th: Festival of Contemporary Music BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, director Chamber Music
Friday, July 27th: Festival of Contemporary Music BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, director Chamber Music, and Juanjo Mena conducts Britten, Mozart, and Brahms with Garrick Ohlsson
Saturday, July 28th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Haydn, Prokofiev, Mozart, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra, and David Newman conducts Bernstein’s West Side Story
Sunday, July 29th: Festival of Contemporary Music BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, director Chamber Music, Gil Shaham plays Prokofiev, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Wind Ensemble
Monday, July 30th: Festival of Contemporary Music
2018 Tanglewood Schedule for August
Wednesday, August 1st: Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein
Thursday, August 2nd: Paul Lewis
Friday, August 3rd: Glinka, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky with Kirill Gerstein
Saturday, August 4th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Borodin, Wieniawski and Prokofiev, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Young Artists Chorus, and Bramwell Tovey conducts Bernstein and Sibelius
Sunday, August 5th: TMC Chamber Music and Joshua Bell
Tuesday, August 7th: Tanglewood on Parade
Thursday, August 9th: Tanglewood Music Center
Friday, August 10th: Young People’s Concert
Saturday, August 11th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Tilson Thomas, Rachmaninoff and Mahler, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra, and John Williams’ Film Night
Sunday, August 12th: TMC Chamber Music and Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Tilson Thomas, Rachmaninoff, and Mahler
Monday, August 13th: Tanglewood Music Center
Tuesday, August 14th: TMC Vocal Recital
Wednesday, August 15th: Igor Levit and the JACK Quartet
Thursday, August 16th: Skride Quartet
Friday, August 17th: Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich
Saturday, August 18th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Copland, Bernstein, Williams and Bartók and Andris Nelsons conducts an All-Bernstein Program with the Boston Ballet and featuring violinist Baiba Skride
Sunday, August 19th: TMC Chamber Music, Yo-Yo Ma joins Andris Nelsons for Copland, Bernstein, Williams, and Bartók
Wednesday, August 22nd-23rd: The Knights Bernstein’s Candide
Friday, August 24th: Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler Symphony No. 3 featuring Susan Graham and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Saturday, August 25th: Saturday Morning Rehearsal – Beethoven and The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Sunday, August 26th: One Day University at Tanglewood and Christoph Eschenbach conducts Beethoven
2018 Tanglewood Schedule for September
Sunday, September 2nd: Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life with The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko
For Tanglewood Tickets and the Tanglewood Seating Chart, take a look at the 2018 Brochure!
Attend Your Favorite Tanglewood Concerts During Your Stay at the Gateways Inn
While deciding which performances to attend at the Tanglewood Music Festival, be sure to book your stay at The Gateways Inn. Our Lenox bed and breakfast offers a Berkshires experience that is second to none. We are only a mile and a half from Tanglewood, yet around the corner from the town center. The music doesn’t have to stop when you leave the grounds of Tanglewood! You can enjoy live jazz in our Lounge or dine in our award-winning restaurant. So don’t wait too long to plan your stay, we book up fast for the summer! We look forward to having you with us!
