September 14 / Jonas Brothers
It’s been 10 years, but the Jonas Brothers are back. Expect an electric night of reminiscing and singing along to every word of such favorites as “Burnin’ Up” and new hits, including “Sucker” and “Cool.”
September 3 / John Mayer
John Mayer took Jerry Garcia’s Wolf guitar for a spin during a recent Dead & Company concert in New York. We can’t promise any famous instruments, but what we can guarantee: old favorites, covers, and new hits.
September 15 / Rhea Butcher
Rhea Butcher from HBO’s 2 Dope Queens or the TV series Take My Wife. Butcher, whose stand-up comedy is versatile and down-to-earth, arrives in St. Louis on the Tour More tour.
September 14–October 26 / “Integration: Sacred Space” “Here All Is Distance, There It Was Breath.” “Adventure.” “Sad Panther”
Bruno David Gallery hosts works by four Missourians: Wash. U. grad Thomas Sleet’s sculpture series “Integration: Sacred Space” combines nature with manufactured objects. The Kansas City Art Institute’s Jill Downen shows 40 drawings in “Here All Is Distance, There It Was Breath.” Daniel Raedeke presents undulating forms in bright colors in “Adventure.” And Damon Davis imagines God as a black man in the “Sad Panther” video.
September 6–October 6 / Man of La Mancha
Stages St. Louis presents Man of La Mancha, the classic 1965 musical about an imprisoned Cervantes and his Don Quixote, perhaps best loved for its showstopping number “The Impossible Dream.”
September 20 & 21 / The Great Forest Park Balloon Race
The Great Forest Park Balloon Race celebrates its 47th year with the Balloon Glow on Friday and festivities all day Saturday.
September 5 / Kacey Musgraves
Six-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves made history this year when she became the first country artist to play Coachella. Named for a track on her 2018 album Golden Hour, her Oh, What a World: Tour II promises to bring the singer’s dreamy, blissed-out vibe.
September 28 / An Evening of Ballet Stars
Last year, Dance St. Louis presented the first An Evening of Ballet Stars, tapping some of the best dancers in the biz to perform classics by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, and others. Now the show is back, with new works and dancers.
September 26–October 19 / Cry-Baby
Based on a film by Father of Camp John Waters, the rock musical Cry-Baby is described as “Romeo and Juliet meets High School Hellcats.” Good girl Allison dumps straitlaced Baldwin for bad boy Cry-Baby—but Baldwin knows how to get revenge.
Weekends starting September 1 / Eckert’s Apple Fest
From apple-picking to wagon rides, live entertainment to fall-favorite kettle corn, caramel apples, and cider doughnuts, Eckert’s Apple Fest has just about everything you need to celebrate autumn.
