Concerts & Events at GCT
Kids from 1 to 92 always find something to love about our ever growing Concert & Event series!
Lunchbreak Concerts are always on a Friday 12-1pm for $10
Evening Concerts & Special Events vary in price and often have more than one performance.
Family Events vary in price and are typically earlier on a Saturday.
Groups can book weekday Magic Mr. Nick Family show field trips by emailing annie@gctcomeplay.org.
Some Creative Partner Donors get FREE Concert tickets!
Click HERE to find out more or ask the box office at 901-453-7447
UPCOMING CONCERTS in 2024/2025
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Thank you for pushing our Concert & Event production to the next level!
Tanisha Ward Lunchbreak Concert July 26th, 2024
GCT’s first Lunchbreak Concert of Season 53 brings back the incomparable singer-
Tanisha Ward with an hour of engaging beautiful music.
She also regularly performs in schools and special events with her non profit Classical Melodies Inc. Enjoy her vocals in this hour of selections that stir her heart and tell the story of The African American Experience Through Song!
FREE fresh brewed Congregation Coffee from our new coffee shop neighbors across the street!
Iris Collective Lunchbreak Concert August 30th, 2024
IRIS Collective Fellows Celebrate The Sounds of Brazil
September 30th 12-1pm
Tickets $10 with FREE cookies and fresh brewed Congregation Coffee
In this exciting Lunchbreak Concert, Iris Collective 2024/2025 Artist Fellows
Gabriela Fogo on violin and Roberta dos Santos on cello bring a variety of instruments
to treat our GCT audience to music from their home country of Brazil.
Enjoy some midday respite, irresistible music and complementary treats
as we welcome these wonderful musicians to Memphis!
Learn more about Iris Collective at www.iriscollective.org
More Concerts and Events to come!
PAST CONCERTS during Season 52, 2023/2024
Big River Crossing
GCT Welcomes back crowd favorite Big River Crossing!
Tanisha Ward Lunchbreak
We are overjoyed to welcome the incomparable soprano, Tanisha Ward, for our first Lunchbreak Concert of Season 52 accompanied by Gary Beard.
Friday August 4th 12-1pm Tickets are $10
FREE coffee and cookies provided by Teresa Jordan
Iris Collective Dvorak Lunchbreak
Friday Sept. 15th 12-1pm Tickets are $10
FREE coffee and cookies provided by Teresa Jordan
Dr. Wacky Science Show!
Mr. Nick has been in his Science lab and has discovered the formula to make learning fun! Stir together equal parts of comedy, science, audience and teacher involvement, and you get a great, fun, high energy, motivational, learn-while-you-laugh show we like to call Dr. Wacky Science!
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
"American Brass"
Lunchbreak
MSO is back for our Lunchbreak Series in Season 52. They’ve wowed you with pops like the Beatles and Holiday brass and now join GCT in welcoming them back for an hour of patriotic favorites the whole family can enjoy! Tap your toes and even sing along as we pay tribute to our service men and women, their families and the tunes that built America!
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
"Seasons Greetings"
Lunchbreak
Our very first Lunchbreak Concert was Seasons Greetings with Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
One Man's Christmas Carol Benefit Performance
Back by popular demand! Marques Brown’s Ostrander nominated original adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is an hour long sincere and uplifting portrayal of the most legendary tale of the season.
After a sold out run last year, Marques will treat audiences to this one man performance in the cozy setting of Germantown Community Theatre Thursday December 21st & Friday December 22nd at 2:30pm
Tickets are only $10 for adults and $5 for children 17 and under
If you can’t make it to the performance but would still like to donate to FSTI or you’d like to add to your ticket price to help pay for incredible teachers, supplies and discounted Sensory Friendly admission thru the year or learn more about these programs visit https://www.gctcomeplay.org/full-spectrum-theatre-initiative/
Big River Crossing
Sings the Holidays!
Iris Collective "Love Songs Through the Ages"
Join us for a mid day respite of familiar melodies and engaging anecdotes about the history and composers.
Friday Feb. 9th 12-1pm
General Admission Tickets are $10
FREE coffee and cookies provided by Teresa Jordan
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
"Spring-Along" Lunchbreak
Memphis Symphony Orchestra returns with an POPA style hour irresistible favorites sure to have you singing along! Come celebrate spring and enjoy singing along to tunes everyone is sure to know from the Beatles, Broadway and beyond! Make your plans now to bring the whole family, school groups or any social group. These mid day hour long concerts are becoming a very popular way to enjoy a Friday. Showtime 12-1pm Fri. March 8th Tickets only $10 general admission FREE Coffee and Cookies thanks to Congregation Coffee & Teresa Jordan! Call 901-453-7447 if you have mobility needs or a large group so we can best accommodate you! |
Crazy Games & Silly Prizes Show!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Ticket holders are being contacted for full refund, but this amazing event is sadly being postponed. Perhaps with spring break coming the audience simply did not reach a level conducive to an excellent experience for all attending the show. It requires A LOT of participants to truly meet it’s potential and Mr. Nick wants anyone who attends to have the best possible time. Magic Mr. Nick will revisit this concept in the fall or maybe at a school near you!
GCT encourages you to consider his Dinosaur Crew show coming April 13th in lieu of this one! Those who had tickets already will not only be refunded but offered free seats at this show as thanks for changing your weekend plans last minute. We thank Mr. Nick for this consideration and look forward to Dinosaur Crew and all future shows!
Alexis Grace in Concert
Memphis Flyer Best Singer in Memphis 2023 and former American Idol semifinalist, Alexis Grace takes the stage unveiling some brand new music from her upcoming album “Smoke and Mirrors” along with covers and originals that move her heart. This incredible Memphis musician has played stages near and far, but GCT & Alexis have created this one night only unforgettable acoustic experience for you to enjoy.
Magic Mr. Nick's
Dinosaur Crew Show
Magic Mr. Nick and his friend Paleontologist Colby are back with a whole new slate of amazing dinosaur babies to introduce your excited kiddos to at this fun learning event! Your family or group will learn all about different types of dinosaurs and meet the most realistic new friends from millions of years ago.
There will even be giant adult dinosaurs to greet you on your way in and unforgettable photo ops with a 2000 pound raptor named Spike who loves to fetch! Your children will be astounded at this once in a lifetime experience filled with humor and thrills!
Only $10 in advance $15 the day of the show.
Hot Foot Honeys "Sound Matter" Tap Concert
In collaboration with Germantown Community Theatre, the Hot Foot Honeys present SOUND MATTER: A Tap Dance Concert. Hot Foot Honeys Tap Dance Company was founded in 2012 by Marianne Bell, and under the new direction of Brooke Jerome and Sara Sims, continues to preserve, promote, and perform rhythm tap dance across the Mid-South.
Big River Crossing Returns June 28th-30th, 2024
GCT audiences have come to love BIG RIVER CROSSING like our own family band.