Upcoming Events
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Hays Symphony: Holiday Pops
12/6/25, 1:30 AM
Join us for a collection of holiday carols, popular Christmas songs, and a few gems to
round out the evening. Special guest Ken Windholz will emcee.
Schmidt Foundation Center for Art and Design
FHSU Theatre: Queens: Women and Power
12/6/25, 6:00 AM
More information and set time to follow
St. Joseph Church
FHSU Christmas Choir Concert
12/8/25, 12:30 AM
Please note the new time and new venue! This annual event is coming home to Hays after many years at the Basilica in Victoria, and we are looking forward to it! The choirs have sung at St. Joseph's many times…but never at Christmas! So, mark your calendars to enter the Holiday Season with the beautiful sounds of the FHSU Choirs, along with soloists, organ selections, carols, and instrumental guests.
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High School Athletic Band Showcase
12/12/25, 1:00 AM
More information to follow.
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High School Choir and Orchestra Concert
12/15/25, 6:00 PM
More information to follow
Moss Thorns Gallery of Art, January 5-30, Reception January 30, 6-8 PM.
Doloris Pederson, FHSU Art & Design Alum, '68
1/31/26, 12:00 AM
Free to the public! View more information about our gallery and schedule here.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Jazz Combo with Brad Dawson
2/6/26, 1:30 AM
Moss Thorns Gallery of Art, February 6-20, Reception February 6, 6-8 PM.
Interior Design Student Exhibition
2/7/26, 12:00 AM
Free to the public! View more information about our gallery and schedule here.
Palmer Hall
Faculty Recital: Hilary Shepard, flute
2/7/26, 1:30 AM
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU Percussion Concert
2/13/26, 1:30 AM
Free to the public! More information to follow.
Palmer Hall
Faculty Recital: Hayley Shoemaker, mezzo-soprano; Irena Ravitskaya, piano
2/15/26, 1:30 AM
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High School Orchestra Dinner Concert
2/20/26, 1:00 AM
More information to follow.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Hays Symphony: Concerto and and Aria Winners
2/21/26, 6:00 PM
FHSU student finalists of the Concerto and Aria concert join the orchestra. The Hays
Symphony will also present some rousing works for orchestra, including works by Franz
Schubert, Johann Strauss, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Voice Studio: Black History Month Celebration
2/22/26, 6:00 PM
Free to the public! More information to follow.
Moss Thorns Gallery of Art, February 27-March 20, Reception February 27, 6-8 PM.
Graphic Design BFA Exhibition
2/28/26, 12:00 AM
Free to the public! View more information about our gallery and schedule here.
Voice of Women Composers
3/8/26, 5:00 PM
Free to the public! More information and set time to follow
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU Spring Choral Concert
3/11/26, 12:30 AM
Hear the FHSU Concert Choir fresh from their performance for ALL the music teachers in Kansas at the Music Educators’ Workshop just ten days earlier! Also appearing will be the Fort Hays Singers, and the adult community choir: Smoky Hill Chorale. After several outstanding years on the FHSU Choirs concert stage, the Smoky Hill Chorale has grown to over 50 voices and will be showcased at this event. All three choirs are sure to please your ears!
Free to the public!
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
FHSU Band Concert
3/12/26, 12:30 AM
Free to the public!
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High School Symphonic Festival
3/13/26, 12:00 AM
More information to follow
Moss Thorns Gallery of Art, March 27-April 17, Reception March 27, 6-8 PM.
Annual Student Honors Exhibition
3/27/26, 11:00 PM
Free to the public! View more information about this annual event here. (Juror TBA)
Gross Memorial Coliseum
51st Annual High School Art Exhibition
4/15/26, 1:00 PM
Free to the public! View more information about this annual event here.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU Small Ensembles Concert
4/21/26, 12:30 AM
Free to the public!
Moss Thorns Gallery of Art, April 25-May 15, Reception April 25, 10-2 PM (Spring Gallery Walk).
Dan Schluckebier, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sculpture
4/25/26, 3:00 PM
Free to the public! View more information about our gallery and schedule here.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU New Music Festival
4/26/26, 12:30 AM
Free to the public! More information to follow
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Hays Symphony & FHSU Choirs: Spring Classics
5/3/26, 12:30 AM
Viva Percussion! The Hays Symphony will feature the dynamic percussion duo, Arx
Duo, as they perform an exciting new work for two percussion and strings by composer
Michael Gilbertson. The orchestra will also present the exciting Antropolis! by Gabriela
Ortiz, featuring the percussion section of the Hays Symphony.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU Percussion Concert
5/6/26, 12:30 AM
Free to the public! More info to follow.
Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
FHSU Band Concert
5/7/26, 12:30 AM
Free to the public.
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High School Choir and Orchestra Masterworks Concert
5/10/26, 12:00 AM
More information to follow
Hays High School Performing Arts Center
Hays High All-District Choir
5/15/26, 12:00 AM
More information to follow.