Jazz Meets Rock n’ Roll
The Western Kentucky University Jazz Band presents Jazz Meets Rock & Roll—a high-energy concert blending classic rock and pop hits with the sound and spirit of big band jazz. Enjoy fresh arrangements of music by Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Beatles, Sting, and more in an unforgettable evening of groove, creativity, and improvisation.
Porter Parish Grainger Blues Festival – Closing Concert
The Porter Parish Grainger Blues Festival is a two-day cultural celebration honoring the legacy of Porter Parish Grainger—a vaudeville-era Blues composer, playwright, and publisher born in Bowling Green’s historic Shake Rag community. The festival will highlight the rich traditions of Black American music and folklore through narrative stages, interviews, presentations, demonstrations, and live performances, reconnecting […]
Sky Arts Film Festival 2025
For the fourth straight year, the Capitol is proud to host the Sky Arts Film Festival in October! The mission of the Sky Arts Film Festival is to grow and develop the media industry in Southern Kentucky by giving filmmakers, media professionals, content creators, movie goers, students, and teachers the opportunity to learn and experience an […]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This Halloween, WKU’s Alpha Psi Omega fraternity & sorority will be producing two late night showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol! The cult classic film will be accompanied by a live shadow cast performance. We’re proud to preserve the show’s longstanding history in Bowling Green and offer the electrifying performance for free! […]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This Halloween, WKU’s Alpha Psi Omega fraternity & sorority will be producing two late night showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol! The cult classic film will be accompanied by a live shadow cast performance. We’re proud to preserve the show’s longstanding history in Bowling Green and offer the electrifying performance for free! […]
Singer/Songwriter Night
The Capitol is hosting a night for the singers and songwriters of our region to share their lyrics and voices. Diversify your downtown music experience! Come be in community with artists and experience unique genres and points of view. This event is hosted in collaboration with the artists. All proceeds for this event will go directly to supporting the performers and the local music scene of downtown BG. Jonah Pennington Ellie Sandlin Gonzo Eldritch Dusty Whytis
Lauren Tarshis at the Capitol
Lauren Tarshis is the author of the New York Times bestselling I SURVIVED series which tells stories of young people and their resilience and strength in the midst of unimaginable disasters. Lauren has brought her signature warmth and exhaustive research to topics such as the September 11 attacks, the destruction of Pompeii, Hurricane Katrina, and […]
Silas House at the Capitol
Silas House is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the novels Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo, Eli the Good, Southernmost, and Lark Ascending, as well as a book of creative nonfiction Something’s Rising, co-authored with Jason Howard, and four plays. 2025 sees the publication of his first […]
Author Katherine Applegate
Katherine Applegate is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of beloved and award-winning books for young readers, including Odder, Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, Willodeen, and The One and Only Ivan, for which she won the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the Animorphs series, and a beginning reader series, Doggo and Pupper, illustrated by Charlie Alder. 250 […]
The Library Rocks!
Back for its third consecutive year, The Library Rocks FREE concert welcomes teens & college students (and youth of all ages!) back to school by opening up the Capitol for a night of music and community. Come fly your freak flag, find your people (and your new favorite local band)! Featuring music by Fourwheeler, Splendour, […]