Winterfest 2026: Ernie Small Blues Band
For four decades, the Ernie Small Blues Band has been a staple of the Bowling Green music scene. Led by Ernie Small and featuring some of the area’s most notable musicians, the band brings a dynamic blend of blues, rock, and soul to the stage. Their signature mix of tight musicianship and feel-good energy has […]
Winterfest 2026: Peter the Freshman
Peter the Freshman brings the ultimate ’90s party to the stage, covering all your favorite rock and pop hits from the decade. Known as “Bowling Green’s Premiere Party Band”, Peter the Freshman delivers a fun, crowd-friendly set packed with nostalgia that will have you singing along! This concert is free and no tickets are required! […]
8th Annual Music for the Solstice: A Celtic Celebration at the Capitol
An evening of Celtic music and readings featuring Rebecca Baumbach on fiddle, Skip Cleavinger on Irish pipes and tin whistle, plus special guests.
A Feminine Nature Art Reception
As a lover of place and people, Lexie Erskine has created a body of work that combines nature from her rural places with the hardworking women in her life. Struggling with societal conventions of femininity growing up, she leaned into the relationships with women in her life to make sense of her own feminine nature. […]
The Capitol’s Teen Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing Auditions
Audition for The Capitol Teen Theatre’s FIRST full-length production directed by WKU’s Carol Jordan! World War I has ended and the Jazz Age has begun! The party never stops and everyone is looking for love, but will gossip and lies spoil the fun before all the couples can live happily ever after? This spring, join […]
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! […]