Ticket Donation Requests
The Charlotte Symphony is pleased to support our community through donation of concert tickets to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations once per concert season (September through May). To apply, please submit a request form at least six weeks prior to your event. You will receive a response from our Patron Services Team within two weeks.
Note: Beneficiary organizations must be willing to display CSO-provided materials during the event, such as tabletop signage, brochures, or other collateral. Due to limited availability, we are unable to contribute tickets for raffles or door prizes.
Note: Beneficiary organizations must be willing to display CSO-provided materials during the event, such as tabletop signage, brochures, or other collateral. Due to limited availability, we are unable to contribute tickets for raffles or door prizes.
Eligible 2025-26 Concerts
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Feb 27 & 28 | Knight TheaterCalling all dancing queens! The world's top ABBA tribute band joins your CSO for an evening full of iconic songs like "Mamma Mia," "Waterloo," and "Take a Chance on Me," and more -- you'll be dancing in the aisles!
Ravel's Boléro
Mar 6 & 7 | Belk TheaterThis program explores the idea of home through music by Smetana, Malek Jandali, and Clarice Assad, and concludes with Ravel's Boléro paired with a special CSO film celebrating the people and places of Charlotte.
Encanto in Concert
Mar 20 & 21 | Belk Theater
Meet the extraordinary Madrigal family and their magical house in this cinematic journey! Watch Mirabel search for her gift in Walt Disney Animation Studios' Academy Award®-winning film, with original songs by award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Dvořák's New World Symphony
Mar 27-29 | Knight Theater
Janai Brugger performs works by Floyd, Stravinsky, and Barber leading to Dvořák's "New World" Symphony -- a moving reflection on home and identity.
Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
Apr 10 & 11 | Belk TheaterBeethoven's majestic "Emperor" Concerto headlines a program of beauty and resilience, featuring works by Marianna Martines and Anna Clyne -- including the U.S. Premiere of The Years with Charlotte Master Chorale.
Gershwin & Bernstein
Apr 24 & 25 | Belk TheaterA vivid, cinematic program featuring Svendsen's Romeo and Juliet, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story -- rich with drama, rhythm, and energy.
Copland & Kahane
May 15 & 16 | Knight TheaterThe season concludes with works reflecting on place and belonging: Higdon's portrait of Atlanta, Copland's Appalachian Spring, and Kahane's emergency shelter intake form, which explores homelessness from multiple perspectives.
Black Panther in Concert
Jun 5 & 6 | Belk TheaterRyan Coogler's Black Panther became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what superhero films could be. Travel to the kingdom of Wakanda as the CSO performs Ludwig Göransson's OSCAR®-winning score live.
Artists and programs subject to change without notice.
