Experience an unforgettable season at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, where an eclectic lineup promises something for everyone. From Jennifer Archibald's daring dance premiere to Maynard James Keenan's rock anniversary, and the vibrant HBCU Festival, this season is rich with cultural, musical, and artistic events. Join us as we dive into a world of inspired performances, legendary bands, and unique experiences at Philadelphia's iconic venue, all contributing to a vibrant cultural tapestry that beckons audiences to explore the arts like never before.

Unveiling The Mann: A Season of Artistic Brilliance

Jennifer Archibald, hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer for her “sleek, lovely, highly athletic” choreography, debuts a daring full-length world premiere inspired by the classic novel Lord of the Flies. With a visionary team of international artists and collaborators including sculptor Ledelle Moe and award-winning director and designer Guy de Lancey, this powerful exploration of human nature and survival will transform the Mann’s stage like never before.

BalletX Festival at the Mann

TD Pavilion at the Mann

TITANIQUE is recommended for ages 12+ due to adult humor and language. Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted.

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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place

Sessanta, the sold-out tour that brought Puscifer, Primus and A Perfect Circle together - not only sharing the stage but also swapping musicians throughout an unforgettable evening celebrating Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday - returns for a six-week U.S. trek in Spring 2025.

 

“The Sessanta run was by far the most fun and delicious extended birthday party I’ve ever had thanks to all of the attendees and the master musicianship of Primus, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. No comparison,” Keenan shares. “Decided we need to share this with people who missed the first round in places we couldn’t get to. Strap in.”

SESSANTA V 2.0: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle

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Back by popular demand, the Mann's HBCU Festival presented by TD Bank returns to the Mann on May 17, 2025! Celebrate the vibrant culture and legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at our FREE HBCU Festival! This community-focused event will take place on the scenic grounds of the Mann Center and is perfect for families, students, and alumni alike.

HBCU Festival presented by TD Bank

As of Dec. 3, 2024: Due to popular demand, Teddy Swims' Highmark Skyline Stage concert on May 18 has been moved to TD Pavilion at the Mann. All previously purchased tickets will be honored; additional tickets are available now! Seats in the TD Pavilion will be general admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour

Right now, Pierce The Veil are at their most raw, crackling with urgency and immediacy. Never predictable, always engaging, Pierce The Veil continue to soar on the strength of highly potent energy, rich musicality, and a scrappy sense of authentic exuberant ambition that's frankly unrivaled. Frontman Vic Fuentes, guitarist Tony Perry, and bassist Jaime Preciado put volatile, angsty, confessional emotions into the music, which is why their songs resonate with so many. "No matter where the band performs, fans will show up," wrote Loudwire. "When you see Pierce The Veil live, you'll understand why."

Pierce The Veil: I Can’t Hear You World Tour

Highmark Skyline Stage

Simple Minds are one of the UK’s most successful bands, with six No.1 albums and chart-topping success in countries around the world including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. Over a 40-year career, the band has explored a wide range of musical styles—from avant-garde and art-rock to stadium anthems—while remaining quintessentially Simple Minds. Famed for hits like the “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and UK No.1 “Belfast Child,” Simple Minds has sold over 60 million records. The band has seen three studio albums ‘Sparkle In The Rain,’ ‘Once Upon A Time,’ and ‘Street Fighting Years’ hit No.1 in the UK, alongside live album ‘Live In The City Of Light’. A legendary live band, Simple Minds has headlined major stadiums worldwide, starred at Live Aid, and played iconic shows in honor of Nelson Mandela.

Simple Minds: Alive & Kicking Tour 2025

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band are coming to TD Pavilion at the Mann on June 15, 2025!

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band

HAUSER: The Rebel Is Back with special guests Caroline Campbell and Amy Manford comes to TD Pavilion at the Mann on June 22, 2025! 

 

Since that fateful moment when he decided to create a new, musical experience out of the long and established traditions of classical, pop and rock music, HAUSER has been playing arena concerts all over the world, defying the conventions of the established music business. From his now iconic rendition of “Smooth Criminal,” the song that launched him as an internet sensation and, where he was established as the founding member of the duo 2Cellos, he has captured the hearts and minds of millions.

HAUSER: The Rebel Is Back

ONE LAST TIME! Rod Stewart is coming to TD Pavilion at the Mann on July 12, 2025! With special guests Cheap Trick.

Rod Stewart: One Last Time

“Weird Al” Yankovic's Bigger & Weirder 2025 Tour with special guest Puddles Pity Party is coming to TD Pavilion at the Mann on July 19, 2025.
 

Weird Al brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2025 Tour, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites.  Al’s long-time band is joined by four additional players to create a super-sized concert experience.

“Weird Al” Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder Tour with special guest Puddles Pity Party

As he began work on his sophomore album, the artist known as keshi found himself at a remarkable crossroads: the end of 2 years straight of sold-out touring, the achievement of hitting nearly 11 billion global streams, and the prospect of turning 30 on the oh-so-near horizon. Born Casey Luong and raised in Sugarland, Texas, keshi has built a massive career almost entirely on the strength of his innate ability to render emotional vulnerability through song. Since 2017, he’s released a trilogy of EPs and a breakthrough debut album GABRIEL — which crossed 3.1 billion streams alone — weaving the rhythms and melodies of pop, R&B, lo-fi, and hip hop into barefaced confessions about love, loneliness, and loss. And finally, after a whirlwind of singing those very personal songs to screaming audiences all over the world, he landed back in Texas, in need of something different: time and space, the freedom to work on music unbothered by the hectic chaos of live shows and promotion, and a home studio in which he could create a sophomore album that encompassed all he had learned and lived.

keshi: Requiem World Tour

The story of Slightly Stoopid, at its core, is one of brotherhood. It’s the story of Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald, two musicians determined to succeed on their own terms, creating a multi-genre fusion of rock, reggae and blues with hip-hop, funk, American folk, metal, and punk. It’s the story of a duo that has not just survived, but thrived, as “brothers from other mothers”- keeping true to their authenticity, throughout two decades of relentless touring, and evolved songwriting. The duo has repeatedly created lasting artistic statements despite a music industry that too often prioritizes style over substance.

Slightly Stoopid: Step Into The Sun Tour 2025

Lord Huron was created by Los Angeles-based artist Ben Schneider in 2010. After writing and recording two independent EPs (Into the Sun and Mighty) on his own, demand grew for Lord Huron to perform live. Schneider recruited friends Mark Barry (percussion), Miguel Briseño (bass) and Tom Renaud (guitar). Having first played music together at the tender age of 12, the group reunited and quickly hit their stride, transforming the project into a full-fledged live band. Lord Huron's debut LP Lonesome Dreams was released in 2012 followed by Strange Trails in 2015. The latter featured the multi-platinum single “The Night We Met,” which has gone on to become one of Spotify’s Top 40 most-streamed songs of all time. In 2018, Lord Huron earned widespread critical acclaim and a Top 5 debut on the Billboard Top 200 with their third album, Vide Noir. Lord Huron's most recent LP Long Lost garnered praise from NPR, Time, Los Angeles Times, Spin and Stereogum and sparked performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with James Corden and CBS This Morning: Saturday. The band’s extensive touring includes headline shows at some of the most storied venues in the country (including the Hollywood Bowl, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and the Ryman Auditorium) and festivals ranging from Coachella and Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo, Outside Lands and more.

Lord Huron

Formed by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac in Buffalo, NY in 1986, Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the group has garnered four GRAMMY® Award nominations and nearly a dozen platinum & gold singles combined, and seized a page in the history books by achieving 16 number one and Top 10 hits. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.”

Goo Goo Dolls: Summer Anthem Tour 2025

For 46 years, Billy Idol has been one of the definitive faces and voices of rock’n’roll. Between 1977 and 1981, Idol released three albums with Generation X as their camera-ready frontman. In 1982, he embarked on a transatlantic/trans-genre solo career that integrated the bold and simple lines of punk and rock’n’roll decadence. Touring consistently around the world for the last ten years and showing no signs of slowing down, Idol released both The Roadside EP in 2021 and The Cage EP in 2022 on Dark Horse Records, earning praise from fans and critics alike.

Billy Idol: It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again!

For the last 20 years, Coheed and Cambria have continuously broken the mold of what a rock band can be, forging their own path and building a universe around their music unlike any other. Whether it is in the way their genre-spanning approach to songwriting has allowed them to bridge worlds without being contained to one, or the multifaceted story arc of their albums and comic book series which mark the longest running concept story in music, Coheed and Cambria have consistently shaped new standards, never conformed. Comprised of Claudio Sanchez (Vocals / Guitar), Travis Stever (Guitar), Josh Eppard (Drums) and Zach Cooper (Bass) the band has gripped listeners and press around the globe with their visionary compositions and conceptual mastery.

Coheed and Cambria * Taking Back Sunday

The Philadelphia and Los Angeles based band—Matt Quinn [vocals, guitar], Sam Cooper [guitar], Sotiris Eliopoulos [drums], Jackie Miclau [keys, piano], and Michael Byrnes [bass]— take their name from Mt. Joy in Valley Forge National Park, an area right outside of where Quinn and Cooper are from in Philadelphia. Forming in 2016, the band made their mark two years later when their self-titled, Mt. Joy, debut album spun off platinum single "Silver Lining," an uplifting power ballad that went to #1 at AAA radio and has eclipsed over 300 million streams across platforms. Their second album, Rearrange Us, drew widespread critical raves, with the title track gaining 100 million Spotify streams since the release. Their third LP, Orange Blood, came out of the pandemic and further cemented them with another #1, Lemon Tree, at AAA.

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Mar 26 - May 18, 2025

Titanique (Chicago)

May 15, 2025

SESSANTA V 2.0: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle

May 17, 2025

HBCU Festival presented by TD Bank

May 18, 2025

Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour

May 19, 2025

Pierce The Veil: I Can’t Hear You World Tour

2 - 3 May, 2025

BalletX Festival at the Mann

Mar 26 - May 18, 2025

Titanique (Chicago)

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