Travel back in time with Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on April 25, 2026, and enjoy an evening of silent film classics and special music! The featured film this year will be Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush.

Join us for the Happy Valley Classic taking place from April 26-27, 2025 at the Nittany Valley Sports Centre. Join us at the Happy Valley Classic in witnessing basketball from grades 3-12 all play under one roof as a part of the YBOA National Qualifier. We can’t wait to see you there!

Platinum Entertainment Group is excited to announce the highly-anticipated concert of the year as the Bronx-bred superstar A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie takes the stage at the Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, April 24, 2026. The event promises to be an unforgettable night of hip-hop and entertainment.

Get ready to laugh out loud when internationally acclaimed comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham brings his Artificial Intelligence Tour to the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live™ is back in 2026 with Glow-N-Fire™! The tour that lit up last year returns bigger and hotter than ever — with even more flames, more glow, and more high-octane action. Fans can expect the same edge-of-your-seat thrills they love, now supercharged with enhanced pyro effects, dazzling lighting, and jaw-dropping stunts. It’s the ultimate family experience you won’t want to miss.

The Mid Atlantic Wrestling Association is set to host the highly anticipated West Region tournament at the Nittany Valley Sports Complex in State College, PA. This event will spotlight the extraordinary talents of wrestlers from Pennsylvania and its neighboring regions. Take advantage of discounted lodging rates using the provided group codes.

They play ukuleles, they sing, they say funny things, and they whistle. But the musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain bring a lot more to the table than a salute to their genre-bending covers of well-known songs. The seven-member ensemble will return Stateside to tour in celebration of its fortieth anniversary.

There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa. The smooth-talker tricks people into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize—despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.

Up-and-coming Atlanta-based band The Paradox went from recording videos in founder Eric Dangerfield’s bedroom to enjoying viral success on Instagram. Soon after, the power-pop band was opening for rock and punk royalty, including Green Day and Jack White. After its quick rise in popularity, The Paradox was added to the 2024 When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas. Last year, the band made its Pennsylvania debut at PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia to a packed house. In May, The Paradox will perform at Bottlerock music festival in Napa Valley, California.

Praised by The New York Times as “refreshing in the extreme,” the chamber music collective Decoda, the affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall, creates a more connected and compassionate world through music—offering artfully scripted performances, leading inventive community projects, and training the next generation of artists to rethink and reimagine their role in society. 

Winter Jam 2026 brings together some of the biggest names in Christian music for an unforgettable night. This year’s lineup features Chris Tomlin, Matthew West, Katy Nichole, Hulvey, Disciple, Emerson Day, Newsong, and speaker Zane Black, with a Pre-Jam Party featuring Jeremy Rosado, Heath Brothers, and Cliff Preston. With no tickets required and only a $15 donation at the door, it’s a night you won’t want to miss!

The Happy Valley Animation Fest takes place in State College, PA and is an open international animation competition that seeks to showcase animated works in a range of categories. HVAF is screened and exhibited locally and throughout the Pennsylvania State University as well as online. We encourage submissions by students, early career, and practicing professional artists, designers, and filmmakers in any of the three categories that include: Animated Short Films, Experimental Animation, and Animated Motion Graphics & Design.

Join five-time GRAMMY® winner Brandon Lake with special guests Franni Cash & Pat Barrett for the King of Hearts Tour.  The King of Hearts tour, presented by leading promoter TPR, is set to hit the Bryce Jordan Center Friday, March 20, 2026, marking his largest-ever headlining tour announced.

Join the Nittany Valley Symphony for their upcoming concert— America at 250. The program will feature a range of American musical idioms, including Jazz, Classical, Film, and Musical Theatre, that highlight how American music shaped the 20th century. Included on this program will be Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront Suite and William Grant Still's Poem for orchestra, in addition to works by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and John Williams.

The FIRST YEAR FINALE & SUPER NOVICE SLAM is a premier event celebrating first year wrestlers and athletes with less than three years of experience. It provides a platform for young wrestlers to showcase their skills, gain experience, and grow in the sport.