8 Best Performing Arts in Ohio, USA

The Cincinnati Ballet performs classical and contemporary works here from October to mid-May.

The Cincinnati Opera, the nation's second oldest, was started in 1920. The yearly summer festival occurs in June and July.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra performs from September through May at Music Hall. In June and July, the Pops heads outdoors to perform at the Riverbend Music Center adjacent to Coney Island.

Under the direction of maestro Paavo Järvi, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performs from September through May.

Under the guidance of music director Junichi Hirokami, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra also performs at the Ohio Theater.

Reduced-price tickets for many of the Playhouse Square Center stages are available through Ctix.

Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center is home court for Buckeye basketball and home ice for hockey. Concerts and touring productions as diverse as the Three Tenors, Simon and Garfunkel, and Sesame Street Live also use the space.

In a dramatic building designed by Peter Eisenmann, the Wexner Center for the Arts houses contemporary art—including performance art and mixed-media works. The cabaret-style theater features intimate concerts, rarely screened movies from independent film makers, and discussions or lectures with filmmakers, artists, and performers.