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2026 BSO Tanglewood weekend and Popular Artist schedule

Listed here are the Boston Symphony’s weekend and Popular Artist concert schedule for the 2026 season at Tanglewood (BSO weekend concerts in bold). Besides these concerts in the Koussevitsky Music Shed, and the winter and spring Tanglewood Learning Institute programs, there are concerts, recitals and other music-related programs throughout the Tanglewood campus. To see more Tanglewood schedula and ticket info. click here.

    June 2026 at Tanglewood

  • Jon Stewart, w/ Church and State – June 20, 7 pm
  • Yacht Rock Revue – June 21, 2:30 pm
  • Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – June 26, 7 pm
  • Paul Simon – June 27, 7:30 pm
  • Paul Simon – June 28, 7:30 pm
  • Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, Boston Pops w/ Keith Lockhart – June 30, 7 pm

    July 2026 at Tanglewood

  • Boston Pops – American Titans: Bernstein and Sondheim – July 2, 8pm
  • James Taylor and All-Star Band – July 3, 8 pm
  • James Taylor and All-Star Band – July 4, 8 pm
  • Philip Glass, Symphony No. 15, Lincoln – July 5, 2:30
  • 7/10, 8pm – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Seong-Jin Cho and Excerpts from Swan Lake
  • 7/11, 8pm – Mahler Symphony No. 4 and Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 with Emanuel Ax
  • 7/12, 2:30 – Brahms Symphony No. 2 and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with Eric Lu
  • Ziggy Marley and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – July 14, 7 pm
  • 7/17, 8pm – Simon, Barber, and Excerpts from Nixon in China with Renée Fleming
  • 7/18, 8pm – Hisaishi conducts Hisaishi and Ravel with Jean-Yves Thibaudet
  • 7/19, 2:30 – Haydn, Beethoven, and Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with Daniil Trifonov
  • Weird Al Yankovic – July 21, 7pm
  • 7/24, 8pm – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3, Polish and Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with Augustin Hadelich
  • 7/25, 8pm – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 and Paul Lewis Plays Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27
  • 7/26, 2:30 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 with Himari
  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, w/ Patty Griffin – July 28, 7pm
  • 7/31, 8mp – Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Wagner, Sibelius, and Beethoven with Yefim Bronfman

    August 2026 at Tanglewood

  • 8/1, 8pm – The Marriage of Figaro
  • 8/2, 2:30 – Joshua Bell performs Bruch Scottish Fantasy
  • 8/7, 8pm – Yo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon perform Brahms and Fauré
  • 8/8, 8pm – The Many Voices of American Music with Yo-Yo Ma
  • 8/9, 2:30 – Yo-Yo Ma, Arooj Aftab, Karen Ouzounian, and Christine Lee perform Tavener, Kalhor, and Golijov
  • Hugh Jackman with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, Aug. 11, 8pm
  • 8/14, 8pm – Copland Appalachian Spring, Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and Rountree For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)
  • 8/15, 8pm – Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams
  • 8/16, 2:30 – Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra with Marin Alsop, conductor, and Ray Chen, violin
  • Brandi Carlile, Aug. 18, 8pm
  • Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, Ozawa Hall, Aug. 20, 8pm
  • Cynthia Erivo with the Boston Pops, Aug. 21, 8pm
  • 8/22, 8pm – Dvorák Symphony No. 8 and Bernstein Chichester Psalms
  • 8/23, 2:30 – Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy
  • Carrie Underwood, Aug. 29, 7pm
  • Judy Collins, w/ Mary Chapin Carpenter and Rosanne Cash, Aug. 30, 2:30

    September 2026 at Tanglewood

  • Tedeschi Trucks Band, w/ Lukas Nelson, Sept.2, 7pm
  • Alabamna Shakes, w/ Mavis Staples, Sept. 5, 7pm
  • John Fogerty and Steve Winwood, Sept. 6, 7pm

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2026 schedule at Tanglewood Learning Institute

By Dave Read – Since the expansion of Tanglewood to include the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) in 2019, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) now offers concerts and music-related entertainment throughout the year – well beyond the orchestra’s familiar 8-week residency during July and August.

Linde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood; Dave Read photo.
Linde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood; Dave Conlin Read photo.

Tanglewood Learning Institute 2026 calendar of events

All performances are in Studio E, The Linde Center – get tickets here.

    February 2026

  • TLI Jazz: Tammy McCann – Feb. 14, 7pm
  • TLI Jazz: Tammy McCann – Feb. 15, 1pm
  • TLI Chamber Concert – Feb. 22, 3pm

    March 2026

  • TLI Chamber Concert – March 8, 3pm
  • TLI Presents: Goitse – March 15, 3pm
  • TLI Jazz: Sullivan Fortner Trio – March 20, 3pm
  • TLI Presents: Berkshire Bach Portals—In the Key of Bach – March 21, 3pm
  • TLI Presents: Arcis Saxophone Quartet—JSB:48 – March 22, 3pm

    April 2026

  • TLI Jazz: Nick Hempton—A Night of Soul Jazz From NYC – April 10, 7pm
  • TLI for Families: Magic Piano & The Chopin Shorts with Derek Wang, piano – April 12, 10:30am
  • TLI Presents: Winterreise – April 24, 7pm
  • TLI Presents: postWinterreise – April 25, 7pm

    May 2026

  • TLI Presents: Mirage with Hub New Music and Daniel Wohl – May 1, 7pm
  • TLI Jazz: Jumaane Smith – Sweet Baby! – May 8, 7pm

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Popular artists and Boston Pops at Tanglewood 2023

Keith Lockhart leads five Boston Pops programs, including a new symphonic version of Ragtime, a concert film presentation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert, Star Wars: The Story in Music, a showcase for music from the movie franchise; and John Williams and David Newman conduct John Williams’ Film Night.

2023 Tanglewood Popular Artists lineup

All shows begin at 7, except James Taylor begins at 8

  • Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! w/ Dorinda Medley, Thu. June 22;
  • Steve Miller Band w/ Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Fri. June 23;
  • Elvis Costello & The Imposters w/ Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Sat. July 1;
  • Robert Plant and Alison Krauss w/ JD McPherson, Sun. July 2;
  • James Taylor, Mon. July 3 & Tue. July 4;
  • Train w/ Parmalee, Thu. August 24;
  • Jackson Browne, Thu. August 31;
  • Guster, Sep. 2.
  • John Legend, Sep. 2.

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