ARTS CALENDAR
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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS
Pete Hoesing Quartet
Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United Stateshttps://www.triojazzclub.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #triojazzclub #livemusic #jazz #siouxfalls #southdakota
Surprise! Student Showcase
Johnson Fine Arts Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theatre 300, Johnson Fine Arts Stage 301Event Locator: 2025-ACGJDC Surprise! Student Showcase
Student Showcase
Brookings Arts Council 524 4th St, Brookings, SD, United StatesThe BAC is proud to showcase art work by the students of MMS and BHS during the month of April. The show opens April 2nd and will run through April 26th. Please join us for the opening reception!
Visual Arts | SDPB State Championship Coverage
South Dakota Public Broadcasting SD, United StatesDon't miss SDPB's coverage of the 2026 SDHSAA Visual Arts Contest and & Art Wars Competition.
A Sousa Symposium
SDSU School of Performing Arts 1601 University Blvd., Brookings, United StatesCelebrating the Life and Legacy of The March King In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts is proud to announce "Sousa in South Dakota: A Symposium." The symposium is a two-day celebration of the life and legacy of composer and conductor [...]
Calling for entries into the Dakota MasterWorks Art Show
South Dakota Health Care Association Office 804 N Western Ave, Sioux Falls, United States🎨 Calling All South Dakota Artists Age 60+! 🎨 We’re excited to announce the 28th Annual Dakota MasterWorks Art Show, a celebration of creativity and talent in South Dakota’s older adults! If you’re age 60 or older, we invite you to showcase your artistic talents in one or more of the following categories: • Oils [...]
Closing Reception – Reensamblaje: Mariana Astete-MFA Thesis Exhibition
John A Day Gallery East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United StatesEvent Contact: amy.fill@usd.eduContact Email: amy.fill@usd.eduContact Phone: 6056583437Event Locator: 2026-ACHQCNClosing Artist Reception for Reensamblaje works by Printmaking MFA-Mariana Astete. This is Free and open to the public. All are welcome, refreshments will be served.
Where the Creatives Gather
Kristopherson Korner Sisseton, United StatesArtist gathering the last three Fridays of each month from November until May at Kristopherson Korner, Veterans Avenue Sisseton Bring Art projects you are working on and come hang out with other artists the last three Fridays during the winter months. Music, Hot Tea and snacks provided. Don't forget your tea mug!
Jazzed Up Sextet
Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United Stateshttps://www.triojazzclub.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #triojazzclub #livemusic #jazz #siouxfalls #southdakota
Spring Big Band Dance
El Riad Shrine 510 S Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United StatesSwing into spring at the Big Band Dance, Friday, April 10. Join us as we dance to live music played by The Bill Gibson Orchestra on the spacious hardwood-floored ballroom of the El Riad Shrine in downtown Sioux Falls. Bill Gibson has toured nationally with several notable orchestras, including the Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey [...]
The Dead & Down and My Second Rodeo
The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United StatesThe Dead & Down | April 10, 7PM | The Matthews Opera House. Alt-country meets prog-rock in a sound that refuses to fit in one bin. The Dead & Down are an indie roots-rock band that refuses to stay in one lane. Fronted by Taylor Burlage’s introspective songwriting and dusty vocals, they blend alt-country, atmospheric [...]
Jazzed Up Sextet
Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United Stateshttps://www.triojazzclub.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #triojazzclub #livemusic #jazz #siouxfalls #southdakota
Student Showcase
Brookings Arts Council 524 4th St, Brookings, SD, United StatesThe BAC is proud to showcase art work by the students of MMS and BHS during the month of April. The show opens April 2nd and will run through April 26th. Please join us for the opening reception!
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show – Sioux Falls, SD
Sheraton Sioux Falls 1211 N West Ave, Sioux Falls, United StatesNorth America’s largest award-winning interactive true crime murder mystery dinner show invites you into a night of laughter, mystery, and audience-driven intrigue. Enjoy a full dinner while a hilarious crime unfolds around you—but stay alert. The culprit is hiding in plain sight, and before the night is over, you could find yourself named a Prime [...]
Calling for entries into the Dakota MasterWorks Art Show
South Dakota Health Care Association Office 804 N Western Ave, Sioux Falls, United States🎨 Calling All South Dakota Artists Age 60+! 🎨 We’re excited to announce the 28th Annual Dakota MasterWorks Art Show, a celebration of creativity and talent in South Dakota’s older adults! If you’re age 60 or older, we invite you to showcase your artistic talents in one or more of the following categories: • Oils [...]
Guided Imagery & Creative Expression
The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United StatesThis offering begins with a gentle warm-up, followed by a guided imagery journey that invites participants to connect with their inner landscape through embodied awareness, visualization, imagination, and intuition. Following the journey, participants are invited into creative expression – writing, drawing, painting, etc. – to integrate and give form to what emerged. Time & space [...]
Community Art Day
South Dakota Art Museum 1036 Medary Ave, Brookings, SD, United StatesJoin us for another FREE Community Art Day! The South Dakota Art Museum and Brookings Arts Council are partnering with local artist Kim Chanthalakeo! Come get creative on Saturday, April 11th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the South Dakota Art Museum (1036 Medary Ave., Brookings) with us. This month, we’ll explore portraiture, creating [...]
Community Art Day
South Dakota Art Museum 1036 Medary Ave, Brookings, SD, United StatesJoin us for another FREE Community Art Day! The South Dakota Art Museum and Brookings Arts Council are partnering with local artist Kim Chanthalakeo! Come get creative this month as we explore portraiture, creating portraits with collaged construction paper.
Opening Minds Through Art (OMA) Art Show
Waterfront Gallery for the Arts 207 E Missouri Ave, Pierre, SD, United StatesJoin us for the opening of this two week art show hosted by Countryside Memory Center of Pierre. Open House reception from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, April 11. Free refreshments. No admission. Meet the artists and learn more about the OMA Program. The OMA Exhibit will be available at Waterfront Gallery through Wednesday, April [...]

