# Live Shows in Springfield, IL | Performances, Musicals & Acts

- **Subtitle**: Find live performances in Springfield, Illinois — musicals, variety shows, dance and stage acts. Browse upcoming shows by date and venue and book tickets.
- **Category**: Performances
- **Type**: format

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## About

For the lover of all things art there is a lot to catch; performing arts, musicals and theater events in [CITY] are all set to keep you entertained. There are these amazing and unforgettable performances in [CITY] that will keep you hooked for days long. This is your guide to the [CITY] show listings and all the top-rated performances so you never miss out on top-rated events. Explore the best of Broadway shows, plays and performances with us and book your tickets already.

## Performances Events in Springfield

- **Event Name**: Wiz Khalifa
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Illinois State Fairgrounds
🏠 Address: 801 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
🌆 City: Springfield
📍 Location: 39.8316, -89.6406✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at Wiz Khalifa, where every moment promises to be unforgettabl
  - **Date**: Wed Aug 19 2026 at 08:00 pm – Wed Aug 19 2026 at 10:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/wiz-khalifa/3200030339364422
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, Contests
- **Event Name**: Matchbox Twenty
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Sun Aug 16 2026 at 08:00 pm – Sun Aug 16 2026 at 10:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/matchbox-twenty/2300029658185547
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, Contests
- **Event Name**: Bailey Zimmerman at Illinois State Fairgrounds
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 at 08:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bailey-zimmerman-at-illinois-state-fairgrounds/2400029670848403
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Bailey Zimmerman
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Illinois State Fairgrounds
🏠 Address: 801 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
🌆 City: Springfield
📍 Location: 39.8316, -89.6406✨ Discover the extraordinary at Bailey Zimmerman, where magic meets reality in ways you've never im
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bailey-zimmerman/3200029743572510
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer at UIS Performing Arts Center
  - **Date**: Sat Dec 12 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bert-kreischer-at-uis-performing-arts-center/2400029936160446
  - **Venue**: UIS Performing Arts Center
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  - **Categories**: performances, Art, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: The Chicks
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 21 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat Aug 22 2026 at 09:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/the-chicks/2300029893293226
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Grandstand
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, contests
- **Event Name**: Shinedown with From Ashes to New at Illinois State Fairgrounds
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Sun Aug 23 2026 at 08:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/shinedown-with-from-ashes-to-new-at-illinois-state-fairgrounds/2400029732082309
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: 38 Special in Springfield
  - **Description**: 🎤 Join 38 Special LIVE at Illinois State Fair on Monday, August 17, 2026! 🎤  
Here is the moment you've been waiting for! 38 Special is coming to Illinois State Fair on Monday, August 17, 20
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Mon Aug 17 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Aug 17 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/38-special-in-springfield/3300030217204910
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fair
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- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: UIS Performing Arts Center - Sangamon Auditorium
🏠 Address: 1 University Plaza, Springfield, IL 62703
🌆 City: Springfield
📍 Location: 39.7261, -89.6187✨ Enter a world of endless possibilities at Bert Kreischer, where every momen
  - **Date**: Fri Dec 11 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat Dec 12 2026 at 09:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bert-kreischer/3200030002721137
  - **Venue**: UIS Performing Arts Center - Sangamon Auditorium
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  - **Categories**: performances, Art, Entertainment, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Ella Langley at Illinois State Fairgrounds
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 21 2026 at 08:00 pm – Fri Aug 21 2026 at 10:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/ella-langley-at-illinois-state-fairgrounds/2400029324131022
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: Ella Langley: The Dandelion Tour
  - **Description**: Ella Langley

Venue: Illinois State Fairgrounds
Grandstand - Springfield, IL

Date: 21 Aug, 2026 - 08:00 PM
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 10
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 21 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/ella-langley-the-dandelion-tour/200029739811535
  - **Venue**: Springfield Illinios
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- **Event Name**: Come From Away
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 23 2026 (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/come-from-away/2300030027901036
  - **Venue**: LRS Theatre at Hoogland Center for the Arts
  - **Banner**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Come+From+Away&date=Fri+Oct+23+2026&bg=2
  - **Categories**: art
- **Event Name**: Bored Teachers - Is It Friday Yet? Comedy Tour at UIS Performing Arts Center
  - **Date**: Sun Nov 15 2026 at 12:00 am (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bored-teachers-is-it-friday-yet-comedy-tour-at-uis-performing-arts-center/2400030043857547
  - **Venue**: UIS Performing Arts Center
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  - **Categories**: performances, Art, Entertainment, comedy
- **Event Name**: Hairspray
  - **Date**: Sun Aug 30 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/hairspray/2300029832332129
  - **Venue**: LRS Theatre at Hoogland Center for the Arts
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  - **Categories**: art, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Bored Teachers - Is It Friday Yet! Comedy Tour at Sangamon Auditorium at UIS Performing Arts Center
  - **Date**: Sun Nov 15 2026 at 03:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/bored-teachers-is-it-friday-yet-comedy-tour-at-sangamon-auditorium-at-uis-performing-arts-center/2400030172684910
  - **Venue**: Sangamon Auditorium at UIS Performing Arts Center
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  - **Categories**: performances, Art, comedy, Entertainment

## Trending Events in Springfield

- **Event Name**: Healing Arts Festival
  - **Description**: The Healing Arts Festival is a celebration of music, art and information about heathier living. Featuring local musicians, artists and practitioners of healing modalities. This year we'll be at a new location. This will be the 14th year of the Healing
  - **Venue**: Instinct Fitness and Wellness
  - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6a332fefe41a8.jpg
- **Event Name**: The Chicks at Illinois State Fairgrounds
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: Wiz Khalifa
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Illinois State Fairgrounds
🏠 Address: 801 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
🌆 City: Springfield
📍 Location: 39.8316, -89.6406✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at Wiz Khalifa, where every moment promises to be unforgettabl
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival Car Show - Springfield, MO
  - **Description**: Be a part of where it all started–the 2026 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival Car Show, Aug. 7-8 in Springfield, MO.About this EventExperience the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival with hundreds of classic cars, outstanding li
  - **Venue**: Downtown Springfield, MO
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- **Event Name**: Kindig-it Design at the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival, MO
  - **Description**: Be a part of where it all started -- the 2026 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival and Parade on Aug. 7-8 in Springfield, MO.

Experience the Birthplace of Rt. 66 Festival with hundreds of classic cars, outstanding live music at three stages, great tastes at D
  - **Venue**: Downtown Springfield, Springfield, Missouri
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- **Event Name**: Matchbox Twenty
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/14d6d3e0-2421-11f1-9831-630114a07816-rimg-w1200-h1200-dcf9efd4-gmir.jpg?v=1773985993
- **Event Name**: Vince Gill at Juanita K. Hammons Hall
  - **Venue**: Juanita K. Hammons Hall
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/3ffd6740-7b39-11f1-878a-71a1982e9830-rimg-w1200-h747-dc7a5c4b-gmir.jpg?v=1783562124
- **Event Name**: Shinedown & From Ashes To New
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Grandstand
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/584a0c70-660a-11f1-a96a-c1330869106a-rimg-w1080-h1080-dc2c1906-gmir.jpg?v=1781233004
- **Event Name**: Lainey Wilson
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Illinois State Fairgrounds
🏠 Address: 801 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
🌆 City: Springfield
📍 Location: 39.8316, -89.6406🎉 Welcome to Lainey Wilson, where dreams come alive and possibilities are endless! 🏛️ Join us at
  - **Venue**: Illinois State Fairgrounds
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** Wiz Khalifa (Wed Aug 19 2026 at 08:00 pm at Illinois State Fairgrounds), Matchbox Twenty (Sun Aug 16 2026 at 08:00 pm at Illinois State Fairgrounds), Bailey Zimmerman at Illinois State Fairgrounds (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 08:00 pm at Illinois State Fairgrounds), Bailey Zimmerman (Fri Aug 14 2026 at Illinois State Fairgrounds), Bert Kreischer at UIS Performing Arts Center (Sat Dec 12 2026 at 07:00 pm at UIS Performing Arts Center).
- **Q**: How can I find Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Performances events in Springfield on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Performances events in Springfield include Illinois State Fairgrounds, UIS Performing Arts Center, Illinois State Fairgrounds - Grandstand.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Performances events in Springfield include Seat Geek, Ticket Network Events, Vivid Events.
- **Q**: Are there any online Performances events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Performances events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Performances events in Springfield?
  - **A:** Follow the Performances category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Performances events are listed in Springfield.

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