# Live Shows in Worcester, MA | Performances, Musicals & Acts

- **Subtitle**: Find live performances in Worcester, Massachusetts — 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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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 Worcester

- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer at Hanover Theatre
  - **Date**: Sat Nov 14 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/bert-kreischer-at-hanover-theatre/2400029936161601
  - **Venue**: Hanover Theatre
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  - **Categories**: Art, Theatre
- **Event Name**: 2026 Pride Worcester Festival
  - **Description**: Pride is a protest AND a celebration. 🌈

Join us in Downtown Worcester (on the Worcester Common and surrounding streets) for one of the region’s largest and most vibrant cultural events—bringing together over 30,000 LGBTQ+ community members and allies for
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat Sep 12 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/2026-pride-worcester-festival/200029977213808
  - **Venue**: Downtown Worcester
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  - **Categories**: festivals, health-wellness, art, lgbt-pride
- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Fri Nov 13 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Nov 14 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/bert-kreischer/2300029907542058
  - **Venue**: The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
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  - **Categories**: performances, art, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008✨ Discover the extraordinary at Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder, where magic meets reality in ways you've never
  - **Date**: Wed Oct 28 2026 – Thu Oct 29 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/arch-enemy-and-the-black-dahlia-murder/3200030191133033
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
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- **Event Name**: Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry, Superheaven, Boundaries
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008🎉 Prepare to be amazed at Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry, Superheaven, Boundaries, the most anticipated gathering of t
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 09 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Oct 09 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/knocked-loose-with-denzel-curry-superheaven-boundaries/3200030187224139
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
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  - **Categories**: calendar
- **Event Name**: Dimmu Borgir: Grand Serpent Rising Tour US 2026
  - **Description**: Dimmu Borgir: Grand Serpent Rising Tour US 2026
With special guests Suffocation & Hulder

Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM

All Ages

On Sale: Friday, April 17th @ 10AM
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 460
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/dimmu-borgir-grand-serpent-rising-tour-us-2026/200029975091403
  - **Venue**: 261 Main St, Worcester, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01608
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- **Event Name**: Motionless in White with Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Divine
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: DCU Center
🏠 Address: 50 Foster St., Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2661, -71.7986🎉 Prepare to be amazed at Motionless in White with Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Divine, the most anticipated ga
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 30 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sat Oct 31 2026 at 12:30 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/motionless-in-white-with-dayseeker-the-devil-wears-prada-and-dark-divine/3200030191451810
  - **Venue**: DCU Center
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire 2026 Tour
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: DCU Center
🏠 Address: 50 Foster St., Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2661, -71.7986✨ Enter a world of endless possibilities at Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire 2026 Tour, where every moment tells
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 – Sun Oct 11 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/hot-wheels-monster-trucks-live-glow-n-fire-2026-tour/3200030048511056
  - **Venue**: DCU Center
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  - **Categories**: monster-truck-shows, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: In Conversation with David Sedaris at Hanover Theatre
  - **Date**: Wed Sep 30 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/in-conversation-with-david-sedaris-at-hanover-theatre/2400029968692505
  - **Venue**: Hanover Theatre
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  - **Categories**: Art, Theatre
- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer (18+)
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Hanover Theatre
🏠 Address: 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2611, -71.8035✨ Enter a world of endless possibilities at Bert Kreischer (18+), where every moment tells a story! 🏛️ The stunn
  - **Date**: Sun Nov 15 2026 at 12:00 am – Sun Nov 15 2026 at 02:00 am (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/bert-kreischer-18/3200029999364915
  - **Venue**: Hanover Theatre
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  - **Categories**: Art, Theatre, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Dimmu Borgir with Suffocation and Hulder
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008✨ Experience the magic of Dimmu Borgir with Suffocation and Hulder, where moments become memories that last a lifetime!
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Aug 08 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/dimmu-borgir-with-suffocation-and-hulder/3200030165979544
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 11:30 am – Sun Oct 11 2026 at 03:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/hot-wheels-monster-trucks-live-glow-n-fire/2300028264031229
  - **Venue**: DCU Center
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  - **Categories**: monster-truck-shows
- **Event Name**: Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire at DCU Center
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 11:30 am – Sun Oct 11 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/hot-wheels-monster-trucks-live-glow-n-fire-at-dcu-center/2400027974576319
  - **Venue**: DCU Center
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  - **Categories**: monster-truck-shows
- **Event Name**: Taking Back Sunday at Palladium Worcester Outdoors
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/taking-back-sunday-at-palladium-worcester-outdoors/2400030027906928
  - **Venue**: Palladium Worcester Outdoors
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- **Event Name**: David Sedaris
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Wed Sep 30 2026 at 07:30 pm – Wed Sep 30 2026 at 09:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/david-sedaris/2300029948653627
  - **Venue**: The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
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  - **Categories**: Art, performances, Theatre, Entertainment

## Trending Events in Worcester

- **Event Name**: Pan-Mass Challenge 2026
  - **Description**: The Pan-Mass Challenge is a Massachusetts-based bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the country. Held annually on the first weekend in August, the PMC raises funds for Dana-Farber Cancer In
  - **Venue**: College of the Holy Cross
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- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer at Hanover Theatre
  - **Venue**: Hanover Theatre
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Pride Worcester Festival
  - **Description**: Pride is a protest AND a celebration. 🌈

Join us in Downtown Worcester (on the Worcester Common and surrounding streets) for one of the region’s largest and most vibrant cultural events—bringing together over 30,000 LGBTQ+ community members and allies for
  - **Venue**: Downtown Worcester
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- **Event Name**: Bert Kreischer
  - **Venue**: The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
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- **Event Name**: Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008✨ Discover the extraordinary at Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder, where magic meets reality in ways you've never
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
- **Event Name**: Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry, Superheaven, Boundaries
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008🎉 Prepare to be amazed at Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry, Superheaven, Boundaries, the most anticipated gathering of t
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
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- **Event Name**: Taking Back Sunday with Thrice and Saves The Day
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium - Outdoors
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8007✨ Discover the extraordinary at Taking Back Sunday with Thrice and Saves The Day, where magic meets reality
  - **Venue**: The Palladium - Outdoors
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- **Event Name**: The Dillinger Escape Plan with Many Eyes, Johnny Booth, Godseyes
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Palladium
🏠 Address: 261 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
🌆 City: Worcester
📍 Location: 42.2667, -71.8008✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at The Dillinger Escape Plan with Many Eyes, Johnny Booth, Godseyes, where every m
  - **Venue**: The Palladium
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- **Event Name**: Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry at Palladium Worcester Outdoors
  - **Venue**: Palladium Worcester Outdoors
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Performances events in Worcester?
  - **A:** Bert Kreischer at Hanover Theatre (Sat Nov 14 2026 at Hanover Theatre), 2026 Pride Worcester Festival (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 02:00 pm at Downtown Worcester), Bert Kreischer (Fri Nov 13 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts), Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder (Wed Oct 28 2026 at The Palladium), Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry, Superheaven, Boundaries (Fri Oct 09 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Palladium).
- **Q**: How can I find Performances events in Worcester?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Performances events in Worcester 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 Worcester?
  - **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 Worcester?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Performances events in Worcester include Hanover Theatre, Downtown Worcester, The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Performances events in Worcester?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Performances events in Worcester include Vivid Events, Pride Worcester, Ticket Network 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 Worcester?
  - **A:** Follow the Performances category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Performances events are listed in Worcester.

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