Hylton Center

The excitement of our 2025–26 season continues into spring and there are still plenty of performances to experience! Remember, if there are three or more offerings that interest you, your best option is a subscription! You’ll get a 15% discount on your order, plus priority access to great seats, no-fee ticket exchanges, and discounts on future ticket purchases.

The American Festival Pops Orchestra (AFPO), conducted by Maestro Peter Wilson, returns to the Hylton Performing Arts Center on December 8 and the Center for the Arts on December 13. Its upcoming program, Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season, sets the festive mood for all audiences, with everything from jazzy tunes and a Broadway melody to an original piece by a George Mason alumnus.

On view in the Buchanan Partners Art Gallery now through January 10, explore the exhibition Metamorphosis (11/4–1/10/26) by artists Jennifer Lillis and Christopher Kardambikis.

As the season of gratitude approaches, we at the Hylton Performing Arts Center are reflecting on the many reasons we are thankful...

The entire Hylton Center staff wish all of our Veterans and their families a Happy Veterans Day!

Get ready for an unforgettable family outing! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical (11/8) invites our youngest patrons, and patrons who are young at heart...

While it feels like we just put away our Halloween costumes, the winter holidays will soon be upon us.

Since this space is called “Director’s Corner” and this edition of the newsletter is overflowing news you can use about the upcoming events at Hylton Center...

The Hylton Center will be collecting food donations for Northern Virginia Family Service’s (NVFS) SERVE Hunger Resource Center from November 1 through December 23.

George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is offering free tickets to select performances across Mason Arts venues for federal employees and/or contractors impacted by the U.S. government shutdown.