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Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/19/2022
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Categories
Carnaval! is a party celebrating the end of the holiday season before the introspection of Lent begins, culminating in Mardi Gras, French for “Fat Tuesday.” In New Orleans style, they will celebrate with jazz bands, themed food, gaming tables, acrobats, and a lobby parade. They’ll crown a King or Queen of the festivities and enthrone them onstage. Food and games are included in the ticket price, with a cash bar available.
Carnaval! is a chance to celebrate through food, drink, games, and music, so bring your Mardi Gras masks, dress up, and head to the Krannert Center Lobby at 6 p.m. Enjoy an appetizer and a drink while trying your luck at the gaming tables before following their jazz band and acrobats into the Great Hall. Dessert will be served at intermission, and the guest who receives the special piece of King Cake will be crowned the Sovereign of Carnaval! Don’t miss the family-friendly fun.
Carnaval! is a concert celebrating music in or from the French language: from operatic favorites Carmen and Roméo et Juliette to cabaret singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel to musical theatre’s Beauty and the Beast and Phantom of the Opera, and more. Accompanied by the beauty of an orchestra in Foellinger Great Hall, the company of Lyric Theatre @ Illinois students will dazzle, delight, and entrance you in authentic French style.
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Ticket prices: Adult: $35 | Senior Citizen: $30 | Youth: $10
Dates/Times – Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19
6 p.m. – Music, fun and games in the Krannert Center lobby
7:30 p.m. – Concert, Foellinger Great Hall
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