Midwinter 2026: A Free Celebration of Art, Music & Creativity

Sat Feb 07 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

Akron Art Museum | Akron

Akron Art Museum
Publisher/HostAkron Art Museum
Midwinter 2026: A Free Celebration of Art, Music & Creativity
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A free festival at the Akron Art Museum featuring live music, performances, dance, art, and pop-ups!
About this Event

A FREE evening of happenings - music, art, performance - at the Akron Art Museum!Warm, bright, and energetic – exactly what a February night in Akron, Ohio calls for and what this annual Museum celebration of art, music, and community brings!

This evening of creative happenings delights with performances, interactives, and tasty snackings: perfect for friends, couples, family, and fellow creatives to gather, discover, and remember.

CUSP (Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project) will curate music performances for the Collection galleries and the Museum’s lobby.

Akron Soul Train will showcase one of their 2026 Emerging Artists, Maddie McSweeney for in-gallery artist performance that will be ongoing throughout evening.

NCCAkron (National Center for Choreography) has curated dancer and choreographer Teagan Reed for three performances of her work Somewhere Between to occur once a hour in Alfred McMoore: All This Luck in My Head.

As an extension of their work in the Akron Art Library program, Time Change Generator will have an interactive lounge installation in the Lobby.

Good Company Akron will once again present a delicious limited menu of snackables for purchase.

Beer, wine, and additional drinks will be available to purchase at the bar.

Exhibiting artist Rachel Libeskind will perform with a locally-based 8-person local choral group performance in lobby and in the exhibition, Transfiguration: Rachel Libeskind and the Tiffany Window.

DJ Palaces is set to curate the Lobby’s music for the ultimate winter night atmosphere.

FREE, registration requested. Finalized schedule to be announced.

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Akron Art Museum, 1 South High Street, Akron, United States

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