Provo City has published the Covey Center for the Arts' 2026-27 season, and the downtown hall's pitch is the same one that has been working for it lately: names you would expect to drive to Salt Lake for, in a 664-seat room on Center Street, at prices that do not require a committee decision.
The announced lineup runs from country to Kyiv. Whitney Lusk & WILDWOOD co-headline a country night on Friday, September 18, 2026 — Lusk is the Utah favorite who has opened for Ella Langley and Russell Dickerson, and WILDWOOD's Kate Miller and Chad Truman have headlined 30-plus cities. A week later, the Grand Kyiv Ballet brings Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights on September 25, then returns in the spring — March 26, 2027 — for a double bill of Alberto Alonso's Carmen Suite and a world-premiere reimagining of Ravel's Boléro by choreographer Vladislav Dobshynskyi. A world premiere from an internationally touring company, staged in downtown Provo, is exactly the kind of booking the Covey's recent seasons have made a habit of.
Comedy gets two anchors: Whose Live Anyway — the touring improv show from the stars of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, with ASL interpretation available — and The Johnson Files spring comedy show with Shaun Johnson and JK! Studios on April 10, 2027. The free community programming the Covey is quietly excellent at continues too: A Thrill of Hope, a Christmas concert with known by name (formerly j209) on December 2, 2026, and Songs of Easter Praise from Around the World, a free Easter Eve concert on March 27, 2027 featuring cultural communities from across the valley.
The season lands a year into the venue's push upmarket — the same stretch that earned it Best Music Venue in Utah Valley Magazine's 2026 "Best Of" awards and brought in the transparent pricing model we covered when it rolled out this spring: tickets listed with taxes and fees included, and touring shows frequently priced far under the same productions at bigger Utah venues.
The Covey is one room in a deep valley scene — our guide to live theater in Utah Valley sets it alongside Hale Center Theater Orem, SCERA, and UVU's Noorda Center. Individual show tickets and the full season calendar are on the Covey's pages at provo.gov; dates and lineups can shift, so confirm there before buying.