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.
The offer extends to professional and George Mason student performances in the Center for the Arts and Harris Theatre on George Mason’s Fairfax Campus, as well as the Hylton Performing Arts Center on the Science and Technology Campus in Manassas. Free content is also available to watch on the digital venue Mason Arts Amplified.
Tickets for impacted individuals may be reserved by phone or in person at the venue Ticket Offices. Individuals will be asked to confirm their government agency. Offer is limited to two tickets per person, per event.
Inventory for the offer is limited per performance, and the offer is not applicable on previously purchased tickets. Complimentary tickets may not be resold. Tickets will not be honored if they are resold.
This webpage will be updated if additional performances may become eligible for this offer.
Updated as of Oct. 23:
Eligible Performances and Ticket Office Information
Fairfax Campus Performances
Center for the Arts & Harris Theatre
703-993-2787 | 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Great Performances at Mason
- Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin—The Romantic, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.
- Limón Dance Company, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.
- 360 ALLSTARS, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.
- La Santa Cecilia, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m.
- Mariza, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Family Series
George Mason Student Performances
- Mason Choirs Concert: Timeless: Choral Voices Across the Centuries, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m.
- Mason Symphony Orchestra Concert Fall 2025, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m.
- Mason Jazz Ensemble Concert: Fall 2025, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Oct. 30–Nov. 2
- George Mason School of Dance: Fall: New Dances 2025, Nov. 6, 7 at 8 p.m.
- George Mason Dewberry School of Music: Jazz Vocal Night: Fall 2025, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
- George Mason Dewberry School of Music: Jazz4Justice, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.
- George Mason School of Theater: Light Up the Sky, Nov. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 22, 23 at 2 p.m.
Science and Technology Campus
Hylton Performing Arts Center
703-993-7759 | 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, Virginia 20110
Hylton Presents
- Time for Three, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.
- Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Paquito D’Rivera, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.