Festival City Symphony is thrilled to announce a new season of concerts for 2025-2026! Their Music Director and dedicated staff have spent the summer curating a lineup that blends timeless classics with exciting new pieces.

Admission is FREE for both of our concert series, the Saturday Classics series at the Bradley Symphony Center and the Pajama Jamboree series at the Marcus Performing Arts Center.

The Saturday Classics concert series welcomes newcomers and established symphony enthusiasts alike. Held at the elegant yet inviting Bradley Symphony Center at 212 W Wisconsin Ave in Milwaukee, this concert series makes classical music accessible to all. Admission to Saturday Classics concerts is FREE with suggested donation.

Gain a better understanding of each concert’s theme and learn the secrets of the composers by attending Festival City Symphony’s pre-concert presentation, “Unlocking the Score.” Music educator Lynn Roginske will help audience members of all ages listen for harmonies, watch for crescendos, and feel the music more deeply. All are invited to this free talk from stage, which begins thirty minutes prior to the concert start time.

Admission to Saturday Classics concerts is FREE with suggested donation! Suggested donation amounts are $14 for adults and $8 for children, students, and seniors for each concert.

• Festival City Symphony is proud to partner with Violins of Hope – Wisconsin, presented by Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO), for its October 18 Saturday Classics concert, “Hope, Resilience, and Copland’s American Symphony.”
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    Violins of Hope is a collection of Holocaust-era instruments restored by Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein. Over the past decades, the Weinsteins have located and repaired dozens of violins that belonged to Jewish musicians before and during World War II. Some were played in ghettos, forests, and concentration camps; others accompanied their owners on journeys of survival and exile. Each violin, whether its story is known or lost, has been given new life.

    Not every instrument’s full history is known, but each violin in the Violins of Hope collection is a witness to Jewish life and culture. These instruments represent musical traditions that the Holocaust sought to silence, yet could not destroy. Their survival, restoration, and return to the concert stage testify to both the richness of Jewish musical heritage and the resilience of the human spirit.