Sensory Friendly Nutcracker

Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts desires that all families are be able to enjoy the tradition and magic of the Nutcracker for the holidays. Join us December 11th at 6pm! (vouchers required, see below) What Makes Our Performance Sensory Friendly? Abbreviated performance length and multiple intermissions House lights remain half-dimmed Sound volume is controlled and edited to decrease abrupt sounds No …

HBPA Field Trip Performances

Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts is thrilled to be offering multiple field trip performances this year of both our spring musical, The Lightning Thief, and our spring ballet, Degas and the Little Dancer. Tickets are $10 per student, with one free teacher admitted per 10 students! These performances are available to school groups only. Register your school group at this link! The Lightning …

Pinocchio

Pinocchio is a G-rated musical about staying true to yourself and doing what’s right. Come along with puppet boy Pinocchio as he learns to navigate troubles on his first day of school! Free performances Saturday September 27th 2025, 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm at the CommScope Stage in Downtown Hickory

Hickory Art Crawl: Finding Fairies

Tomorrow, Thurs, Sept 21, Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts is presenting a free musical theater experience for children during the Hickory Downtown Art Crawl! It’s free and sounds like so much fun for children! Meet the Fairies at Cowa Sake restaurant downtown at 6pm. We’ll start our show and make our way downtown, stopping at kid-friendly businesses participating in the …

HBPA to Join the Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts

HBPA has been invited to participate in the Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts! The Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts is a weekend-long celebration of the creativity and talents of area visual, literary and performing artists and designers. Festival events begin Friday evening, April 23, and run through Sunday, April 25, on the grounds of the 34-acre venue of …