Several series of concerts by world-famous musicians, bands, dancers, and musical organizations are presented on campus each year by the departments of music and dance of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, the student center programming boards, and the concert organizations of the different campuses. Many events are free.
The Department of Theater Arts of the Mason Gross School of the Arts presents approximately fifteen to eighteen productions a year at the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center on the Douglass campus. The Cabaret Theater, along with other similar production companies, is a student organization that provides students who are not in the professional Mason Gross School of the Arts program with the opportunity to express their theatrical talents and to broaden their theater experience. The Shoestring Players visit numerous area schools to provide K-6 school children with an introduction to interactive theater.
Numerous lectures are presented regularly by academic departments, lecture series groups, and other organizations.