Perelman Theater - Kimmel Center Concerts Philadelphia

About The Venue

The Perelman Theater is part of the Kimmel Cultural Campus, located on the southwest corner of Broad and Spruce Streets in Center City Philadelphia.

The smaller of the two concert halls in the Kimmel Center, the Perelman Theater is a 627-seat auditorium with seating on the plaza, plaza tier, first balcony, and second balcony levels. All concerts at this venue are reserved seating. To view a seating chart of the hall, please click here.

Transportation

Located in Center City, the Perelman Theater is accessible by SEPTA subway, bus, and trolley lines.

Parking Options

CLL Academy, Inc.

251 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

$11 (up to 2 1⁄2 hours) or $20 (2 1⁄2 hours or longer). This indoor lot is located under the Academy House.

Latimer Garage

1510 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

$17 Evenings, $16 Sundays (leave by 5 pm) or $20 (leave after 5 pm). This indoor lot is located on the south side of Latimer Street, a narrow block between Locust and Spruce Streets. Turn right on Latimer from 15th Street.

Avenue of the Arts Garage

1501 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

$28 w/ voucher (Reg. $33). The entrance is located on 15th Street, between Locust and Spruce Streets. Come to the PCMS Box Office Table and request parking validation. Following the concert, you will need to visit one of the pay stations located in the garage lobby at the 15th Street entrance.

Symphony House Parking

440 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

$22 Mon-Fri (after 5pm), $22 Sat-Sun (up to 12 hours). This parking lot is located in Symphony House - entrance is on Broad Street right after Pine Street.

Parkway Corp.

1513 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

$15 Sun-Thu (after 5:31pm), $20 Fri-Sat (after 5:31pm). This small outdoor lot is located on the north side of Pine Street, between 15th and 16th Streets.

Restaurants

Dining Options at the Kimmel Center

Volvér by renowned Chef Jose Garces offers a comfortable setting to enjoy a casual cocktail, pre-theater menu, or post-show dessert. Enjoy Volvér’s upscale/contemporary American cuisine Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 10 pm inside the Kimmel Center.

Garces Trading Company at the Kimmel also offers an all-day café and bar, market, and convenient breakfast and lunch options. Located in Commonwealth Plaza, the café is open daily from 9 am to 4 pm and remains open on concert evenings until the start of the performance.

For more information on dining options at the Kimmel Center, click here.

Location

300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Aqimero

Aqimero offers a special three-course “Night on the Avenue” dinner menu for PCMS concertgoers. Located on the Avenue of the Arts in the Ritz-Carlton, guests can show their program ticket to enjoy a variety of dishes from the restaurant’s popular wood-burning grill for just $35 per person.

Guests can also experience an encore by returning to Aqimero for a nightcap and presenting their ticket stubs for 10% off their bill.

For more information on Aqimero, please click here.

Location

10 Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Estia

Estia, an upscale Greek restaurant, specializes in whole grilled fish, served by the pound. Guests are able to choose their own fresh fish from the restaurant’s expansive displays and watch chefs cook it over a charcoal grill in the open kitchen. For more information click here.

Location

1405-07 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Jose Pistola's

Casual Mexican dinning. Perfect for a quick meal before and drink after any concert.

For more information click here.

Location

263 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Oyster House

Oyster House is an East Coast-style seafood restaurant and raw bar, serving the city’s most extensive selection of oysters on the half shell. Their ever-changing list is focused on local varieties from the mid-Atlantic up to New England and Canada. For more information click here.

Location

1516 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Vedge

A Vegetable Restaurant by James Beard nominated Chefs Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby, Vedge offers an exciting dining experience in Center City’s historic Tiger Building, serving dinner 7 nights a week. For more information on Vedge, click here.

Location

1221 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

La Viola

La Viola Bistro is a family-owned Italian BYOB restaurant serving Abruzzi-inspired fare in an enjoyable atmosphere. Just across the street from the Bistro, sister location La Viola Ovest offers an extended menu, private event space and an outdoor garden. For more information click here.

Location

253 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Upcoming Events

Sphinx Virtuosi w/ Xavier Foley, double bass

Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Generations
Blache: Habari Gani*
Farias: Abran Paso*
Casarrubios: Herencia*
Hailstork: Sonata da Chiesa (Sel)
Foley: Concertante for Two Double Basses and String Orchestra, "Galaxy"*
Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 2, Generations

*new work for Sphinx Virtuosi

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including intermission)

Belcea Quartet

Date: Friday, October 20, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Beethoven: Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Bartók: Quartet No. 1
Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including intermission)

Quartetto di Cremona

Date: Monday, October 30, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Wolf: Italian Serenade
Ravel: Quartet in F Major
Beethoven: Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including intermission)

ECCO w/ Shai Wosner, piano

Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Burleigh: Spirituals [Arr.]
Iyer: Piano Concerto Philadelphia Premiere/PCMS Co-Commission
Dvořák: Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, American [Arr.]

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Bach: Suite in D Minor, BWV 1008
Simcock: Prayer for the Senses Philadelphia Premiere
Britten: Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Brouwer: Sonata No. 2 Philadelphia Premiere
Finnis: Five Preludes
Cassadó: Suite for Solo Cello

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

Boris Giltburg, piano

Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Rachmaninov: 13 Preludes, Op. 32

Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including intermission)

Curtis on Tour; Osmo Vänskä, clarinet; Erin Keefe, violin

Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10
Schulhoff: Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass
Sibelius: En Saga (Arr.)

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission)

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 7:30 PM

Elena Urioste & Melissa White, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt & Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Laura Van der Heijden, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Tom Poster, piano

Walker: Lyric for Strings
Price: Piano Quintet in A Minor
Smith: Divertimento Philadelphia Premiere
Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet in D Major, Op. 110

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

BalletX and Michelle Cann, piano

Date: Saturday, January 6, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Mendelssohn: Work TBA
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words (Sel.)]
Leibowitz: Piano Suite
Shirley: Selection of four songs

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission)

BalletX and Michelle Cann, piano

Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Mendelssohn: Work TBA
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words (Sel.)]
Leibowitz: Piano Suite
Shirley: Selection of four songs

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission)

Maria Włoszczowska, violin and Jeremy Denk, piano

Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1014-1019

Running time: 2 hours (including intermission)

Julia Bullock, soprano and Bretton Brown, piano

Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Barber: My Lizard | Nuvoletta | The Daisies
Converse, arr. Brown: Talkin Like You | I Have Considered the Lilies
Poulenc: Non monsieur, mon mari…
Weill: Complainte de la Seine | Die Muschel von Margate: Petroleum
Poulenc: Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
Weill: Die Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen | The Princess of Pure Delight | Das Lied von der harten Nuss
Strauss: Drei Lieder der Ophelia
Arr. Burleigh: Deep River
Arr. Anderson: He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
Berg: Altenberg Lieder
Rodgers & Hammerstein: selections from The Sound of Music & South Pacific
M. Rodgers: Happily Ever After
B. Dylan: Masters of War
Dvořák, arr. Odetta: Going Home
Cotten: Freight Train | When The Train Comes Along
Miles, arr. Cotten: When I get Home
Converse, arr. Brown: How Sad How Lovely

Running time: 2 hours (including intermission)

Dover Quartet

Date: Sunday, January 14, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Haydn: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Rider
Price: Quartet No. 1 in G Major
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9, Op. 117

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

Goldmund Quartet

Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Haydn: Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Fifths
Schulhoff: Five Pieces for Quartet
Schumann: Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3

Running time: 1 hour and 35 minutes (including intermission)

Susanna Phillips, soprano; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Myra Huang, piano

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
Lee, III: Chavah’s Daughters Speak Philadelphia Premiere
Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, Arpeggione
Still: Romance

Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (including intermission)

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Date: Friday, January 26, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (including intermission)

Richard Goode, piano

Date: Friday, February 2, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Bach: Partita in C Minor, BWV 826
Chopin: Three Mazurkas, Op. 59
Fauré: Barcarolle in G-flat Major, Op. 42
Fauré: Two Nocturnes TBA
Chopin: Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

Daedalus Quartet w/ Stewart Goodyear, piano

Date: Sunday, February 11, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Haydn: Quartet TBA
Goodyear: Piano Quintet Philadelphia Premiere
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including intermission)

Aaron Diehl, piano

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 7:30 PM

An Evening of Ragtime and Harlem Stride
featuring works by Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, and more

Running time: 75 minutes (without intermission)

Musicians from Marlboro III

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 7:30 PM

Anna Göckel & Stephanie Zyzak, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang & Jordan Bak, viola; Chase Park & Christoph Richter, cello; Evren Ozel, piano

Coleridge-Taylor: Five Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 [Sel.]
Dvořák: Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90
Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including intermission)

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center

Transportation

CLL Academy, Inc.

Latimer Garage

Avenue of the Arts Garage

Symphony House Parking

Parkway Corp.

Dining Options at the Kimmel Center

Location

Aqimero

Location

Estia

Location

Jose Pistola's

Location

Oyster House

Location

Vedge

Location

La Viola

Location

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