The footprint
Across more than a decade, 30 Days of Opera has presented hundreds of
performances in every zip code in Memphis, and across the Tri-State area.
It’s the clearest way we live out our belief that opera belongs to everyone.
running every year since 2011
free performances across the city
zip code in Memphis — the entire 901
Memphians reached over the years
Out in the city
Some shows you can find on the calendar; others you simply happen upon.
Here’s a glimpse at some past 30 Days of Opera lperfromances across the 901.
No box office, no paywall - just show up or happen upon it.
At least one free performances a day, each in a different corner of the city.
30 days a year, every year since 2011 - rain or shine.
How it works
During September there are many small performances — often more than one a day, each somewhere new. Most are on the calendar so you can plan around them. The rest are left off on purpose, so opera can find you when you least expect it.
About two-thirds of the month is published in advance on our September events calendar — what, where, and roughly when. Plan your route, bring the family, and add the ones you love to your own calendar.
Interested in us performing in your neighborhood? Let us know! We are always looking for new partners.
The rest are intentionally unannounced — meant to be stumbled upon. Even some “announced” stops (say, “we’ll be in Cooper-Young”) skip the exact time and spot, so it still feels like a discovery. Because who wants to live in a city without random acts of opera erupting from time to time?
Where we've turned up
Keep it free
Every one of these performances is given to Memphis at no cost — and it stays that way because neighbors, businesses, and lifelong opera lovers choose to fund it. Your gift puts singers on one more corner, in one more park, on one more porch.
Underwrites the music for one pop-up performance.
Brings a full company quartet to a single neighborhood.
Sponsors an entire day of free opera,
anywhere in the 901.
Made possible by
30 Days reaches dozens of neighborhoods and tens of thousands of people each fall — a visible, beloved way for partners to show up for the whole city. Thank you to the sponsors who keep it free.
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