concert programs

Event listing booklets

Concert programs are printed booklets or sheets distributed at musical performances, containing information about the works being performed, the performers, and often biographical notes or historical context.

They serve as both guides during the performance and keepsakes afterward: She saved every concert program from her years as a subscriber.

The term also refers to the selection of pieces chosen for a concert: The conductor assembled an ambitious concert program of twentieth-century works.

Opposites
event documentation type

concert programsconcert tickets

Entry for live performances

backstage passes · ticket stubs · wristbands

planned/formal vs. spontaneous/informal performance

concert programsstreet performances

Entertainment in public spaces

open mic nights

Family

program, concert, concerto

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G