Ben Folds & A Piano

Name: Ben Folds & A Piano
Start: 2026-05-14T19:30:00-06:00
Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Schedule

Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Lensic Performing Arts Center | Santa Fe, NM

TICKETS
$61–$126 + fees
CHARITY FEE: $1.00 from every ticket sold will support Ben Folds’ Charity, Keys For Kids.
MEMBER PRE-SALE: Thurs, Jan 29, 10 am. Want pre-sale access? Become a Lensic member!
PUBLIC SALE: Fri, Jan 30, 10 am.
For online ticketing sales & support, contact the Lensic box office: 505-988-1234.
For in-person sales, visit the Lensic box office.

VENUE: LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SEATING: Yes
ALCOHOL: Yes, there are two bars in the inner lobby
OUTSIDE FOOD/DRINK: No
PARKING: Yes, you can pre-pay for parking validation in the Sandoval garage (across the street) during your checkout
ADA: Yes, please notify a box office representative of your accommodations prior to the show
Please be advised that by entering this event, you are agreeing to being filmed and/or photographed, and the resulting assets may be used for Lensic marketing or promotional purposes. Should you wish not to be photographed or recorded on video, please notify a staff member or one of the event photographers/videographers.

BEN FOLDS
Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album, and numerous collaborative records.
He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing for over two decades with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.
Folds, who served for eight years as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, stepped down from his post when Donald Trump announced his takeover of the Center. On October 25 and 26, 2024, just days before the US presidential election, Folds recorded two sold out performances with the NSO which he released as a live album in July which debuted at the top of the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
A New York Times Best Selling author, Ben also creates new music for film, tv and theatre, with original new music he composed to be featured in an animated Peanuts special airing this summer on Apple TV.
In 2022, he launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Kids,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically-disadvantaged households. For the past 15 years he has been an outspoken advocate for arts funding, music education and music therapy in the US as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.