Season features acclaimed artists, civic leaders, and visionary thinkers across Grace Farms’ signature series
Tickets available for programs to Grace Farms members on May 4, to general public May 18
Grace Farms announced today highlights of its 2026-2027 season.
This September, Grace Farms opens its season with acclaimed artists, civic leaders, and visionary thinkers across Grace Farms’ signature series. Each program is thoughtfully composed to invite the public into a distinct experience, where music, ideas, and atmosphere come together in meaningful ways. Through concerts, conversations, exhibitions, and seasonal experiences, each visit is designed to be immersive, reflective, and attuned to both the environment and one another.
The season will open on September 13 with a conversation with visual artist Teresita Fernández and a performance by violist Jordan Bak.
Music at Grace Farms returns with a series of acoustic performances in the Sanctuary, the only singular glass-enclosed performing arts space in the world. The award-winning artists scheduled to perform include: Leslie Odom Jr.; violinist Nemanja Radulović and the first U.S. tour of his ensemble Double Sens; Broadway Inspirational Voices; a collaboration between Derek Gripper and sarod virtuoso Alam Khan, and folk and Americana singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, accompanied by Eric Jacobsen, cello, and Colin Jacobsen, violin; and cellist and Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence Arlen Hlusko with concert pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe, co-founder, Anderson & Rowe.
The Lectures with Concert series, which pairs thought leaders and musicians, will feature democracy scholar and nonprofit leader Dr. Danielle Allen; artist, scholar and advocate Dr. Hannah Rose Thomas; and cognitive scientist and Dartmouth President Dr. Sian Leah Beilock. The Lecture by Dr. Thomas will feature a chamber ensemble from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Leading with Purpose, Grace Farms’ leadership series, will kick off with Sarah Harden, former CEO of Hello Sunshine. A highlight of Grace Farms’ architecture programming includes a panel discussion with Sharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms, and architects Francine Houben and Dorte Mandrup moderated by Julia Gamolina.Architecture tours of the internationally acclaimed SANAA-designed River building will also be offered throughout the season. The annual Design for Freedom Summit, which brings together industry leaders to address forced labor in the building materials supply chain, will be held on March 31, 2027.
In January, a two-day Winter Festival brings together nature, architecture, and music, with headliner Darren Kiely alongside outdoor and hands-on culinary, design, and recreation experiences across the landscape.
“Eleven years ago, we opened Grace Farms with the belief that space communicates and can be a catalyst for good, inspiring meaningful encounters and relationships that can change the world and one another,” said Sharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms. “This season reflects everything we’ve built over more than a decade. Each season finds its own rhythm, weaving together nature, architecture and music that opens new perspectives and deepens our work and community.”
“Each season at Grace Farms is curated to offer one-of-a-kind experiences that invite each person to consider the role we all can play in building something better,” said Chelsea Thatcher, Grace Farms’ Chief Strategic Officer and Founding Creative Director. “Our 2026-2027 season, which continues our programmatic theme of ‘We all build,’ is intentionally created to draw you closer to the questions that matter most and to the work Grace Farms does in the world. We hope this season moves all to make the world a more just, sustainable, and peaceful place.”
Additional programs will be announced throughout the season, including events focused on Grace Farms Tea & Coffee, the Certified B Corp™ that gives 100% of profits to Design for Freedom, the Grace Farms movement to eliminate forced and child labor from the building materials supply chain. In early summer, Grace Farms will open its first public tea and coffee café at JPMorganChase’s new global headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.
** A timeline of 2026-2027 season highlights is below**
2026
September 13: Season Opener | Teresita Fernández
September 19: Leading with Purpose | Sarah Harden
September 26: Leslie Odom, Jr.
October 17: Tea Diplomacy, in collaboration with the International House of Japan and American Friends of the International House of Japan
October 24: Founders Architecture Talk: Francine Houben, Dorte Mandrup, and Sharon Prince with Julia Gamolina
November 15: Music at Grace Farms |Nemanja Radulović and Double Sens
December 13: Music at Grace Farms | Broadway Inspirational Voices
2027
January 23: Lecture with Concert | Dr. Danielle Allen
January 30 & 31: Winter Festival with Darren Kiely
February 28: Music at Grace Farms | Derek Gripper and Alam Khan
March 14: Lecture with Concert | Dr. Hannah Rose Thomas and a chamber ensemble from the London Philharmonic Orchestra
March 31: 6th Annual Design for Freedom Summit
April 11: Music at Grace Farms | Aoife O’Donovan with Eric and Colin Jacobsen
April 24: Lecture with Concert | Dr. Sian Leah Beilock
May 8: Music at Grace Farms | Elizabeth Joy Roe & Arlen Hlusko
In addition to the highlights above, Grace Farms’ ongoing programs include:
Weekly Children and Family Programs
Imagination Playground – Daily
Bunny Book Group – Fridays, 11 – 11:30 am
Studio Beginnings – Thursdays 10 am – 12 pm
Open Arts Studio – Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm
Tours
Grace Farms Tour – Saturdays, 10:30 am – 12 pm
Private Architecture Tours – Tuesday – Friday, 10:30 am – 12:45 pm
