The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University has announced its 2024-2025 Rialto Series including award-winning funk, opera and jazz musicians.

“We are excited for the upcoming season that features a broad range of artists – from funk, to African dance, to jazz” said Amy Reid, director with Georgia State University’s Office of Educational Outreach who oversees the Rialto Center for the Arts. “Our 2024-25 season is designed to bring audiences from the Atlanta area and beyond to connect with the Georgia State University campus and engage with our world-renown artists and performers.”

Performers of the upcoming series earned a total of three Grammy Awards from a combined 17 nominations.

The season begins Sept. 21 with the political comedy of Capitol Fools, the Washington-based musical parody group that emerged from the former troupe Capital Steps. Then on Oct. 6 audiences will experience Cirque Kalabanté – Afrique en Cirque, described as “a trip to African soil where the sets and costumes pay homage to the Guinean diaspora (with) high-level acrobatics, innovative choreography and colorful rhythms.”

The Rialto continues with consecutive award-winning musicians and events including: Veteran R&B and funk legends, Tower of Power, on Oct. 19; 2024 Grammy-winners, säje on Oct. 26; hitmakers of the ’50s with The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters on Feb. 8; the Rialto return of two-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater on March 29; and Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen with the Georgia State University Jazz Band on April 18.

Subscriptions are available now and single tickets go on sale Aug. 22 at Rialto.GSU.edu, the Rialto Box Office or phone via (404) 413-9TIX (9849). Free validated parking is provided for all Rialto Series shows at the 100 Peachtree Parking Garage (formerly the Equitable deck; GPS: 123 Fairlie Street NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30303).