This year the Plano Symphony Orchestra is celebrating with a 40th Anniversary Season and will open this year’s festival with a special outdoor community concert on Thursday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. The concert offers families the opportunity to enjoy the orchestra in an outdoor setting while the hot air balloons glow in the background.

The concert will include music for the entire family beginning with the “The Star Spangled Banner” and followed with pieces by Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Bernstein, and Ellington. Concertgoers will also hear selections from films like Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magnificent Seven, Silverado, and favorites from James Bond films. The PSO’s Maestro Héctor Guzmán will conduct the orchestra. The PSO’s appearance at the 2022 Balloon Festival is made possible, in part, by the support of H-E-B/Central Market, Tammy and Charles Miller, and Dianne and Marion Brockette.

A limited number of $150 VIP tickets will be available for the 40th Anniversary concert that ticket includes Thursday VIP parking, festival admission and prime seating for the 7 PM concert. A special wine and cheese reception will be hosted in the VIP tent at 6 PM prior to the 7 PM concert. General admission tickets, which provide access to the concert, are $10 per person, $5 for children age 12 and under and seniors age 65 and up.

VIP CONCERT TICKETS

• VIP parking on Thursday, September 22, 2022
• VIP seating for the 7:00 p.m. concert
• A special wine and cheese reception hosted in the VIP tent at 6:00 p.m. prior to the 7:00 p.m. concert

“We understand the importance of celebrating big anniversaries and welcoming the Plano Symphony Orchestra to the 2022 H-E-B | Central Market Plano Balloon Festival & RUN will mark the first time the Symphony has performed an outdoor, family friendly, community concert.  We’re very excited to showcase the Plano Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Festival and can’t wait to be part of this wonderful evening.”

Jo Via, Executive Director of Plano Balloon Festival, Inc.

“The Plano Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to partner with the Plano Balloon Festival with this opportunity to kick off our 40^th Anniversary Season with an outdoor community celebration. We are so grateful to Jo Via and her team for working with us these past several months in creating a new way for our friends, family, and neighbors to experience the Symphony. This concert will showcase and celebrate the connections we all share and continues the legacy of the PSO in bringing world-class entertainment to our Plano community and beyond.” – Marion Brockette, PSO Board President.

“I am always excited when we can present music to a wider audience and the Plano Balloon Festival will allow us to do just that.    This is a wonderful way for the PSO, and myself, to celebrate our 40 years of making music for North Texas.”

Hector Guzman, Music Director, Plano Symphony Orchestra

For more information, please call the Plano Symphony Orchestra at 972-473-7262. The PSO’s appearance at the 2022 Plano Balloon Festival is made possible, in part, by the support of H-E-B | Central Market, Tammy and Charles Miller, and Dianne and Marion Brockette.