The A.V. Club's best live shows of 2026: concerts, plays, and musicals from the first half of the year

A.V. Club Staff

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A roundup of the best live shows from the first half of 2026, curated by The A.V. Club's news editor and Broadway correspondent Drew Gillis. The article covers concerts, plays, and musicals, presented in alphabetical order, beginning with a personal account of experiencing Arca's set at C2C at the Knockdown Center.

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While looking back at the first half of 2026, The A.V. Club would be remiss in our assessment of the best it's had to offer if we left out all the concerts, plays, and musicals that encouraged us to get out into the real world.

I was a bit of an Arca agnostic going into this set.

I came out of her set at C2C at the Knockdown Center...

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