15 Things to Do in St Louis in March

Looking for a slam dunk on your St. Louis itinerary? The Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship – affectionately known as Arch Madness – is a spectacular showcase for the league. Held in St. Louis for more than 30 seasons in a row, the games feature rip-roaring competition that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Make plans to attend the event at Enterprise Center, as all 12 teams will be battling for a trip to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. From March 20 to 22, Enterprise Center will also host the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament – tickets are on sale now!

Inventive, explosive, provocative and witty – Stomp is an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. Garnering armfuls of awards, the international percussion sensation has appeared on stages around the world as well as numerous national TV shows. In the utterly unique performances, the eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – think matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans and hubcaps – to create magnificent rhythms, and year after year, audiences return for more pulse-pounding productions.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, founder and board chair Emily Rauh Pulitzer will present a deeply personal exhibition, drawing on her extensive collection as well as the permanent collections of the Harvard Art Museums and the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she began her curatorial career. The milestone project, Dialogues & Conversations, assembles 70 sculptures, drawings, paintings and photographs by artists ranging from Edgar Degas to Medardo Rosso and Alberto Giacometti to Doris Salcedo to examine the nature of artistic influences and exchanges in both art history and everyday life.

Combining intergenerational history, archival research and theories of art and film, Andrea Carlson creates incisive works of resistance and sovereignty that disempower colonial storytelling and practices of erasure. A descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and Scandinavian settlers, Carlson’s layered, multi-paneled paintings are made with oil, acrylic, gouache, colored pencil, graphite, watercolor and ink.

Folk-country sensation and chart-topping singer-songwriter Zach Bryan will launch his biggest international tour to date, With Heaven On Tour, at The Dome at America’s Center on March 7. Known for his emotionally charged storytelling and wide-ranging appeal across country, folk and rock audiences, Bryan is coming off a monumental fall run that saw him sell out major college football stadiums across the U.S.

From festive parades to fun runs to green beer, there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the Gateway City. On the Saturday before March 17, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade fills the streets of downtown St. Louis with elaborate floats, colorful balloons and marching bands.

Celebrations for the Route 66 centennial are in full swing, and the National Museum of Transportation is joining the party! The museum’s new exhibition, Roads, Rivers, Rooms and Reels, explores the stories, memories and modes of travel that shaped America’s most iconic highway and the communities connected to it.

Majestic marble sculptures, vivid plaster frescoes, bronze artifacts and glass vessels chronicle life at the height of the Roman Empire in this ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan speaks to the enduring power of art as a political and social tool, showcasing how Emperor Trajan invested in art and architecture to shape civic life in the ancient world.

In its 31st season, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival will return to the B&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10 for two weeks of cinematic excellence. Dramas, documentaries and comedies will grace the silver screen throughout the festival, which opens with For the Living, a powerful meditation on dehumanization, and Nuremberg, an intellectually provocative feature film that brings the world’s most infamous war crimes trial into sharp psychological focus.

Thursday nights shine at the Missouri History Museum. As part of its weekly series, the museum keeps its galleries open late, inviting visitors to explore exhibitions such as The 1904 World’s Fair, Mill Creek: Black Metropolis and Made in St. Louis while enjoying pop-up activities.

Part of the Blues Is Alright Tour, the 18th annual Gateway Blues Festival comes to Chaifetz Arena this March. Alive with emotive lyrics and guitar accompaniments, the special night will feature performances by King George, Tucka, 803Fresh, West Love, EJ Jones, Mike Clark Jr. and Henry Welch.

Experience dance as a living conversation in this intimate evening with Saint Louis Dance Theatre. Bringing artists and audiences together in a shared celebration of movement, the progressive showcase guides guests through curated vignettes from the company’s Love Languages season, each paired with culinary creations that enhance the social experience.

Commence your ka-kaws! In the United Football League (UFL), the St. Louis Battlehawks are one of the most watched teams, and this month, they kick off the new season with a game against the DC Defenders at The Dome at America’s Center!

It’s time to believe in magic! Broadway’s spellbinding spectacle Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis. Experience the wizarding world like never before – “it’s one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade,” according to Forbes.