Folsom, Calif. – (Oct. 16, 2025) – SAFE Credit Union is teaming up with Sacramento's prominent performing arts groups to offer more opportunities for audience members to attend live shows.
Along with presale tickets to Broadway Sacramento Broadway on Tour shows, members of SAFE Credit Union can purchase discounted tickets to Sacramento Ballet and Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera performances during the 2025-26 season.
SAFE is collaborating with Sacramento Ballet and the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera to offer current and new members a 15 percent discount on ticket purchases to all performances, including the upcoming popular annual “Nutcracker” (Dec. 12-21) ballet. The credit union recently came together with Broadway Sacramento to offer members earlier access to purchase tickets to its Broadway on Tour shows.
“It’s wonderful to see local organizations like SAFE Credit Union supporting the arts and helping make live performance more accessible to our community,” says Sacramento Ballet Rehearsal Director Stefan Calka. “Joint efforts like these allow more people to experience the magic of ballet in person.”
Members can purchase their discounted tickets and access early sales information through SAFE Online Banking and the SAFE Mobile App or by calling the credit union’s Contact Center at (800) SEE-SAFE.
“We are so happy to once again bring value to our loyal members with these exclusive benefits,” says SAFE Credit Union Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Allison Yee-Garcia. “It’s a win-win for our members and local performing arts organizations who bring such great shows to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center and Performing Arts District.”
SAFE Credit Union Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications Allison Yee-Garcia
Upcoming Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera performances in 2025 include, “Opera! Bluebeard’s Castle,” (Nov. 22). Performances in 2026 include, “Tchaikovsky and Schumann,” (Jan. 31), “Love & Death: From Romeo and Juliet to Fauré’s Requiem,” (April 25) and “Beethoven Symphony No. 9”, featuring the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Chorus, (May 30-31).
“We are so pleased to collaborate with SAFE to invite more people to have access and to share in the joy of attending live musical performances,” says Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Chief Executive Officer Giuliano Kornberg. "SP&O is so fortunate to perform in such an amazing venue like the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center."
Upcoming 2025 and 2026 Sacramento Ballet events and performances in addition to the Nutcracker ballet are “Connections,” (Oct. 24 -Nov. 2), “Sleeping Beauty,” (Feb. 13-15), “Visions,” (March 20-22), and “Beer & Ballet,” (May 28-May 31).
Upcoming Broadway on Tour shows in 2026 are "Disney's The Lion King,” (Jan. 7-25), “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” (Feb. 3-7), “Beetlejuice,” (Feb. 17-22), “MJ The Musical,” (April 8-19), “Back to the Future,” (May 13-24), and “Hell’s Kitchen,” (July 29-Aug. 9).
In 2019, SAFE Credit Union announced its 25-year, $23 million commitment and investment into Sacramento’s SAFE Credit Union Convention and Performing Arts District.
In addition to Calka's summation, Sacramento Ballet Rehearsal Director Elise Elliott adds the ballet is “excited to welcome new audiences to the theater through this collaboration.”
“It’s what keeps the arts vibrant in Sacramento,” Elliott says.
For more information email [email protected].
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About SAFE
SAFE Credit Union has made members an integral part of its vision since 1940. Over the years the credit union has kept the focus on what really matters, putting members first, a formula that has seen SAFE grow into a leading financial institution in Northern California with more than $4.3 billion in assets and about 244,000 members. SAFE crafts every cutting-edge product and sterling service with members’ needs foremost in mind. In addition to banking services conveniently available through online, chat, mobile, or phone options, SAFE offers in-person care for members and small businesses at service centers across the Greater Sacramento region. SAFE is a not-for-profit, state-chartered credit union with membership open to businesses and individuals living or working in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Sutter, Butte, Nevada, Solano, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Yuba, Amador, and Alameda counties. Equal Housing Opportunity Lender. Insured by NCUA. www.safecu.org
About Sacramento Ballet
Since 1954, Sacramento Ballet has been a beacon of artistic excellence in the California Capital Region, delivering world-class dance performances, education, and community outreach programs. A cornerstone of Sacramento’s cultural community, its mission is to enhance the human condition through dance and to make it accessible to everyone. As the region’s only dance company to maintain a roster of professional dance artists, Sacramento Ballet captivates thousands of patrons each year with its enthralling performances and community outreach events. Unique among local arts organizations, Sacramento Ballet welcomes internationally renowned dancers and choreographers to live and create groundbreaking artistic works right here in our beautiful city and serves as a representative of California’s thriving cultural scene on national and international stages. Sacramento Ballet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, funded by ticket sales and individual donations, as well as contributions from corporate, foundation, and government entities. This vital support enables the company to present unparalleled, world-class programming that inspires and uplifts, while expanding the reach of the artform through educational and outreach initiatives.
About Broadway Sacramento
Broadway Sacramento is one of California’s most successful non-profit musical theatre producing and presenting organizations. Between the Broadway At Music Circus and Broadway On Tour series of musical theatre productions, Broadway Sacramento entertains more than 300,000 patrons every year. Since its inception in 1951, Broadway At Music Circus has become one of the industry’s most acclaimed regional theatres, a favorite place to work for actors, singers, dancers, musicians, directors, choreographers and other creative professionals from around the country. In addition to its musical theatre productions, Broadway Sacramento offers a variety of programs to make theatre more accessible and operates a nationally recognized education program that provides opportunities for students of all ages to learn from theatre professionals and gain valuable experience. Broadway Sacramento is a member of the Broadway League.
About Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
Unique and inspiring, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera has reclaimed its place as one of the region’s leading performing arts organizations. In the past 10 years, the SP&O has made tremendous artistic, community, and fiscal strides through a business model that has solidly moved from one of instability to one of stability. Today, the SP&O serves as a vibrant cultural community asset – one that is shaped by Sacramento, whose offerings are uniquely of Sacramento, and whose vision for the future is designed for Sacramento. The SP&O continues its stellar concerts, operas, and community engagement programs that bring the passion of classical music to schools, hospitals, shelters, and more. We look forward to continually benefiting this region through our work and expanding our impact and how we’re able to serve this growing, thriving community.