opening night

noun

: the evening when something (such as a play or concert) is performed in front of an audience for the first time

I have tickets for opening night.

Examples of opening night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If this is the way forward, the Oilers have work to do before opening night. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Carmy gets stuck in the freezer on the opening night of the new restaurant, and everyone else has to figure out how to operate without him. — Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

The trio took the stage at the film festival’s opening night premiere of Sian Heder’s Being Heumann. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

But thrust into an opening night nightmare scenario and then falling behind 10-0 by the third quarter, Lock rose up. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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