Salinas performing arts events

Strawberry Fields Forever!

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Rock guitars and classical strings come together for Strawberry Fields Forever, a musical fusion featuring the White Album Ensemble and Santa Cruz County Symphony...

CMT San Jose presents Jesus Christ Superstar

Friday, Jul 26 7:00p

Montgomery Theater, San Jose

A CMT San Jose staple! Jesus Christ Superstar is an early rock opera created by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Afiara String Quartet & Cecilia String Quartet

Sunday, May 19 2:30p

Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

The Afiara and Cecilia String Quartets, first introduced to campus through Stanford’s own St. Lawrence String Quartet, collaborate on a unique program of works for quintet and octet...

West Bay Opera's Otello

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto

West Bay Opera's all new staging of Otello, a collaboration across the centuries by two great geniuses of the stage: Verdi and Shakespeare...

Redwood Symphony to offer Sweeney Todd in two performances

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Cañada College Main Theatre, Woodside

Stephen Sondheim’s rollicking Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, will be presented by Redwood Symphony in two semi-staged performances Saturday, June 1, at 8 p.m...

Monterey Symphony: Ecstasy

Sunday, May 19 3:00p

Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel

Max Bragado-Darman, conductor Dubravka Tomsic, piano Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Modest Mussorgsky (Arr...

MPC Orchestra Performance with Madeline Anderson, Pianist

Monday, May 27 7:00p

Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey

Location: MU101 On May 27th, Labor Day, she will play the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the MPC Orchestra, and she is spectacular!

Smuin Ballet presents Spring Program in Carmel

Friday, Jun 7 8:00p

Carmel Sunset Center, Carmel

Smuin Ballet ends its season with an invigorating lineup of fresh choreography, presenting the West Coast premiere of the bright ballet "Petal" by Helen Pickett, set to music by Philip Glass and Th...

Teen Open Mic at the Carmel Youth Center

Friday, May 24 6:00p

Carmel Youth Center, Carmel

All teen performers welcome. Judges award prizes for best solo artist, best group, best spoken word (e.g. poet, comedian, slam poet, etc.)...

'Mr. Bruce, Do You Swear?'

Friday, May 24 8:00p

The Paper Wing Theatre Company, Monterey

Presented in the Intimate Gallerie Theatre Synopsis: Lenny Bruce, the most important stand-up comedian of the 20th century, gets one more chance to defend his life on the witness stand...

Laughin' @ The Blue Fin

Sunday, Jun 9 8:00p

Blue Fin Cafe & Billiards, Monterey

Laughin' @ The Blue Fin is the hottest new comedy showcase on the Monterey Peninsula! Located right on Cannery Row, Laughin' @ The Blue Fin brings you the funniest up \& coming comics from all over...

Anthony Hill

Wednesday, May 29 7:30p

9 Lives Club, Gilroy

Anthony Hill has appeared on TV with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien for NBC's Smiles-Per-Gallon series...

The Santa Cruz Improv Fest

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Broadway Playhouse, Santa Cruz

Four weekends in May and June (Friday and Saturday) of improvised theater, featuring local and nearly local troupes performing styles ranging from short form to Armando to full-length plays...

Jump City

Sunday, May 19 12:00p

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz

Get a preview of the Boardwalk's summer entertainment during Season Kick-Off weekend! A supercharged 30-minute show for all ages, jam-packed with live urban percussion, hip-hop dance, and street-s...