Santa Cruz plays events

MTT and Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:00p

Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season...

Carolina Lugo’s & Carolé Acuña’s Ballet Flamenco, 14th Annual Community Showcase, May 25th 8:00PM in Danville

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Danville Village Theatre, Danville

Carolina's 13th Annual Community Showcase will be followed a sultry Spanish night, which is sure to get your heart racing when Carolina & Carolé return to Danville's Village Theater for one night o...

Fatoumata Diawara

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Perpetuating Mali’s rich musical tradition, Fatoumata Diawara presents a joyous mix of the vibrant and understated, combining songs about love, politics and empowerment...

Jonathan Biss plays Schumann

Thursday, Jun 13 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it...

Dr. L. Subramaniam Global Fusion with Larry Coryell

Thursday, Jun 20 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Subramaniam, India’s violin icon, “The Paganini of Indian Classical music”, “the God of Indian Violin” is the serenity of an Indian musician combined with the magnetism of a western “star”...

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

Miguel Zenón Rhythm Collective

Thursday, May 30 7:30p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Final Round of International Russian Music Piano Competition Advanced Category w/Chamber Music Trio

Saturday, Jun 15 7:00p

Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose

Over 100 pianists from 12 different countries compete for ten days starting on June 1st. Final Round of Competition determines Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalists...

Mortified

Friday, Jun 14 7:30p

DNA Lounge, San Francisco

After 7 yrs, check out the bay's funniest and most outlandish comedic/ music experience...

Winner's Concert with Awards Ceremony Followed by a Champagne Reception

Sunday, Jun 16 5:00p

Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose

The top prize winners in each of 4 different age categories (ages 6-32), perform highlights from their performances from the 10 day competition...

David Copperfield at MGM Grand Las Vegas

Saturday, May 25 7:00p

MGM Hollywood Theatre, Las Vegas

David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time...

Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double

Thursday, Jun 6 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist...

Show For Equality: The Stephanie Teel Band

Sunday, Jun 16 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Marriage Equality USA is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization fighting solely for the freedom to marry at the state and federal levels – including successful initiatives in New Y...

Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette...

Kathleen Madigan

Saturday, Sep 14 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

In her 22 year career, Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter...

Rock of Ages - Las Vegas

Saturday, May 25 7:00p

Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

Get set to enjoy the music that ignited a generation...

Dvořák's Cello Concerto and New World Symphony

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Thrilling yet moving, powerful yet tender, Dvořák’s New World Symphony is an enormously popular work sure to enthrall listeners young and old...

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Friday, Jun 14 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A life full of music is the story of Ricky Skaggs...

Bernhoft plus Sun Rai

Tuesday, Jun 25 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Since releasing his sophomore album "Solidarity Breaks" in early 2011, Norwegian retro-soul singer/multi-instrumentalist Bernhoft has thrilled crowds around the world with his stripped-down yet amp...

First Friday Films: The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

Friday, Jun 7 6:30p

Peace Lutheran Church, Danville

Based on the book by sci fi writer Ursula K. LeGuin, who oversaw this production. George Orr (played by Bruce Davidson) is a young man who has dreams that sometimes come true...

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