Performance

Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • A Jubilant Song

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Join the Festival Chamber Chorale in a concert featuring the music of some of America’s greatest composers. Included in the concert are the haunting melodies of Samuel Barber, the edgy harmonies of Norman Dello Joio, choral super-star Eric Whitacre, as well as glimpses into the Mendocino Music Festival’s final concert with foot-stomping selections by Aaron Copland. The featured work will be Randall Thompson's great choral cycle Frostiana. Spend the afternoon basking in our rich American musical heritage.

    $20

  • MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Graziano Wines

    MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA
    Benefit Events

    Featured wines at this event. A perfect pairing: scrumptious food from MacCallum House’s celebrated chef Alan Kantor and elegant wines from Graziano. An all-inclusive bargain at $125, the evening includes ...

    $125

  • We’re Still Here! Virtual Opening Night 2020

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Around the World

    Opening Night, on July 11: With some scenic aerial footage of the tent site and fun discussions with Festival Orchestra musicians and the makers and shakers of the July season, ...

    Free

  • We’re Still Here! Lucia Micarelli Virtual Visit

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    On July 16, spend some time with Lucia Micarelli. Audience members begged us to bring her back after her stunning concert in 2018. She is an unbelievably talented, eclectic musician ...

    Free

  • We’re Still Here! Virtual Big Band Night 2020

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Education

    Saturday, July 18 is Big Band night! Allan Pollack, Kim Nalley, and the Festival Big Band rhythm section will all get together to talk about Jazz, pop, and the lives ...

  • We’re Still Here! Virtual Closing Night 2020

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Classical

    Saturday, July 25, is Closing Night. This night has traditionally featured a large choral work, so we have asked Jenny Matteucci and Daniel Lockert to join us to talk about ...

    Free

  • Spencer Myer at Home

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Classical

    Pianist Spencer Myer has wowed, inspired and touched Festival audiences many times, and is a warm-hearted and engaging conversationalist. Live from his living room in New York, he’ll give you ...

  • The Life and Music of Kurt Weill

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Education

    Another of Susan Waterfall’s fascinating virtual presentations, this time about Kurt Weill. This gives you an opportunity to learn more before you attend the July 18 Weill concert in Cotton ...

    Free

  • Pine Leaf Boys 2021

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Around the World

    A smash hit at past Festivals, four-time Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys began as a group of friends getting kicked off the college campus for busking in Lafayette and have made ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival String Orchestra 1

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    In the first classical concert, Maestro Allan Pollack will lead the string orchestra in Bach’s richly textured Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major, his clever ...

    $15 – $35

  • One Life to Live: the Songs of Kurt Weill

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    One of America's most eclectic immigrant composers is the incomparable Kurt Weill, with an array of music ranging from classical to Broadway. Join the Mattlock Duo (Jenny Matteucci and Daniel ...

    $15 – $35

  • Diego Figueiredo 2021

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Grammy-nominated guitarist Diego Figueiredo is a virtuoso with an infectious, joyful feeling that will leave you amazed. A brilliant musician who keeps the tradition of the true essence of Brazilian ...

    $15 – $35

  • Stephen Prutsman 2021

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    An enthusiast of the "Progressive" or "Art Rock" genre, and a performer in a couple of "Prog Rock" bands in the late 70s, Stephen Prutsman has been drawn to create ...

    $15 – $35

  • Alexander String Quartet 2021

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the San Francisco-based Alexander String Quartet is widely admired for its interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovich. The group will play the innovative Haydn ...

    $15 – $35

  • Hattie and Joe Craven

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    The Hattie & Joe Craven Show is a duo project celebrating the value of music making and artful living within, and shared by, families. The presentation features a show curated ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival String Orchestra 2

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    The lively “Hoe-down” from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo will get this show on the road. Maestro Pollack will then lead the Festival String Orchestra in his own composition, Suite for My ...

    $15 – $35

  • Perla Batalla

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Once a Leonard Cohen back-up singer, singer-songwriter Batalla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. The Grammy-nominated Batalla has recorded seven albums, written for both film and television, and toured ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Jazz

    This year’s Big Band Night will feature the great Kim Nalley, singing the most popular tunes and arrangements that she has performed over the past number of years. There will ...

    $15 – $35

  • Understanding Schubert, with Susan Waterfall

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Education

    Join us for the virtual world premier of Susan Waterfall's Understanding Schubert—an 85-minute video biography, with art and portraits from Schubert’s era as well as 16 recorded musical excerpts, including ...

    $10

  • The Life and Art of Claude Debussy, with Susan Waterfall

    Zoom Cyberspace
    Education

    Join us for the exciting premiere of Susan Waterfall’s new film The Life and Art of Claude Debussy. Immerse yourself in the composer’s world, and enhance your experience of the many Debussy offerings in this summer’s Festival: the Festival Orchestra’s Afternoon of a Faun, the Calder’s performance of the String Quartet, Spencer Myer’s Pour le Piano, and the two narrated chamber music concerts Breakfast with Chou-Chou and Sounds and Perfumes of Evening.

    $10

  • Festival Orchestra 1

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    Maestro Allan Pollack will open the Festival with The Phoenix, his new composition that celebrates the victory of life over death and hope over despair. Yevgeny Kutik will solo in Prokofiev’s ethereal Violin Concerto No. 1. The concert will conclude with Beethoven’s rhythmic and lively Symphony No. 7.

    $15 – $35

  • Hills to Hollers

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Super-group Hills to Hollers (Barbara Higbie, Vicki Randle, Laurie Lewis) explores the rich history and intertwined roots of the African-American and white musical traditions of the American south. Vicki Randle, ...

    $15 – $35

  • Breakfast with Chou-Chou

    Breakfast with Chou-Chou
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Join Debussy at the breakfast table with his wife and beloved daughter, Chou-Chou, as his imagination is stirred by the toys in the nursery, the paintings on the wall, and fantasies of sunlit ancient Greece. Susan Waterfall will play the “Children’s Corner” suite, Eric Kritz will join her on the Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano, and Daniel Lockert will team up with her on Six Épigraphes Antiques. Two sonatas will round out the petit-déjeuner: the darkly humorous Sonata for Cello and Piano, and the magical Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola.

    $15 – $30

  • Business Casual

    Business Casual
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Bay Area vocal band Business Casual explores a wide range of genres including pop, jazz, soul, folk and swing to produce fresh a cappella versions of vintage chart toppers, today's ...

  • Breakfast with Chou-Chou

    Breakfast with Chou-Chou
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Join Debussy at the breakfast table with his wife and beloved daughter, Chou-Chou, as his imagination is stirred by the toys in the nursery, the paintings on the wall, and fantasies of sunlit ancient Greece. Susan Waterfall will play the “Children’s Corner” suite, Eric Kritz will join her on the Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano, and Daniel Lockert will team up with her on Six Épigraphes Antiques. Two sonatas will round out the petit-déjeuner: the darkly humorous Sonata for Cello and Piano, and the magical Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola.

    $15 – $30

  • Business Casual

    Business Casual
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Bay Area vocal band Business Casual explores a wide range of genres including pop, jazz, soul, folk and swing to produce fresh a cappella versions of vintage chart toppers, today's ...

  • Bululú

    Bululú
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    The vernacular Venezuelan term, bululú, means “a gathering of people with excitement.” The San Francisco Bay Area band launched by Venezuelan-born percussionist Lali Mejia and Mexican string expert and vocalist ...

  • Piano Series: Spencer Myer

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Audience favorite Spencer Myer returns to play Beethoven Sonata No. 27, Op. 90; Debussy’s Pour le Piano; and Chopin’s “The Four Impromptus.” Two pieces from Enrique Granados’ Goyescas suite—inspired by ...

    $15 – $35

  • Piano Series: Spencer Myer

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Audience favorite Spencer Myer returns to play Beethoven Sonata No. 27, Op. 90; Debussy’s Pour le Piano; and Chopin’s “The Four Impromptus.” Two pieces from Enrique Granados’ Goyescas suite—inspired by ...

    $15 – $35

  • Bululú

    Bululú
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    The vernacular Venezuelan term, bululú, means “a gathering of people with excitement.” The San Francisco Bay Area band launched by Venezuelan-born percussionist Lali Mejia and Mexican string expert and vocalist ...

  • The StepCrew

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Created by Cara Butler and Jon and Nathan Pilatzke (longtime touring members of The Chieftains), The StepCrew combines Irish, Tap and Ottawa Valley Step dancing, music, and song. The virtuosic ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Orchestra 2

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    Debussy’s symphonic poem, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, will take us into Debussy’s charming orchestral music. The mood will change with Mozart’s first orchestral masterpiece, Symphony No. 29. Jennifer Cho and Jonah Kim will be featured in Brahms’ last work for orchestra, the Concerto for Violin and Cello.

    $15 – $35

  • Calder Quartet 2022

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Back for a tenth year of sensitive and eloquent playing, the Calder Quartet will perform the Beethoven Quartet Op.18, No. 3, and the Debussy G-minor Quartet for Strings. In addition ...

    $15 – $35

  • Las Cafeteras

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Around the World

    A Chicano band from East Los Angeles, Las Cafeteras are known for their infectious live performances and music that fuses word and folk music with traditional Son Jarocho, Afro-Mexican music, ...

    $15 – $35

  • Jackie Gage

    Jackie Gage
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Jackie Gage is a jazz singer whose velvety voice, relaxed piano playing, and uplifting songwriting straddle the worlds of jazz, folk, and R&B. Born in San Jose, she relocated to ...

  • Sounds and Perfumes of Evening

    Sounds and Perfumes of Evening
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Debussy was interested in writing music that evoked feelings in listeners and in himself, and these pieces showcase his ability to conjure the mysterious atmosphere of night, moonlight, and erotic ...

    $15 – $30

  • Jackie Gage

    Jackie Gage
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Jackie Gage is a jazz singer whose velvety voice, relaxed piano playing, and uplifting songwriting straddle the worlds of jazz, folk, and R&B. Born in San Jose, she relocated to ...

  • L’apero at Ledford House

    Ledford House Restaurant 3000 CA-1, Albion, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    Featured wines at this event When there is nothing left to do besides have good food and wine with friends, L’apéro is the part of the day when the French ...

    $75

  • Sounds and Perfumes of Evening

    Sounds and Perfumes of Evening
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Debussy was interested in writing music that evoked feelings in listeners and in himself, and these pieces showcase his ability to conjure the mysterious atmosphere of night, moonlight, and erotic ...

    $15 – $30

  • Ralph Humphrey and Summit

    Ralph Humphrey and Summit
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Summit is a group of accomplished musicians playing together for the first time to make music that includes original compositions and classic standards from the Great American Songbook. Legendary drummer ...

  • Piano Series: Gloria Cheng

    Piano Series: Gloria Cheng
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Washington Post called Gloria Cheng “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." Among the pieces she will play this year are “32 Garlands for Steven Stucky,” ...

    $15 – $35

  • Ralph Humphrey and Summit

    Ralph Humphrey and Summit
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Summit is a group of accomplished musicians playing together for the first time to make music that includes original compositions and classic standards from the Great American Songbook. Legendary drummer ...

  • Piano Series: Gloria Cheng

    Piano Series: Gloria Cheng
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Washington Post called Gloria Cheng “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." Among the pieces she will play this year are “32 Garlands for Steven Stucky,” ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Chorale, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Classical

    The first part of this concert, “All Creatures Great and Small” will feature the Festival Chamber Chorale, directed by Jenny Matteucci, singing a menagerie of music from Renaissance to Contemporary, ...

    $15 – $35

  • Emerging Artists Concert

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    The annual concert by the wonderfully talented young string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love hearing accomplished musicians interpret chamber music classics. CHOOSE ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley

    Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Jazz

    According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Kim Nalley is a vocal powerhouse with pipes to burn and works the stage like she means it." Put her in front of the seasoned Festival Big Band musicians and you have an evening of red-hot jazz, steamy blues, and sexy swing.

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Chorale: All Creatures Great and Small (Preston Hall)

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Classical composers have always been inspired by animals. Think of orchestral works like Carnival of the Animals by St. Saens or Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. In the field ...

    $20

  • Festival Chorale: A Jubilant Song

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Mendocino Music Festival Chorale will perform a concert celebrating American composers, including music by Aaron Copland, Norman Dello Joio, Gwyneth Walker, and the lovely Frostiana by Randall Thompson. This ...

    $20

  • Maurizio! The Life and Times of Maurice Ravel

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Education

    In-person film premier with Susan Waterfall. You’ve heard music by Ravel and probably loved it. You’ve heard random gossip about this secretive composer. Now’s your chance to experience Ravel’s life and music in its historic context. With contemporary art and photographs, and 26 musical excerpts...

    $20

  • Celebration Toast and Dinner

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    Celebration! Toast to the Tent We hope you can join us as we return to our Tent Concert Hall. It’s time to joyfully celebrate our amazing Festival community and the ...

    $25 – $125