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  • Kathleen Grace 2019

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

    Kathleen Grace has forged a remarkable career that has sent her around the globe playing for audiences who appreciate her eclectic musical tastes that range from jazz, to blues, to ...

    $15 – $30

  • Guitars in the Mendocino Village 2019

    Various Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    If you’re out and about Mendocino on Friday afternoon July 19 during the Festival you may happen upon a little Bach, some bossa nova, or even a classic pop song ...

  • Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performanceGuest conductor Mary Chun. Stage director Ann Woodhead. Donizetti’s enduringly popular comic opera features a spunky and beautiful landowner, a poor but good-hearted country boy and ...

    $15 – $52

  • Alex de Grassi and Andrew York 2019

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

    Fingerstyle guitar master Alex de Grassi is the founder of the Mendocino Summer Guitar Workshop which runs concurrently with the Mendocino Music Festival. Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist, composer and guest ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Big Band: Tribute to Aretha, featuring Kim Nalley 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Featured wines at this performance. With a reputation as one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists, Kim Nalley is back to join the big band musicians in a ...

    $15 – $55

  • Brahms: His Life and Times, featuring Susan Waterfall 2019

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

    Brahms' momentous meeting with Clara and Robert Schumann when he was only 20 forged a bond of love and familial connection that lasted throughout Brahms’ and Clara’s lifetimes. Susan’s lecture ...

    $15 – $30

  • Ruthie Foster 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performanceHailing from rural Texas, Foster is a singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. Mixing a wide palette of American song forms, from gospel and blues to ...

    $15 – $52

  • Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2019

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

    Featured wines at this event Enjoy a delightful evening of gourmet food and music at one of the area’s leading restaurants, with premium wines generously supplied by Husch Vineyards, and ...

    $100

  • Brahms: Clean-Shaven-2019

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

    Susan Waterfall will play the Four Ballades Op. 10; Miles Graber, Larry Lowe, and Jay Zhong will essay the Horn Trio in E-flat Major Op. 40; and Carolyn Steinbuck, Jay ...

    $15 – $30

  • Carolyn Wonderland 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performance. A musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis and the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray, Carolyn Wonderland reaches into the depths of ...

    $15 – $42

  • The Odd Dogs 2019

    Hill House Inn 10701 Palette Drive, Mendocino, CA
    Jazz

    The Odd Dogs’ sound is a melting pot of dynamic rock and world music, expressed through jazz and improvisational sensibilities. The band draws from a rich pallet of musical influences: ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Orchestra 2, featuring Spencer Myer 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Festival Orchestra with pianist Spencer Myer Featured wines at this performance.The concert will open with Mendelssohn’s evocative concert overture, The Hebrides; long-time crowd favorite Spencer Myer will bring his warm ...

    $15 – $52

  • Brahms: Bearded 2019

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

    Susan Waterfall and Eric Kritz will play the Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 120; Christopher Nomura and Daniel Lockert will sing Vier Ernste Gesänge; and Jay Zhong, ...

    $15 – $30

  • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this event Grammy-award winner Peter Rowan is a singer-songwriter who started his career as a Blue Grass Boy in 1964. By Bill Monroe's own admission, Peter sounded ...

    $15 – $42

  • Emerging Artists Concert 2019

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

    The annual recital by the enormously talented young string players from the festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love chamber music. BUY TICKETS

    $15 – $30

  • Sweet Honey in the Rock® 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performanceSweet Honey is a well-known Grammy Award-winning (and many times nominated) a cappella ensemble that expresses their history as African American women through song, dance, and sign language. Rooted in the hymns, gospel music, and spirituals, the troupe seeks to preserve and extend the traditions of African American vocal music while ...

    $15 – $52

  • Business Casual 2019

    Hill House Inn 10701 Palette Drive, Mendocino, CA
    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 top 40 hits, and award-winning original songs. In 2018, Business Casual was named National Champion at the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival and their first ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Orchestra 3, featuring the Festival Chorus 2019

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performance.Festival Orchestra and Chorus The season finale will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major; Brahms’ orchestrally-accompanied choral work, Schicksalslied Op. 54; and Beethoven’s great choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125, with soloists Shawnette Sulker, Betany Coffland, Christòpheren Nomura, and Alex Boyer. Ticket price includes pre-concert ...

    $15 – $55

  • 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 hors d'oeuvres and wine at 6:00, followed by dinner with wine at 7:00. This event has been cancelled. If you have already reserved, you will ...

    $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, get yourself a glass of your favorite beverage and feel again the heartening spirit of music in Mendocino. 7:30 PM, at your house. FREE TICKET ...

    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 whose creativity seems almost limitless. A singer, a violinist, an explorer of styles, her musical life will fascinate you. Her fresh youthfulness spills over into ...

    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 that all the players have led. They have played with some famous musicians, and stories of their experiences will be something you won’t want to ...

  • 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 a singer’s life as well as what is entailed in preparing the chorus for performance. Conductor Mary Chun and Stage Director Elly Lichtenstein will also ...

    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 top 40 hits, and award-winning original songs. In 2020, their album, Voices Only Volume 2, hit the airwaves and in 2021, Business Casual won a ...

  • 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 Jose Roberto Hernandez manifests kindred cultural streams flowing together harmoniously. The nine-piece combo of veteran performers draws on folkloric styles from Venezuelan, Colombian, Chilean, Cuban ...

  • 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 New York City for a few years to immerse herself in a different music scene, and has returned to the Bay Area. A pearlescent, cool-toned ...