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  • The House Jacks 2013

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

    The House Jacks is “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle). The band’s pioneering innovations laid the groundwork for the current a cappella renaissance.

  • Rehearsal, Opera

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

    Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino

    Free

  • House Jacks Vocal Workshop 2013

    Matheson Theater 10700 Ford St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Wednesday July 17, 12:00pm Matheson Theater The House Jacks is “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle). The band’s pioneering innovations laid the groundwork for the current a cappella ...

    $15

  • POCO Benefit for MMF 2013

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

    POCO is “All Fired Up” with their new album of that name, and plans to rock their trademark blazing instrumentals and soaring harmonies at a fabulous benefit concert made possible ...

  • Rehearsal, Opera Dress

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

    Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino

    Free

  • Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2013

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

    Hailed by Hugh Wolff of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as “one of the finest pianists of his generation,” Schwartz has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad in recent seasons.

  • Julian Pollack Trio, Hot Club of San Francisco 2013

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

    "...a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger" (San Francisco Chronicle), Julian Pollack's trio will follow a rousing set by Americas finest gypsy swing band in the style of Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, the Hot Club of San Francisco.

  • Kim Nalley, vocals 2013

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

    Kim Nalley, one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists, has the sexy aura of a diva from the forties,

  • Opera: Il Senor Bruschino 2013

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

    Expect a Master Class for Opera Lovers with the maestro, soloists and orchestra, followed by a delightful performance of Rossini’s one-act farce, directed by Allan Pollack

  • Peer-to-Peer Jazz Workshop 2013

    Matheson Theater 10700 Ford St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Saturday July 20, 10:00 AM Matheson Theater “When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands.” – Thelonius Monk, ...

    $15

  • Rehearsal, Big Band

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Rehearsal
    Free

  • Festival Big Band with Kathleen Grace 2013

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

    A smashing evening with the Festival Big Band Orchestra, led by Allan Pollack, who plays a mean saxophone.

  • Rehearsal, Ocean That Has No East, No West (Waterfall)

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

    Rehearsal for Japan Day evening multimedia chamber music concert directed by Susan Waterfall. (Not an orchestra rehearsal.)

    Free

  • A Celebration of Japan’s Ocean Day: Invocation 2013

    Around the World

    Invocation 2:00 PM Cypress Grove Twentieth-century Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu dreamed of swimming in an “ocean that has no east, no west.” His dream of an international culture has inspired ...

  • GONNA, Contemporary Taiko (US Debut) 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Sunday, July 21, 4:00 PM Tent Concert Hall This exciting contemporary taiko ensemble—celebrating their tenth anniversary by visiting the U.S. for the first time with the help of the Mendocino ...

  • Bento Supper by the Sea 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Bento (弁当 bentō) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine, usually in a box-shaped container. Proceeds benefit Otsuchi, Japan (sister city of Fort Bragg), devastated by tsunami.

    $40

  • Ocean That Has No East, No West 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    The Life and Legacy of Toru Takemitsu A Susan Waterfall Production Susan Waterfall’s multi-media production brings to life the artistic world of Japan’s great composer Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), a seminal ...

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 2

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

    Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng, “Fanfare” from China Dreams Takemitsu, To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy, La Mer

    Free

  • Gloria Cheng 2013

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

    Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, described by the New York Times as “an invaluable new-music advocate,”

  • Ledford House: The Dinner Party 2013

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

    A magical evening of gourmet food, wines and entertainment.

    $6 – $100

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 2

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

    Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng, “Fanfare” from China Dreams Takemitsu, To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy, La Mer

    Free

  • Dror Sinai Doumbek Workshop 2013

    Caspar Community Center 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar, CA, United States
    Workshop

    Tuesday, July 23 Caspar Community Center “Rhythm is all around us. With rhythm, we shall achieve better communication and understanding among ourselves and all people” — Dror Sinai Celebrate the ...

    $15

  • Calder Quartet with Gloria Cheng 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Tuesday July 23 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Gloria Cheng, piano Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New ...

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 2

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

    Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng, “Fanfare” from China Dreams Takemitsu, To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy, La Mer

    Free

  • Middle East Peace Concert, Dror Sinai Trio, Rhythms of Harmony 2013

    Caspar Community Center 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Dror Sinai Eliyahu Sills Bouchaib Abdelhadi Wednesday July 24 3:00 PM Caspar Community Center Note: The particulars of some events were finalized after the printed program went to press. Consequently ...

    $20

  • Festival Orchestra: East and West 2013

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

    Wednesday July 24, 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng: Fanfare from China Dreams Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy: La Mer Japanese ...

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 3 (sans chorus)

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

    Bruch, Kol Nidré Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Hallelujah No chorus at this rehearsal.

    Free

  • Piano Series: Jacqueline Schwab 2013

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

    Thursday July 25 3:00 PM Preston Hall Schwab plays "gorgeously spare piano" (The Boston Globe) yet "sounds as if she has an orchestra at her fingertips" (Sing Out). She was ...

  • Cherish the Ladies 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Thursday July 25 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Cherish the Ladies has become the most successful and sought after Irish-American group in Celtic music. When describing them, the critics say ...

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 3

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

    Bruch, Kol Nidré Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Hallelujah

    Free

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 3

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

    Bruch, Kol Nidré Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Hallelujah

    Free

  • Emerging Artists Concert 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Friday, July 26, 4:00pm
    Preston Hall

    Recital by participants in the Emerging Artists Scholarship Program.

    $20

  • Pedrito Martinez Group 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Friday July 26 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall The Pedrito Martinez Group is a small band with a huge sound. It has its roots planted firmly in the Afro-Cuban Rumba ...

  • Rehearsal, Orchestra 3

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

    Bruch, Kol Nidré Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Hallelujah

    Free

  • Festival Orchestra and Chorus 2013

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

    The Festival Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists join forces for a powerfully inspirational program of music based on traditional biblical themes.

  • Big Time in Little River 2013

    Little River home of John and Kathy Danhakl Little River, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    At the incomparable Little River home of John and Kathy Danhakl. Festival Big Band All-Stars Kathleen Grace, Julian Pollack, Allan Pollack, Ralph Humphrey; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

    $125

  • MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner and Silent Auction with Bink Wines 2014

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

    Thursday April 24, 2014 6:00 PM A benefit for Mendocino Music Festival A delicious gourmet dining experience awaits you at the Festival's annual MacCallum House Winemaker's Dinner, from the kitchen of Executive Chef Alan Kantor, and featuring Bink’s acclaimed artisan wines, handcrafted in small lots of sustainably grown fruit from premier vineyards in the hills of ...

    $100

  • Volunteer Sign-Up Day 2014

    Community Center of Mendocino 998 School Street, Mendocino, CA
    Performance

    Join us at Volunteer Sign-Up Day.

  • Bachfest: Berkeley Preview

    Berkeley City Club Members Lounge 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA
    Chamber Music

    An elegant preview of the Mendocino Music Festival's July Bachfest will be presented at the historic Berkeley City Club, an architectural masterpiece by Julia Morgan. Susan Waterfall, Jeremy Cohen, Mindy Rosenfeld, and Burke Schuchmann will perform highlights including the Musical Offering, D Minor Violin Chaconne, the Italian Concerto, and selections from suites and sonatas. No ...

    $20

  • Rehearsal, Orch 1 (7/12)

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Rehearsal
    Free

  • Rehearsal, Orch 1 (7/12)

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Rehearsal
    Free

  • Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2014

    Home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio
    Benefit Events

    Friday, July 11, 2014, 6-9 pm Click to Reserve Now At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Celebrate music and the sustainable abundance of Mendocino County. Enjoy a sumptuous seasonal buffet presented at stations in the kitchens, at the grill, and throughout the gardens. Prepared and presented in the fantastic indoor and ...

    $175

  • Rehearsal, Orch 1 (7/12)

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Rehearsal
    Free

  • Festival Orchestra with Stephen Prutsman 2014

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

    Featured wines at this performanceAudience favorite Stephen Prutsman will play the Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor in the opening Festival concert. “Conga” by Marquez will have you dancing in your seats. Conductor/composer Allan Pollack will present his piece “A Summer Evening at the Boonville Fair,” that musically evokes the many festive aspects of the ...

    $12 – $47

  • Bachfest: Bach and Beer 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Featured wines at this performance J. S. Bach enjoyed life enormously, and this certainly included beer drinking. He was often paid in beer. Find out more interesting and seldom considered facts in a multi-media lecture with historian Bob Winn, noted beer authority Jay R. Brooks, and scholar/pianist Susan Waterfall, covering life in early 18th century Germany, ...

    $27

  • Claire Lynch Band: Taking Bluegrass to New Heights 2014

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

    Featured wines at this performanceCombining strength and purity of voice, enchanting and subtle song writing, and superb musicianship, the Claire Lynch Band takes bluegrass to new heights. The band is known for its intense sound, as well as for brilliant picking, of course. Claire Lynch was winner of the International Bluegrass Association’s award for Female ...

    $12 – $37

  • Rehearsal, Opera

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Rehearsal
    Free

  • Bachfest: Bach at the Keyboard 2014

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

    Pianists Susan Waterfall and Carolyn Steinbuck will consider Bach’s role as father and teacher, and will explore the international influences on his music. The concert consists of the Two-Part Inventions, the Italian Concerto, the C minor Partita, and the 6-Voiced Ricercare from the “Musical Offering.” iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing

    $27

  • Juncal Street: Homage to the Flamenco Tradition 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Featured wines at this performanceSix incredible artists, all virtuosi of their art forms, draw global inspiration from contemporary art and dance. Three-time Isadora Duncan nominees for Most Outstanding Music, Ensemble, and Individual Performance, they constitute a multicultural medley of Gypsy, French, and Spanish origins. Award-winning dancers Michael Gutierrez and Fanny Ara are also featured in ...

    $12 – $37