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  • Festival Big Band, with Maiya Sykes

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

    Maiya Sykes is back for her third Big Band concert and she’s ready to pull out all the stops. She’s a former back-up singer whose rendition of “Stay with Me” ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Chamber 7/20

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

    Rehearsal of 7/20 Stravinsky: Chamber Music for the Concert Hall 10:00–11:00 L'histoire 11:00–11:30 Dumbarton Oaks —break— 11:50–12:10 Dumbarton Oaks 12:10–1:00 Renard 1:00–1:30 Octet for Wind Instruments

  • Stravinsky: Chamber Music for the Concert Hall

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

    L’histoire du soldat shows off Stravinsky’s familiarity with a wide range of musical styles: pasodoble, tango, waltz, ragtime, klezmer, and even Luther’s Ein Feste Burg. Concerto in E-flat (“Dumbarton Oaks”) ...

    $15 – $66

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/23

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/23) Rehearsal order: Pollack, Igor on My Mind Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Beethoven 5

  • Charlie Torch

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

    Siblings Jasper Manning on mandolin and Jayna Manning on guitar are joined by their fiddler father, Chad Manning, an alum of Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands and the David ...

    $15 – $40

  • Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party

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

    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. Located seven miles south of Mendocino on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA-1) in Albion, California, its bluff-top location on the Albion headlands allows panoramic views of the Pacific and breathtaking sunsets.

    $125

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/23

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/23) Rehearsal order: Pollack, Igor on My Mind Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Beethoven 5 

  • Foghorn Stringband

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

    Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Foghorn Stringband is considered one of the finest old-time string bands on the West Coast. Noted for "intense dedication to the sources" of the tradition, their ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/23

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/23) Rehearsal order: Pollack, Igor on My Mind Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Beethoven 5 

  • Festival Orchestra 3

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

    Festival Orchestra with guest conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong and soloist Julian Rhee. “Igor on My Mind,” Allan Pollack’s fun-loving, energetic and rhythmic piece, impishly steals motifs straight out of Igor Stravinsky’s ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/26

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/26) Rehearsal order: Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring Górecki, Ad Matrem Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna 

  • Calder Quartet

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

    Hailed as “imaginative, skillful creators” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet captivates audiences with its explorations of a broad repertoire, always striving to fulfill the composer’s vision in ...

    $15 – $65

  • Charlie Musselwhite

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

    American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/26

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/26) Rehearsal order: Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/26

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/26) Rehearsal order: Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna Górecki, Ad Matrem

  • Emerging Artists Recital

    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 – $40

  • Skerryvore

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

    Three-time winners of Scotland’s “Live Act of the Year” award, Skerryvore have evolved from their humble beginnings to become one of their country’s leading Celtic rock bands. With a mix ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/26

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/26) Rehearsal order: Górecki, Ad Matrem Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring 

  • Festival Orchestra 4

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

    The final concert will open with Ad Matrem, Henryk Gorecki’s sacred work for soprano, mixed chorus, and orchestra. Based on the text of the 13th century hymn, Stabat Mater Dolorosa, ...

    $15 – $65

  • Big Time in Little River 2025

    Abalone Room, Little River Inn 7901 CA-1, Little River, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    Sunday, December 14, 2025, 7:00 PM
    Abalone Room, Little River Inn
    Kenny Washington with Pianist John R. Burr
    Wines and treats (savories and sweets)

    $100

  • Kurt Weill: His Life, His Songs

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

    Celebrate Kurt Weill with a screening of Susan Waterfall's 2021 film, The Life and Music of Kurt Weill, followed by a live performance by mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen with pianist Sarah Cahill. We'll ...

    $30

  • Volunteer Sign-Up Day 2026

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

    The Mendocino Music Festival is, first and foremost, a community of music lovers who collaborate to produce the Festival, create the music, and enjoy the performances. Volunteers are at the ...

  • Opera Preview Party 2026

    Brian James and Shariq Yosufzai Residence Mendocino, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    Imagine yourself... ...in a stunning seaside setting, with a small gathering of fellow opera lovers, grazing on delicacies both savory and sweet, sipping fine wines and other libations, enhanced by ...

    $200

  • Susan Waterfall presents: Beethoven

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

    Susan Waterfall’s biographical film on Ludwig van Beethoven provides the perfect prologue to this summer's programming. The riveting story of western classical music's greatest composer, and the turbulent period of history he inhabited, includes excerpts from 25 of his works, along with compelling contemporaneous art and images.

    $20

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/12

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/12): Bernstein Candide overture, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Beethoven Symphony No. 7.

  • An Evening in Paris

    Mendocino Cove Resort 16801 Ocean Drive, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
    Benefit Events

    Enjoy a brilliant meal with friends as Fedele and Linda Bauccio (creators of Sostenuto) unveil an evening of culinary exploration dedicated to French cuisine and the art of delectable food and fine dining. At the newly remodeled Mendocino Cove Resort (formerly the Pine Beach Inn), party goers can mingle while enjoying exceptional wine and other ...

    $175

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/12

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/12): Bernstein Candide overture, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Beethoven Symphony No. 7.

  • The four members of JigJam sit on a bench with their instruments.

    JigJam

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

    When virtuoso Irish playing jumps the pond running naked through the wide open fields of bluegrass/Americana, JigJam is born. Bluegrass and American Folk music originated from the group’s home, and now JigJam is here to take it back! Described as “The best Irish band in bluegrass,” these lads have been hailed as “Ireland’s answer to ...

    $15 – $75

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/12

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/12): Bernstein Candide overture, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Beethoven Symphony No. 7.

  • Festival Orchestra 1, with Stephen Prutsman, Piano

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

    To kick off the Festival's 40th season's orchestral offerings, Allan Pollack will lead the musicians in Leonard Bernstein’s sprightly Candide overture. The energy will continue to flow when soloist Stephen Prutsman returns to Mendocino to perform Prokofiev’s demanding Piano Concerto No. 3. After we catch our breaths at intermission, we’ll enjoy the energetic 7th Symphony ...

    $15 – $75

  • Business Casual

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

    Exploring a wide range of genres, Bay Area vocal band Business Casual is celebrated for their smart and surprising covers of popular songs. What would Mozart sound like as performed by a salsa band? What if Justin Timberlake were a jazz quartet? Taking inspiration from artists like Postmodern Jukebox and Scary Pockets, Business Casual delights ...

    $15 – $45

  • Carolyn Wonderland

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

    With her dynamic guitar playing, formidable songwriting and pure vocals, Carolyn Wonderland hits the stage with an unmatched presence, mixing the depths of the Texas blues tradition with the wit of a poet. Wonderland plays original, bluesified, cosmic soul music, mixed with heavy doses of Tex-Mex and riff-fueled rock 'n' roll. Performing professionally since the ...

    $15 – $75

  • Beethoven Chamber 1

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

    Beethoven's charming, enigmatic, and deeply felt Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Opus 10 No. 3 will be played by Susan Waterfall. The brooding and complex String Trio in C minor No. 3, Op. 9 will feature Terrie Baune (violin), Susan Freier, (viola) and Stephen Harrison (cello). In the late-period Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. ...

    $15 – $45

  • Brittany Davis & Black Thunder, with D’Vonne Lewis and Evan Flory-Barnes

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

    For Brittany Davis, sound is three-dimensional. It is size, shape, and color. It is language. Blind since birth, Davis discovered a world of vivid, vibrant color in music. A childhood appreciation for gospel and jazz gave way to a teenage obsession with hip-hop and R&B. Later, Davis crossed paths with Afro-punk musicians, rock artists, and ...

    $15 – $75

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/17

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.

  • Jacksonport, with special guest Julian Pollack

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

    Cuban-American artist and musican John Fonseca Fatum is the solo creator of Jacksonport, named for the small Wisconsin town where he spent summers growing up. Now a Los Angeles-based songwriter, session drummer, record producer, and performer, with four studio records as Jacksonport and two more under his own name, he's also worked with artists Sarah ...

    $15 – $45
  • Five members of Solas pose on a paved surface holding instruments.

    Solas

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

    Formed in New York City in 1995, Solas quickly rose to prominence as a revolutionary force in Irish-American music, and they have been lighting up stages across the globe ever since. Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness,” Solas continues to captivate audiences with their ...

    $15 – $75

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/17

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.

  • Piano Series: Anthony Ratinov

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

    Pianist Anthony Ratinov’s impressive talents will be on display when he performs selections from Debussy’s Douze Études, both Book I and Book II. The compositions address aspects of pianistic technique in the first book and explore new sonorities in the second. In between the Debussy, he will draw upon his virtuosity to carry us through ...

    $15 – $45

  • Steel Wheels

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

    Virginia-based folk-rock band The Steel Wheels have spent almost 20 years writing, recording, and touring, all the while constantly honing their evolving brand of American roots music. Additionally, they are the founders and hosts of the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, a beloved staple of the Shenandoah Valley. Through the years, The Steel Wheels have ...

    $15 – $75

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/17

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.

  • CLOSED Rehearsal, Big Band 7/18

    Mendocino K-8 School 44261 Little Lake Road, Mendocino, United States
    Rehearsal

    NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. We cannot accomodate audience members at this rehearsal site. (The same program will be rehearsed publicly at the tent Concert Hall the following morning. You're ...

  • Zoe Ellis & Friends

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

    Zoe Ellis's dramatic and colorful voice is known to music fans in the Bay Area and beyond. Described by reviewers as "a resourceful and inventive vocalist," she sang for many years with the Bay Area Funk band, the Mo’Fessionals. Ellis’s credits include live performances with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Donald Byrd, Phil Lesh and ...

    $15 – $45
  • Painting entitled Luigi-Morgari-Scenery-for-the-scene-with-Mimi-and-Rodolfo-in-the-opera-La-Boheme-by-Giacomo-Puccini depicting characters from the opera in a dramatic scene.

    Festival Orchestra 2: La bohème, with Ryan Murray, Conductor

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

    Puccini’s famous opera is the story of love, friendship, poverty, and tragic death. Set in Bohemian Paris of the 1830s, it tells of four friends, all struggling artists of one sort or another. Mimi and Rodolfo meet and fall in love on Christmas Eve. Musetta and Marcello also love one another and, like Mimi and ...

    $15 – $75