Mr Sun

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

Mr Sun is made up of some of the most original musicians to apply themselves to the American string band genre. Legendary fiddler Darol Anger is at home in a ...

$15 – $65

Piano Series: Rachel Breen

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

American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK) and having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active and successful competition ...

$15 – $40

Julian “J3PO” Pollack Trio, with featured artist Sy Smith

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

Embark on an evening of soul-tinged jazz and fusion, with a look to the future, marbled by intricate glistenings of electronica and hip-hop. This trio, who tours throughout the year ...

$15 – $65

Rehearsal, Opera 7/19

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

Gwyneth Moreland

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

Born and raised in Mendocino, Gwyneth Moreland has toured with her Folksy Americana tunes from coast to coast and has released five solo albums. Her songs have ranked as high ...

$15 – $40

Rehearsal, Opera 7/19

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

Fauré: The Early Salon Years

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

Susan Waterfall will accompany mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen in a selection of songs. She will be joined by Julian Waterfall Pollack for “The Dolly Suite.” Susan will play two of Fauré's ...

$15 – $40

JigJam

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

When virtuoso Irish playing jumps the pond and runs naked through the wide open fields of bluegrass/Americana, JigJam is born. Bluegrass and American Folk music originated from the group’s home, ...

$15 – $65

Kim Nalley, with Tammy Lynne Hall

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

Dr. Kim Nalley has been a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area—and here in Mendocino as well—as a quality soulful jazz and blues singer, very much in the tradition ...

$15 – $40

Festival Orchestra 2: Così fan tutte

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

Mozart’s comic masterpiece shows us what can happen when two sisters and their suitors are tested by a manipulative friend, Don Alfonso. The men accept his wager that their brides-to-be ...

$15 – $65

Piano Series: Jeffrey LaDeur, with Kindra Scharich

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

The second Fauré program will feature pianist Jeffrey LaDeur and mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich in L’hiver a cesse, an exploration of Fauré’s music for voice and piano. Jeffrey LaDeur is known ...

$15 – $40

Festival Big Band, featuring Maiya Sykes

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

Maiya Sykes completely and utterly wowed the audience at the 2023 Big Band concert. She’s a former back-up singer whose rendition of “Stay with Me” on The Voice in 2014 ...

$15 – $65

Calder Quartet

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

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

Rose’s Pawn Shop

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

With its fusion of bluegrass instrumentation and folk-rock amplification, Rose’s Pawn Shop has spent the better part of two decades perfecting a sound that’s as diverse as the band’s native ...

$15 – $65

Big Band Rhythm Section: An Afternoon of Jazz

Matheson Performing Arts Center Cahto Street and Ford Street, Mendocino, CA

These extraordinary Los Angeles based musicians are the power drivers of the always thrillingly swinging Festival Big Band, and now you can hear them break out on their own. Julian ...

$15 – $35

Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party

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

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.

$100

Rehearsal, Orch. 7/24

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

Piano Series: Robert Schwartz

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

An active performer and teacher at the San Francisco Conservatory, Robert Schwartz has recently performed at the Beijing Conservatory, the Vienna International Pianists series, in master classes at the Chautauqua ...

$15 – $40

Stephanie Anne Johnson

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

A singer’s talent is complete when they can bring a crowded dive bar to a collective hush and also get one of the biggest audiences on the planet to a ...

$15 – $65

Rehearsal, Orch. 7/24

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

Piano Series: Ralph van Raat & Heather Pinkham, duo pianos

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

Each one a solo artist of distinction, Van Raat and Pinkham join up to make beautiful music together. They will play two-piano pieces by a range of composers: Chick Corea’s ...

$15 – $40

Festival Orchestra 3

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

Allan Pollack will conduct his own “From an Ancient Book,” written especially for the Festival Orchestra. The brilliant colors of Stravinsky’s ballet score for “The Firebird” will explode in sparkling ...

$15 – $65

Fauré: Indian Summer

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

Faure wrote some of his most astonishing music in his late seventies, when he was becoming increasingly deaf. Susan Waterfall will accompany mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen in Le jardin clos, Stephen ...

$15 – $40

Damn Tall Buildings

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

In their early days, Brooklyn-based Damn Tall Buildings didn’t rehearse; they busked. Now, whether live or on record, the band still radiates the energy of a ragtag crew of music ...

$15 – $65

Emerging Artists Recital

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

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

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local styles of isicathamiya, which developed in the mines of South Africa, and mbube, rhythmic homophonic a ...

$15 – $65

Rehearsal, Orch. 7/27

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

Festival Orchestra 4

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

The final concert offers comfort and hope in difficult times. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony" to distinguish it from No. 25, the ...

$15 – $65