Emerging Artists Concert 2017

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

The annual and much anticipated recital by the enormously talented young string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is one of the season’s highlights. BUY TICKETS

$12 – $30

San Jose Taiko 2017

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

Acknowledged as one of the premier taiko ensembles in the world, San Jose Taiko has mesmerized audiences and critics alike with the powerful, spellbinding and propulsive sounds of taiko, the ...

$12 – $50

Piano Series: Molly Morkoski 2017

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

With a “refined kind of virtuosity,” Molly Morkoski will perform Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight); John Adams’ Phrygian Gates; and Chopin’s Ballade ...

$12 – $30

Pre-Concert Lecture, Daniel Lockert 2017

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

Daniel Lockert has collaborated with singers past and present of the Metropolitan Opera, such as Deborah Voight, as well as current young recitalists, including Christopheren Nomura. As a coach and ...

Festival Orchestra 3, featuring the Festival Chorus 2017

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

Featured wines at this performance The season closes with Verdi’s dramatic Requiem, a “mass written by an agnostic opera composer in memory of a dear friend and public hero.” Four ...

$12 – $50

Fabulous Fall Fandango 2017

Home of Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway 31101 Middle Ridge Road, Albion, CA, United States

Join us on September 24 from 1:30 to 4:30 in Deborah Whigham’s and Gary Ratway’s renowned private gardens. Taste treats of paella and tapas. Violinist Jeremy Cohen will be joined by Seth Asarnow, keyboard and bandoneon, for tangos and a bit of Gypsy jazz in a spectacular garden setting. After the music, landscape designer extraordinaire Gary Ratway and horticulturist Deborah Whigham (of Digging Dog Nursery fame) will lead a tour of their stunning gardens.

$125

MacCallum House Dine-Out 2017

MacCallum House Inn & Restaurant 45020 Albion St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Support the Mendocino Music Festival by treating yourself and your friends to a sumptuous meal in the restaurant, or lighter fare, wine and artisanal cocktails from the Grey Whale Bar! The MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant will donate a portion of the evening's food and beverage proceeds to the Festival.

Elegance in Elk 2017

The Prow House 7300 South Highway One, Elk, CA, United States

The Prow House, Elk
Kim Nalley; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

$135

Hanging Out With the Stars 2018

The Wave House 15320 Seadrift Ave., Caspar, CA

The Wave House, Mendocino
Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

$100

MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Brutocao 2018

MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA

A perfect pairing: scrumptious food from MacCallum House’s celebrated chef Alan Kantor and elegant wines from Brutocao. An all-inclusive bargain at $100, the evening includes hors d'oeuvres and wine at ...

$100

Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2018

Home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio

Friday, July 6, 2018, 6-9 pm At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Celebrating the cuisine and music of the Caribbean, with Caribbean-flavored music from Pankind. Click ...

$175

Soloists Together: Geoff Nuttall, Livia Sohn, Stephen Prutsman 2018

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

Before their solo turns later in the week, this afternoon Geoff Nuttall, violin, and Livia Sohn, violin, join Stephen Prutsman, piano, to play Telemann’s Gulliver Suite, Cesar Franck’s Sonata in ...

$15 – $40

The StepCrew 2018

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

Bringing together three styles of exhilarating dance forms—Ottawa Valley stepdance, Irish stepdance, and Tap—these dancers and musicians take you on an amazing dance journey. As if dancing weren’t enough, The ...

$15 – $50

Festival Orchestra 1: Shawnette Sulker, soprano; Livia Sohn, violin 2018

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

Festival Orchestra with violinist Livia Sohn and soprano Shawnette Sulker The season opens with Bernstein’s energetic and rhythmic Candide Overture; Copland’s inspiring and melodic Appalachian Spring; Barber’s Violin Concerto; Bernstein ...

$15 – $50

Business Casual 2018

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

Formed in 2012, vocal band Business Casual is rapidly becoming a fixture in the Bay Area vocal music scene. The group explores a wide range of genres including funk, folk, ...

$15 – $30

Lucia Micarelli 2018

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

Event Sponsor Violinist Lucia Micarelli journeys through many musical influences from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana, all bound together by her trademark vulnerability and technical wizardry. ...

$15 – $40

Calder Quartet 2018

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

Welcomed for a sixth year of sensitive and eloquent playing, the Calder will perform the Beethoven String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74, The Harp; Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet, ...

$15 – $40

The King: Special Benefit Screening

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

Mendocino Area Parks Association & Mendocino Film Festival present a screening of THE KING. Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki's new ...

$12

New Esterhazy Quartet 2018

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

London, 1845: Gratitude to Josef Haydn will showcase this quartet’s core repertoire by playing four of Haydn’s string quartets: D minor, C Major, D Major, and B-flat Major. Founded in ...

$15 – $30

Eric Bibb 2018

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

With a career spanning five decades, three dozen albums, countless radio & television appearances, and concerts all over the globe, Eric Bibb is one of the leading bluesmen of his ...

$15 – $40

The Mattlock Duo Cabaret 2018

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

The Mattlock Duo (husband-and-wife team Daniel Lockert and Jenny Matteucci) will transform Preston Hall into a New York cabaret with music that crosses over from favorite standards, to twentieth century ...

$15 – $30

Barefoot Movement 2018

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

Heartfelt, energetic, and down home, The Barefoot Movement has been heralded by CMT Edge as “one of the most promising new bands on the bluegrass scene.” Selected as showcase artists ...

$15 – $40

Clairdee: A Love Letter to Lena Horne 2018

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

In “A Love Letter to Lena Horne,” Clairdee will commemorate the career of the groundbreaking singer, actress, and activist with fresh arrangements of songs associated with Horne from Harlem to ...

$15 – $30

Pre-Concert Lecture, Erin Neff 2018

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

Enhance your experience of this evening's opera performance with a pre-concert lecture by director Erin Neff. Mezzo-soprano Erin Neff’s dynamic performance abilities and radiant sound have earned her the veneration ...

Festival Chamber Players 2018

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

Bach’s Trio Sonata in E-flat Major; Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor; and Mozart’s Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings. Tammie Dyer, violin; Susan Freier, violin; ...

$15 – $30

Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley, Kenny Washington 2018

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

Kim Nalley Kenny Washington The red-hot Festival Big Band plays the perennially sold-out concert, this year with two vocalists to add to the high energy.  Last year’s Big Band vocalist ...

$15 – $55

Perla Batalla: House of Cohen 2018

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

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 – $40

Chopin 2: Susan Waterfall, Miles Graber, David Kadarauch

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

Susan Waterfall will discuss and perform a selection of Chopin’s  Mazurkas,  the dance genre where he refined his mastery of the folk idiom and launched his most daring compositional experiments. ...

$15 – $30

Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2018

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

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 ...

$85

Chopin 3, Piano Series: John Novacek 2018

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

Piano Series, with continued focus on Chopin In his recital for the Piano Series,  John Novacek has chosen examples from four important Chopin genres: the etude, the nocturne, the impromptu, ...

$15 – $30

The Dustbowl Revival 2018

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

With a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds, this eight-piece group “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans' French Quarter,” according ...

$15 – $40