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  • L’apero at Ledford House

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

    Featured wines at this event When there is nothing left to do besides have good food and wine with friends, L’apéro is the part of the day when the French ...

    $75

  • Sounds and Perfumes of Evening

    Sounds and Perfumes of Evening
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Debussy was interested in writing music that evoked feelings in listeners and in himself, and these pieces showcase his ability to conjure the mysterious atmosphere of night, moonlight, and erotic ...

    $15 – $30

  • Ralph Humphrey and Summit

    Ralph Humphrey and Summit
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Summit is a group of accomplished musicians playing together for the first time to make music that includes original compositions and classic standards from the Great American Songbook. Legendary drummer ...

  • Piano Series: Gloria Cheng

    Piano Series: Gloria Cheng
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Washington Post called Gloria Cheng “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." Among the pieces she will play this year are “32 Garlands for Steven Stucky,” ...

    $15 – $35

  • Ralph Humphrey and Summit

    Ralph Humphrey and Summit
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Summit is a group of accomplished musicians playing together for the first time to make music that includes original compositions and classic standards from the Great American Songbook. Legendary drummer ...

  • Piano Series: Gloria Cheng

    Piano Series: Gloria Cheng
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Washington Post called Gloria Cheng “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." Among the pieces she will play this year are “32 Garlands for Steven Stucky,” ...

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Chorale, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

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

    The first part of this concert, “All Creatures Great and Small” will feature the Festival Chamber Chorale, directed by Jenny Matteucci, singing a menagerie of music from Renaissance to Contemporary, ...

    $15 – $35

  • Emerging Artists Concert

    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 – $30

  • Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley

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

    According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Kim Nalley is a vocal powerhouse with pipes to burn and works the stage like she means it." Put her in front of the seasoned Festival Big Band musicians and you have an evening of red-hot jazz, steamy blues, and sexy swing.

    $15 – $35

  • Festival Chorale: All Creatures Great and Small (Preston Hall)

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Classical composers have always been inspired by animals. Think of orchestral works like Carnival of the Animals by St. Saens or Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. In the field ...

    $20

  • Festival Chorale: A Jubilant Song

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

    The Mendocino Music Festival Chorale will perform a concert celebrating American composers, including music by Aaron Copland, Norman Dello Joio, Gwyneth Walker, and the lovely Frostiana by Randall Thompson. This ...

    $20

  • Maurizio! The Life and Times of Maurice Ravel

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

    In-person film premier with Susan Waterfall. You’ve heard music by Ravel and probably loved it. You’ve heard random gossip about this secretive composer. Now’s your chance to experience Ravel’s life and music in its historic context. With contemporary art and photographs, and 26 musical excerpts...

    $20

  • Celebration Toast and Dinner

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

    Celebration! Toast to the Tent We hope you can join us as we return to our Tent Concert Hall. It’s time to joyfully celebrate our amazing Festival community and the ...

    $25 – $125

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/16)

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

  • CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band

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

    CJ Chenier, “The Crown Prince of Zydeco,” was born into an indigenous American culture with a distinctive language and music. The Creole son of Clifton Chenier, he started playing in ...

    $15 – $55

  • Festival Orchestra 1, with soloists Jessica Fellowes and Katie Kadarauch

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

    To begin the classical Festival, Maestro Allan Pollack will lead the orchestra in Shostakovich’s Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96, an appropriately effervescent opening. Mozart’s joyful Sinfonia Concertante in ...

    $15 – $45

  • Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland

    Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Over the past 20 years, Foxglove has established itself as a Mendocino County favorite. The band’s selection of heartfelt originals and carefully curated covers have featured tight harmonies and tasty ...

    $15 – $30

  • The Steel Wheels

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

    From their base in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, this acoustic roots music collective has played the most prestigious festivals, listening rooms, and clubs in the world, cementing a reputation as ...

    $15 – $45

  • Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland

    Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Over the past 20 years, Foxglove has established itself as a Mendocino County favorite. The band’s selection of heartfelt originals and carefully curated covers have featured tight harmonies and tasty ...

    $15 – $30

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/21)

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

  • Mads Tolling, with pianist John R. Burr

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

    An internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads Tolling now calls San Francisco home. As a former nine-year member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the ...

    $15 – $30

  • Blind Boys of Alabama

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

    The Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators. They are not just gospel singers borrowing from ...

    $15 – $45

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/21)

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

  • Mads Tolling, with pianist John R. Burr

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

    An internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads Tolling now calls San Francisco home. As a former nine-year member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the ...

    $15 – $30

  • Otis Taylor

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

    Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, blues singer/composer Otis Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and harmonic. Capable of exploring any musical mood at any given time, ...

    $15 – $45

  • Kalil Amar Wilson

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

    Kalil Wilson’s bright re-imaginings of jazz standards and originals are informed by the rich history of great jazz singing and meld with their heartfelt, eclectic stylings. An Oakland native, they ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Orchestra 2, The Barber of Seville (concert version)

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

    Concert Version; Guest Conductor Ryan Murray The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. Musicologists believe that the music was ...

    $15 – $55

  • Piano Series: Ralph Van Raat and Heather Pinkham, duo pianos

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

    The artists will play John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction for two pianos, named after a small truck stop on US 395 near the California–Nevada border. Pinkham’s Mechanical Transcendence for two pianos ...

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Big Band, featuring Maiya Sykes

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

    This year the big band musicians are going to find their groove with Maiya Sykes, a former back-up singer whose rendition of “Stay with Me” on The Voice in 2014 ...

    $15 – $55

  • Calder Quartet 2023

    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 ...

    $14 – $45

  • Tierney Sutton

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

    Julian Pollack, along with bassist Trey Henry and drummer Ray Brinker, will begin the evening with jazz standards beautifully and inventively performed. Tierney Sutton will join the band for the ...

    $15 – $45

  • Sam Reider, with Jorge Glem

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

    Pianist, accordionist, composer, and educator from San Francisco, Reider brings together various streams of American music, from jazz and folk tunes to popular song and contemporary composition. He has appeared ...

    $15 – $30

  • Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2023

    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.

    $100

  • Sam Reider, with Jorge Glem

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

    Pianist, accordionist, composer, and educator from San Francisco, Reider brings together various streams of American music, from jazz and folk tunes to popular song and contemporary composition. He has appeared ...

    $15 – $30