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  • CLOSED Rehearsal, Stravinsky Chamber (7/20)

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

    NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/18

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)

  • Piano Series: Sergey Belyavsky

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

    A carnival mood will be created by pianist Sergey Belyavsky as he plays Schumann’s lively Carnival Scenes from Vienna Op. 26 and his Carnaval Op. 9. The spirit will only ...

    $15 – $65

  • Jackie Venson

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

    Heralded as one of “Austin’s rising stars” by Rolling Stone and called “an Austin legend in the making” by Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/18

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)

  • Foxglove

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

    Twenty-three years ago, three members of what would soon be Foxglove gathered on stage at the Caspar Community Center to record a live album in front of a capacity crowd. ...

    $15 – $40

  • CLOSED Rehearsal, Stravinsky Chamber (7/20)

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

    NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.

  • Julian Pollack Trio, with Veronica Swift

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

    Prepare for an evening of soul-tinged jazz and fusion, with a look to the future, sprinkled with electronica and hip-hop. Described by Timeout New York as a musician who “deftly ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 7/18

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

    Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)

  • CLOSED Rehearsal, Big Band (7/19)

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

    NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.

  • Zoe Ellis, with Tammy Lynne Hall and Leberta Lorál

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

    Zoe Ellis’s dramatic and colorful voice is well known to music fans in the Bay Area and beyond. Described by reviewers as “a resourceful and inventive vocalist,” she sang for ...

    $15 – $40

  • Festival Orchestra 2: Don Pasquale

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

    In this concert version of Donizetti’s comic opera, conducted by Ryan Murray, the audience will be treated to all of the beautiful music in this bel canto masterpiece, and most ...

    $15 – $65

  • Rehearsal, Big Band 7/19

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

  • Piano Series: Rachel Breen

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

    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

  • 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 

  • Stravinsky at Home: Music for Family, Friends, Lovers

    Stravinsky at Home: Music for Family, Friends, Lovers
    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    The musicians will reveal surprising new sides to Stravinsky through the years in these intimate concerts. Alexander Katsman will accompany mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen in Le Faune, a songs composed by Stravinsky during his honeymoon. Jensen will be joined a bit later by Alexander on “Cradle Songs for a Cat.” Susan and Julian Waterfall Pollack will ...

    $15 – $40

  • 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

  • Festival Chorale: An Afternoon of American Song

    Festival Chorale: An Afternoon of American Song
    Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 44831 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Celebrate the richness and resonance of American song in this uplifting spring concert featuring the 24-voice Mendocino Music Festival Chorale. In two performances, May 2 and 3, An Afternoon of American Song weaves together beloved folk melodies, spirituals, protest anthems, and lyrical art songs—from the timeless beauty of "Shenandoah" and "America the Beautiful" to the ...

    $25

  • 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 ...

    $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 ...

    $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 ...

    $15 – $75