2024 soundON Festival

San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present the 2024 soundON Festival, exploring cutting-edge contemporary music from around the world. This year we celebrate the music of San Diego composer and longtime friend of SDNM and NOISE Adam Greene, and we feature a new work by Mark Menzies commissioned by the […]

Working Title

Project BLANK’s annual exhibition of local art and music returns with a ritualistic mélange of paintings, sculpture, multimedia art, and live performances. A transborder team of artists and musicians will […]

Intersections Concert with Adama Bilorou Trio

Born in the rhythms of Burkina Faso and cradled by the tradition of the griots, Adama Bilorou knows how to transform his heritage into a melody of multiple nuances—a musical […]

The Cab Calloway Orchestra

The Calloway family has been dazzling audiences since the 1920’s and this year is no exception. Calloway Brooks, Cab’s grandson, leads the Cab Calloway Orchestra with Swing Swing Swing, and every other thing so strap on your Zoot suit and experience the Cotton Club brand of hot sophistication and the REAL Minnie The Moocher. January […]

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Cygnet Theatre is pleased to present Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill by Lanie Robertson. This riveting one-act musical is directed by Wren T. Brown, the Artistic Director at […]

Examining the Great American Songbook

The PLNU Honors Program will host Examining the Great American Songbook, featuring jazz trumpet player and educator Dr. John Reynolds, for a night of jazz and cultural reflection. The evening will feature live music from the John Reynolds Jazz Quintet with selections from the Great American Songbook and will also include a presentation from Dr. […]

Tango Buenos Aires

Journey to Buenos Aires with Camarada as they recreate their 2023 Argentinian tour experience for you. This performance includes the world premiere of a new commission by Andrés Martín as well […]

San Diego New Music Concert | Labyrinth

San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present Labyrinth, a music and dance performance co-created by Kristopher and Dina Apple. Labyrinths have been used throughout history […]

Sound & Liberation

Join us at the Hill Street Country Club for SOUND & LIBERATION, a night of experimental performance celebrating Black expression. We’re thrilled to host the listening party for Joy Guidry’s […]

Meow Meow

Post-post-modern diva Meow Meow has hypnotized, inspired, and terrified audiences globally with unique creations and sell-out seasons from New York’s Lincoln Center and Berlin’s Bar Jeder Vernunft to London’s West […]

San Diego Spotlight

Artists from performing arts organizations across San Diego will bring their talents to Balboa Theatre’s stage in the finale event of our 100th Anniversary celebration. Our legacy nonprofit community partners, […]

7 Last Words

In collaboration with So Say We All, the Hausmann Quartet presents Seven Last Words, a performance of Joseph Haydn’s epic masterpiece alongside spoken word presentations of original works by the authors […]