Stay Strange, San Diego’s exclusive noise-music collective, will once again gather an incredible roster of musicians that push the boundaries of mainstream music, creating a new style of sound that is innovative, progressive, and daring. In addition to the adventurous music program in the auditorium we will have an equally exciting array of artists set […]
The San Diego Jazz Fest is one of the longest running annual music festivals dedicated to celebrating jazz music of the early 20th Century. Since 1980, this event has been held during Thanksgiving weekend in San Diego, California, and features a variety of musical artists performing traditional jazz, swing, blues, ragtime, boogie woogie, gospel, […]
Megill & Company’s Not Your Normal Nutcracker flips the script on the classic holiday favorite in this gender fluid, body positive performance set to musical selections from Tchaikovsky. Choreographed and starring Oceanside native Beth Megill as a 40-something Clara, who dreams of being a star, this whimsical modern jazz theater production brings to life an imaginary world […]
San Diego Ballet brings America’s favorite holiday event to dazzling life at the newly renovated Magnolia theater. Our annual production of The Nutcracker features Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and an international cast of more than 100 beautifully costumed dancers. Sugarplum fairies, leaping cossacks and flurries of snowflakes swirl across the stage, in this magical journey through […]
Join Camarada for their highly-anticipated Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ, presented in La Jolla’s premier concert hall! We couldn’t imagine a better way to kick off our 2022-2023 Camarada @ The Conrad series than with music from the beloved holiday special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, infused with new musical surprises by guitarist, composer, and arranger Peter Sprague. The Peter Sprague Group […]
San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present the 2023 soundON Festival, exploring cutting-edge contemporary music from around the world, including rising international voices Yu Kuwabara (Japan), Adrian Demoč (Slovakia), Alyssa Aska (Austria), and D. Edward Davis (United States). Entitled Spolia, this year’s festival explores the traces of the past recast into […]
According to the legendary Billie Holliday, “Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread.” With 26 glorious, hot, torchy songs fueling BLUES IN THE NIGHT, a powerful cast of singers plumb the innermost reaches of their hearts, sharing the heartbreak and humor of life and the indomitable will to do more than survive. Among the […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the […]
Jeremy McQueen, in collaboration with San Diego Theatres presents The Black Iris Project. Photo by Matthew Murphy Broadway veteran & San Diego native Jeremy McQueen brings his Emmy® award-winning New York City–based ballet collaborative to San Diego for the west coast premiere of two original ballets: WILD and A Mother’s Rite. WILD – Inspired by Maurice […]
Featuring acclaimed soprano Tasha Koontz in her CAMARADA debut, Bach & Brahms will take audiences on a journey across 200 years of classical music with flute, strings, keyboard, and narration by Robert J. Hughes. Although Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms were born over 150 years apart, they share much more than similar first names. Brahms was a huge […]
This concert features the work of four world-class composers and 13 renowned musicians, performing nine compositions that spotlight historically overshadowed instruments. The program features the concert debut of three film scores, the first performance in over 20 years of Ribbons of Thought, and highlighted solos by instruments that typically act in a more supporting role. The […]
The San Diego Music Awards started in 1991, as a way to recognize the achievements of our diverse local music community. Now in its 32nd year, the San Diego Music Awards presents awards in multiple categories, recognizing many different genres of music including Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Americana and World Music. Past performers include Jewel, […]
