SoCalPulse

Back to the Future
2024-12-26 - 2025-01-05 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the Broadway World Award for Best New Musical, Back to the Future: The Musical is adapted for the stage..

Cocktail Hour
2024-12-28 | The Ritz, , 301 E. Grand Ave., Escondido, CA, 92025, United States
Celebrate New Year’s Eve in style with The Rat Pack at the Ritz on Grand.

Batiashvili Plays Beethoven
2025-01-03 - 2025-01-05 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili’s rendition of Beethoven’s sole Violin Concerto was praised sixteen years ago for having pure tone and precise intonation. She revisits the concerto under the direction of conductor Robin Ticciati, leading the LA Phil in Dvořák’s own folk-inspired lyricism including his Prague Waltzes and the strikingly colorful “mood picture” that is his Eighth Symphony.

Paul Jacobs, Organ Recital
2025-01-05 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Organ virtuoso Paul Jacobs returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall for a program that highlights the technical intricacies of Bach and the charisma of Liszt.

The Heart Sellers
2025-01-08 - 2025-02-02 | North Coast Rep, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr Suite D, Solana Beach, CA, 92075, United States
The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh makes its San Diego premiere at North Coast Repertory. It is a portrayal of intelligent, curious and creative immigrant women navigating the challenges of living in a new country. Suh blends drama and humor to touch upon the insights and complexities of the human heart.

Igor Levit
2025-01-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Pianist Igor Levit performs works for solo piano by the esteemed Three B’s: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

Four Seasons & Strauss
2025-01-09 - 2025-01-11 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Carl St. Clair leads the Pacific Symphony in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons followed by Strauss’s masterpiece An Alpine Symphony set to visuals projected on a large screen.

Schumann & Brahms
2025-01-09 - 2025-01-12 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Nathalie Stutzmann’s confident baton guides Schumann’s heroic and in Second Symphony, and Sunwook Kim shines in Brahms’ sophisticated and intimate Second Piano Concerto.

Cody Fry with Orchestra
2025-01-10 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
*Rescheduled until further notice*
Musician Cody Fry was nominated for a Grammy for his re-orchestration of the Beatles’ classic “Eleanor Rigby”. This singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has stirred up a huge following for his emotional orchestral pop and is joined by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage.

Kimberly Akimbo
2025-01-21 - 2025-02-02 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
A new musical about growing up and growing old, Kimberly Akimbo is the winner of 5 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL. It features Tony Award-winning book and lyrics), a Tony Award-winning score, choreography by Danny Mefford (Dear Evan Hansen) and direction by Tony-nominated director Jessica Stone.

Busoni’s Violin Concerto
2025-01-24 - 2025-01-26 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Daniele Rustioni makes her San Diego Symphony debut to lead a program of Italian-themed works beginning with Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture. Violinist Francesca Dego also makes her Symphony debut performing Busoni’s dark and lyrical Violin Concerto.

Rachmaninoff & Muhly
2025-01-24 - 2025-01-26 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
San Francisco Opera music director Eun Sun Kim leads the LA Phil through Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony and a brand-new world premiere of a concerto grosso by composer Nico Muhly. Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, shows off his sensitive technique with Rachmaninoff’s ever-evolving Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

The Play that Goes Wrong
2025-01-24 - 2025-02-16 | La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, 90638, United States
The Cornley Drama Society is putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call with hilarious consequences!

Mozart “Jupiter” Symphony
2025-01-25 | Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91105, United States
Brett Mitchell leads a program that highlights Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, with pianist Inon Barnatan. Florence Price’s Concerto for Piano in One Movement along with Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst will accompany Mozart’s “Jupiter”.

Imani Winds
2025-01-25 08:00 - 17:00 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Recent Grammy-winning wind ensemble Imani Winds takes the stage to perform “Grooves and Meditations”. The ensemble delivers a captivating program of works by modern composers including a newly commissioned work inspired by contemporary issues and historical events.

Marlon Martinez and Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, featuring Olivia Kuper Harris
2025-01-25 20:00 - 22:00 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Continuing the Future Sounds of Jazz series curated by Stanley Clarke, BroadStage presents the fusion of 20th-century big band tradition with 21st-century culture with Marlon Martinez and Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, featuring Olivia Kuper Harris!

Wild Up
2025-01-26 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Grammy nominated ensemble, Wild Up, led by Artistic Director Christopher Rountree, blends classical repertoire with pop culture, new music and performance art.

LA Phil Etudes with John Adams
2025-01-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair John Adams returns for the second installment of the LA Phil Etudes each performed by an LA Phil musician. The program will also include a world premiere by Noah Jenkins.

Fake It Until You Make It
2025-01-29 - 2025-03-09 | Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse, who focuses her keen sense of satire to examine Native American perspectives on contemporary life.

Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho
2025-01-30 - 2025-02-02 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Schubert’s chilling yet charming two-movement symphony, nicknamed the “Unfinished.”

Orchestral Evolution: Childs’ Premiere and Beethoven’s Eroica
2025-01-31 - 2025-02-01 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
The program begins with the World Premiere of LA-born, Grammy award winning composer Billy Child’s Concerto for Orchestra and ends with Beethoven’s Eroica symphony. Pianist Alexander Malofeev also takes the Jacobs Music Center stage in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.

Kelli O'Hara in Concert
2025-02-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
From her Tony-winning performance in The King and I, to starring in The Hours at the Met and The Gilded Ageon HBO, Kelli O’Hara dazzles at every turn. Her eagerly anticipated company debut, in concert with the LA Opera Orchestra, promises a heart-filling evening of beloved show tunes and more.

Lunar New Year with Pacific Symphony
2025-02-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Join the Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring Lunar New Year with a color presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.
Photo: A number from Pacific Symphony’s 2022 Lunar New Year program | Credit: Doug Gifford

Celebrating MTT With Yuja Wang
2025-02-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Michael Tilson Thomas has been part of the LA Phil family for more than five decades, and the orchestra celebrates MTT’s 80th birthday with a not-to-be-missed special night of music.

KODO
2025-02-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The pulse-pounding rhythms of traditional Japanese drumming, taiko, return with a new program, One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe.

The Great Yes, The Great No
2025-02-05 - 2025-02-08 | The Wallis, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 92010, United States
Conceived and directed by William Kentridge, The Wallis presents The Great Yes, The Great No —party play, part Greek choir, part chamber opera. It is a story that mixes history in 1941 Merseille, with fiction and augments reality.

Pines of Rome
2025-02-06 - 2025-02-08 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Bernstein’s high-spirited musical prelude sets the stage for two contemporary works that follow: a new piano concerto by esteemed composer Adolphus Hailstork and a new and colorful orchestral work by Pacific Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence, Viet Cuong.

Tchaikovsky & The Mermaid
2025-02-07 - 2025-02-09 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Conductor Xian Zhang leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid, and pianist George Li effortlessly performs Tchaikovsky’s titanic Piano Concerto.
Photo: Xian Jiang courtesy of the L.A. Phil

Samara Joy
2025-02-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
2023 Best New Artist Grammy winner, Samara Joy, makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut with her distinctive style and voice that has been compared to legendary singers like Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
