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Jessica Vosk Sleigh
2025-12-17 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Known for her powerhouse vocals and transformative stage presence, Jessica Vosk is redefining holiday magic, bringing her signature wit, sincerity and sparkle to create a special spin on holiday classics and brand-new carols.

A Rat Pack Christmas with Tony DeSare
2025-12-19 - 2025-12-20 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Tony DeSare, with his silky vocals and vintage flair, leads a festive celebration packed with seasonal swing and nostalgia.

Piotr Beczata
2025-12-19 19:30 - 21:30 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Tenor Piotr Beczala, on eof the most coveted performers in opera, returns to BroadStage for an unforgettable evening as he graces the stage with his extraordinary voice.

Carols for Kids
2025-12-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
A new LA Master Chorale tradition designed for kids under 6. This family-friendly event features favorite childhood carols, holiday-themed activities, and a photo with Santa.

Festival of Carols
2025-12-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The Master Chorale brings back perennial holiday favorites Festival of Carols , featuring spectacular arrangements of traditional carols from around the world. Hear some of your favorite carols and explore new songs

Tis the Season
2025-12-21 - 2025-12-22 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
A festive favorite for the whole family! Pacific Chorale, dazzling musicians, and Santa himself bring holiday magic to life with a sparkling mix of classic carols and joyful surprises.

Handel’s Messiah
2025-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Experience the Grammy Award-winning voices of the Master Chorale in the iconic holiday masterpiece—Handel’s Messiah as led by conductor Grant Gershon.

Messiah Sing-Along
2025-12-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Join 20 singers, soloists, the chamber orchestra, and two thousand other voices in the 45th anniversary celebration of music and community.

The Notebook
2026-02-03 - 2026-02-08 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart. The Notebook, directed by Michael Greif, features music and lyrics by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller
2026-02-03 - 2026-02-22 | La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, 90638, United States
This Tony Award-winning Sondheim musical is a tale of love, murder, and revenge that follows an unjustly exiled barber as he returns to London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.

Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2026-02-03 - 2026-03-21 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Hilarious and harrowing, this portrait of a marriage ceaselessly astonishes audiences with its razor-sharp dialogue and thrilling performances.
George and Martha invite a young couple to their home for a nightcap. As the clock ticks into the wee hours, Nick and Honey find themselves submerged in a cocktail of clever mind games, deep-seated resentments and broken promises.

Adams, Cheung & Lanao
2026-02-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
John Adams curates the third installment of the LA Phil Etudes, a project highlighting each of the orchestra’s principal musicians in solo pieces by today’s leading composers. Elim Chan leads the LA Phil New Music Group in a new work by up-and-coming Spanish composer Sílvia Lanao, and Gloria Cheng returns for a world premiere piece by Anthony Cheung.

Chasing Monarchs
2026-02-05 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Fifty years after the startling discovery that monarch butterflies spend winters in the forests of Mexico, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Jaime Rojo reveals this winged wonder of the insect world in new ways with never-before-seen visuals.

Cheyenne Jackson, Signs of Life
2026-02-05 | The Wallis, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 92010, United States
Emmy and GRAMMY- nominated luminary Cheyenne Jackson brings his infectious charm and powerhouse vocals to the stage with Signs of Life, a musical meditation on art, love, fatherhood, and the cosmic twists that have shaped his remarkable path.

St. Clair Conducts Beethoven & Don Quixote
2026-02-05 - 2026-02-07 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
An evening of musical storytelling and virtuosity led by Maestro Carl St. Clair. Acclaimed violinist Paul Huang takes center stage in Beethoven’s exquisite Violin Concerto, a masterpiece renowned for its lyrical beauty and technical brilliance.

Steve Hackman’s Beethoven X Beyoncé
2026-02-06 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Steve Hackman’s production seamlessly weaves 15 of Beyoncé’s popular songs with the familiar classical music of Beethoven. The production’s emotional peak features the soulful union of two of the most recognizable melodies from each composer: Beyoncé’s “Halo” and the hauntingly beautiful second movement from Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

Rickie Lee Jones
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-07 | The Wallis, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 92010, United States
Two-time Grammy award winner, Rickie Lee Jones makes her Wallis debut with a program that continues to shape the cultural conversation as she teaches us to embrace contradiction: joy tangled with sorrow, glamour with grit, innocence with experience.

Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang featuring Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-08 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Thomas Adès returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to conduct an evening of Russian masterworks with Yuja Wang at the piano, alongside a US premiere piece and one of his own works, Aquifer.

Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
2026-02-07 - 2026-03-15 | The Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, 92101, United States
Katie Holmes brings to life a landmark role in a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler—a defining masterpiece about honeymooners whose marriage begins to crack and the world around them begins to unravel.

Musical Theatre West’s Man of La Mancha
2026-02-13 - 2026-03-01 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., LONG BEACH, CA, 90840, United States
When the world feels impossible, where do we find hope? Musical Theatre West brings this beloved Broadway classic to life at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, where courage, imagination, and storytelling can transform even the toughest challenges. Join Richard Bermudez as Don Quixote, a dreamer determined to remake the world not as it is, but as it could be. From the iconic “The Impossible Dream” to moments of heart, humor, and heroism, this inspiring production will lift your spirits and spark your imagination. Showtimes vary.

Love Inside Out With Veronica Swift & Pacific Jazz Orchestra
2026-02-14 | The Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA, 91330, United States
There’s nothing Veronica Swift can’t do — pop, rock, soul, jazz, Broadway, and more. DownBeat magazine concurs, “Veronica Swift is a woman of many voices, and she uses every one of them to refract a dizzying kaleidoscope of moods.” Her first Soraya solo orchestral concert pairs her with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, magnifying the scope of her powers. Torch songs, anthems, ballads, new love and heartbreak alike — Swift will pierce hearts of every type this Valentine’s Day. Saturday, February 14, at 8 p.m.
