A view of the beach
All Regions Los Angeles Orange County San Diego

Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Great Park Live 8000 Great Park Blvd, Irvine, CA, United States

Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s passionate Violin Concerto performed by violinist Philippe Quint. Plus, Rimsky-Korsakov’s colorful Capriccio Espagnol, hailed by Tchaikovsky as a colossal masterpiece of instrumentation,” a dance from The Nutcracker and […]

Duel Reality

Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Duel Reality from The 7 Fingers, also known as Les 7 doigts de la main, makes their Center Theatre Group debut, featuring their signature electrifying—and endearing—mix of circus, theatre, illusion, […]

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Cygnet Theatre 4040 Twiggs St., San Diego, United States

A satirical tribute to the science fiction and B-list horror movies of the 20th century, the show centers around two naïve lovers, Brad and Janet. Stripped of inhibitions – and […]

Jersey Boys

California Center for the Arts, Escondido 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA, United States

Jersey Boys is the international musical phenomenon that takes you behind the scenes – and behind the music – of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

To the Hands

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Pacific Chorale’s chamber choir joins a string quintet to perform Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, Buxtehude’s Ad Manus, and more in a moving theatrical presentation leveraging music’s […]

The Importance of Being Earnest

Lamb's Players Theatre 1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado, United States

Lamb’s Players Theatre produces Oscar Wilde’s brilliant comic masterpiece about two men who assume the identity of a fictional man named Ernest and the journey, the love and the challenges […]

Classic Albums Live Performs Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Classical Albums Live performs Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, their eleventh studio album released in 1977, note for note, cut for cut. Enjoy live performances of their immortal classics like "The Chain," […]

Philharmonic Society Golf Classic

Aliso Viejo Country Club 33 Santa Barbara Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA, United States

Join for a fun golf day while supporting the Philharmonic Society’s Youth Music Education Programs. By taking a few hours out of your day, you will be helping thousands of […]

Joaquina Kalukango

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango makes her Center debut in our 2024/25 Cabaret Series with her phenomenal vocals and stellar cabaret performance!

Amos Lee & Indigo Girls

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

AEG/Goldenvoice presents Amos Lee and Indigo Girls live for an evening of hits and singalongs.

Waitress

La Mirada Theatre 14900 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, United States

Brought to life on Broadway by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, Waitress features original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles and book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson. […]

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

Famed vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and her motley crew chase Count Dracula around the English countryside in a madcap race to save his innocent victims

An Evening with Samara Joy

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Samara Joy’s first full-length album, Linger Awhile, became a critical smash and earned Joy an incredible two 2023 Grammy Awards including Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist. Joy […]

Madame Butterfly

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

James Conlon opens the 2024/25 season conducting Puccini’s unforgettable classic starring Korean soprano Karah Son as the tragic heroine trying to find her way in a world dominated by men.

Future Sounds of Jazz Festival

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Stanley Clarke has curated a special day of art, culture, community and jazz that includes performances by Judith Hill, Gretchen Parlato with Gerald Clayton, Alan Hampton, and more; as well […]

Brian Regan

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, "The funniest stand-up alive," and Entertainment Weekly calling him, "Your favorite comedian’s favorite […]

Classic Albums Live Performs Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours at The Rady Shell

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Classical Albums Live performs Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, their eleventh studio album released in 1977, note for note, cut for cut. Enjoy live performances of their immortal classics like "The Chain," […]

Rachmaninoff & Beethoven

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Join the Pacific Symphony, led by conductor Carl St. Clair, for Opening Night featuring Ticheli’s musical fireworks “Shooting Stars”  which gives way to Ravel’s musical portrait of Spain in “Alborado […]

American Idiot

Mark Taper Forum 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United States

Slinging razor guitars, thundering drums, and an anti-hero named Johnny. A groundbreaking American musical with music from Green Day’s multi-platinum album in an all-new production directed by Artistic Director Snehal […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Video projections set the scene for Shakespeare’s magical forest with Gustavo Dudamel leading Mendelssohn’s whimsical incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dudamel has called Gabriela Ortiz “one of the […]

Is It Thursday Yet?

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Presented in cooperation with La Jolla Playhouse, this production combines dance, live music and home video footage to tell the story of dancer/choreographer Jenn Freeman's life following her Autism Spectrum […]

Experience Hendrix

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

The Experience Hendrix Tour evokes the era when artists treated each performance as a unique interaction with their audience. Jimi Hendrix called this his ‘Electric Church.’ The Experience Hendrix Tour […]

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical

Ocean Side Theatre 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, United States

The West Coast Premiere of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical  written by Jonathan Hogue and directed by Kevin “Blax” Burroughs offers a hilarious, fun-filled romp into the supernatural world of […]

Resurrection

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Soprano Angela Meade and Mahler interpreter Anna Larsson join forces with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra for three performances of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

Wynonna Judd

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Country Music Hall of Famer and five-time Grammy winner Wynona Judd is one of the most celebrated artists in country music and she makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut.

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the centerpieces of the holiday season in San Diego. A whimsical musical based on the classic Dr. Seuss book, Dr. […]

La Cage Aux Folles

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

La Cage aux Folles is a groundbreaking, Tony award-winning musical comedy with a heartfelt score by Jerry Herman and hilarious script by Harvey Fierstein.

Fiddler on the Roof

La Mirada Theatre 14900 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, United States

Fiddler on the Roof is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love, and laughter.

Your Local Theater Presents …

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Anna Ouyang Moench’s comedic and moving new play is a love letter to actors, artists and dreamers of all professions who make sacrifices large and small in service of their […]

Star Wars in Concert

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Experience the entire Star Wars saga through specially edited film clips and the power of John Williams’ unforgettable music, hosted by C-3PO himself!

Shrek the Musical

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

The tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Based on the hit animated […]

Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical

Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA, United States

Cat Kid Comic Club, a story that follows the creative of siblings Cat Kid and Molly Pollywood, is a hilarious musical adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man spin-off series from […]

Urban Bush Women

Mark Taper Forum 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United States

Building upon a repertoire of bold, life-affirming dance works, Urban Bush Women celebrates its 40th anniversary with the world premiere of SCAT!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot […]

Tres Minutos

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Inspired by a real program that reunites families separated by immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border, but only for three minutes, Tres minutos by composer Nicolás Lell Benavides and librettist […]

A Tribute to Ella, Billie and Sarah

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

SDSO pays tribute to three of the most iconic divas in all of jazz—Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

Conrad Tao & Friends Rhapsody in Blue at 100

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

With its opening clarinet glissando, bluesy piano riffs, and syncopated rhythms, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue quickly became an American masterpiece and audience favorite. Now, 100 years after its 1924 premiere, pianist […]

Leslie Odom, Jr.—The Christmas Tour

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Multi-faceted performer recognized for his work on Broadway (Hamilton), television and film, Leslie Odom, Jr. is a Tony, Grammy and Emmy award nominee. He brings a night of holiday hits […]

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

A Noise Within 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

In Geoff Elliott’s delightfully faithful adaptation of what might just be the greatest story of redemption ever written, Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future join forces […]

A Christmas Carol

South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive, PO Box 2197, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-2197, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is an Orange County tradition. South Coast Repertory brings back fan favorite characters—Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family, and of course Ebenezer Scrooge for a […]

Leslie Odom, Jr. The Christmas Tour

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton, One Night in Miami) returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for a night of holiday hits including selections from his release […]

Art of the Spanish Guitar

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Two-time Grammy nominated artist Mak Grgić, for his Pacific Symphony debut, will perform Rodrigo’s masterful Fantasy for a Gentleman, filled with lively, dancing melodies, and musical sunshine.

Manny and the Wise Queens

Ocean Side Theatre 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, United States

The first full staging of Manny and the Wise Queens by Idris Goodwin Gift-bearing travelers find themselves in the attic of Manny, a depressed recent high school graduate, who has […]

Bodytraffic

The Wallis 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, United States

L.A.-based dance company, BODYTRAFFIC, led by Tina Finkelman Berkett, returns to The Wallis. Internationally acclaimed, BODYTRAFFIC has not only conquered the contemporary dance realm, but also bewitched audiences worldwide with […]

Two Concertos: Barnatan Plays Shostakovich

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Music Director Rafael Payare leads pianist Inon Barnatan in a program that highlights the humorous side of classical music in works by Richard Strauss and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Brahms with Zubin Mehta

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Conductor Zubin Metha teams up with violinistLeonidas Kavakos for a program that will feature Brahms’ Violin Concerto and Second Symphony

Carols by Candlelight

Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church 535 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join the Pacific Chorale as Istad weaves a seamless blend of classic and contemporary holiday carols, celebrating the essence of the season.

Festival of Carols

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Chorale presents an eclectic lineup of holiday events in December including Festival of Carols, featuring magnificent arrangements of traditional carols spanning the globe, alongside contemporary classics sung with the […]

Handel’s Glorious Messiah

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

A timeless masterwork that transcends three centuries of fads and fashions, Handel’s Glorious Messiah is an event of joy, reflection, and renewal.

Once Upon a Mattress

Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The comedic romp sets Princess Winifred the Woebegone — or “Fred” to her friends — an unapologetic free spirit, loose in a repressed kingdom, reveling in her ability to charm […]

Sign up for FREE to receive our exclusive Weekend Roundup!

Get the best things to do in our favorite SoCal spots delivered to your inbox every week

Los Angeles

Orange County

San Diego