Music

Conductor Michael Morgan leads the Sacramento Philharmonic in a dress rehearsal at the Mondavi Center for the Arts at UC Davis in March 2006.The Sacramento Philharmonic reached its goal of raising $150,000 by a self-imposed May 15 deadline, pers...

The WigglesWHAT A FINALE Mondavi Center closes out its season What: Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits (featuring Tim Sparks and Shanir Blumenkranz) will be the final performance of the season at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis. All Ab...

Alison Krauss & Union Station will headline the spring Strawberry Music Festival this month.Summer outdoor music festivals offer plentiful listening opportunities, fresh air and a chance to catch up with festival-only friends. You know, fest...

Musician-actor Rick Springfield appears Saturday at Harrah's Tahoe.It is traditional to take Mom out for a Mother's Day dinner or brunch, and the casinos in both Northern Nevada and Northern California offer a virtual bounty of choices. It m...

Janiva MagnessTODAY Event Bavarian May Fest What: If you're not embarrassed to be seen in lederhosen, then this celebration of all things German is for you. On the menu will be beer, brats, sauerkraut, German potato salad and apple ...

It's hard to believe that it has been 25 years since John Adams' "Nixon in China" opera hit the opera stage. That work, which has a libretto by Alice Goodman, has aged very well. And it is only fitting that the anniversary gets honored when the Sa...

This weekend the Vocal Arts Ensemble will perform "Inkspell," - whose choral music is married to poems by Rumi, Frost, and Shakespeare, and others. The choral group will perform works by Debussy, Eric Whitacre, and Vaughan Williams. The evening wi...

In a letter posted online by his For Arts Sake initiative Mayor Kevin Johnson has put the onus on Sacramento area arts patrons to help a struggling arts community. In that letter Johnson said "I encourage everyone to find a way to demonstrate suppor...

The Folsom Symphony has announced its 2012-2013 season, its ninth. The all-volunteer orchestra will perform all of its concerts at the Three Stages performing arts complex on the campus of Folsom Lake College. The season opens Oct. 20 with "A Hear...

Van Halen will not be skipping Sacramento after all. David Lee Roth, Eddie and the boys will perform on Saturday, Aug. 25 at Power Balance Pavilion. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday through the PBP box office, One Sports Parkway, Sacra...