Performing arts
Friday, June 1, 2018
Ray Lamontagne: with very special guest Neko Case
Performing Arts - Music | June 1 | 6 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
Grammy Award winner Ray LaMontagne announces dates for his 2016 North American Tour in support of his sixth studio album, Ouroboros which will be available on March 4th via RCA Records.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Jethro Trull: 50th Anniversary Tour
Performing Arts - Music | June 2 | 6:30 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
It was on the 2nd of February 1968 at the world-famous Marquee Club in Wardour Street that Jethro Tull first performed under that name. The group would go on to become one of the most successful and enduring bands of their era, selling over 60 million albums worldwide and entering the cultural collective consciousness along the way.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Junior Recorder Society
Performing Arts - Music | June 3 | 12 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
In celebration of the group’s twentieth anniversary, the Junior Recorder Society returns to BAMPFA to delight us with period music performed on wind instruments of various sizes.
Facing Agrippina
Performing Arts - Music | June 3 | 2 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
This behind-the-scenes look at an opera production documents a performance of Handel’s Agrippina by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, as conducted by René Jacobs and performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Vajra Voices
Performing Arts - Music | June 3 | 4 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Vajra Voices, known for their “shimmering resonance and elegantly paced performances” (Choir and Organ), present a program of music by Guillaume de Machaut. With Shira Kammen on vielle and harp.
Monday, June 4, 2018
A Master Class in Silent Film Musical Accompaniment: An Illustrated demonstration of how to accompany a silent film
Performing Arts - Music | June 4 | 1-3 p.m. | CNMAT (1750 Arch St.), Auditorium
Donald Sosin
A talk and master class in the art of silent film accompaniment, accompanied by film clips.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Yacouba Sissoko + Baba Ken Okulolo and the Nigerian Brothers
Performing Arts - Music | June 7 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Yacouba Sissoko +
Babá Ken Okulolo & the Nigerian Brothers
$26 Adult, $24 UCBG Member Adult, $12 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
SOLD OUT. Buy tickets by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Friday, June 8, 2018
Galax Quartet
Performing Arts - Music | June 8 | 1 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The Galax Quartet performs works by Nancy Galbraith, Jacques Meyer, J. S. Bach, and others with guest soloists Stephen Schultz (baroque flute) and Cheryl Ann Fulton (harp).
Thursday, June 14, 2018
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Berkeley Symphony and Friends
Performing Arts - Music | June 14 | 5:30-7 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Berkeley Symphony presents Matthew Szemela & Friends perform Mozart and Mendelssohn
$29 Adult, $27 UCBG Member Adult, $15 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
SOLD OUT.
Reading: Dick Evans
Reading - Literary | June 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Photographer Dick Evans introduces and signs his new book of photographs of San Francisco’s Mission District that focus on its quintessential art form, the community mural.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Flying Lotus: with guests: Little Dragon, BADBADNOTGOOD
Performing Arts - Music | June 16 | 5:30 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
You see, no one likes talking about death. But Flying Lotus has never been one to lead the people on a simple journey. With You’re Dead! he has managed to create a shamanic pilgrimage into the psychedelic unknown of the infinite afterlife.
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Slightly Stoopid: with guests: Stick Figure, Pepper
Performing Arts - Music | June 17 | 5 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
The Ocean Beach, California-based band formed by multi-instrumentalists Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty has matured into a versatile musical ensemble.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Jovino Santos Neto + Gyan Riley
Performing Arts - Music | June 21 | 5-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Jovino Santos Neto + Gyan Riley
$26 Adult, $24 UCBG Member Adult, $12 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-643-2755, or by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters: with guests: Jim James (Solo), Seth Lakeman
Performing Arts - Music | June 21 | 6 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
Robert Plant has announced a new series of North American headline dates celebrating his acclaimed new album, Carry Fire.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Felix Mendelssohn, St. Paul Oratorio, Op. 36: Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
Performing Arts - Music | June 22 | 8 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Yoon Geong Lee, soprano
Katherine Trimble, mezzo-soprano
Derek Jackenheimer, tenor
Andre Chiang, bass
Ming Luke, Music Director
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Felix Mendelssohn, St. Paul Oratorio, Op. 36: Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
Performing Arts - Music | June 23 | 3 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Yoon Geong Lee, soprano
Katherine Trimble, mezzo-soprano
Derek Jackenheimer, tenor
Andre Chiang, bass
Ming Luke, Music Director
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Felix Mendelssohn, St. Paul Oratorio, Op. 36: Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
Performing Arts - Music | June 24 | 3 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Yoon Geong Lee, soprano
Katherine Trimble, mezzo-soprano
Derek Jackenheimer, tenor
Andre Chiang, bass
Ming Luke, Music Director
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Full: Adam Tendler
Performing Arts - Music | June 27 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The charismatic young pianist Adam Tendler performs works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, and others.
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Primus: with guests: Mastodon, JJUUJJUU
Performing Arts - Music | June 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
The Desaturating Seven led Primus back to some of the sounds and styles of their earlier days and has received praise from Consequence of Sound, Rolling Stone, AV Club and more. The album marks the return of the definitive Primus line-up—singer/bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde, and drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander—for its first album of original music since 1995.
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Charlie Parr + Paper Wings
Performing Arts - Music | June 28 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Charlie Parr + Paper Wings
$24 Adult, $22 UCBG Member Adult, $15 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
SOLD OUT.
