SF Opera Orchestra Strikes for Fair Contract, Opening Night is Canceled Janos Gereben - September 13, 2026 Music News Gen Z Jazz Vocal Star Samara Joy Favors Deep Cuts in SF Symphony Debut Andrew Gilbert - September 10, 2026 Review At 98, Thea Musgrave Gets Her San Francisco Mainstage Debut Lisa Hirsch - September 14, 2026 Feature Latest Christian McBride and Friends Celebrate Ray Brown and the Art of “Forward Motion” Review McBride and longtime companions Benny Green and Gregory Hutchinson paid tribute to the great bassist and mentor. SF Electronic Music Festival Celebrates 25 Years With a Diverse Roster of Artists Music News The festival’s embrace of a wide range of possibilities make it a destination for both established talent and fresh experiments. 13 Bay Area Opera Companies Unite for “Opera Day in the Bay” Music News The free concert will take place on Sept. 20 in Redwood Park at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid. Chanticleer's Machaut Project Opens a Window to the Medieval World Review Elkhanah Pulitzer’s staging of the men’s chorus’ concert made the emotions of the exquisite songs directly accessible. With Don Giovanni, Opera San José Completes the Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy Review The company opens its 2026 season with a beautifully balanced Don Giovanni. The production runs through Sept. 27. A Berkeley Club Founded to Save the Hills Now Fills Them With Music Preview Twenty years of curating at The Hillside Club, and Bruce Koball still finds the appetite for live music amazing. Anthony Davis’s The Central Park Five Recording Trades Visuals for Theater of the Mind Review Anthony Davis’s Pulitzer winner lands on streaming without a libretto, but the jazz still swings and the outrage still lands. Dance ODC’s State of Play Festival Debuts Experimental Works August 31, 2026 At The Soiled Dove, Joan Baez Is a Show Within a Show August 18, 2026 Wallace Foundation Provides Boost for Small Minority Art Groups August 11, 2026 “Can You Dig It?” ODC Hosts Eddie Brown Tap Dance Symposium August 11, 2026 Jazz Christian McBride and Friends Celebrate Ray Brown and the Art of “Forward Motion” September 15, 2026 Gen Z Jazz Vocal Star Samara Joy Favors Deep Cuts in SF Symphony Debut September 10, 2026 Ron Vincent Swings Into the Bay Area August 31, 2026 Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart August 24, 2026 Opera 13 Bay Area Opera Companies Unite for “Opera Day in the Bay” September 15, 2026 With Don Giovanni, Opera San José Completes the Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy September 15, 2026 Complications in Sue Makes Opera Relevant and Revelatory September 14, 2026 Homepage Links Listen to KDFC Facebook Threads Instagram The SFCV Weekly Newsletter Receive the latest news delivered straight to your inbox with a digest of all the latest events, reviews, and hot deals. 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Music News 13 Bay Area Opera Companies Unite for “Opera Day in the Bay” Janos Gereben - September 15, 2026 The free concert will take place on Sept. 20 in Redwood Park at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid. Gen Z Jazz Vocal Star Samara Joy Favors Deep Cuts in SF Symphony Debut September 10, 2026 Chanticleer's Machaut Project Opens a Window to the Medieval World September 15, 2026 With Don Giovanni, Opera San José Completes the Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy September 15, 2026 San Francisco Opera Orchestra May Strike on Opening Night, Pending Negotiations September 1, 2026 Features At 98, Thea Musgrave Gets Her San Francisco Mainstage Debut Metal x Classical: A Match Made in Heeell!! Inside 2220 Arts+Archives, L.A.'s Hub of Experimental Arts Reviews Christian McBride and Friends Celebrate Ray Brown and the Art of “Forward Motion” With Don Giovanni, Opera San José Completes the Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy Chanticleer's Machaut Project Opens a Window to the Medieval World Music News SF Electronic Music Festival Celebrates 25 Years With a Diverse Roster of Artists 13 Bay Area Opera Companies Unite for “Opera Day in the Bay” Long Beach Opera Set to Launch 2026-2027 Season Artist Spotlights David Afkham: "We Are All Connected Through Music" Eleonora Buratto Brings a Daughter’s Heart to Simon Boccanegra Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart Previews A Berkeley Club Founded to Save the Hills Now Fills Them With Music After Two Centuries of Obscurity, Donizetti Opera Receives its American Premiere in L.A. Viral Baritone Babatunde Akinboboye Spearheads the Hip Hopera Genre Media Missy Mazzoli's Breaking the Waves is Mesmerizing and Emotionally Devastating Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart The Sublime Antics of Losing Kontrol From the Archives Quatuor Ébene and Belcea Quartet Bring String Octets to Crystalline Life Review The Paris and London-based ensembles do justice to works by Mendelssohn and Enescu. CAP UCLA’s Eclectic Upcoming Season Features Dance, Opera, and a Live Video Game Music News The presenter’s 2025–2026 lineup, centered at the Nimoy Theater, promises to push the limits of performance in provocative ways. California Symphony Takes a Bright and Direct Approach to Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Review Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera forges his own path in a concert that also features works by Grażyna Bacewicz and Saad Haddad. Spaghetti Sticks to the Wall at The Back Room Review The four-person ensemble gave an eclectic performance in Berkeley on Jan. 21.
