Previews

So far as cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian know, there’s no other festival doing chamber music on period instruments. But there will be the Valley of the Moon Music Festival.

Canadian-American troubador Rufus Wainwright will make his debut at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on Sunday, July 27.

Woody Guthrie’s American Song, the award-winning musical based on the life and music of the iconic American folk singer, returns to the Freight & Salvage for four performances.

Kids (and their parents) get to shake, rattle and rock at the free outdoor Kidchella summer concerts in Redwood City.

The great melodies and daffy humor of Gilbert and Sullivan are on display this week from the students of Summer Music West and Lamplighters Music Theatre.

There's a bevy of Fourth of July celebrations with music around the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Head for your favorite place to enjoy the festivities: Happy Fourth of July!

Skip Saturday morning cartoons this week and bring the family to hear young fiddlers bow bluegrass and jazz at the 17th annual fiddlekids concert matinee at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

San Francisco's Stern Grove kicks off its summer Kids Days shows with three separate programs that highlight diverse styles of dance.

In a change of pace, Kitka, the women’s vocal group that specializes in Eastern European folk traditions, has commissioned a new composition for Gay Pride Week.

S.F. Symphony musicians Scott Pingel and Jacob Nissly like to swing out whenever jazz gigs beckon. They tell why.