Week of Events
Live Jazz: Jim Frink Trio
Live Jazz: Jim Frink Trio
ROOT OF HAPPINESS. Jim Frink is a drummer and educator based in Davis. The jazz trio plays improvisational music ranging from standards, to modern jazz, to balkan folk and beyond. 7:30p—10:30p. Free
Slow Jazz Jam
Slow Jazz Jam
DAVIS SENIOR CENTER. The focus will be slower ballads and bossas designed to be a supportive space to get you soloing over jazz standards. 3p—5p. Free
Teen Open Mic Poetry & Song Night
Teen Open Mic Poetry & Song Night
DIXON LIBRARY. Showcase your bold & creative side with poetry, comedy, rapping, & singing! Acts are limited to 5 minutes. This event is geared towards tweens & teens ages 10 to 18. Sign-ups online. 3:30p—5p. Free
Free Line Dance Class
Free Line Dance Class
STEPHENS BRANCH LIBRARY. Free line dancing classes in the Blanchard Room. No experience necessary. 6:30p—7:30p. Free
Davis Independent Music Initiative Song Doctor
Davis Independent Music Initiative Song Doctor
ZOOM. Communal Songwriting workshop & critique. Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday. Have your lyrics ready to screen share! All are welcome! 8p. Free
Music For Piano Four Hands
Music For Piano Four Hands
PITZER CENTER. Featuring Jacqueline Chew and Michael Seth Orland, pianos. A Shinkoskey Noon Concert. 12:05p—1p. Free
Line Dance Class
Line Dance Class
DAVIS COMMUNITY CHURCH. Drop-in line dancing classes in the Fellowship Hall on Thursdays. First class is free! 3p—4:30p. $5
Friday Folk Music Jam Sessions
Friday Folk Music Jam Sessions
WYATT DECK, UC DAVIS ARBORETUM. Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments & play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck. All skill-levels welcome. 12p–1p. Free
Valente Lecture and Concert: Stephen Drury
Valente Lecture and Concert: Stephen Drury
PITZER CENTER. Drury has performed throughout the world with a repertoire that stretches from Bach to Liszt to the music of today. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Barbican Centre and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. A champion of contemporary music, he has taken the sound of dissonance into remote corners of Pakistan, Greenland and Montana. 5p—7p. Free
MAD Music Video Premier Party
MAD Music Video Premier Party
DELTA OF VENUS. Mad is a satirical tune about the refusal of conforming to societal norms and the power of bodily autonomy. Jazz trio Triism will open the show followed by a booty-shakin' dance party. 6p—9p. Free
Lucian Kano Balmer’s Spruce Ritual
Lucian Kano Balmer’s Spruce Ritual
MELON BALL. Lucian Kano Balmer is widely praised for the intricate, deep, soulful, and at times meditative quality of his music, using both his violin and exquisite voice to demonstrate the spiritual power of music for healing and reviving the soul. 8p—10p. $20
Spruce Ritual Music Concert
Spruce Ritual Music Concert
MELON BALL. Spruce Ritual, described as “raga-infused chamber music,” is the combination of the enormous talents of Lucian, Hannah Addario-Berry (principal cello of San Francisco Chamber Orchestra), Ivo Bokulic (principal viola of San Jose Opera), Will Marsh (sitar) and long-time collaborator Josh Mellinger (tabla). Together, they weave an intricate tapestry of music using techniques, harmonies, and rhythms of both western classical music and north Indian classical music. 8p—10p. $20
Record Store Day
Record Store Day
ARMADILLO MUSIC. We are excited to participate in Record Store Day. Come by and pick up rare and limited releases, in store only! Find out more info about the day on our website. 9a—12p.
New Harmony Jazz Band Live
New Harmony Jazz Band Live
CENTRAL PARK. Two free sets of Big Band, Swing, and Latin jazz favorites during the Davis Vintage & Craft Fair. 11a—1p. Free
Empyrean Ensemble
Empyrean Ensemble
PITZER CENTER. Sam Nichols, director • Matilda Hofman, resident conductor. 7p—8:30p. Free