By: Isabella Holmes for The Dirt
The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts is a resource you don’t want to overlook when planning entertainment or local adventures.
By day, the Mondavi Center is home to students struggling with organic chemistry. By night, the curtains rise it becomes the world’s stage.
From orchestras to authors to stand-up comedians and everyone in between, the Mondavi Center brings the best performing artists in the world right here to Davis!
Here are upcoming events in the Mondavi Center’s 23rd season, and we’ve earmarked a few we’re particularly excited about.
Aida Cuevas
The legendary “Queen of Mariachi” herself! Cuevas is the first and only female singer in the traditional mariachi genre to win a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award, and will be celebrating her iconic album’s 40th anniversary this year.
Saturday, October 5
Jackson Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor & Randall Goosby, violin
Wednesday, October 9
Jackson Hall
Sean Mason
Thursday, October 10 – Saturday, October 12
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Mariza
Friday, October 18
Jackson Hall
Threshold
You’ll have three nights to catch this striking dance performance, and feminist response to anti-Asian violence and Asian American invisibility Choreographers Claudine Naganuma and SanSan Kwan.
Friday, October 18–Sunday, October 20
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Live in Concert
Saturday, October 19
Jackson Hall
Sons of Mystro
Sunday, October 20
Jackson Hall
Baratunde Thurston
A.I. Doesn’t Have to Kill Us But Can Make Us Stronger
Wednesday, October 23
Jackson Hall
Astria Suparak
Asian futures, without Asians
Thursday, October 24
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
An Evening with Brittney Griner
One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year in 2023, Olympic Gold Medalist, and WNBA Champion Griner will join the stage with Chancellor May to discuss her most recent book, Coming Home, which takes readers inside her detention in Russia and the campaign to bring her home.
Sunday, November 3
Jackson Hall
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan 13 Tongues by Cheng Tsung-lung
Thursday, November 7
Jackson Hall
Youn Sun Nah
Thursday, November 7 – Saturday, November 9
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
An Evening of Comedy with W. Kamau Bell
Bell is a political comedian whosewho’s CNN docuseries United Shades of America won five Emmy awards, and he was awarded a Peabody for his docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby.
Friday, November 8
Jackson Hall
Manetti Shrem Opera Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Festival Napa Valley
Friday, November 15
Jackson Hall
123 Andrés
Parents of the preschool crowd rejoice: 123 Andrés is coming to town! The husband-wife duo sing, dance, and teach at this bilingual matinee performance.
Sunday, November 17
Jackson Hall
Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert
Fans are encouraged to dress up like Mirabel, Luisa or any of their favorite Encanto characters for this sing-along that promises to include “We Don’t Talk About Bruno!”
Friday, November 22
Jackson Hall
Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg
Sunday, December 1
Jackson Hall
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Big Band Holidays
featuring vocalists Ekep Nkwelle and Robbie Lee
Tuesday, December 3
Jackson Hall
Pink Martini featuring China Forbes
A Holiday Spectacular
Wednesday, December 4
Jackson Hall
