2025–26 Season Subscriptions

Why you’ll love being a Subscriber

Big savings
Save up to 25% on single-ticket prices plus get 10% off ticket purchases added to your subscription throughout the season!

Best Seats
We know that seating matters. That’s why our Subscribers get access to the best available seats.

Choice and Flexibility
The Choose-Your-Own Subscription allows you to pick any events you choose, no matter the genre! Plus you get ultimate peace of mind: Subscribers enjoy the flexibility of easy—and free!—ticket exchanges.

Choose-Your-Own by Number

Select the number of performances you’d like to have in your package and save up to 20%

Savings: 10%

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Choose-Your-Own by Genre

Choose four or more events in the same genre and save 25%.

Orchestra & Chamber Music
Recital
Early Music
New Music
Dance
Theater
Jazz
Vocal Celebration
Family
Illuminations: “Exile & Sanctuary”

The Theater genre does not have a Choose-Your-Own by Genre package. To save up to 20%, add Theater performances to a Choose-Your-Own By Number package.

2025–26 Season Calendar
download order worksheet

Experience our interactive season brochure

Click to read 25-26 Subscription Brochure

Subscribers get the best of everything!

Best Seats
Get access to tickets before everyone else and guarantee you get some of the best seats in the house.

Choice & Flexibility
Pick your performances, dates, and times. Plus, enjoy the flexibility of easy—and free—advance ticket exchanges.

Savings
Save up to 25% on your tickets and an additional 10% on tickets for friends and family.

Questions about Subscribing? We have answers!

If you can’t find the answers you are looking for in these Frequently Asked Questions, or need assistance, please contact the Ticket Office.

There are three ways to purchase a subscription:

  1. Order online beginning April 22 at noon on this page ($20 per order fee).
  2. Order by phone at 510.642.9988 ($20 per order fee).
  3. Order in person at the Ticket Office window ($20 per order fee).

Please note that the Cal Performances Ticket Office is no longer able to receive orders by mail or fax.

Ticket Office hours:
Tue–Fri, 12–5:30pm
Sat–Sun, 1–5pm
Closed Mon
Summer, holiday, and university break hours may vary

Order early and consider making a donation! That’s the best way to secure the seats you want. Donors and Renewing Subscribers are seated first. Place your subscription order by the dates below to receive priority seating.

Donors are May 23 and Renewing subscribers are May 30

May 9 Producer’s Circle Donors of $1,500+
May 23 Donors of $1,000–$1,499
May 30 Renewing Subscribers
June 6 Donors of $100–$999 (New Subscription Orders)
June 20 Email Club (New Subscription Orders)
July 3 New Subscribers

Learn more about donor benefits

We love it when you want to see many of our performances!  Want to come to every recital, five dance, three vocal celebration, all theater, and a show from our family offerings?  Want to reserve two seats for most performances, but want to bring a friend or three to a few?  With that kind of variety can come some complicated orders, so we advise that if you have questions about the best arrangement of your performances into packages and add-on single tickets, it may be better to do this over the phone instead of online. Contact the Ticket Office as our staff is ready to help you navigate the subscription process so that you get the maximum savings, especially when you may have complex needs.

Subscription seating is completed by our Ticket Office on a first-come, first-served basis according to the priority ordering dates. An order received after the priority window closes will receive processing priority on the day it is received, based on the level of giving. Subscription tickets for the 2025–26 season will be emailed in July.

See “How do I get priority seating?” for priority ordering dates.

Single tickets for Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma at the Greek go on sale at noon on the following schedule:

April 22 Producer’s Circle Donors of $1,500+
June 24 Donors of $100–$1,499 and those who’ve purchased a 2025–26 subscription
June 27 Email Club, UC Berkeley faculty, and staff
July 1 General public

Single tickets for all other 2025–26 season events go on sale at noon on the following schedule:

April 22 2025–26 Season Subscribers and Donors of $1,500+
July 22 Donors of $100+ and Subscribers
July 29 Email Club, UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff
Aug 5 General public

Learn more about donor benefits

There is a $15 per order service charge on ticket purchases made by phone or online that are not part of a subscription package, and a $20 service charge on all subscription orders. There is no fee for tickets purchased in person at the Zellerbach Hall Ticket Office unless they are part of a subscription. This fee helps to underwrite the cost of providing services online and by phone, as well as programs needed for digital order delivery. There are no per order fees associated with rush or UCB Student purchases.

Yes. Cal Performances venues are accessible and we offer services for patrons with visual and hearing impairments.

All venues are wheelchair accessible. When ordering tickets online, please choose designated wheelchair locations for reserved seating performances, or request wheelchair seats when ordering via phone or in person at our Ticket Office. We also offer transfer and companion seating.

For patrons who are deaf or have hearing loss, Cal Performances offers free assistive listening devices (ALDs), which amplify and clarify sound by cutting down or eliminating ambient noise, and sign language interpreters.

For blind and visually impaired audience members, Cal Performances partners with Gravity Access Services to offer live audio description for multiple performances on our season. We also offer haptic access tours, which are live pre-show tours that allow patrons to experience—through touch and their own movement—the space, performers, costumes and objects in addition to key movement elements in the performance. These services can be reserved online and over the phone or in person when purchasing tickets for performances.

Persons who wish to request disability-related accommodations, including sign language interpreters, should contact the Ticket Office at least two weeks in advance of the performance to ensure the best possible arrangements. Patrons using a TTY, please contact us via California Relay Service by dialing 711 or 800.735.2929.

More information on accessibility services >

Yes, exchanges are available beginning July 15, 2025. Advance ticket exchanges are free of service fees for Producer’s Circle Donors and Subscribers (subject to conditions, availability, and pricing changes).

All ticket sales are final. No refunds or returns are permitted, except in the case of an event cancellation (see below). Tickets for Cal Performances’ events may be exchanged (fees may apply) or donated back to the organization based on our Ticket Exchange and Donation policies. Service fees are not refundable.

If a performance is cancelled or rescheduled, your tickets are fully refundable. The value of the tickets for cancelled or rescheduled performances may also be donated (receipt provided) or exchanged for another performance during our 2025–26 season.

Current exchange/refund policies may change after July 21, 2025.

Season Brochure—if you received a season brochure in the mail, we suggest you have it handy as you choose the shows you want to include in your subscription. The brochure contains full descriptions of all of the shows, organized by genre. It also includes a season calendar listing with ticket prices for every level. If you didn’t receive a brochure, you can download a PDF of it, or request that one be sent to you.

The 2025–26 Season page allows you to browse the season lineup online. You can view the entire season, or filter by genre and date. For each event, you’ll see a link where you can “learn more,” which will take you to the event details page.

The event details page provides additional information about the show, including more photos and videos, the program (if available), and the available subscription packages.