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Special Events and other Announcements
24th Annual Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp, June 15–July 24, 2026
2026–27 Season Announcement Press Kit, April 28, 2026
Theater
William Kentridge’s The Head & the Load, November 12–15, 2026
Dance
The Australian Ballet: Oscar© by Christopher Wheeldon, September 25–27, 2026
Ambrose Akinmusire & Aszure Barton: A a | a B : B E N D, December 4–5, 2026
Mark Morris Dance Group: Holidayland, December 11–13, 2026
Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus, February 5–6, 2027
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández: 75th Anniversary Tour, February 13–14, 2027
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, February 27–28, 2027
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 6–11, 2027
MOMIX: Botanica, May 7–9, 2027
Orchestra and Chamber Music
Takács Quartet, October 11, 2026
Takács Quartet with Jeremy Denk, January 24, 2027
Attacca Quartet, 2026–27 Ensemble in Residence, January 31, 2027
Danish String Quartet, February 21, 2027
Attacca Quartet, 2026–27 Ensemble in Residence with Caroline Shaw, February 28, 2027
Vienna Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Yuja Wang, Christiane Karg, and Elīna Garanča, March 2–4, 2027
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano, March 14, 2027
Dover Quartet, April 4, 2027
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, director, Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5, April 23, 2027
Vocal Celebration
Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: The Farewell Tour, October 18, 2026
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular 2026!, December 19, 2026
Cheyenne Jackson: That Guy From That Thing, March 6, 2027
An Evening with Audra McDonald, March 20, 2027
Recital
Lester Lynch, baritone, Kevin Korth, piano, September 27, 2026
Tom Borrow, piano, October 4, 2026
Ben Bliss, tenor, Christopher Allen, piano, October 18, 2026
Iestyn Davies, countertenor, Oliver Wass, Baroque triple lever harp and modern harp, October 25, 2026
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, Sean Shibe, guitar: Orlando Variations, November 1, 2026
Lise Davidsen, soprano, James Baillieu, piano, November 19, 2026
Lukas Sternath, piano, January 17, 2027
Mitsuko Uchida, piano, January 29, 2027
Blake Pouliot, violin, Henry Kramer, piano: Follow the Lieder, February 14, 2027
Behzod Abduraimov, piano, March 7, 2027
Paul Lewis, piano, April 11, 2027
Early Music
Iestyn Davies, countertenor, Oliver Wass, Baroque triple lever harp and modern harp, October 25, 2026
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord, November 8, 2026
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, Il Pomo d’Oro Orchestra and Choir: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, February 10, 2027
J. S. Bach’s Matthew Passion: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor, February 21, 2027
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin, Thomas Dunford, lute: The Mad Lover: Works by the Eccles, Purcell, and Matteis Families, March 21, 2027
The Tallis Scholars: Slings and Arrows…, Peter Phillips, director, April 16, 2027
The English Concert, Harry Bicket, conductor and harpsichord: Handel’s Alessandro, April 25, 2027
New Music
Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration; Bang on a Can All-Stars, Ensemble Signal; Brad Lubman, conductor, October 24, 2026
The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes, November 20, 2026
Attacca Quartet, 2026–27 Ensemble in Residence, January 31, 2027
Eco Ensemble, February 6, 2027
LUNA LAB@10: Celebrating a Decade of Young Composers, February 26, 2027
Attacca Quartet, 2026–27 Ensemble in Residence with Caroline Shaw, February 28, 2027
Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal, April 16, 2027
Niladri Kumaar: The Space Between the Notes, April 17, 2027
Jazz
Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin, November 21, 2026
Ambrose Akinmusire & Aszure Barton: A a | a B : B E N D, December 4–5, 2026
Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, February 19, 2027
The Hot Sardines: Holiday Stomp, December 17, 2026
Family
Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words), November 28–29, 2026
Mark Morris Dance Group: Holidayland, December 11–13, 2026
Kodo: One Earth Tour 2027: Luminance, January 22–24, 2027
Marvel Studios BLACK PANTHER in Concert, January 31, 2027
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, April 24, 2027
MOMIX: Botanica, May 7–9, 2027