Jazz at Cal Performances
The 2025–26 Jazz season sees the Cal Performances debuts of vocalist and composer Somi, who traverses cultural bridges between Africa and the US; Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band in celebration of Indigenous and Native musicians, composers, and bandleaders throughout the history of jazz; and a film screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid with live music by iconoclast guitarist Marc Ribot. We also welcome back to Zellerbach Hall MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant.
2025–26 Season Jazz Events Calendar
Jazz, Illuminations: "Exile & Sanctuary"
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
Mar 6, 2026, 8pm
Jazz
Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid
Marc Ribot, guitar
Film screening with live music
Mar 7, 2026, 8pm