• Kelli O'Hara, a White woman with wavy blonde hair, wears a black dress and stares into the camera.
  • Kelli O'Hara, a White woman with wavy blonde hair, wears a black dress and stares into the camera.

Vocal Celebration at Cal Performances

In our 2025–26 season, Cal Performances welcomes the return of Lila Downs in a Día de los Muertos celebration concert; the Vienna Boys Choir with a program celebrating the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss Jr.; the Soweto Gospel Choir for a special holiday season concert singing gospel classics and spirituals to feel-good pop songs; and Lara Downes and an all-star cast of collaborators perform a program of classical and popular music that explores the richness and complexity of the American experience. And making her Berkeley debut is Broadway star, opera diva, and television actor Kelli O’Hara singing show tunes and classics from the Great American Songbook. Also in the lineup is San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ Holiday Spectacular!; previous seasons sold out, so we’ve added two shows this year. Get your tickets early!

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2024–25 Vocal Celebration Events Calendar

Vocal Celebration

Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue

Jun 21, 2025, 8pm

2025–26 Vocal Celebration Events Calendar

Vocal Celebration

Lila Downs

Día de los Muertos

Oct 25, 2025, 8pm
Vocal Celebration, Family

Vienna Boys Choir

Strauss For Ever

Nov 16, 2025, 3pm
Vocal Celebration

Soweto Gospel Choir

Peace

Dec 14, 2025, 3pm
Vocal Celebration

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

Holiday Spectacular 2025!

Dec 20, 2025
Vocal Celebration

An Evening with Kelli O’Hara

Jan 31, 2026, 8pm
Vocal Celebration, Illuminations: "Exile & Sanctuary"

Lara Downes and Friends

This Land: Reflections on America

May 9, 2026, 8pm