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Cal Performances Extraordinary. Fearless. Live. Presenting performances as wide-ranging as your curiosity!
📍 Located at the University of California, Berkeley.
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10/12/2026

Sound ON for this one 🎺🌼

Chicago’s Mariachi Herencia de México brings La Nueva Generación Tour to Zellerbach Hall for a Día de los Mu***os celebration you’ll feel in your chest. Classic mariachi meets salsa, cumbia, bolero, son jarocho, and more: big brass, soaring vocals, and stories told with heart.

And yes, they just made history as the first mariachi ensemble to sing the national anthem at a Chicago Bears game. 🏈

📅 Fri, Oct 23, 7:30pm�
📍 Zellerbach Hall�
🎟️ https://bit.ly/4ygz0iU

Mendelssohn wrote his String Quartet in F minor in the months after losing his beloved sister, F***y, and you can hear i...
10/07/2026

Mendelssohn wrote his String Quartet in F minor in the months after losing his beloved sister, F***y, and you can hear it in every note. This Sunday, the Takács Quartet and pianist Jeremy Denk bring that music to Zellerbach Hall. Swipe through to meet the musicians, including the quartet's newest member, cellist Mihai Ma**ca.

Also on the program are César Franck's passionate Piano Quintet and Quijotadas, inspired by Don Quixote's wildest delusions, by Berkeley's own Gabriela Lena Frank, this year's Pulitzer Prize winner in music.

🗓️ Sunday, October 11 at 3pm
📍 Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
🎟️ Experience live: https://bit.ly/4eablcz

10/05/2026

Harumi Rhodes of the Grammy-winning Takács Quartet gives us a sneak peek at this Sunday’s performance with pianist Jeremy Denk! 🎻🎹

On the program: Mendelssohn, Franck’s passionate Piano Quintet, and Quijotadas by Berkeley native and Pulitzer Prize winner Gabriela Lena Frank.

🗓️ Sun, Oct 11 at 3pm�
📍 Zellerbach Hall�
🎟️ Get your tickets:https://bit.ly/4eablcz

10/01/2026

Swapping screen time for showtime. 🎶🎭🎤

Find your next favorite night out, whether it’s your first time or your fiftieth. Dance, music, theater, and everything in between, all season long.

🎟️ Link in bio

09/29/2026

In 2019, Tom Borrow - Pianist got the call with 36 hours’ notice: step in for star pianist Khatia Buniatishvili on a 12-concert orchestral tour. He nailed it, and he’s been in demand ever since. 🎹

Since then, the Murray Perahia protégé has played with the London Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, and many more. He has also appeared at the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
This Sunday he makes his Cal Performances debut in Hertz Hall with an afternoon of Mozart and Liszt. He plays Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A minor, Liszt’s dazzling Don Juan Fantasy (a riff on Mozart’s Don Giovanni), and Liszt’s famously demanding Sonata in B minor.

The music in this clip is Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, from his 2023 Wigmore Hall recital. It’s not on Sunday’s program, but it gives you a sense of what he can do.

Come early! Before the performance, students from UC Berkeley’s Pianism seminar lead a free introduction to the afternoon’s music, right across the way in Morrison Hall.

Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/46QIjLk

🎥: Wigmore Hall

09/25/2026

Dark. Magical. Heartfelt. 🌹🩰

We went behind the scenes with Adam, Benedicte, and Belle of The Australian Ballet to hear why you need to see Oscar, one of the most unique ballets out there.

Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar opens our 2026–27 season with its North American premiere, then heads to New York City Center next month.

📍Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall�Fri, Sep 25, 7:30pm�Sat, Sep 26, 1pm & 7:30pm�Sun, Sep 27, 3pm

📍New York, New York City Center�Thu, Oct 8 & Fri, Oct 9, 7:30pm�Sat, Oct 10, 2pm & 7:30pm�Sun, Oct 11, 2pm

Berkeley tickets: https://bit.ly/4g8osLB

09/21/2026

We’re opening our 2026–27 season in just a few days, and we are SO excited! 🩷

The Australian Ballet brings Oscar by Christopher Wheeldon to Zellerbach Hall, September 25–27.

New to this ballet? No worries, we’ve got you covered. Watch to learn the 3 things to know before you go!

Grab your tickets: https://bit.ly/4g8osLB

🐻 students, this is a $10 Golden Bear Circle event!

09/16/2026

Meet the Nightingale 🌹

The Australian Ballet Principal Artist Ako Kondo shares how she brings a character from Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose to life in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar. The role mixes classical ballet with birdlike, twitchy movement.

UC Berkeley gets the North American premiere, and it's the first stop on a two-city US tour. Joby Talbot's score will be performed live by Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

📍 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
🗓️ September 25–27

Secure your seats: https://bit.ly/4g8osLB

Every season, Cal Performances curates a lineup of approximately 80 performances spanning an incredible range of genres,...
09/15/2026

Every season, Cal Performances curates a lineup of approximately 80 performances spanning an incredible range of genres, styles, and cultural traditions. And while no season looks identical to another, there are some world-renowned artists who have chosen to make Berkeley a second home.

These iconic performers and creators serve as pillars of our programming, returning to us every year or few years—sometimes, over the course of decades!—and deepening their connection to Berkeley audiences with each new season.

Though familiar favorites, their performances offer us fresh perspective each time, whether it’s via a different piece, a new collaborator, or simply a beloved classic that somehow hits differently the second time around.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience these in-demand creators in a place so embedded in their own history—and consider this your very own Cal Performances rite of passage:

Familiar Favorites: The World-Renowned Artists Who’ve Made Berkeley -- and Cal Performances -- a Second Home.

09/14/2026

Our 2026–27 season kicks off with a North American premiere!

The Australian Ballet brings Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar to Zellerbach Hall for four performances only, with Joby Talbot’s score performed live by .

🗓️ Fri Sep 25, 7:30pm · Sat Sep 26, 1pm & 7:30pm · Sun Sep 27, 3pm
📍 Zellerbach Hall
🎟️ Link in bio

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101 Zellerbach Hall
Berkeley, CA
94720

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 5:30pm
Friday 12pm - 5:30pm
Saturday 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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