Chico (California), USA – Chico Performances, the arts series presented by California State University at Chico has announced its programming for the new season:
August 05
8/25 Johnny Clegg: Afro Pop
September 05
9/1 America Indigena: Ancient Mayan Music & Aztec Dance
9/16 Pat Metheny Trio: Acoustic Jazz /Chico World Music Festival
9/17 Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Salsa/Chico World Music Festival
9/22 Rockin’ Blues Revue: John Mayall & the Blues Breakers,
Robben Ford & Eric Bibb
9/25 Emmylou Harris: Folk Diva
October 05
10/7 Dr. Jane Goodall: President’s Lecture Series Speaker
10/9 An Evening with Gillian Welch: Folk
10/11 Mark Salzman: Book in Common Author
10/16 Wadaiko Yamato – The Drummers of Japan World Tour 2005
10/21 Kim Stanley Robinson – Global Warming and Science Fiction: Author
10/25 An Evening with Keb’ Mo’: R&B Vocals
10/27 Minh Tran & Co. – Nocturnal Path: Vietnamese Modern Dance
10/29 Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant 40th Anniversary Massacre Tour
November 05
11/3 Moscow Ballet: Nutcracker
11/6 Comedy Pet Theatre: Family Entertainment
11/9 Ballet Hispanico – Nightclub: Latin Dance
11/17 Michael Cooper – Masked Marvels & Wondertales: Family Entertainment
11/18 An Acoustic Evening with Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
December 05
12/1 Dianne Reeves – Christmas Time is Here: Jazz Vocals
12/7 An Evening with Joan Baez
12/13 Riders in the Sky – Christmas the Cowboy Way
January 06
1/18 Peking Acrobats
1/21 Indigo Girls: Folk, Soul, & Pop
1/26-29 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Comical Ballet
February 06
2/1 Children of Uganda – Tour of Light: Children’s Chorus
2/3 Leahy: Celtic
2/4 John Cleese – Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot: Comedy
2/9 Chick Corea & Touchstone: Jazz
2/11 Hapa: Hawaiian Pop
2/14 An Evening with Garrison Keillor
2/16 Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio: Swing Jazz
2/21 Moscow Circus – A Russian Winter’s Tale: Circus
2/23 The Prisoner of Second Avenue: Radio Theater
2/24 La Guitarra – International Guitar Festival (Paradise): Acoustic Guitar
2/25 La Guitarra – International Guitar Festival (Chico): Acoustic Guitar
March 06
3/1 Bradley Fields – Magic Theatre and Illusion Show: Family Entertainment
3/10-12 Keeping Dance Alive!: Repertory Dance
3/18 Three Musketeers: Theatre
3/19 MacBeth: Shakespeare
3/24 Juilliard String Quartet: Classical
3/26 Flying Karamazov Brothers – Life, A Guide for the Perplexed: Comedic
Juggling
3/29 Kathy Mattea: Country, Folk, & Gospel
April 06
4/7 Miró Quartet: Classical Strings
4/10 Swan Lake: Tchaikovsky Ballet & Orchestra
4/15 Tinariwen- Festival in the Desert
May 06
5/24 Music Man Jr. – Blue Room Young Company: Children’s Theatre
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