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Flex Pass for the Summer Music Festival: $99 for 6 shows.
Reservations required ~ subject to availability.
Call the Box Office at 707-763-8920
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 The Zydeco Flames
www.zydecoflames.com/bio.html
Festival Kick-Off: Saturday, July 26 Sheraton Sonoma County-Petaluma, 745 Baywood Drive
Dinner: from 6:30 p.m., Music: 8:30 p.m.
The Zydeco Flames have gained a reputation as the West Coast’s premiere Zydeco band. Celebrating the grand tradition of Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco and Queen Ida, their eclectic, soulful style has ignited audiences from San Francisco to Seattle, to Las Vegas and beyond.
Zydeco Zaniness Menu
Petaluma Chicken & Shrimp Gumbo • Cajun Cole Slaw • Deep Fried Willie Bird Turkey
House Applewood-Smoked Brisket of Beef • Crawfish Étouffée • Red Beans & Rice
Hobb’s Bacon Braised Collard Greens
Croissant Bread Pudding with Jack Daniel’s Crème Anglaise • Beignets
Jalapeno Corn Bread & Southern Honey Butter
Fresh Roasted Petaluma Coffee & Select Fine Teas
Underwritten by Sheraton Sonoma County – Petaluma
$22/20; dinner add $45 |
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 Alice
July 30 & 31 and Aug. 1, 6 at 7:30 pm
Aug 3 and 9 at 2 pm
Cinnabar Theater
Alice in Wonderland comes to vivid life in music, dance, and rhyme. Librettist Marcy Telles (It’s a Wonderful Life, Tailor of Gloucester) and composer Brian Rosen have created a joyous version of the great classic to be performed by our own Cinnabar Young Repertory Theater Company. A must see for the entire family. In loving memory of Phoebe Washer, 1988-2008
By Brian Rosen and Marcy Telles
$15/10
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Cinnabar Opera Theater
Saturday, August 2, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
Music Director Nina Shuman is joined by Eileen Morris, Bonnie Brooks, Will Hart Meyer and William Neely for a musical Chef’s Tasting Menu of operatic pairings sure to delight the palate, including favorite selections by Rossini, Mascagni and Sondheim.
$22/20 |
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 Marimba Pulse
August 5 at 7:30 Cinnabar Theater
Julia Harrell and Jennifer Wilsey Marimba/Percussion Duo
The dynamic marimba/percussion duo of Julia Harrell and Jennifer Wilsey was a natural outgrowth of their meeting as friends in 2007. As they began playing together, they immediately recognized their shared passion for creative music, world drumming and keyboard percussion. Their performances include an engaging blend of traditional and contemporary world and classical music for marimba and percussion, featuring the music of the Caribbean, Brazil, Europe and the Americas. Marimba Pulse is a celebration spanning the height of modern marimba technique to exotic hand drum grooves and joyful popular songs from around the world. In the second set of the performance, Julia and Jennifer will be joined by noted Bay Area bassist Rocky Clemenaugh.
$22/20 |
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Michael Rado, Harpist
Wednesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m. 758 D Street
Join one of the Bay Area’s premiere harpists for an intimate concert in the gorgeous Fairbanks Mansion. Flutist with Kathleen Reynolds joins him in the works of Faure, Grandjany, Tournier, Prokofiev, Debussy and Mozart.
$22/20 |
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 Agave!
Thursday, August 7, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
Music for sophisticates and riff-raff. Join Cinnabar Opera Orchestra’s own concertmaster, Anthony Blea, and his collective for this exciting performance as we explore original music and new arrangements of compositions by Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, Stevie Wonder, Lecuona, Lennon McCartney and more. Agave’s harmonic richness will have you spellbound. You’ll be whistling the tunes on the way home!
$22/20 |
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 The New Suffolk Ensemble & Friends
Friday, August 8, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
Cellists Gwyneth Davis and Judiyaba are joined by pianist Roxanne Michaelian, clarinetist Larry London, violinist Heidi Wilcox and violist Betsy London to perform the early Quintet in D by Vaughan Williams, suppressed until recently and only published a couple of years ago, and Schubert’s final masterwork and perennial favorite the Quintet in C.
$22/20 |
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 Jenni Samuelson, Soprano, Patrice Stribbling Nelson, piano
Saturday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
Back for her fifth Festival concert, Jenni Samuelson is fiercely dedicated to shrugging off the shackles of formal song recitals and choosing beautiful, accessible music, plain and simple. She is joined this year by pianist Patrice Stribbling Nelson. The duo will share favorites from the American songbook, Musical theater gems old and new, and, as always, a surprise or two! Underwritten by Mary Lou & Frank Schomer
$22/20 |
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 The EDLOS: A Cappella Broadway!
www.mascot2.com/edlos
Tuesday, August 12, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
This year The Boys present the best-known and best-loved hit songs from Broadway’s finest productions, all delivered with the unique brand of costumery and humor that has come to define every EDLOS performance. Shows include The Music Man, Man of La Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Misérables, West Side Story, The Fantasticks, Hair, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, and many more. Sample the music here
$22/20 |
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 Men of Worth
www.menofworth.com
Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
Formed by James Keigher of Ireland and Donnie Macdonald of Scotland in 1986, these festival favorites remain true to their Gaelic roots, blending their voices in harmony and supporting their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. Their show is a unique combination of humor, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads. Men of Worth are an international act, and have earned much respect and success in two decades of touring. Sample the music here
$22/20 |
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 Cascada de Flores (Waterfall of Flowers)
www.cascadadeflores.com
Thursday, August 14, 7:30 p.m. 20 Petaluma Historical Museum,
20 4th Street
Delightfully upbeat, mournful, whimsical and wistful, Cascada de Flores explores the musical traditions of Mexico and Cuba with grace and sensitivity. Their music is strongly rooted in folkloric forms, yet they steer clear of anachronistic mimicry of the past, instead interpreting their repertoire in their own subtle way. The result is rich, delicate, and lovely. Sample the music here
$22/20 |
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 Red Hot Chachkas
www.redhotchachkas.com
Friday, August 15, 7:30 p.m Cinnabar Theater
This Klezmer band is sheer pleasure. They joyously present a host of vigorous traditional klezmer dance numbers alongside a real cultural stew of tunes ranging from North Africa to Eastern Europe and points beyond. Consistently displaying a comfort, familiarity, and deep instrumental ability, The Chachkas are one of Northern California’s best klezmer bands–if not the best klezmer band in the area. Listen to a sample
$22/20 |
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 Flamenco Live! with LaFibi
www.lafibi.com
Saturday, August 16, 7:30 p.m. Cinnabar Theater
One of the Bay Area’s most important dancers, La Fibi has been performing flamenco for almost 25 years. Evocative and sultry, full of energy, mind-blowing rhythm, passion and speed, she brings a troupe of dancers and musicians that has been called “quite simply...amazing!” Underwritten by Shadi Shamsavari
$22/20 |
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