Carmel Art Walk
Founded and run by local artists, the Carmel Art Walk is a free and family-friendly event. Support our local artists and keep the HEART of Carmel beating strong! Carmel Art […]
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20 events found.
Welcome to our arts event calendar! This calendar supports arts programs and events in Monterey County. Find your next creative adventure, or submit your event to be added here upon approval.
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Throughout Carmel by the Sea CA, United States
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Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium
Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesPacific Grove Public Library hosts a monthly reading by poets from Central California and beyond, organized by the Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium. Enjoy all styles of poetry, created fresh by […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Haydn The Seasons
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CACelebrate Opening Night with us after this performance on Saturday, July 11! This post-concert party will happen on the Sunset Center Terrace, and is open to all ticket holders. Haydn’s […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Bach & Rebel
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis program traces how composers use music to explore our deepest responses to the world — grief and wonder, chaos and order, sorrow and joy. The journey begins in darkness […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Music of Earth and Elysium – Candlelight Concert
This candlelit string quartet concert explores musical depictions of nature, from sunrise and weather to birdsong and the infinite, with works by Dittersdorf, Fanny Mendelssohn, Angélica Negrón, and Haydn.
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Carmel Bach Festival: All Bach Organ Recital
Carmel Mission Basilica 3080 Rio Road, Carmel-by-the-SeaEnjoy a morning of organ music in the historic Carmel Mission Basilica. Performed by Andrew Arthur, the Festival’s Principal Organist and a member of the Artistic Leadership Team, this recital […]
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Carmel Bach Festival | Meet the Composer: John Dowland
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis program features music by John Dowland, one of the most influential composers of the English Renaissance, marking 400 years since his death. Focusing on his celebrated lute songs, the […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: July in Paris
All Saints' Episcopal Church Doroles St & 9th Ave, Carmel-by-the-SeaStep into Paris at the turn of the 18th century, when candlelit salons and royal courts were filled with elegant, expressive music. Works by François Couperin and Jean-Féry Rebel capture […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Vivaldi Four Seasons & Handel Water Music
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAVivaldi’s Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos paired with short poems that describe the scenes each movement depicts: birds singing, dogs barking, storms breaking, and people celebrating. […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: 19th Century Guitar
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis concert features 19th-century works for fortepiano and mandolino by Beethoven, Hummel, Giuliani, and Carulli. The program highlights the interplay between the two instruments and the elegance of early Romantic […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Roaring 20’s
All Saints' Episcopal Church Doroles St & 9th Ave, Carmel-by-the-SeaThe 1920s marked a decade of bold reinvention as composers responded to a rapidly changing world with wit, clarity, and new musical languages. Works by Poulenc, Martinů, and Stravinsky capture […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Bach at Sunset
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CABaroque music forms the foundation of the Carmel Bach Festival, and this program honors that tradition. J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 39, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, and Cantata No. 105, […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Forest Quartets
Church in the Forest 3152 Forest Lake Rd, Pebble BeachHeld at Church in the Forest, a striking venue nestled among the cypress and pine trees of Pebble Beach, this concert features two landmark string quartets: Beethoven’s String Quartet No. […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Bach, Brazilian, and Bluegrass
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis program brings musical worlds together in one exhilarating evening. Festival favorites Fire & Grace—Edwin Huizinga and William Coulter—are joined by mandolin luminaries Mike Marshall, long celebrated for his Brazilian […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Sounds of the Seasons
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis concert features French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier’s cantatas inspired by the seasons, written around the same time as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Scored for voice, obbligato instrument, and continuo, […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Bach Cantatas
All Saints' Episcopal Church Doroles St & 9th Ave, Carmel-by-the-SeaBach Cantatas features two expressive works by J.S. Bach—Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, and Cantata BWV 187. Rich in theological depth and musical invention, these cantatas showcase […]
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Jagged Little Pill
Paper Wing Theatre 711 Cannery Row Suite I Monterey, Ca. 93940 711 Canner Row Suite I, Monterey, CA, United StatesJagged Little Pill is a powerful and emotionally charged musical inspired by the iconic album by Alanis Morissette. With a compelling story by Academy Award–winning writer Diablo Cody and music […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Beethoven 6 Symphony & Appalachian Spring
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CABeethoven subtitled his Pastoral Symphony “Recollections of Country Life”. Each of its five movements depicts a countryside scene. The first movement conveys the calm joy of arriving in the countryside, […]
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Carmel Bach Festival | Family Concert: Birds of a Feather!
Sunset Center San Carlos St at Ninth Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CAThis summer’s epic adventure is for the birds and all about birds! At the urging of George, the Blue Jay, Leonard and Rasmus fly to an oak woodland, meet a […]
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Carmel Bach Festival: Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg
Henry Miller Memorial Library 48601 California 1, Big SurMike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg are two of the most compelling voices in the world of mandolin. The two have redefined what the instrument can do and create music that […]