As the season-opening concert of your brand new music director – your first in some 35 years – it was an entirely anticlimactic evening on Thursday at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

We’re thrilled to share with you our writers’ picks for notable events in theater, dance, visual arts, culture and music for fall 2026. Culture OC’s talented team of arts and culture writers has ...

This fall, Southgate Productions brings “Assassins” to the Curtis Theatre, taking on a musical that feels like part of a history lesson.  “This is definitely a bit of a darker turn for Southgate,” ...

Orange County Music & Dance, Southern California’s premier after-school pre-K to 12 performing arts school dedicated to cultivating the whole child through a rigorous and programmatic path to mastery, ...

From pottery classes to open studios, local spaces offer a chance to work with your hands, step away from screens and connect with others.

Shakespeare’s centuries-old “bed trick” gets a decidedly modern makeover in “The Bed Trick,” Keiko Green’s contemporary comedy about sex, friendship, deception and consent at Chance Theater in Anaheim ...

As local newsrooms shrink, California’s Community NEWS Act offers a potential lifeline for independent arts and culture reporting – but the governor must act by Sept. 30.

Two Orange County museums move into larger centers to showcase the evolution of wave riding through the years.

The Center’s first artist in residence debuts with his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in a gala concert this weekend.

Guests entering the new Knott’s Scary Farm maze, The Zoo, will encounter a unique array of hybrid creatures, military experimentation, vibrantly painted walls and a whole lot of poop. The Zoo maze ...

San Diego-based nonprofit ballet company Pointeworks is making its second season debut of “Ballet Nights” this June with performances in San Diego on June 14 and Irvine on June 20. Founded in 2023 by ...

Ask anyone who’s been keeping up with chart-topping jazz pianists over the last 40 years, and one name will be mentioned repeatedly on that short list: David Benoit. The Laguna Niguel resident, who ...