Musical Events in the South Bay

Selected concerts and performances that you might not want to miss.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Jul - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7:30pm: Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis. The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga, CA 95070.     6:30pm-8:30pm: Mose Allison. Jazz/Blues pianist and singer, with appearance on over 28 albums. Jazz on the Plazz. Los Gatos Town Plaza. Free. 8pm: Orchestral Fantasy. San Francisco Symphony / Stefan Jackiw, Violin / James Gaffigan, conductor. Bach - Toccata and Fugue, orch. by Stokowski; Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor; Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, orch. by Ravel. Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014. 5:30pm-9pm: Pete Escovedo Orchestra. Latin Jazz. Metro Music in the Park. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose. Free.     13 14 15 16 17 18 19       6:30pm-8:30pm: Dennis Rowland / Full Spectrum Jazz. Singer who once toured aith Count Basie, backed by our local 20-piece big band. Jazz on the Plazz. Los Gatos Town Plaza. Free. 5:30pm-9pm: Flogging Molly. Alternative Irish Rock. Metro Music in the Park. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose. Free.     20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7pm: The Modesto Briseno Septet. Straight ahead Jazz with tight lyrical arrangements of a big band while retaining the smoothness of a smaller combo. City Lights Theater, 529 South 2nd St., San Jose, CA.     6:30pm-8:30pm: Sophie Milman. Winner of Canada's 2008 Juno award for Jazz Vocal album of the year. Jazz on the Plazz. Los Gatos Town Plaza. Free. 7:30pm: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band. The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga, CA 95070. 5:30pm-9pm: Vanessa Carlton. Folk-rock-jazz from three-time grammy nominee artist. Metro Music in the Park. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose. Free.     27 28 29 30 31 Aug - 1 2       6:30pm-8:30pm: Chris McNulty / Paul Bollenback. Australian songstress, backed by virtuoso jazz guitarist. Jazz on the Plazz. Los Gatos Town Plaza. Free. 5:30pm-9pm: Junior Reid with Andrew and Wada Blood. Roots Reggae. Metro Music in the Park. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose. Free.

South Bay Music Organizations

• Opera San Jose.
• American Musical Theatre of San Jose.
• South Bay Guitar Society. Events schedule, guitar teachers, etc.
• Silicon Valley Arts Coalition. Links to other local performing arts societies, and events.
• South Bay Folks. A society of local artists and fans of acoustic music.
• South Bay Brass. Classical and Pop music ensemble.
• San Jose Jazz. The name says it all. They sponsor the annual San Jose Jazz festival (Aug 10-12, 2007) and various other events and programs.
• San Jose Chamber Orchestra.
• Symphony Silicon Valley.
• The California Pops Orchestra.
• Bay Area Blues Society.
• Stanford Lively Arts.
• Artsopolis. Silicon Valley Arts and Cultural events.

Other Concert and Performance Schedules

• Villa Montalvo, Saratoga.
• The Mountain Winery, Saratoga.
• Flint Center, Cupertino.
• Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
• Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View.
• Fox Theatre, Redwood City.
• JJ's Blues, San Jose.
• Poor House Bistro, San Jose. Blues with Cajun food.
• Symphony Silicon Valley concert schedule, San Jose.
• Santa Cruz Symphony, Santa Cruz.
• Peninsula Symphony, Los Altos.
• Opera San Jose.
• The Blank Club, 44 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose.