Esperanza Spalding News

SFJAZZ has revealed newly added performances for its 2025–26 Season. The 2025/26 Season features more than 350 concerts over nine months. See the full lineup here.

Santiago Cumplido will present Vangeline in EGREGOR: The Sensory Ritual of the Future this fall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the event here!

New York-born and Tamil Nadu-raised singer and transdisciplinarian ganavya will be presented by World Music Institute at First Unitarian Church. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

SMOKE Jazz Club will present a full October 2025 lineup including a two-week Thelonious Monk Festival from October 8–19 featuring Orrin Evans, Terri Lyne Carrington, Melissa Aldana, Joe Lovano, and Miguel Zenon.

International Music Network has transitioned ownership to veteran IMN agents, Jeanna Disney & Alycia Mack, effective January 1, 2026. Learn more!

The Spire Center for Performing Arts has revealed four new shows. Singer-songwriter Matt Nakoa will play with his band, plus more! See the full lineup here!

SMOKE Jazz Club has revealed its concert schedule for September 2025, featuring Kris Davis' tribute to women pianists and more. Learn more and see how to attend!

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) has announced the return of its transformative Well-Being Concerts for the 2025–2026 season. Featuring eight curated performances by renowned artists including esperanza spalding, Nicholas Phan, Somi, Ablaye Cissoko, and Maxwell Quartet.

This month, 89 outstanding teen musicians from across the United States come together as Carnegie Hall's NYO2 (National Youth Orchestra 2). Created in 2016 for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17, NYO2 is one of Hall's three acclaimed national youth ensembles that convene each summer in New York City for concerts at Carnegie Hall and tour performances.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Lee Roy Reams and more. See the full lineup here!

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this summer for an advance look at tomorrow’s hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 22nd Annual New Works Festival. Learn more!

54 BELOW has added special guest Leslie Odom, Jr. to Ray Angry’s performance. Learn more about the upcoming performances and see how to purchase tickets here!

The iconic Blue Note Jazz Club is set to open its Los Angeles location on August 14 and launches the first season of show programming throughout 2025, with the grand opening by five-time Grammy-winning artist Robert Glasper. 

Angelenos and jazz lovers of all ages are invited to experience a free concert by the incomparable GRAMMY-winning artist esperanza spalding (name stylized as lowercase) on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center.

Vangeline Theater / New York Butoh Institute, in collaboration with The Brick, will present the ninth annual Queer Butoh from Wednesday, June 25 - Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 8pm at The Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn. Tickets start at $25 and are available for purchase here.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute have announced that The New York Butoh Institute will be in Dance Parade New York on May 17, 2025. Over 10,000 dancers will take to the streets in a dazzling display of artistic expression and cultural celebration at the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will be performing at Quantum Physique at the Chocolate Factory. Learn more and see how to attend the performance!

What a treat for the special woman in your life. Start off her Mother's Day with the ELLIE MARTIN QUARTET: MORNING GLORIES. This Mother's Day celebration welcomes all ages for some soulful jazz music while sharing a delicious brunch. 

Tickets for the pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of Prince's legendary film and album, PURPLE RAIN, will go on sale on Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m..

This summer, the Newport Jazz Festival will return to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island for the iconic cultural institution’s 71st edition. Following this week’s initial lineup announcement, the daily lineups have been revealed.