MESA ARTS CENTER, IKEDA THEATER

Join us for another exciting season of Nat Geo Live at Mesa Arts Center. For the seventh year, National Geographic explorers will offer you a ...

Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actress. With five Tony Awards®, two Grammy ...

A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift ...

Internationally-acclaimed Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero perform exhilarating shows renowned for their virtuosity, speed, and the extraordinary interplay between Sanchez's fiery ...

For the first time ever, Jim Henson's Pajanimals will hit the road for a nationwide tour next spring. Pajanimals Live: Pajama Playdate will feature Squacky, ...

The Salt River Brass celebrates 25 years! Join the party and feast on our musical buffet. Our gala event features a rousing mix of band ...

After his sold-out performance in 2011, we are thrilled to bring one of the most in-demand musicians in the world back to Mesa Arts Center. ...

After winning the Academy Award for his performance as “Bad Blake” in Crazy Heart, the ever charismatic Jeff Bridges returns to play live to more ...

IN THE MOOD is America’s premiere Big Band Revue, celebrating America’s Greatest Generation and the 1940s through song, swing dance and music of Glenn Miller, ...

Versatility is the BBC Concert Orchestra’s hallmark. The band thinks nothing of starting a week with a concert celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle ...

Last season, Bill Cosby was the first show to sell out and he delighted our audiences with his stories and audience interaction. Don't miss Bill ...

The St. Olaf Choir, the widely acclaimed ensemble and longtime creative influence behind the a cappella choral tradition, has toured annually since 1912, when it ...

Mesa Arts Center welcomes back acclaimed actor Hal Holbrook in his Tony Award winning production “Mark Twain Tonight”. This one man show is always fresh ...

What's excellent, outstanding, striking, exceptional and impressive? It’s the definition of a Lollapalooza and the Salt River Brass! The afternoon opens with Hector Berlioz’ excellent ...

George Benson's amazingly elegant orchestra show, "an unforgettable tribute to Nat King Cole" is now in it's fourth year of touring and from the looks ...

In SHATNER'S WORLD…a one man force of nature delivers a larger than life performance complete with his laugh-out-loud humor, signature storytelling and select musical selections ...

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2012, a cherished holiday tradition marking its 15th anniversary, is an uplifting, high-energy show the whole family will love. ...

Ring in the holidays with our most popular concert of the season! A Valley tradition for more than 20 years, the Salt River Brass hosts ...

From Richard Nader Presents, the famed concert production company who pioneered the “Rock & Roll Revival,” comes a lineup of three classic groups from the ...

We are pleased to present the poignant and moving opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti. This wonderfully imaginative story of a ...

East Valley Mormon Choral Organization ushers in the holiday season with its acclaimed annual Christmas concert. God So Loved the World - An International Christmas ...

With the mantra “Retro never sounded so now!”, the dreamy voices of the four lead singers of pop quartet, Under The Streetlamp are poised to ...

Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) is celebrating 30 years of music with our final concert of the season on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. MYS began in ...

From Berlioz to Bernstein, there's no shortage of music that has graced the world's stage productions. We’ll transport you to wonderful performances of opera, ballet, ...

Joseph Young, conductor Sal Viviano as Frank Sinatra Nat Chandler as Dean Martin Eric Jordan Young as Sammy Davis Jr. Experience the Rat Pack’s legendary ...

Following five years of creative silence, Paco de Lucía is back to change the face of music. Considered to be one of the greatest living ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic ...

Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial. Enjoy the visual beauty of Arizona with images projected on a giant screen while you listen to Ferde Grofe’s enchanting Grand Canyon ...

Bill Cosby has dazzled generations of fans with his comedy routines, also captured on his iconic albums and best-selling books such as Fatherhood and the ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has performed for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on six continents, including two ...

Famous for pursuing the under-reported story, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Davie offers a personal look at his native Africa, a continent often misrepresented in the ...

Taylor’s Traditional Irish Cabaret is a celebration of Irish music, laughter, song and dance. Ireland’s greatest comedian, Noel V. Ginnity instantly sends audiences into fits ...

Close your eyes during this concert and you’ll find yourself in the middle of Red Square, gazing at the Kremlin in all its grandeur. From ...

Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, motion pictures, animation, and video. ...

Award-winning underwater photographer Skerry is celebrated for his stunning portraits of our planet’s ocean realm. In a visually spectacular presentation tied to his landmark National ...

They have percussion without drums. They have a rhythm section without a bass. The only instruments on stage belong to the nine voices of the ...

Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) is celebrating 30 years of music with our second concert of the season Wednesday, February 22, 2012. MYS began in 1982 ...

Lorna embraces her mother’s illustrious songbook resulting in a truly phenomenal celebration of Judy Garland’s musical genius. Pure musical excitement, this lovingly staged extravaganza melds ...

The toes will be tapping and hands will be clapping as the Salt River Brass steps into the big band era. We’ll bring the 1977 ...

When a great African king desires a wife, only the most perfect maidens in the land are invited to meet him. Mufaro’s pride and joy, ...

A former business consultant who gave up a successful career to pursue a life of adventure, rower Roz Savage has completed solo crossings of the ...

C.S. Lewis' brilliant novel, The Screwtape Letters, reveals spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. A sold-out hit in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles ...

Calling all fans of Nick Jr.! The Fresh Beat Band from the musical TV show is coming out of the screen and heading to a ...

One of Broadway’s enduring classics, MY FAIR LADY returns with all of the grandeur and romance that has made this musical one of Broadway’s icons. ...

Joseph Young, conductor Be swept away in John Williams’ instantly recognizable music from classic films like the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, E.T the Extra-Terrestrial, ...

Created and directed by Luis Bravo, Forever Tango features a world-renowned cast of dancers and musicians, starring Cheryl Burke, two-time Dancing with the Stars champion. ...

You have to be a world-class violinist in order to record a good crossover CD.” (David Garrett) “Only those artists can afford to do crossover ...