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SFJAZZ has unveiled its 2026-27 Season, Forward Motion, featuring more than 350 concerts that celebrate jazz as a living, evolving art form shaped by artists from around the world.

World Music Institute will present Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, performing music from their latest album Yarın Yoksa.

Woolwich Works will present a summer programme of free community events, family shows, music, and workshops at the Royal Arsenal venue in South East London, with activities for all ages.

Here in the UK, the Finance Bill 2024 Gen Z Protests in Kenya were a moment that came and passed by unnoticed. This is not surprising, as most people in the UK, and indeed most people in the world, are living in a day-to-day survival mode, battling the cost of living crisis or simply trying to get by.

Concert Theatre Works' theatrical concert COPLAND & TWAIN, directed by Bill Barclay, will blend Aaron Copland's incidental music with Mark Twain's writings at Open Jar Studios, conducted by Ken-David Masur.

Bandits on the Run, the NYC-based indie-folk-pop trio consisting of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn, have unveiled new summer and fall tour dates in support of their new album, Rough Magic.

Prescott Park Arts Festival has opened reservations for Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, and added Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys and The Devil Makes Three to its River House Restaurant Concert Series.

Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Dublin-born TV and film songwriter Annmarie Cullen brings her award-winning one-woman musical to London's Queer Fringe Festival, following Best Performance honors at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and an Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Award.

Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Stockard Channing will make her directorial debut at the Edinburgh Festival with KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, starring longtime friend David Westhead, with all proceeds benefiting the Wembley to Soweto Foundation.

Bucks County Playhouse will present SOUTH PACIFIC, a production with deep local roots — Oscar Hammerstein wrote the lyrics while living nearby, and the show is based on the work of Bucks County resident James Michener.

Berkeley Playhouse announced Mike Lawson as its new Managing Director. Lawson, formerly of San Francisco Ballet, will oversee operations and finance as the company prepares for its 20th Anniversary Season.

Tape B announced TAPESGIVING, a two-night hometown electronic music event at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater, FL, featuring G Jones, Eazybaked, Moody Good, and more. Single tickets and two-night passes go on sale soon.

Joyce Lao (Laoagan) will present SUNGOD (Destiny), a film and multimedia performance piece, as part of The Evolution Festival, produced by The Center at West Park, on June 28 at 7:00 PM at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 263 W. 86th St., New York, NY 10024.

Calema, the Portuguese-speaking duo known for over 50 million monthly YouTube views and #1 positions on national airplay charts, will perform at NJPAC's Prudential Hall in Newark, New Jersey.

Kiln Theatre announced its upcoming season, featuring the UK premieres of TABLE 17 and BERLIN, a new production of NINE NIGHT directed by Artistic Director Amit Sharma, and a community production with 80 cast members.

The 6/5-6/6 shows feature an immersive musical exploration of the vibrant and diverse cultures of the African diaspora. Read a conversation with Charles about the new compositions, which build upon the themes of his 2009 album Folklore.

Cleveland Ballet’s company dancers will stretch their choreographic wings once again in the third annual ChoreoLab, an evening of dance for and by the dancers. 

Grammy-nominated Robbie Fulks and Griffin William Sherry, former frontman of Ghost of Paul Revere, will perform a one-night-only Americana, folk rock, and bluegrass showcase at Raue Center in Crystal Lake, IL.

BOSTON TO BROADWAY, a cabaret celebrating New England talent and composers, will play Green Room 42, featuring a 23-person cast and the debut of a new piece from producer Ben Goffredo's upcoming musical THE ROAD HOME.

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts and Weary Arts Group will present HADESTOWN: Teen Edition at the Waldner Performing Arts Center at York College of Pennsylvania, featuring two full casts and more than 60 young performers.

Multidisciplinary artist Neil Totton was named the inaugural recipient of wild project's Mikéah Jennings Artist-in-Residence program, receiving two weeks of free theater access and financial support to develop and perform a work-in-progress.

A new biopic is in the works centered on beloved actor and writer Gene Wilder. Director Dito Montiel will helm the project after obtaining the rights to the Estate of the late actor.

Singer, songwriter, and producer Gary Clark Jr. will embark on an extensive run of U.S. headliners through the summer and into October. Artist ticket presales begin June 2, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Black Theatre Experience and the SWLA Juneteenth Committee will present THE JUNETEENTH STORY, an original play by Lafayette playwright Twana Benoit, tracing a Black family's legacy across 1865 to the present at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.