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Free city-sponsored concerts resume Friday evenings next month beginning Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Heisler Park Amphitheatre. The first Sunset Serenade opens with jazz tenor sax player Jonathan Rowden. On subsequent weeks, Michael Ubaldini, the South Coast Symphony String...

Singer Melissa Manchester and actress Mira Sorvino lead off the Festival of Arts’ one-night only celebrity benefit concert and performance of the Pageant of the Masters on Saturday, Aug. 29. Other guest celebrities from television scheduled to appear are Paget Brewster, Raymond...

Look for “Soul Man,” “Rubber Biscuit,” Gimme Some Lovin’,” and more at “The Blues Brothers Revue,” which opened this past Thursday at Laguna Playhouse for a brief week-long run through Sunday, Aug. 20. The live concert featuring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as...

  Poncho Sanchez fans will especially enjoy Jazz Wednesdays’ Aug. 12, concert that features trombonist Francisco Torres, the lead trombonist and musical director for the Grammy winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. Torres, a trombonist and composer, is at home with jazz,...

The Laguna Concert Band marks its 15th anniversary with two remaining summer concerts: at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Festival of Arts, and at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30 at Central Park in Huntington Beach. The Laguna Concert Band is partly supported by a grant from the...

The Blue Water concert series continues on Saturday, July 25, with The Black Tongued Bells, The Budrows, A Step Further and more from 6-10 p.m. at Bridge Hall, in the Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St Ann’s Dr. Tickets are $10-$15 general admission, $40-$45 for VIP...

  Shakespeare by the Sea’s production of “The Tempest” and “As You Like It” takes place Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, respectively, at Bonita Canyon Sports Park, 1990 Ford Road, in Newport Beach. Both 7 p.m. performances are free and open to the public. Those planning...

Former Stray Cat and rockabilly artist Lee Rocker performs at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, during the Festival of Arts’ Concerts on the Green. The summer-long Saturday afternoon concert series will also feature other genres including jazz and Motown. Concerts are free with admission...

Members of the Western swing band Buck Naked and the Chapped Cheeks invite all to join them for music, dancing, and lots of laughs at the No Square Theatre, 384 Legion St., Thursday, July 9. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $20-$25; for $10 more, enjoy a BBQ dinner with the...

Tickets are on sale now for Laguna Beach Live!’s July 1 concert, The Latin Trumpet Summit, featuring trumpeters Bijon Watson and Gilbert Castellanos and players from other Latin jazz bands. The first summer jazz concert last week sold out. They take place on the patio overlooking...

Song-smith Derek Thomas, Southern rock band Robert Jon & The Wreck, Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Addie Hamilton  and singer, songwriter and musician Joseph Carroll perform Saturday, June 27, the upcoming show in the Blue Water Music Festival concert series. Showcases take...

Jason Farthing, Macarena Rivera and Jesse Boden, known as The Budrows, will perform a hometown record release show of their new album, “No Bad Whiskey” at the Marine Room Tavern, 214 Ocean Ave., at 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. With Farthing on his gas can banjo and cigar box...

Live! At the Museum will feature the Argus Quartet at the Laguna Art Museum on Thursday, June 11, from 7-8 p.m. This event is free to museum members and is museum admission to non-members.                     Bluegrass & BBQ...

Jazz Wednesdays summer series returns to Aliso Canyon at The Ranch, 31106 S. Coast Highway, with Haley Reinhart, an “American Idol” finalist who will join Dave Damiani and his 10-piece No Vacancy Orchestra from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17. “Adding Haley to the big band sounds...

The Pawn Shop Kings will be the first to take advantage of a Blue Water Music Festival concert series kicking off from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, at Neighborhood Congregational Church. The series on the fourth Saturday of each month is designed to showcase original artists...