Experience Brazil
Musical Instrument Museum 4725 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix
Included with paid museum admission
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Experience Brazil
Feel the rhythms of Brazil! Enjoy live bossa nova, música popular brasileira, and samba performances, an energetic capoeira workshop, engaging curator talks, and more.
Included with paid museum admission
Sunday, October 4, 2026
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October 4, 2026 -Scalia/Ginsburg: An Opera by Derrick Wang
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October 4, 2026 -Final Symphony: Music from Final Fantasy
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Featured October 4, 2026 -Featured Chris Botti
Scalia/Ginsburg: An Opera by Derrick Wang
Opening the season is Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg, a sharp, hilarious, and unexpectedly moving operatic comedy inspired by the real-life friendship between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Packed with legal citations, operatic references, and direct quotes from landmark opinions, the opera celebrates civility, intellectual rigor, and the idea that “we are different, […]
Final Symphony: Music from Final Fantasy
Final Symphony features stunning orchestral suites based on the music from FINAL FANTASY VI, VII and X, originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu. Final Symphony offers a new kind of orchestral concert experience, not just for gamers, but for anyone who simply loves beautiful music.
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Chris Botti
GRAMMY-winning trumpeter Chris Botti has been one of the most popular instrumentalists in the world for nearly three decades; he’s collaborated with some of the biggest superstars on the planet, including Sting, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Steven Tyler, Andrea Bocelli, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma, and others; he’s […]
Monday, October 5, 2026
No events on this day.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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October 6, 2026 -Jazz/MPJE Jazz Concert
Jazz/MPJE Jazz Concert
Mesa Community College Presents: Jazz/MPJE Jazz Concert Oct 6 at 7 pm at MCC Performing Arts Experience musicianship, infectious rhythms, and solos that will blow you away. Don’t miss the show everyone will be talking about tomorrow. www.mesacc.edu/arts
$10.00
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
No events on this day.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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October 8, 2026 -Choir & Vocal Jazz Ensemble: All In Good Time
Choir & Vocal Jazz Ensemble: All In Good Time
Mesa Community College Concert Choir & Vocal Jazz Ensemble: All In Good Time Oct 8 at 7:30 pm MCC Performing Arts Center A night of breathtaking choral artistry. Reserve your seat for an evening of pure vocal magic. Mark Simmons, Conductor Gail Novak and Carly Bates, Collaborative Pianist www.mesacc.edu/arts The Performing Arts Center is located […]
$10.00
Friday, October 9, 2026
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October 9, 2026 -Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev
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Featured October 9, 2026 -Featured The Rush Tribute Project
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October 9, 2026 -Desert Echoes Flute Project – Uncharted A Journey Into Unexpected Sound
Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev
Newly appointed Music Director Designate Paolo Bortolameolli opens the 2026-27 season and a new era in the Phoenix Symphony’s history with Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, a triumph of power, lyricism and irony. Premiered war-torn Soviet Union in 1945 with victory over Nazi Germany within reach, Prokofiev’s popular symphony is famous for its sweeping melodies, […]
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The Rush Tribute Project
The Rush Tribute Project, Performing MOVING PICTURES in its entirety, bringing to life beloved hits Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, YYZ and Limelight. The Rush Tribute Project brings two full sets of music including other greatest hits as well as deep cuts like La Villa Strangiato and Enter Nous, performed with vintage instruments, multi-camera projection, lasers […]
Desert Echoes Flute Project – Uncharted A Journey Into Unexpected Sound
Mesa Community College Performing Arts & Production Presents: Desert Echoes Flute Project - Uncharted A Journey Into Unexpected Sound Oct 9 at 7:30 pm - PAC An evening of pure, breath-taking artistry. Experience the world’s most versatile instrument in a performance that spans from delicate whispers to soaring crescendos. Join us for an extraordinary night […]
$10.00
Saturday, October 10, 2026
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October 10, 2026 -Concierto de Aranjuez
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Featured October 10, 2026 -Featured Concierto de Aranjuez
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October 10, 2026 -Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joseph Haydn developed the Symphony as we know it. His famed “Surprise” Symphony still jolts listens after more than two centuries. Also, the intoxicating, seductive sound of the classical guitar in the greatest of all guitar concertos, Rodrigo’s haunting Concierto de Aranjuez with Rafael Aguirre. He has been hailed as “one of the most acclaimed […]
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joseph Haydn developed the Symphony as we know it. His famed “Surprise” Symphony still jolts listens after more than two centuries. Also, the intoxicating, seductive sound of the classical guitar in the greatest of all guitar concertos, Rodrigo’s haunting Concierto de Aranjuez with Rafael Aguirre. He has been hailed as “one of the most acclaimed […]
Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev
Newly appointed Music Director Designate Paolo Bortolameolli opens the 2026-27 season and a new era in the Phoenix Symphony’s history with Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, a triumph of power, lyricism and irony. Premiered war-torn Soviet Union in 1945 with victory over Nazi Germany within reach, Prokofiev’s popular symphony is famous for its sweeping melodies, […]