Community Calendar

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND: All your rule-breaking wishes come true with Aladdin: The Rock Opera—Ballet Fantastique’s magical fantasy rock ballet, with live music featuring show stopping original arrangements of Queen.

BFan resident Choreographer-Producers Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager re-imagine Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie of the Lamp in a vibrant 1970s world. Rock out to irresistible versions of the classic anthems of Queen.

Bold, inimitable, raucous, defiant, lovable—Ballet Fantastique’s Aladdin: A Rock Opera Ballet is a live dance theater experience you can’t find anywhere else, handcrafted right here in Eugene.

Siskiyou Singers present their Spring 2025 concerts, “Earth Song,” featuring music celebrating nature and admonitions to protect it.

Performances will be at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, at Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall. General admission is $25 ($5 for students and Oregon Trail Card holders). Tickets are available now online or can be purchased from choir members or at Music Coop or Paddington Station in Ashland in late March. Tickets are also available at the door.

The program begins with “Kasar Mie la Gaji (The Earth is Tired)” by Alberto Grau and “Break, Break, Break,” a Tennyson poem about lost love and set to music by choir Director Mark Reppert. The concert then strikes a hopeful note with “The Bluebird” by Charles Villiers Stanford; “O Lovely Night” by Johannes Brahms; the Renaissance madrigal “Sweet Suffolk Owl” by Thomas Vautor; and Eric Whitacre’s “Little Birds.” The final piece of the first half is the sunny “Away From the Roll of the Sea” by Allistar MacGillvray.

The second half begins with “The Lark In the Clear Air,” an Irish folk song arranged by Andrew Carter; it is the story of a young lover who is encouraged to pursue his love by the song of the lark. Another inspiring piece is “The Prow” by the young composer Matthew Hazzard, which tells of an exhilarating day out on the wild sea. We will then travel out to the prairie with a luscious arrangement by Mark Hayes of the old, familiar “Home on the Range”.

The program ends with a warning and hope. In a clever arrangement by Matt and Adam Podd, Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” tells us that “you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” The final piece and namesake of the concert is “Earth Song” by Frank Ticheli, who tells us, “The scorched earth cries out in vain, O war and power you blind and blur,…[but] through darkness and strife I’ll sing!”

Darien Lane and Balladir live at the garden stage at Wild Wines!
Come enjoy a fabulous Mother's Day Show with family, friends, food, wine and fun!
Grip-N-Grub food truck will be onsite proving delicious food
Arrive early for best seating or bring your own blanket or lawn chairs.
Family-friendly event, suggested donation $10-$20
May 11th, 5-8pm
4550 Little Applegate Rd.
Jacksonville, OR 97530

The 2022 farmers market season opens in Siskiyou County Monday, May 16, from 3:30 to 6 pm on East Castle Street in downtown Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta Farmers’ Market is committed to providing a convenient way for community members to buy food directly from growers and producers in a beautiful outdoor setting with live music. An increasing variety of fresh produce, meats, plants, starts, baked goods, spring rolls, tamales, crafts and more will be available every Monday afternoon (except July 4th) until mid-October. MSFM is a Certified Farmers Market that offers free Market Match vouchers to spend on vegetables and fruit, up to $20 per market day, for CalFresh customers who purchase at least $20 in EBT tokens. The live music lineup this season will include Allison & Victor, RichieG, and Rick Garrett. Get market updates at https://www.facebook.com/MtShastaFarmersMarket

Join JCC for this FREE family-friendly concert featuring vocalists Bob Haworth & John Hollis, as they share beloved guitar- and banjo-based tunes. Two of Southern Oregon’s favorite entertainers have joined forces to delight audiences with their superb vocal harmonies and instrumental prowess. Bob and John present a high energy show featuring an eclectic blend of “neo-akoostik” song stylings. Accompanying their world-class vocal harmonies with a variety of instruments, they win new fans with every performance.

The Rogue Valley Peace Choir — now celebrating its 22nd year — is presenting a concert entitled Be a Light. The choir — directed by Rob Griswell-Lowry and accompanied by Mikiko Petrucelli — is a community, secular choir dedicated to building peace, equality, social justice, and stewardship of our planet through song. The concert’s Be a Light theme is inspired by one of the songs in the choir’s repertoire that encourages people not to “hide in the dark,” but to be a light in a world full of hate, to be peace in a time full of war, and to make a difference where change is needed. Other songs in the repertoire express the choir’s passion for recognizing the connection to everyone in our community and beyond; for supporting social justice, diversity and self acceptance; and for treading lightly on our Mother Earth. While the concerts are free, donations of any amount are welcome, with a suggested donation of $15 for adults; no one will be turned away. Donations support the choir’s ability to perform for free at schools, senior homes, and community events throughout the year. See more about the choir and its staff at http://roguevalleypeacechoir.org.

The Rogue Valley Peace Choir — now celebrating its 22nd year — is presenting a concert entitled Be a Light. The choir — directed by Rob Griswell-Lowry and accompanied by Mikiko Petrucelli — is a community, secular choir dedicated to building peace, equality, social justice, and stewardship of our planet through song. The concert’s Be a Light theme is inspired by one of the songs in the choir’s repertoire that encourages people not to “hide in the dark,” but to be a light in a world full of hate, to be peace in a time full of war, and to make a difference where change is needed. Other songs in the repertoire express the choir’s passion for recognizing the connection to everyone in our community and beyond; for supporting social justice, diversity and self acceptance; and for treading lightly on our Mother Earth. While the concerts are free, donations of any amount are welcome, with a suggested donation of $15 for adults; no one will be turned away. Donations support the choir’s ability to perform for free at schools, senior homes, and community events throughout the year. See more about the choir and its staff at http://roguevalleypeacechoir.org.

Another show with the Cool Cats! Cool Cat Funk coming to the garden stage at Wild Wines!
Enjoy an outdoor evening show with friends and family and get-down to the funky tunes!
Food by The Melt food truck, wine and beer available, as well as non-alcoholic beverages. Outdoor games!
Arrive early for best seating or bring your own blanket or lawn chairs.
Suggested donation $10-$20
May 18th, 5-8pm
4550 Little Applegate Rd
Jacksonville, OR

The 2022 farmers market season opens in Siskiyou County Monday, May 16, from 3:30 to 6 pm on East Castle Street in downtown Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta Farmers’ Market is committed to providing a convenient way for community members to buy food directly from growers and producers in a beautiful outdoor setting with live music. An increasing variety of fresh produce, meats, plants, starts, baked goods, spring rolls, tamales, crafts and more will be available every Monday afternoon (except July 4th) until mid-October. MSFM is a Certified Farmers Market that offers free Market Match vouchers to spend on vegetables and fruit, up to $20 per market day, for CalFresh customers who purchase at least $20 in EBT tokens. The live music lineup this season will include Allison & Victor, RichieG, and Rick Garrett. Get market updates at https://www.facebook.com/MtShastaFarmersMarket