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This new season features indoor-outdoor concerts from popular artists including pop music sensations Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw; American music icons The Beach Boys; chart-topping country artist Niko Moon; Reggae/Pop legends UB40; and singer and songwriter; businesswoman, author, television celebrity, and two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, Chiquis. Concerts take place in Weill Hall with seating both in the hall and on the outdoor grass and terraces of Weill Lawn. Lawn tickets for most performances are $30 (kids 12 and under are half off).
Making its return to Summer at the Green is Global Roots Sonoma, a world music festival that connects Sonoma County to the globe. Global Roots Sonoma features multiple stages, food trucks, family activities, and artist workshops. This year’s lineup includes performances by Lila Downs, Dakhabraka, Caña Dulce y Caña Brava, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Sam Reider & Jorge Glem and more.
Summer at the Green will also host two summer arts festivals this summer. Festival del Sole returns to the Green with international stars including violinist Viktoria Mullova, cellist Nina Kotova, pianist Olga Kern, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and the Zukerman Trio, Tenor Joseph Calleja, as well as a screening of the film performance of Sibylle Szaggars Redford’s The Way of the Rain: Hope for Earth featuring Robert Redford, who will be present for the screening. PianoSonoma’s chamber music festival will include performances by pianoSonoma’s artists in residence led by acclaimed pianist Peter Dugan.
View the full Summer at the Green lineup, and buy tickets at GMC.Sonoma.edu.
4th of July Fireworks Spectacular
Santa Rosa Symphony
Transcendence Theatre Company
Thursday, July 4 at 7:30pm
Tickets $40-75
The biggest fireworks display in Sonoma County returns with a bang! This family-friendly celebration featuring Sonoma County’s own Transcendence Theatre Company and Santa Rosa Symphony in an evening of show tunes and patriotic classics, followed by a spectacular post-concert fireworks show!
Supported in part by Exchange Bank and Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards
UB40 Red Red Wine Tour with special guest Inner Circle
Sunday, July 28 at 7 p.m.
Tickets $40–$75
UB40 is one of the most successful and influential British groups of all time, with more than 100 million albums sold, and more than 50 charting singles in the UK, including their trademark global #1 hits “Red Red Wine” and “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You”; and U.S. Top 10s “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” and “The Way You Do The Things You Do.” The reggae/pop legends set the stage for their highly anticipated 45th Anniversary celebrations this year.
Supported in part by Balletto Vineyards and Oliver’s Market.
Colbie Caillat & Gavin Degraw
Friday, August 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $40–$75
Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum singer and songwriter Gavin DeGraw’s inimitable voice and soulful style boldly bloomed on his platinum-certified full-length debut, Chariot. It included the gold single “Follow Through,” as well as both platinum hits, “Chariot,” and “I Don’t Want To Be.”
Colbie Caillat is a 2X Grammy Award-winning, 5X Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter whose catalog has amassed over 15 billion global streams. Her debut album Coco hit #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and is certified 3X Platinum, while her Platinum-selling follow-up album Breakthrough landed at #1 on the Billboard album chart.
Supported in part by The Press Democrat and Willow Creek Wealth Management.
The Beach Boys
Wednesday, August 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $30–$110
For more than six decades, The Beach Boys’ music has been an indelible part of American history. Their brilliant harmonies conveyed simple truths through sophisticated, pioneering musical arrangements. The Beach Boys transcended their music and have come to represent Californian culture. They provided fans around the world with a passport to experience love, youthful exuberance, and surf culture. The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, with over 100 million records sold worldwide.
The Beach Boys are led by lead singer and critically acclaimed chief lyricist Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer continue the legacy of the iconic band.
Supported in part by Redwood Credit Union and Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards.
The Voice of Whitney
A Symphonic Celebration
Sat, Sep 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $35–$115
The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration is an original tribute concert celebrating the “most awarded female artist of all time” (Guinness World Records), Whitney Houston. This dynamic production celebrates the singer’s astounding musical legacy with new, original orchestrations of her sweeping catalog performed live. From her legendary Super Bowl XXV performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” to timeless hits “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “Higher Love,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “How Will I Know,” among many others, audiences will be immersed in the world of Whitney as the evening weaves through her iconic songbook, film performances, intimate home videos, and rare never-before-seen photos and footage.
This official and authorized production is a collaboration between Pat Houston and the Estate of Whitney Houston, Park Avenue Artists, and Primary Wave Music. For the first time ever, the performance will showcase the original master recordings of Houston’s voice.
Movies at the Green
Supported in part by Sonoma State University Involvement and Sonoma State Alumni Association
Brought to you by Bank of America
Lawn tickets only $5 per person | 12 and under free
Finding Nemo & Finding Dory—Sat, July 6 at 5 p.m. | 6:45 p.m.
Barbie—Sat, July 20 at 5 p.m.
Guardians of the Galaxy—Sun, August 11 at 5 p.m.
IF—Sat, September 28 at 5 p.m.
View the full listing of performances including UB40, Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw and more at GMC.Sonoma.edu or call 707.664.4246.
About the Green Music Center
Nestled in the foothills of Northern California’s esteemed Wine Country, the Green Music Center (GMC) at Sonoma State University is a focal point for arts in the region. It is comprised of the spectacular 1,400-seat Weill Hall, an acoustically exceptional venue with a modular rear wall that opens to terraced lawn seating, providing picturesque views of the surrounding countryside, and the 240-seat Schroeder Hall, a cathedral-like recital hall designed specifically to accentuate instruments, organ and voice in a small, intimate setting. The Green Music Center presents year-round programming of top classical, contemporary, jazz, and world music artists and is home to the Santa Rosa Symphony.
View a complete listing of the Green Music Center’s upcoming events at GMC.Sonoma.edu.
Weill Hall | Schroeder Hall
Green Music Center | Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
