Cal Performances brings the best of music, dance, and theater from around the globe directly to Bay Area audiences, fostering life-affirming encounters with the performing arts, as well as countless opportunities to ignite discovery. Cal Performances is known for the unmatched quality and variety of our programming—every season, we present approximately 80 world-class performances ranging from classical music to jazz to musical traditions from around the world, from ballet to contemporary dance, from large-scale multidisciplinary works to intimate theater, to spoken word, and everything in between.

Located on the UC Berkeley campus, we engage as deeply with our campus community as we do with the broader Bay Area, including by welcoming UC Berkeley students into our halls, offering special access programs for students and others associated with the University, and creating links between our programming and the rich intellectual life of the campus. Additionally, our Cal Performances Classroom initiatives plant the seeds for future generations of performing arts lovers by offering a variety of avenues for local K-12 youth to engage with our programming.