For Those Impacted by Recent Wildfires: L.A. County resources are available at recovery.la.gov

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

April 2-6, 2025
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Returning to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of an exclusive Southern California multi-year residency, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents cutting-edge contemporary premieres and classics including Mr. Ailey’s signature work Revelations.

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Very Special Arts Festival: Family Day

May 3, 2025
Jerry Moss Plaza
Free

Get ready for a day of fun, creativity and play at The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival Family Day! This free, one-day outdoor festival invites children of all abilities and their families to enjoy an exciting lineup of live performances, interactive art-making activities and a student art gallery.

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Grupo Corpo

May 2-4, 2025
Ahmanson Theatre

Don't miss Brazilian dance company, Grupo Corpo, renowned for their unparalleled blend of popular Brazilian culture, African rhythms and classical technique.

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Free Work and Rehearsal Spaces for Fire-Displaced Arts Organizations

The Music Center, in collaboration with our resident companies, LA Opera, LA Phil and Center Theatre Group, is offering free work and rehearsal spaces at The Music Center campus to arts and cultural organizations, collectives, and groups that have been displaced by the recent Los Angeles fires.

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The Music Center Stands Against All Hate and Terrorism

In these times, when many are being treated without regard for humanity, we must decry the use of brutality against innocent peoples, no matter their affiliation or nationality.

We grieve the many lives lost and join with our elected officials as well as community and religious leaders in uplifting our common humanity and seeking a path towards peace for Israelis and Palestinians.

Featured Events

Check out featured events and performances at The Music Center!

  • Wed Mar 19 12:00 PM

    Mon Jun 30 6:00 PM

    A TMC Arts Program: Digital Innovation Initiative The Music Center Presents Breakthru

    Jerry Moss Plaza

    Join us for Breakthru, a free daily movement and breathing-based microbreak on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center. Every day at NOON and 6:00 p.m., Angelenos come together to move, breathe and reset—right in the heart of Downtown L.A.Show more

    Join us for Breakthru, a free daily movement and breathing-based microbreak on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center. Every day at NOON and 6:00 p.m., Angelenos come together to move, breathe and reset—right in the heart of Downtown L.A.

    Guided by a series of two-minute breathing and movement sequences, shift your mood by choosing joyful, energized, centered and confident. This ever-evolving, crowd-curated experience gives us all permission to pause, reflect and recharge.

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    Free

  • Sat Apr 05 10:00 AM

    Sat Apr 19 10:00 AM

    A TMC Arts Program Gloria Molina Grand Park's Easy Mornings

    Gloria Molina Grand Park

    From puppetry, storytelling, and surfing in the park to arts and crafts and live DJ entertainment, Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Easy Mornings offers a variety of experiences for curious little minds! Start off the weekend with relaxing and ...Show more

    From puppetry, storytelling, and surfing in the park to arts and crafts and live DJ entertainment, Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Easy Mornings offers a variety of experiences for curious little minds! Start off the weekend with relaxing and family-friendly activities for all ages, focused on deepening relationships with self, community and the park. This year, Easy Mornings is teaming up with Smorgasburg LA to bring more interactive experiences for everyone!

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    Free

  • Thu Apr 10 8:00 PM

    Sun Apr 13 2:00 PM

    LA Phil Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart & Haydn

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Delight in sounds of the seasons—with a surprise—alongside 18th-century music expert Nicholas McGegan.

    Delight in sounds of the seasons—with a surprise—alongside 18th-century music expert Nicholas McGegan.

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  • Sat Apr 26 7:30 PM

    Sun May 18 2:00 PM

    LA Opera Ainadamar

    Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

    Margarita Xirgu has spent half her acting career in exile, mourning Federico García Lorca, the dear friend whom she couldn’t convince to flee Franco’s reign of terror. Lorca was once on the verge of writing his way into a new Golden Age in Spain. ...Show more

    Margarita Xirgu has spent half her acting career in exile, mourning Federico García Lorca, the dear friend whom she couldn’t convince to flee Franco’s reign of terror. Lorca was once on the verge of writing his way into a new Golden Age in Spain. But dictators have no use for poets.

    Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads this major company premiere. Grammy winner Osvaldo Golijov’s dramatic, flamenco-inspired score meets a poignant libretto by David Henry Hwang in what the LA Times calls “one of the most moving and meaningful operas of our time.” Ana María Martínez takes center stage as Lorca’s muse Margarita Xirgu, recounting the poet’s life and his last days in the Spanish Civil War. Daniela Mack steps into the role of Federico García Lorca, the man whose pen proved just as dangerous as any pistol.

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  • Sun May 04 7:00 PM

    LA Master Chorale Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    The Los Angeles Master Chorale presents the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem. Dream Requiem merges two long standing creative visions—Wainwright’s fascination wi...Show more

    The Los Angeles Master Chorale presents the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem. Dream Requiem merges two long standing creative visions—Wainwright’s fascination with Byron's poem Darkness, depicting global upheaval after the 1815 Mount Tambora eruption, and his lifelong admiration for the great Requiems of Verdi, Berlioz and Britten. This powerful and evocative modern-day requiem, with sublime harmonies and emotive storytelling, is an opulent composition that seamlessly weaves together Wainwright’s distinctive musical voice with the timeless liturgy of the Latin Requiem Mass.

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  • Tue May 06 8:00 PM

    Sun Jun 01 1:00 PM

    Center Theatre Group Life of Pi

    Ahmanson Theatre

    Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, Life of Pi is an unforgettable, epic tale of adventure and “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal).

    Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling sta...Show more

    Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, Life of Pi is an unforgettable, epic tale of adventure and “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal).

    Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel (over 15 million copies sold) is a worldwide phenomenon and opened to critical acclaim on Broadway and the West End and is now captivating audiences around the globe.

    With its larger-than-life journey of faith, hope and perseverance, Life of Pi speaks to every generation and “gives new life to Broadway” (The Today Show).

    Told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class, innovative puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, the Broadway and West End sensation Life of Pi creates a visually breathtaking journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy.

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The Music Center Is Home To

TMC Arts, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera and LA Phil.

Land Acknowledgment

As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants—past, present and emerging—as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. Read more.