Culture OC Ovations

Sep 09, 2026 Musco Center for the Arts

Celebrated by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs with Lifetime Achievement Awards and inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career spanning over 70 years. Along the way, they have also earned six…

Sep 09, 2026 - Oct 04, 2026 Laguna Playhouse

"Wild Child" is a pop-driven musical adventure about connection, belonging, and the transformative power of the natural world. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of a wilderness therapy program in northern Utah, "Wild Child" tells the story of an unlikely friendship that develops between two…

Sep 10, 2026 - Sep 11, 2026 Lido Theatre

The Righteous Brothers – Bill Medley and Bucky Heard will take the stage at the iconic Lido Theater on Thursday, Sept. 10 and Friday, Sept. 11 for the inaugural charity concerts, Lido Legacy Live, to benefit the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Scholarship Program and Friends of OASIS Senior Center…

Sep 10, 2026 Campus JAX

Miles Davis tribute and celebration. Can’t make it live? Join the live stream at https://www.youtube.com/@JAXHideaway

Sep 11, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026 Rose Center Theater

Bright Blue Sky transports you to the 104th floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower on the morning of September 11, 2001. Witness the courage, vulnerability, and enduring power of the human spirit as they confront the unthinkable. This September, on the 25th anniversary of that day, Rose…

Sep 11, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026 Black Umbrella Gallery

The September showcase will include all 'new' abstract art by Marcus Maldonado Sr.  He has created a diverse selection of art work from colorful paintings to hypnotizing images. This is Mr. Maldonado's second solo show at the Black Umbrella Gallery in Garden Grove. Marcus will be there in person on…

Sep 11, 2026 - Oct 04, 2026 Chance Theater, Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center

Shakespeare’s infamous “bed trick” from All’s Well That Ends Well gets a bold and frisky remix in this comic college romp. When deception and desire collide, three friends are forced to navigate the messy, hilarious, and sometimes shocking consequences of choices, crushes, and consent. From…

Sep 12, 2026 Bowers Museum

Presented by Dr. Oren Siegel, Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology (CLTA), University of Toronto Examine how recently declassified U-2 spy plane photographs from 1959 are transforming our understanding of Egypt's ancient past. This illuminating lecture reveals how Cold War-era aerial imagery…