San Jose Taiko

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Comstock Community Auditorium

Celebrating the choreography, musicality and joyful spirit of taiko drumming

Aurora & Antheia

Music at the Dark Sky Park

Friday, August 22, 2025
Dr. T.K. Lawless Park, Vandalia, MI

The trio Aurora & Antheia performs under the stars of the Dark Sky Park.

The Ripple Effect Live Event

Saturday, August 30, 2025
Kalamazoo Valley Museum

The Friends of Poetry will be reading their original works created for The Ripple Effect project.

Kleinstuck Trail Walk

Saturday, September 6, 2025
Kleinstuck Preserve

Featuring the atmospheric, meditative sounds of the Kalamazoo Drone Society

Migratory Music

Saturday, Sept. 13 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Kalamazoo Nature Center

Experience the Kalamazoo Nature Center with live music from local artists.

The Alaya Project

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Dalton Theater
Light Fine Arts Building
Kalamazoo College

Indian Carnatic music meets modern jazz with Rohan Krishnamurthy on percussion.

Goh Kurosawa

Goh Kurosawa

Sunday, September 28, 2025
Bronson Park

Electrifying soundscapes and stunning arrangements of familiar global melodies

Alla Boara

Alla Boara

Sunday, October 5, 2025
Dormouse Theatre

With modern arrangements variously surprising, playful, and bewitching, this ensemble brings new life to Italian folk musical traditions.

Djékady

Djékady

Sunday, October 12, 2025
Bell's Eccentric Café

A collaboration between West African musician Balla Kouyaté and Grammy-winning cellist Mike Block

Josh Holcomb

Josh Holcomb

Saturday, October 18, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Library
(Downtown)

Acoustic violin sounds mixed with effect pedals to form an endless variety of meditative tones.

LuFuki

LuFuki and Divine Providence

Thursday, October 23, 2025
Dalton Theater
Light Fine Arts Building
Kalamazoo College

Afro-spirit jazz collective formed by Detroit composer and cultural curator LuFuki

Nobuntu

Nobuntu

Sunday, November 2, 2025
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe with a program ranging from traditional songs to Afro Jazz to Gospel

Robert Mirabel + ETHEL

Robert Mirabal + ETHEL

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College

The world-renowned Pueblo flutist performs with the genre-defying string quartet.

Sarah Aroeste

Sarah Aroeste

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Congregation of Moses

Ladino singer/songwriter bringing Judeo-Spanish culture to new generations

Djangophonique

Djangophonique

Friday, November 21, 2025
Bell's Eccentric Café

An ensemble that delivers the infectious joy, and expressive freedom that is at the heart of Django Reinhardt’s manouche jazz.

Messiah Sing

Messiah Sing

Sunday, November 30, 2025
First Congregational United Church of Christ

Sing-along of Handel’s Messiah with professional orchestra and soloists

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