Calendar

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						Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures 8:00 pm
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Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures 8:00 pm			UCI Symphony Orchestra Express - winter 2026 8:00 pm Free		Songs About Love and Sorrows 8:00 pm
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			UCI Jazz Combos - winter 2026 8:00 pm Free	Dance Visions 2026 8:00 pm	Dance Visions 2026 8:00 pm	Dance Visions 2026 2:00 pm Dance Visions 2026 8:00 pm
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			UCI Jazz Orchestra - winter 2026 8:00 pm			UC Irvine Homecoming Festival 2026 12:00 am Free Song and Wind 8:00 pm

Events this Month

Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures

February 7 - February 8

Winifred Smith Hall

This two-day interdisciplinary conference is organized by UC Irvine Professor Hossein Omoumi, UC Irvine ICIT Alumni Hesam Abedini and University of Florida Professor Payam Yousefi. Each night will be a different concert—highlighting the richness and diversity of music in Iran and its diaspora...

Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures

February 7 - February 8

Winifred Smith Hall

This two-day interdisciplinary conference is organized by UC Irvine Professor Hossein Omoumi, UC Irvine ICIT Alumni Hesam Abedini and University of Florida Professor Payam Yousefi. Each night will be a different concert—highlighting the richness and diversity of music in Iran and its diaspora...

UCI Symphony Orchestra Express - winter 2026

Winifred Smith Hall

Symphony Orchestra Express brings the music closer to the audience with performances in alternative venues designed for an intimate listening experience. Featuring a diverse mix of composers and performers, each one-hour program offers a thoughtfully curated journey through the symphonic...

Free

Songs About Love and Sorrows

Winifred Smith Hall

Yuliya Minina will be exploring the usage of song forms in instrumental music. She will be joined by her friends and colleagues, Frances Bennett and Sarah Koo. The program will consist of solo piano and piano‐cello pieces, as well as several sets of art songs, featuring works of Pauline Viardot,...

UCI Jazz Combos - winter 2026

Winifred Smith Hall

UC Irvine’s undergraduate jazz students take the stage for their quarterly concert, featuring small ensembles guided by the Department of Music’s jazz faculty. This performance showcases the students’ creativity, skill, and collaborative spirit through an evening of vibrant music and improvisation...

Free

Dance Visions 2026

February 19 - February 21

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Presented by the Department of Dance, Dance Visions 2026 is the department’s annual premier showcase highlighting the range and depth of faculty choreography. Featuring original works performed by UCI’s exceptional dance students, the concert blends contemporary and classical forms with theatrical...

Dance Visions 2026

February 19 - February 21

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Presented by the Department of Dance, Dance Visions 2026 is the department’s annual premier showcase highlighting the range and depth of faculty choreography. Featuring original works performed by UCI’s exceptional dance students, the concert blends contemporary and classical forms with theatrical...

Dance Visions 2026

February 19 - February 21

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Presented by the Department of Dance, Dance Visions 2026 is the department’s annual premier showcase highlighting the range and depth of faculty choreography. Featuring original works performed by UCI’s exceptional dance students, the concert blends contemporary and classical forms with theatrical...

Dance Visions 2026

February 19 - February 21

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Presented by the Department of Dance, Dance Visions 2026 is the department’s annual premier showcase highlighting the range and depth of faculty choreography. Featuring original works performed by UCI’s exceptional dance students, the concert blends contemporary and classical forms with theatrical...

UCI Jazz Orchestra - winter 2026

Winifred Smith Hall

Experience the energy of large-ensemble jazz with the UCI Jazz Orchestra, performing a vibrant mix of big band classics and contemporary works. This concert highlights the ensemble’s versatility and celebrates the richness of the jazz tradition. Tickets $10

UC Irvine Homecoming Festival 2026

Celebrate Anteater pride at UC Irvine’s Homecoming Festival 2026, a lively street fair. Cap off the day with a pre-game rally as Men’s Basketball faces UC Santa Barbara—or enjoy an inspiring evening concert by UC Irvine professor and flutist Patricia Cloud. Concert tickets are now on sale. Feb....

Free

Winifred Smith Hall

Flutist and UC Irvine Professor Patricia Cloud presents a program of expressive works for flute as part of this season’s Artist Series. Showcasing her artistry and versatility, the concert offers an engaging exploration of sound and breath. Tickets General Admission: $20 Senior Age 62+: $17...

Exhibitions this Month

Against Outer Space

November 15 to February 28

Beall Center for Art + Technology

Against Outer Space engages an ancient paradox: Earthly life unfolds against and within unearthly space. Artists in the exhibition present this paradox both with and against dominant technoscientific ideas about outer space. In doing so they work...

Free

Art, Art Gallery

Proceeding in Brokenness

January 24 to April 4

Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

This event was formerly known as The Neganthropocene (part 1). In times of climate crisis, and while democracies are eroding and infrastructures and social webs are breaking apart, the idea of repair is tempting. Repair promises to make...

Free

Art, Art Gallery

M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition - winter 2026

February 7 to February 28

Room Gallery, University Art Gallery

Artists: Yadira Dockstader, Kayla Ephros, Chella Foster-Flynn, SeeVa Kitslis, Beatrice Schleyer and Anya Zalevskaya Featuring works by second-year M.F.A. students, this exhibition marks an important milestone in their advancement to candidacy at...

Free