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Drama
The Green Knight
December 13, 2025
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)
During Christmastime at King Arthur’s court, in the midst of court revelry, a stranger, a giant green knight on a green horse, appears in the courtroom and issues a challenge. Honorable Gawain accepts the call, and a magical story unfolds of a beheading and a perilous winter quest through the...
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Beall Center
25 Years at Beall Center for Art + Technology: Exhibition at City of Irvine Great Park Gallery
December 28, 2025
Off-Campus
The Beall Center for Art + Technology at the University of California, Irvine, marks its 25th anniversary as a leading venue for experimental media arts. This milestone year honors a legacy of groundbreaking exhibitions, community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration that continues to...
Art | Art Gallery
Proceeding in Brokenness
January 24, 2026 to April 4, 2026
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 things whole again, even if they have never worked...
Music
Listen to the Motion: Works by ICIT Ph.D. Students
January 31, 2026
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)
Featuring new compositions by Ph.D. students from the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program, this concert explores the creative potential of MUGIC®—a motion system developed by Mari Kimura. Through this innovative technology, movement is transformed into dynamic and...
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M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition - winter 2026
February 7, 2026 to February 28, 2026
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 UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The...
Music
Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures
February 7, 2026
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...
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Music
Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures
February 8, 2026
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...
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Music
UCI Symphony Orchestra Express - winter 2026
February 11, 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...
Music
Songs About Love and Sorrows
February 13, 2026
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,...
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Music
UCI Jazz Combos - winter 2026
February 18, 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...
Dance
Dance Visions 2026
February 19, 2026
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...
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Dance
Dance Visions 2026
February 20, 2026
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...
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Dance
Dance Visions 2026
February 21, 2026
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...
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Dance
Dance Visions 2026
February 21, 2026
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...
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Music
UCI Jazz Orchestra - winter 2026
February 25, 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
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CTSA
UC Irvine Homecoming Festival 2026
February 28, 2026
Arts Campus
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....
Beall Center
Against Outer Space
February 28, 2026
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 otherwise to government agendas, military-industrial...
Art | Art Gallery
M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition - winter 2026
February 28, 2026
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 UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The...