Sacramento Women’s Chorus will celebrate its 25th anniversary Saturday, March 9, with gala concert performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Both performances of the group’s Celebrate! 25th Anniversary Concert will take place at the Sacramento Waldorf School, 3750 Bannister Road in Fair Oaks. The concerts will include special guest performances by the highly acclaimed Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus. A commemorative 25th anniversary reception, open to the public, will follow the 2 p.m. performance. Concert tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and groups of 10 or more, and $12 for children ages 5 to 18, available at sacramentowomenschorus.org or at the door. The March 9 concerts will feature an

The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus lights up the holiday season with their 28th annual seasonal show, Light Your World. SGMC delivered a beautiful performance on Friday night at the First Methodist Church in Midtown. There was a little something for everyone, from solemn sacred music sung in Latin to lighthearted musical skits and an audience singalong. The chorus has grown to include some 60 voices, and their sound is richer and more rounded for the expansion. Whether showcasing their trademark lyrical harmonies in songs like “Ding Dong Merrily On High” and “Silent Night”, or camping it up on the premiere of Eric Lane Barnes’ “Social Network Christmas”, the men sing with precision and styl

The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus will kick off its 28th season Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, with a new director at the helm and a new holiday-themed show, “Light Your World.” Performances will be at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30; 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1; and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2. All three performances will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street in Sacramento. General admission tickets for the performances are $22 in advance and, if still available, will be $25 at the door. A reserved seating option for $40 includes a front-of-house reserved seat (no standing in line) and pre-concert dessert reception at Lumens Light + Living (located one block from the

Social media will take center stage this holiday season as Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus debuts the original choral production number, “A Social Network Christmas” by award-winning composer Eric Lane Barns. The number will be a featured segment of the chorus’s holiday concert “Light Your World,” which will run Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, with a reprise concert on Saturday, Dec. 8, in Stockton. Barns visited Sacramento recently to rehearse the chorus and small group ensemble “Boy Howdy” on the number, sharing his vision for the piece, walking them through the staging and helping to cast some special appearances. “I like doing things that create a world onstage,” Barns says. “Fa

The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus delighted their audience with “Glitter”, their 27th annual spring show on Friday evening. The men delivered a generous helping of glitz and glamour from Hollywood to Broadway and beyond in their surprising new performance venue at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento. Artistic Director Paul Jones, in his final season on the podium, led the men through a solid repertoire featuring the music of gay composers, and the selection meandered from the tender to the raucous to the hilariously campy. Jones will rejoin his chorus on the risers for the coming season. Opening with a medley of show tunes, from “Let Me Entertain You” to the “Broadway Ladies

For 27 years, the first weekend in December has been marked by the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus singing in the season with their signature brand of holiday glee. On Friday night, the tradition continued, bringing a substantial and happy audience to Midtown's First Methodist Church for another evening of high spirits, close harmony and popular musical entertainment. This year’s event was just as jolly and campy as SGMC’s audiences would expect, opening with some of the most outrageous holiday headgear to adorn a stage this side of Beach Blanket Babylon, as choristers waltzed, pranced and swayed to a lively rendition of the classic “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” “Christmas Ang

For the first time in a decade, the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus is taking their show on the road.SGMC has invited the audience to accompany them on a musical tour of the world with their latest offering, “One for the Road.” The program will be traveling literally as well as figuratively, with performances slated for Sacramento, Loomis, Davis, and Stockton. Friday night’s premiere of this concert was received with enthusiasm. After an introductory in-flight safety demonstration complete with instructions for seatbelts and oxygen masks, the chorus took off in flights of harmony that spanned miles and decades. Artistic director Paul Jones and accompanist Mark A. Robinson led the 32 singer

Let’s face it—a sawbuck just doesn’t go very far these days. But thanks to generous corporate sponsorships and a year's worth of robust volunteer effort to build the event, Sacramento Pride is shaping up to be the best value of the region's summer festival season! Sacramento Pride Festival, Saturday, June 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., will be held at Sacramento’s scenic Capitol Mall for the first time this year. To go along with its exciting new location, Pride's volunteer organizers are bringing in new attractions, star-power entertainment, and excellent swag--all for the price of a $10 admission ticket. Here is a list of the top 10 added values for guests attending Sacramento Pride: 1) $50

On June 12th, during Gay Pride Month, the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus will perform a concert entitled UNITY - An Evening of Song and Dance beginning at 8 pm at the First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street, Sacramento, California. The Men’s Chorus will be joined by The Sacramento Women’s Chorus, Small Difference Women’s Choral Ensemble, Verve, SacDance Sport, and the Capital City Squares. This event will also be the final performance of SGMC’s 25th annual season. Originally named the Sacramento Men’s Chorus, the group began in the fall of 1984 during Ronald Reagan’s first term as President, when few gays and lesbians came out, and if they dared, were excommunicated by their churches a