The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus will participate in Second Saturday festivities with a Sing-A-Thon on Saturday, May 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Visitors will get a preview of the group’s upcoming summer show, ExtrABBAganza, a celebration of the 1970s pop sensation ABBA, June 7-8, at the Crest Theatre. Saturday’s Sing-A-Thon is free and open to the public at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1700 L St. A donation to support the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus would be greatly appreciated. Steven Johnson, the group’s artistic director, says the Second Saturday Sing-A-Thon is intended to help raise the visibility of the chorus and of Sacramento arts and culture as well as to raise funds to enable the ch

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 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

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