Chico Performances

These are the fun plans you’ve been wanting.

They’re young, brilliant and already turning heads. 🎻From Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert Hall. Don’t miss your chance to Oak Trio here!

📅 Sunday, April 26
🕖 Show 2:00 PM
📍 Recital Hall, Chico State
🎟️ Tickets at chicoperformances.com

One book. One community. One important conversation. 📚🌊

Pulitzer Prize finalist and Los Angeles Times environmental journalist Rosanna Xia comes to Chico State with California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline, this year’s selection.

Through powerful reporting and deeply human stories, Xia explores rising seas, environmental justice, and the choices shaping California’s future. It’s timely, thought-provoking, and a conversation our community won’t want to miss.

🗓️ Thursday, April 2
🕖 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🤟 ASL interpretation will be provided
🎟️ Tickets at ChicoPerformances.com

✨ This isn’t just a concert… it’s a full-on Queen-powered celebration.

No choir experience needed — just bring your voice, your friends, and your love for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Somebody to Love,” and all the iconic hits.

You are the choir. You are the show. You are the champion. 👑 Let’s make it legendary at Laxson!

📅 Friday, March 13 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🎟️ Tickets: ChicoPerformances.com

There’s something about live mariachi that just hits different. 🎺✨

Mariachi Sol de México® de José Hernández is bringing that spark to Laxson Auditorium — with a powerful second half featuring Camila Fernández that you won’t want to miss.

Make a whole night of it and come early for Party on the Patio, starting at 6:00 p.m. Our front patio turns into a lively pre-show hangout with live music from , tasty bites, and cold drinks available for purchase. It’s the perfect way to kick off the evening.

📅 March 6, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🎟️ Tickets at ChicoPerformances.com

🎥✨ This is your chance to experience cinema in a whole new way.

Don't miss Right in the Eye as they blend silent film, live music, and theatrical creativity into an unforgettable night. With musicians performing in real time as films unfold on screen, every sound, melody, and moment happens right before your eyes.

📅 Friday, February 20 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🎟️ Get tickets now at ChicoPerformances.com

🎉 Chico, this one’s about to get LOUD

Chico Performances invites YOU to sing your heart out with for a joyful sing-along in Laxson Auditorium.

Join us for We Will CHOIR! You! An EPIC QUEEN Sing-Along 👑
Grab your friends, channel your inner Freddie Mercury, and belt out Queen’s biggest hits with hundreds of fellow fans.

📅 Friday, March 13 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🎟️ Tickets: ChicoPerformances.com

🌎 One of the world’s leading voices on water and climate is coming to Chico.

Jay Famiglietti — former NASA scientist, ASU professor, and featured expert on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour — shares powerful insights on wildfire prevention, drought, and environmental policy.

An urgent, informative, and inspiring evening you won’t want to miss.

📅 Thursday, February 26 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium, Chico
🎟️ Tickets at ChicoPerformances.com

🔥 Feel the power of mariachi like never before.

Mariachi Sol de México® de José Hernández brings their world-renowned sound to Laxson Auditorium, with a special second-half collaboration featuring powerhouse vocalist Camila Fernández — blending tradition, innovation, and generations of musical excellence. 🎶

Get ready for lush harmonies, bold rhythms, and vocals that give you chills.✨

📅 March 6, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium, Chico
🎟️ Tickets: ChicoPerformances.com
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🔥 El mariachi como nunca lo has sentido.

Mariachi Sol de México® de José Hernández trae su sonido mundialmente reconocido a Chico junto con la vocalista poderosa Camila Fernández, mezclando tradición, innovación y generaciones de excelencia musical en una noche inolvidable.🎶

Prepárate para armonías exuberantes, ritmos atrevidos y voces que te darán escalofríos.✨

📅 6 de marzo de 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium, Chico
🎟️ Boletos en ChicoPerformances.com

🎬✨ Something magical is coming to Laxson Auditorium.

Right in the Eye is a live movie-concert that brings the groundbreaking silent films of Georges Méliès to life through live music 🎶, inventive sound effects, and playful theatricality 🎥. Performed by three musicians using dozens of instruments, this immersive experience blends cinema, concert, and illusion into one unforgettable night.

📅 Friday, February 20 | 7:30 p.m.
🎟️ Tickets at chicoperformances.com

✨ Mark your calendar!
Chico Performances welcomes Jay Famiglietti to Laxson Auditorium for an engaging evening of insight, curiosity, and conversation 🌎

A former NASA scientist and current professor, Jay’s talk explores wildfire prevention 🔥, water challenges 💧, and how science helps us better understand the world we share.

📅 Wednesday, February 26 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Laxson Auditorium
🎟️ Get your tickets now: ChicoPerformances.com