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2018/19 Season tickets to all shows are on sale now! You can also buy any five shows and save 15% when you purchase a Create-Your-Own-Series package!
The Gallo Center is presenting sensational Broadway events this season! Get ready for breathtaking special effects and dazzling choreography of The Wizard of Oz; the heartwarming Finding Neverland; the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Monty Python’s Spamalot (PG13); the hilarious Something Rotten!; the holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical; the runaway hit of numerous music festivals The Choir of Man, and the jaw dropping talents of five of the most incredible Illusionists on earth in The IllusionistsTM – Live From BroadwayTM.
Since the Gallo Center began presenting comedy in 2009, starting off with Dana Carvey, numerous major name comedians have performed here—almost all selling out. This season will bring great comedy shows including Patton Oswalt; Bill Engvall; Whose Live Anyway?; Anita Renfroe; Michael Jr; The Southern Fried Chicks; The San Francisco Comedy Competition; Henry Cho; Sacramento’s Stephen B, plus comics with a local flavor: Marcella Arguello and Anthony K!
Dance lovers will love this season's events. Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers. Ballet Folklórico de México is returning to the Center, bringing together the music, dance and costumes of Mexican folklore from pre-Colombian civilizations through the modern era. You can experience some of the most thrilling dancers in the world—not to mention the exciting performances from Modesto’s own Central West Ballet!
The robust Latino population in the San Joaquin Valley exerts a powerful influence on the Gallo Center for the Arts. From the greatest mariachi bands in the world, to the color and pageantry of the finest ballet folklórico companies, we’re proud to present them! "El Rey del Acordeon” (The Accordion King) Ramon Ayala is returning to the Center season. Also coming are the double bill of The Villalobos Brothers and the Mariachi Las Reyna de Los Angeles; Mexico's leading alternative rock band; Cafe Tacvba; Mariachi Herencia de México; the Latin Grammy Award-nominated Banda Machas, and more!
The Gallo Center continues its tradition of providing diverse and thrilling family entertainment. Explore unknown ocean depths with Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure; the all-new high-intensity production from the Chinese Warriors of Peking; awesome magic shows like It's Magic: 62nd Anniversary Show and the incredible mentalists The Clairvoyants; the always entertaining Norman Foote; the “queen of children’s music” Laurie Berkner, and much more! With additional offerings by our great resident companies, you and your family have a wealth of wholesome choices at affordable ticket prices!
Holiday events include concerts with the chart-topping band 98° (here at the Center for a 98° At Christmas!), plus The Doo Wop Project: From Bop to Pop...For The Holidays, and the return of Dave Koz & Friends with his 2018 Christmas tour. Also coming are NOËL, a brand new holiday family musical; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical; the always magical Opus Handbell Ensemble, and A Very Choral Christmas featuring ten local choirs performing beloved holiday favorites!
Come see the finest musical artists and events that the San Joaquin Valley has to offer, presented by the Gallo Center and its great resident companies! Among the many artists scheduled are Boz Scaggs, Itzhak Perlman, Kenny G, Don Felder, Clay Walker, Toto, Three Dog Night, The Beach Boys, Jim Messina, Burt Bacharach, Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, Rita Coolidge, Clay Walker, and so many more! From Pop to Rock, Classical to Latin, Blues to Soul, there are exciting performances for every taste this season. Forget the Bay Area—it’s all right here!
The Gallo Center is proud to offer an incredible variety of theatre plays and spoken word entertainment. This season the Gallo Center Repertory Company returns with four theatrical productions: Stand and Deliver, Steel Magnolias, Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol and Tuesdays with Morrie. The Center also proudly presents two events from National Geographic Live’s touring speaker series: Point of No Return with Hilaree O’Neill, and Sprinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous with Nizar Ibrahim. The original first lady of Rock ‘n Roll is in the building with “Elvis & Me: Priscilla Presley.” The original host of the “Dog Whisperer,” Cesar Millan, is coming too, along with Susan Marie Frontczak as Erma Bombeck, and We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
