Beyond classical

Grammy winners Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck join forces for The Fiddle and the Drum, an evening of Appalachian folk music. Marking America's 250th anniversary, Fleming's expressive singing is set against Fleck's banjo virtuosity and full My Bluegrass Heart band. Aoife O'Donovan joins on vocals.

A four-time Grammy winner, Pat Benatar and guitarist and producer Neil Giraldo were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame together in 2022. The iconic duo brings hits “Love Is a Battlefield,” “Heartbreaker,” “We Belong,” and more to Walt Disney Concert Hall for one night.

John Darnielle started The Mountain Goats in 1991, recording early albums on a boombox before shifting to full studio sound in 2002. Thirty-five years later, the band's literate, story-driven songwriting, most personal on 2005's The Sunset Tree, has built one of indie rock's most devoted followings.

Kamasi Washington carried spiritual jazz into the 21st century. He tours behind Fearless Movement, his 2024 album featuring George Clinton and André 3000, backed by his West Coast Get Down collective.

KODO formed in 1981 on Sado Island, a remote spot off Japan's coast, where members still live and train communally. Since debuting at the Berlin Philharmonie that year, the ensemble has performed nearly 4,000 shows worldwide. They return with "Illuminance," four decades into a still-evolving exploration of what a drum can do.

An all-star lineup, including musicians from Davis' own bands, marks the 100th anniversary of his birth with a night built around the man who was present for, and usually responsible for, jazz's biggest turns after World War II. Davis played his final show at the Hollywood Bowl in 1991.

Tony winner Bernadette Peters brings songs from her decades-long career to Walt Disney Concert Hall. The evening moves through Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim, and Jerry Herman, the American songbook she's spent a lifetime interpreting.