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The Lymbar Happy Hour Celebrating Frida

The Lymbar Happy Hour Celebrating Frida

  • Wednesday | February 11 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • The Lymbar, Ion Building, 4201 Main St Suite 100, Houston, TX 77002

DACAMERA’s world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Frida’s Dreams calls for a celebration – so we’re teaming up with The Lymbar to toast the vibrant spirit of Frida Kahlo. Sip and snack at The Lymbar with passed appetizers and happy hour pricing on select beverages.

Brooklyn Rider: Frida’s Dreams

Brooklyn Rider: Frida’s Dreams

  • Friday | February 20 | 7:30 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn Rider’s DACAMERA debut, with the world premiere of a new string quartet by acclaimed composer Gabriela Lena Frank, inspired by paintings of Frida Kahlo. Plus music of Colin Jacobsen and Osvaldo Golijov and arrangements of folk songs. In conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon, on view January 19 to May 17.

Branford Marsalis Quartet Belonging Tour

Branford Marsalis Quartet Belonging Tour

  • TICKET ALERT: Scattered single seats only
  • Sunday | February 22 | 5:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The living jazz legend, three-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master re-imagines Keith Jarrett’s classic recording Belonging. Just announced: The Branford Marsalis Quartet’s recording of Belonging is nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album.

Stop, Look and Listen! | Inspired by Pop Art

Stop, Look and Listen! | Inspired by Pop Art

  • Stop, Look and Listen!
  • Saturday, February 28, 3:00 PM
  • The Menil Collection

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the installation of works of Pop Art by Robert Indiana, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol in the museum’s foyer.

A Little Day Music: Hear Herstory

A Little Day Music: Hear Herstory

  • Wednesday | March 4 | 12:00 pm
  • Grand Foyer, Wortham Theater Center

DACAMERA Young Artists in a concert celebrating women composers.

Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+

Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+

  • SOLD OUT
  • Saturday | March 7 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Legendary guitarist Pat Metheny has a catalogue of 50-plus recordings that have scored 39 Grammy nominations and 20 wins in 12 different categories.

Theater District Open House 2026

Theater District Open House 2026

  • Monday | March 9 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • Houston Theater District

Get ready for a day of FREE family fun and unforgettable adventures! Whether you’re a theater buff, a music lover, or just looking for a great way to spend the day, we’ve got something for everyone, including performances and interactive activities with DACAMERA Young Artists at Lynn Wyatt Square and the Houston Ballet Center for Dance.

DACAMERA at the Eldorado: Sarah Hanahan

DACAMERA at the Eldorado: Sarah Hanahan

  • Sunday | March 22 | 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sets
  • Choose-What-You-Pay Tickets on sale February 16
  • Eldorado Ballroom

Sarah Hanahan was named Rising Star Alto Saxophonist in Downbeat’s 2025 Critics Poll. The magazine awarded her debut album, Among Giants, 5 stars and named it one of their Best Albums of the Year for 2024.

Parker Quartet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Parker Quartet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

  • Saturday | March 28 | 7:00 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Schubert Perspectives #2: The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet’s return to the DACAMERA stage features Beethoven’s “Serioso” quartet, a propulsive Philip Glass quartet, and Schubert’s Cello Quintet, widely considered the most beautiful work in all of chamber music.

Isidore String Quartet

Isidore String Quartet

  • Monday | April 6 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Schubert Perspectives #3: The Isidore Quartet – skyrocketing to the heights of the music world since their debut at DACAMERA in 2023 – return with a strikingly diverse program, juxtaposing Schubert with twentieth and twenty-first century works by Ligeti and Tyshawn Sorey.

Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once

Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once

  • Friday | April 10 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

An all-star lineup — saxophonists Joe Lovano and Melissa Aldana; pianist Ndudzo Makhathini, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts — pays tribute to the jazz giant.

Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

  • Tuesday | April 14 | 7:30 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva was the First Prize winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition. Her first Houston appearance features a fascinating program of Chopin’s revolutionary and poetic 24 Preludes juxtaposed with Shostakovich’s monumental Preludes and Fugues.

Morton Feldman at 100: “Schubert Leaving Me”

Morton Feldman at 100: “Schubert Leaving Me”

  • Monday | April 20 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

DACAMERA celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of influential American composer Morton Feldman, with a rare performance of his poignant final work, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello.

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

  • Saturday | May 9 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The jazz piano phenomenon Hiromi’s expressive, dynamic and versatile band Hiromi’s Sonicwonder features Hadrien Feraud on bass, Gene Coye on drums and the trumpeter Adam O’Farrill. It incorporates the spirit of classic jazz-rock fusion melded with classically rooted virtuosity, entrancing funk and pop flourishes.

DACAMERA at the Eldorado: LUCÍA

DACAMERA at the Eldorado: LUCÍA

  • Sunday | May 17 | 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sets
  • Choose-What-You-Pay Tickets on sale April 13
  • Eldorado Ballroom

LUCÍA is a 23-year-old vocalist from Veracruz, Mexico whose singular artistic vision bridges the gaps between jazz, Latin and pop music. She is the first artist from Mexico to enter and win the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.

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