California Institute of the Arts

Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3

Watch creative chaos consume our campus.

The CalArts community invites you to an immersive festival of visual and performing arts, kicking off Friday night and running all day Saturday. 

Event Highlights

• School of Theater

  • Danton's Death
  • Love and Information

  

• The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

  • World Music and Dance Festival

  

• The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

  • Spring Dance

  

• School of Art

  • MFA Open Studios

  

Over one whirlwind weekend, enjoy a program encompassing cross-cultural soundscapes and uncompromising visual experiences. 

Don’t miss our annual World Music and Dance Festival, MFA Open Studios, the Spring Dance Concert, productions from the School of Theater, and much more.

MAYhem beckons you to experience the electric energy of CalArts like never before. Abandon all expectations—and sneak a peek into the creative maelstrom.

	Date/Time	Venue	Tickets
Spring Dance Concert	Friday, May 2  8 pm	Sharon Disney Lund Theater (Lund)	Tickets Students: $2  General: $10
Aashish Khan Memorial Concert  World Music and Dance Festival	Friday, May 2  8-10 pm	Roy O. Disney Theater (ROD)	RSVP Free
Danton’s Death	Friday, May 2  8 pm	Walt Disney Modular Theater (MOD)	Tickets Students: $2 General: $10
Love and Information	Friday, May 2  8 pm	E400	Tickets Students: $2  General: $10
CalArts Salsa Band World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3 1-1:45 pm	Wild Beast	RSVP Free
Samba CalArts World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3  2-2:45 pm	Wild Beast	RSVP Free
School of Art MFA Open Studios	Saturday, May 3  2-6 pm	Art: Broad, Annex, and Baldessari (JBSB) studios Art and Technology: C107 Photography and Media: BB5	Info Free
Artisan Pop-Up Market	Saturday, May 3 2-7 pm	Main Gallery	Info Free
Cuban Ensemble  World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3 3-3:45 pm	Wild Beast	RSVP Free
Global Guitar Homegrown  @ CalArts  World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3  4-4:50 pm	Roy O. Disney Theater (ROD)	RSVP Free
African Music & Dance Ensemble  World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3  5-5:50 pm	Sharon Disney Lund Theater (Lund)	RSVP Free
Persian Electric & World Percussion Ensembles  World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3  6-7:50 pm	Roy O. Disney Theater (ROD)	RSVP Free
Balinese Gamelan  World Music and Dance Festival	Saturday, May 3  8-10 pm	Sharon Disney Lund Theater (Lund)	RSVP Free
Danton’s Death	Saturday, May 3  8 pm	Walt Disney Modular Theater (MOD)	Tickets Students: $2  General: $10
Love and Information	Saturday, May 3  8 pm	E400	Tickets Students: $2  General: $10

More details

Food offerings

• Steve’s Café
  Friday, May 2 | 7:30 am–10 pm
  Saturday, May 3 | 10 am–7 pm
  Steve’s Café is offering a special World Music and Dance Festival-inspired lunch entrée for purchase on May 3!
• Tatum Coffee Lounge
  Friday, May 2 | 8:30 am–10 pm
  Saturday, May 3 | 12:30-8 pm

Free parking

Plenty of parking available on campus!