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Do you have a dog who shows reactive behaviors? Join us online to learn how to achieve success outside of the home with your dog and create calm associations with their environment.

Kids can join us for animal-themed Thursday afternoons to help us make easy enrichment for the pets in our care. This is a great way for kids to earn service hours for school and have fun while giving back. No sign-up is required. Simply bring your can-do attitude and passion for animals! Plus, fill out a Volunteer Log from the Humane Society to get service hours for attending. Select dates will have a friendly Canine Ambassador.

SummerFest comes to a close with a celebratory concert that will send you out into the night on a positive and wonderful note. In addition to Tchaikovsky’s lush and beautiful Serenade for Strings and Bruch’s Double Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and String Orchestra, that will sweep you off your feet, Inon Barnatan has arranged Freddie Mercury and Queen’s biggest and most intriguing rock hit, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” for five cellos and piano. This will be the climax of a festival that audiences will be talking about for years to come. Click here for more information about this event.

Whether silenced by political oppression, the horrors of war, or societal and ideological imperatives, the composers on this program managed to create lyrical and hopeful works often in the most challenging or horrific of circumstances. From Schulhoff and Messiaen composing in Nazi concentration camps to Fanny Mendelssohn struggling for recognition in the shadow of her famous brother, from a Montgomery piece written in the height of the COVID-19 lockdown to Shostakovich’s brilliant response to the horrors of war, these pieces raise us up and give us hope. Click here for more information about this event.

Memories of places and people we have loved, centered around one of the greatest pieces of the repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence,” an audience favorite that joyfully evokes the composer’s love of the city of Florence and his own musical joys and sorrows. Anthony McGill will showcase a piece Brahms came out of retirement to write specifically for a great clarinetist, while Augustin Hadelich brings to life Chausson’s “Poème,” both evoking memory and reflection. For more information about this event, click here!

Highly acclaimed classical violinist and fiddler Tessa Lark collaborates with songwriter, producer and bassist Michael Thurber (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) , classical and jazz master clarinetist and improviser Mark Dover and Louis Cato, a GRAMMY-nominated and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who has played in the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since the show’s inception in2015, and was recently named bandleader for the newly renamed Late Show Band. The Synergy Initiative is co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.

World premiere co-commissioned by La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest’s Synergy Initiative. This reimagination of Carnival of the Animals examines our shifting societal values told through the lens of spoken word artist and activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Vice President and Artistic Director of The Kennedy Center; legendary dancer Wendy Whelan, Associate Artistic Director of New York City Ballet; and acclaimed choreographer Francesca Harper, Artistic Director of Ailey II. Visit here for more information about this event!

GRAMMY-nominated Louis Cato, an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter, takes the stage in The JAI for an evening of eclectic jazz-inspired performance with his talented band. You will recognize him from playing in the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since the show’s 2015 inception; he was recently named bandleader for the newly renamed “The Late Show Band.” Please visit here for more information about the event! ADMISSION - 6 p.m. show - SOLD OUT - 8:30 p.m. show here Connect with Louis Cato on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter

Instructor Hannah Gioutlos Do you need help learning to use your sewing machine? Want to know how to thread your machine and wind a bobbin? This class is for you! We’ll show you how to use your machine, simple troubleshooting tips, and the sewing basics. Our project will be a simple pillow case. All materials included. It’s best to bring your own sewing machine, but you may also borrow one of ours. ***If you’re attending with your child, and participating only as support, just purchase 1 enrollment. No experience necessary. Adults and age 7+ (with parent) welcome! • Scholarships available • Homeschoolers welcome • Military and sibling discounts For more information visit: sandiegocraft.org Stay Connected on Facebook

A collection of pieces channeling the extraordinary spirit, virtuosity, and soul of Bohemia with its fiddlers, its sweet folk melodies, and its inspiration for one of the most exciting movements in chamber music, the fiery last movement of Brahms’ masterpiece, his first piano quartet. Please visit here for more information about the event! ADMISSION - Tickets can be purchased through here. Connect with La Jolla Music Society on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter