Playhouse Merced will be back with its 2021-22 “The Story is Us” season of live, on stage productions starting this September! Its previous live season was unfortunately interrupted by the pandemic. Anthony Braxton, Playhouse Interim Managing Director, announced the new season’s five musicals and two plays during an online Season Preview…

Andrew Burkum, a local artist, acting teacher and one of the founders of the  Merced-based Phoenix Creative Collective, and Christopher Velazquez,…

Despite the cancellation of the 2021 Merced County Fair, CEO Teresa Burrola still wanted to do something to give the community a taste of the fair…

We are in the GREEN tier! That means we can toss the masks, go buy gas for less than $2 per gallon and head for Fresno for a flight to London! … Not. APRIL FOOLS! Unfortunately, Merced is one of eight (of 58) counties stuck in the purple tier that indicates widespread outbreak. But things are slowly progressing. Last week, our…

Merced has a diverse, bustling and rich arts scene. And not only downtown on Main Street, but also at Merced College, the UC Campus, high school auditoriums and…

Community members have the opportunity to appear in a small or large way inMerced Shakespearefest’s upcoming work, “Don Quixote de la Merced”, by auditioning on…

Theatre lovers have less than a month to wait until they find out what Playhouse Merced, located at 452 W. Main Street in Merced, has in store for its audiences this season! Ever since the 2020 - 2021 season had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, community members have been missing the good times they had as audience members in the main…

Merced Shakespearefest will hold auditions for its new webseries in mid-March. Following up on the success of last year’s bilingual “Ricardo II” webseries…

The Merced Symphony Association will host the Merced Symphony’s annual Pops Concert on March 5, at 7 p.m., by way of a live broadcast from the Merced Theatre.…

This year UC Merced is bringing the Children’s Opera to students and families across the Central Valley. Through a virtual format, children ages 3 and older can have a unique cultural experience without leaving the comfort their homes or classrooms. Each year UC Merced Children’s Opera produces a high-energy, 45-minute-long performance…