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Winter Music and More Concert Series, Sundays, 4 PM, Cape Cod Museum of Art
The Cape Cod Museum of Art offers performances that warm us all season long, with shows running from January through mid-April. Individual and season tickets are available – shows are $24 for non-members. Tickets include same-day museum admission. Order yours here.
January 4 – original Americana music and storytelling with The Digney Fingus Band
January 18 – Cello sonatas with Elizabeth Miya Jones
January 25 – Classic rock with the MUSIC Band
February 1 – Songs from the North Country – Canadian hits with Mottley James
February 8 – Leslie Boyle and the Cape Cod Jazz Trio
February 15 – Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo
February 22 – Glig-Rosenblum Four Hand Piano Recital
March 1 – Blue Skies: Irving Berlin, The Man & His Music with John Murelle and Brandon Santini
March 15 – Jazz standards, swing and bossa nova to ballads and jazzy blues with the Salt Marsh Quartet
March 22 – Traditional and contemporary music from the Celtic World with Rose Clancy and Max Cohen
March 29 – Classical and contemporary cello with Chih-Yi (Joy) Chu
April 12 – Natalia Bonfini Band
The Cape Cod Museum of Art offers performances that warm us all season long, with shows running from January through mid-April. Individual and season tickets are available – shows are $24 for non-members. Tickets include same-day museum admission. Order yours here.
January 4 – original Americana music and storytelling with The Digney Fingus Band
January 18 – Cello sonatas with Elizabeth Miya Jones
January 25 – Classic rock with the MUSIC Band
February 1 – Songs from the North Country – Canadian hits with Mottley James
February 8 – Leslie Boyle and the Cape Cod Jazz Trio
February 15 – Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo
February 22 – Glig-Rosenblum Four Hand Piano Recital
March 1 – Blue Skies: Irving Berlin, The Man & His Music with John Murelle and Brandon Santini
March 15 – Jazz standards, swing and bossa nova to ballads and jazzy blues with the Salt Marsh Quartet
March 22 – Traditional and contemporary music from the Celtic World with Rose Clancy and Max Cohen
March 29 – Classical and contemporary cello with Chih-Yi (Joy) Chu
April 12 – Natalia Bonfini Band
1/22, 7PM, Ranting Parents Comedy Tour, Chatham Orpheum Theater – Get a sitter and enjoy a laugh-filled look at parenting with 3 fabulous regional comedians – Dave Rattigan, Paul Nardizzi, and the Cape’s own Jim Ruberti. Tickets can be purchased here.
1/22, 5:30PM, BBBSCI Magic of Mentoring Night, Margaritaville’s Landshark Bar & Grill – If one of the things you’ve resolved to do in 2026 is to help other people, would you consider becoming a mentor to a younger person who could use a bit of guidance and some constructive time spent learning and having fun? Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cape and Islands is gathering Bigs, current, past, and future, to enjoy an evening of food, libations, music and great raffle prizes, and if you’ve ever thought about signing up it’s a fantastic opportunity to learn first hand from current volunteers what the program’s about! If you’d like to attend, find out more and sign up to reserve a spot here. It’s free!
1/23 @ 7:30PM & 1/24 @ 3:30PM, Gabriel V Brass Quintet in Concert: Color in Sound the World Around, Performing Arts Center, Brewster – Gabriel V Brass Ensemble offers the best in fanfare and solo brass works, presenting distinctive programs from classics of the Venetian School to contemporary works, as well as audience favorites such as elegant jazz and holiday fare. They have toured 23 countries in the UK, Europe, and Russia, and by invitation performed works by Gabrieli for the 900th anniversary celebration of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy. This international “heritage” will be featured in the upcoming concert with works by Palestrina, Brahms, Oskar Böhmes, André Lafosse, and John Dowland. Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org (Free for Students & Youth)
1/24 & 1/25, A Passport to Vienna with The Cape Symphony, Sat & Sun, Barnstable HS PAC – Experience a wonderful voyage through Vienna’s legendary soundscape, featuring pieces from Mozart, Beethoven, and more. Music Director Alyssa Wang will conduct. Get your tickets here.
1/24 & 1/25, Cape Cod Annual Orchid Show, Emerald Resort & Hyport Conference Center – Get an early glimpse of Spring courtesy of the Cape & Islands Orchid Society. Hundreds of gorgeous orchids will be on display, and you can learn and buy, whether you’re a novice or experienced grower. Dinner among the orchids is also available the Friday evening before the show. The theme this year is “Orchids at Play.” Get your tickets here.
1/29, 7PM, VIP Documentary Screening w/ Casey Sherman, Chatham Orpheum Theater – Come see the new documentary The Boston Strangler: Unheard Confession starring New York Times best-selling author Casey Sherman at this benefit for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, dedicated to assisting survivors of homicide victims and fostering peace on the Cape and across the region. A Q & A will follow the screening. There are 2 pricing tiers – $50 tickets include a meet & greet with Casey before seeing the documentary, and tickets are $40 for the screening and Q & A only. Get your tickets here.
2/6 & 2/7, 16th Annual Cape Cod Healthcare Blood Drive in Memory of Nicholas G. Xiarhos – Every year, on his birthday, the family of US Marine Nicholas Xiarhos honors his memory and his service to his country by hosting a blood drive in his memory. The idea is to uphold his dedication to saving lives – by helping to save lives. This year’s two-day blood drive will be held at the Cape Cod and Islands Associates of Realtors Office Building in West Yarmouth. Both scheduled appointments and walk-ins are welcome. If you’d like to reserve a spot at this or any other CC Healthcare blood drive, click here.
2/7, 3:30PM, God’s Miraculous Hand in the Battle of Cowpens and the Revolutionary War, American 250 Lecture Series, In Person and Livestreamed, Performing Arts Center, Brewster – Presented by Stephen McDowell, President of Providence Foundation. Join us for a year-long series of monthly lectures celebrating God’s miraculous acts during our nation’s fight for Independence. Free admission for all. Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org FREE
2/13 & 2/14, 3:30PM, Wind Ensemble America 250 Concert Series: Life, Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans – The Wind Ensemble offers 3 concerts in 2026 to honor the nation’s anniversary: Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness. The first concert celebrates LIFE and includes wonderful arrangements of Amazing Grace, Aaron Copland’s Simple Gifts and Promise of Living, Runestad’s grieving prayer Let My Love Be Heard, new works Winds of Change and Infinite Hope, and Sousa’s march, Revival. Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org (Free for Students & Youth)
2/20 @ 7:30PM & 2/21 @ 3:30PM, Grant Us Peace: Music of Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks, Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans – Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, present a concert of works by Eastern European masters Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks. Pärt’s L’Abbe Agathon, and Vasks’ Da Pacem, Domine, Lord Open Our Eyes, and the Fruit of Silence provide listeners with “food for the soul”— music that reflects suffering and a longing for hope, inner freedom, silence, and faith. Gloriæ Dei Cantores’ performance of Pärt’s work has been hailed as “superbly performed” (Fanfare), “extraordinary.” (Classics Today) and as “A true meeting of East and West.” (OrthoChristian.com) Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org (Free for Students & Youth)
2/28, 3:30PM, From Landscape to Soundscape: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Music, Arts Speak Lecture, In Person and Livestreamed, Performing Arts Center, Brewster – Presented by Michael Gandolfi, composer. The span of renowned composer Michael Gandolfi’s musical investigation is paralleled by his cultural curiosity, resulting in many points of contact between the world of music and other disciplines, including science, film, education, and theater. Join Michael and come explore The Garden of Cosmic Speculation! Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org FREE
2/28 @ 7:30PM & 3/1 @ 3:30PM, Beauty for Ashes: A Baroque Meditation by Gaudete Baroque Ensemble, Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans – Enter into this season of reflection with a Baroque meditation expressing both sorrow and joy. Featuring Vivaldi’s Sinfonia al Sancto Sepulcro, as well as works by Bach, Corelli, Purcell, and Albinoni’s beautiful Sonata a Cinque in A major, the music will paint “a crown of beauty for ashes and festive praise instead of despair.” (Is. 61:3) As you listen, be illumined by the frescoes and sacred art of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. As always, tickets are free for students and youth. 508-240-2400
3/7, 8:30AM, CC Natural History Conference, Tilden Arts Center, CCCC – This conference is a great opportunity for networking and information sharing with and among those who are doing important environmental work right here on Cape Cod. If you attend you’ll hear the latest natural history related news and project updates directly from local researchers and environmental organizations that are here on the Cape. Sign up to attend here.
3/14, 11AM, Polar Plunge for MA Special Olympics, Red River Beach, Harwich – Take the plunge to support the more than 14,000 local athletes who participate in Cape programs. Plungers are asked to raise at least $100, and will receive an event shirt. Register here.
3/20, 3:30PM, Serenades for Spring, March 20 7:30 pm and March 21 3:30 pm, Performing Arts Center, Brewster – This beautiful concert by Creare Symphonia fittingly lands on the first day of Spring! Let these aural flowers brighten up the gray days of March. Dvořák’s lovely Serenade for Strings, written in the spring of 1875, is one of his most popular and frequently performed works. Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, composed when he was just 14(!) and only published in 1960, reflects the energy of youth and features virtuosic dialog between the soloists throughout! Tickets are free for Students and Youth. Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org/ael-events/
