Opera
Margaret Stricklett and Janeene Williams perform duets from nine famous operas Sunday, August 3, 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Anglican. Tickets, 350 pesos, from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or purchased at the door.
Live Music
FRIDAY
• “The Sound of Music” returns to the stage at Lakeside Little Theatre today at 6 p.m. and Sunday, August 3, at 1 p.m. This Spanish-language production by the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM) features 30 children, 15 adults, and a live band of eight musicians. Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com or at the LLT box office prior to showtime. Note: Entrance to Allen W. Loyd Drive may be closed on the day of the event. Please enter from the Libramiento.
• What the Funk performs at 4:30 p.m. at 4to Sentido in San Antonio.
SATURDAY
• Festival del Lago students and faculty will perform a series of string quartet concerts today through August 8 at Haus Der Musik. Tickets for unsold performances are available via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A grand finale concert will take place on Saturday, August 10, at 5 p.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera. Tickets are available at the auditorium box office, Wednesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Black Sapphire performs jazz, rock, bossa nova, boleros and French tunes at 7:30 p.m. at Café La Serenata. No cover.
SUNDAY
• Ballet Folklórico de Chapala is headed to Colombia for their 20th anniversary! See them at the Centro Para La Cultura y Las Artes de la Ribera at 1 p.m. Tickets are 100 pesos at the box office.
• Funker will host a dance party playing Latin soul and funk at 5 p.m. at La Bodega.
• Moisés Real performs traditional bolero Sunday, August 3, 12:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural González Gallo. Free entry.
COMING SOON
• Kate Unger performs “a little bit of this and a little bit of that and all that jazz,” Friday, August 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Romeo y Julieta, Calle Zaragoza 109, near Danza del Sol Hotel in Ajijic. Reservations: 376-766-3890.
• Willy Zavala, Chris Cuevas and Rousy Jau perform an afternoon of jazz on Friday, August 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at El Pilar Bistro, Hidalgo 261 in Riberas del Pilar. Reservations: 334-529-6964.
• Mariachi Real Ajijic performs three concerts at LLT on Saturday, August 23, 6 p.m. and Sunday, August 24, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Don’t miss this event full of tradition, Mexican music and fun from these talented young musicians. Tickets are 400 pesos, available via LLT’s website or at the box office on August 23 and 24, one hour before curtain.
Ecos Musica para la Paz
Ecos Musica para la Paz, a program created by the Jalisco Culture Secretariat 12 years ago, is helping to create a Symphonic Orchestra in Chapala and will soon begin giving free classes to children ages 6 to 17 years in San Nicolas de Ibarra and Atotonilquillo.
Young Artists’ Sale
The Efrén González Children’s Art Program is hosting a Children’s Art Sale on Saturday, August 2, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Art Connection’s “Art in the Plaza” exhibition, to be held in the main plaza of San Antonio Tlayacapan.
Photo Classes
By popular demand, Jill Flyer is starting a new series of Cell Phone Photography classes at the Ajijic Cultural Center (CCA). Learn the limitations and possibilities of cell phone cameras, including editing techniques available on your phone.
Two classes with the same content will be offered at the start: Friday, August 1, at 10 a.m. and Monday, August 4. The cost for six one-hour classes is 699 pesos.
The focus will be on composition for portraits, landscapes, and street photography. Jill, an art photographer with international renown, will guide students through slide shows of great photographers in history. Robert Ashin, a well-known landscape photographer, will be a guest lecturer discussing general rules of composition.
Students will also go outdoors for specific photographic assignments, followed by reviews and discussions of all photographs.
Register by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at CCA.
Auditions
Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) will hold auditions for the third play in its upcoming 61st season, Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” on Thursday, August 14, and Friday, August 15, at 10 a.m., with registration at 9:30 a.m.
Directed by Monie King and Peter King, the production features five women and two men. “Blithe Spirit” debuted in 1941 and has since become one of the most acclaimed and frequently revived plays. The hilarious plot revolves around a séance gone awry, where the ghost of the writer’s deceased wife attempts to sabotage his new marriage.
LLT’s production will be staged from December 5 to 14.
Those interested in audition materials should request them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..