Strictly Sail Pacific. April 9–12, Jack London Square, Oakland 20 South Bay Accent prince on an adventurous quest who receives guidance from a magic flute. The performance will be sung in German with English supertitles and the dialog will be spoken in English. Tickets $51– $111. California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose. 408/437- 4450. Jaffa Road. April 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. Spend the afternoon with this lively group that puts out contemporary Jewish music fused with Middle Eastern and Indian sounds, as well as jazz and rock and roll. Tickets $15. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 650/234-8005. Wine Stroll to Benefit Paws for Purple Hearts. April 23, 6 to 8 p.m. Sample wines from a variety of wineries while meandering among the shops and restaurants of Santana Row. Proceeds from sales benefit Paws for Purple Hearts, a program that provides therapeutic intervention to veterans and activeduty military personnel by teaching those with post-traumatic stress disorder. Tickets $30. Santana Row, Park Valencia, 3055 Olin Ave., Santana Row, San Jose. 408/551-4611. Kalin and Myles. April 25, 7 p.m. This East Bay-formed hip hop duo heads south with special guest Anjali for an evening of upbeat hits including “Trampoline.” Ti c k e t s $19.50–$75. Event Center at San Jose State University, 211 S. Ninth St., San Jose. 408/924-6350. Dancin’ Downtown Festival. April 26, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Celebrate National Dance week while enjoying the diverse styles of dance troupes including sjDANCEco, Diablo Ballet, LV Dance Collective and a number of others at Santana Row. Free. Park Valencia, 3055 Olin Ave., Santana Row, San Jose. 408/551-4611. Moody Blues. April 28, 8 p.m. It’s been nearly 50 years since this English group released their concept album Days of Future Passed. Fans of their psychedelic sound will be out in droves when the singers in the rock ‘n’ roll band come to town. Tickets $45–$85. City National Civic, 135 W. San Carlos St., San Jose. 408/792-4111. MAY Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean. May 2, 5 p.m. Two of the nation’s top country stars merge tours in San Jose for the first-ever live concert at Levi’s Stadium. Tickets $33–$254. Levi’s Stadium, 4900 Marie P. DeBartolo Way, Santa Clara. 800/745-3000. Avi Avital. May 3, 2:30 p.m. He’s wowed audiences from Berlin to Tokyo. Hear the young Israeli mandolinist during his Stanford performance. Tickets $30–$60. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford University, Stanford. 650/724-2464. New Kids on the Block. May 8, 7 p.m. NKOTB may no longer be “new” to the music scene, but its music still resonates with fans. The group will be joined by special guests TLC and Nelly. Tickets $29.50– $99.50. SAP Center, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose. 800/745-3000. Jim Brickman. May 8, 8 p.m. With 27 Top 40 singles on the adult contemporary charts under his belt, this pop pianist is one of the most commercially successful piano players of the last three decades. Check him out when he visits Campbell. Tickets $41. Campbell Heritage Theatre, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell, 408/866-2700. Duo Siqueira- Lima. May 9, 7:30 p.m. A special evening of classical guitar is on tap with this South American duo. Tickets $15–$35. Trianon Theatre, 72 N. Fifth St., San Jose. 8 5 5 / 5 0 2 - 7247. Natalia Lavrova and Vassily Primakov. April 18, 7:30 p.m. This exciting Russian will perform Scriabin’s “Fantasy for two Pianos in A Minor, Op. Posth,” Saint-Saën’s “Variations on a Theme by Beethoven for Two Pianos, Op. 35,” and Rachmaninoff ’s “Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17,” among other works. Tickets $40–$60. De Anza College, Visual Performing Arts Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. 408/990-0872. The Magic Flute. April 19–May 3, 8 p.m. George Cleve conducts Opera San Jose in this production of Mozart’s opera about a young CALENDAR U2, May 18–19, SAP Center, San Jose
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