March 16, 7:00 p.m.
March 17, 7:00 p.m.
March 18, 1:00 p.m.
Sat. & Sun., April 11 & 12, 2026
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Included with paid museum admission; free for members
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A. J. Croce
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Singer-Songwriter June 29 | 7:00 p.m. $69.50–$80.50 Croce Plays Croce is a special night of music in which songwriter A. J. Croce performs a complete set of classics by his father, the late Jim Croce, plus some of his own tunes and songs that influenced both of them. The evening features such timeless songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” ... |
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A. J. Croce
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Singer-Songwriter June 30 | 7:00 p.m. $69.50–$80.50 Croce Plays Croce is a special night of music in which songwriter A. J. Croce performs a complete set of classics by his father, the late Jim Croce, plus some of his own tunes and songs that influenced both of them. The evening features such timeless songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” ... |
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Events July 1 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
A. J. Croce
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Singer-Songwriter July 1 | 7:00 p.m. $69.50–$80.50 Croce Plays Croce is a special night of music in which songwriter A. J. Croce performs a complete set of classics by his father, the late Jim Croce, plus some of his own tunes and songs that influenced both of them. The evening features such timeless songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” ... |
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Events July 2 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. |
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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Rock July 10 | 7:30 p.m. $59.50–$64.50 For more than 30 years, the Fabulous Thunderbirds have been a quintessentially American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid of blues, rock and roll, and R&B in hit songs such as “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap It Up.” Cofounder Kim Wilson, who founded the band with Jimmie Vaughn ... |
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I Am AZ Music® July 11 | 7:30 p.m. $33.50–$44.50 Eric Ramsey has been active in the Arizona music scene since the mid-1970s, performing solo or as part of any number of bands. Using soaring vocals and organic arrangements, Ramsey writes from experience about the human condition—at times sensitive, at times humorous, and always thought-provoking. His arrangements and delivery encompass a spectrum of styles, from delicate ... |
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Events July 12 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
Jazz July 12 | 7:30 p.m. $38.50–$49.50 Acclaimed singer-songwriter Khani Cole began her ascent into national and international consciousness in Phoenix in the early 1990s. Her first release on Fahrenheit Records, Piece of My Soul, included guest solos from Brian Bromberg and the late Joey DeFrancesco. Her follow-up, Places, was produced by Grammy winner Michael Broening and featured guest solos from Nelson Rangell and Marion Meadows. ... |
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Blues July 13 | 7:00 p.m. $49.50–$59.50 Duane Betts ignites and advances the Southern rock tradition. With a fiery legacy forged by his father, the legendary Dickey Betts, the second-generation musician infuses the genre with his own soul-stirring blend of blues, raw passion, and six-string mastery. Backed by his band, Palmetto Motel, Betts delivers a dynamic live show filled with searing guitar ... |
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Events July 15 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
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Events July 16 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
Americana and Folk July 16 | 7:30 p.m. $49.50–$54.50 Paul Thorn has spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop, condensing large nuggets of wisdom into tight mantras. He balances blues, rock, gospel, country, and soul in a singular strain of Americana, with songs that embrace the human condition with humor, irony, pathos, tenderness, heartbreak, grief, ... |
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Events July 17 | 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
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Curator Talks July 17 | 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Included with special exhibition admission.
Americana and Folk July 17 | 7:30 p.m. $49.50–$54.50 Paul Thorn has spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop, condensing large nuggets of wisdom into tight mantras. He balances blues, rock, gospel, country, and soul in a singular strain of Americana, with songs that embrace the human condition with humor, irony, pathos, tenderness, heartbreak, grief, ... |
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Ally Venable
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Blues July 18 | 7:30 p.m. $38.50–$49.50 Texas blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Ally Venable entertains wherever she goes, dazzling crowds on tour and throughout the festival circuit. Early releases No Glass Shoes (2016) and Puppet Show (2018) garnered Venable a fanbase, radio play, and several East Texas Music Awards. It was 2019’s number two Billboard Blues–charting Texas Honey and rocking sets on Ruf Records’ European Blues Caravan ... |
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Events July 19 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
Simon Phillips and Protocol V
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Jazz July 19 | 7:30 p.m. $44.50–$49.50 Regarded as one of the world’s most renowned and respected drummers, Simon Phillips’s style not only reflects his technical gift but also his distinct musical sensibility. Whether rock, fusion, or jazz, Phillips applies the same precision and intensity to his drumming, which is never lacking in emotion and feel. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Simon ... |
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Soul, R&B, and Funk July 20 | 7:00 p.m. $87.50–$97.50 The daughter of a trombonist and a singer, Grammy-winning vocalist Patti Austin claims the late Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones as her godparents. Her innate musical abilities are prodigious and well documented, encompassing 19 solo albums and countless appearances on pop, jazz, and R&B recordings since the 1970s. She has charted pop hits on her ... |
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Soul, R&B, and Funk July 21 | 7:00 p.m. $87.50–$97.50 The daughter of a trombonist and a singer, Grammy-winning vocalist Patti Austin claims the late Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones as her godparents. Her innate musical abilities are prodigious and well documented, encompassing 19 solo albums and countless appearances on pop, jazz, and R&B recordings since the 1970s. She has charted pop hits on her ... |
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Events July 22 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
Singer-Songwriter July 22 | 7:00 p.m. $59.50–$64.50 Tom Rush’s impact on American music has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the 1960s, and his music left its stamp on generations of artists in the folk renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s. James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Tom Petty, and Garth Brooks have all cited Rush as a major influence. His ... |
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Events July 23 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
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Al Jardine and the Pet Sounds Band
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Pop July 23 | 7:00 p.m. $87.50–$97.50 Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Al Jardine is best known for being one of the founding members of the Beach Boys. An accomplished musician on a variety of stringed instruments, Al Jardine played rhythm guitar (and bass on early recordings) and sang the lead on the number one hit “Help Me, Rhonda.” He also wrote or ... |
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Events July 24 | 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
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Al Jardine and the Pet Sounds Band
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Pop July 24 | 7:00 p.m. $87.50–$97.50 Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Al Jardine is best known for being one of the founding members of the Beach Boys. An accomplished musician on a variety of stringed instruments, Al Jardine played rhythm guitar (and bass on early recordings) and sang the lead on the number one hit “Help Me, Rhonda.” He also wrote or ... |
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Americana and Folk July 25 | 7:30 p.m. $130.50–$145.50 Don McLean is most notable for the hit single “American Pie,” which is instantly recognizable when the singer-songwriter performs the classic at his concerts. But the McLean’s complete discography is significant, as he has written numerous other hits over his decades-long career, including “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air,” and “And I Love ... |
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Events July 26 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions.
Americana and Folk July 26 | 7:30 p.m. $130.50–$145.50 Don McLean is most notable for the hit single “American Pie,” which is instantly recognizable when the singer-songwriter performs the classic at his concerts. But the McLean’s complete discography is significant, as he has written numerous other hits over his decades-long career, including “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air,” and “And I Love ... |
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Jazz July 27 | 7:00 p.m. $51.50–$61.50 Singer Lizz Wright draws inspiration from her Southern upbringing in Georgia, where she was the musical director of a small church, of which her father was the pastor. At 22 years old, Wright made a name for herself as a vocalist with a touring concert tribute to Billie Holiday, where her poised performances stole the ... |
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Events July 29 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
Blues July 29 | 7:00 p.m. $69.50–$80.50 Blues harmonica player and bandleader Charlie Musselwhite cut his musical teeth alongside Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and others on the South Side of Chicago in the early 1960s. More than 50 years of nonstop performing and 20 albums later, Musselwhite is at the top of his game, a revered elder statesman of the blues telling ... |
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American Traditions July 30 | 7:00 p.m. $44.50–$49.50 Henry Kapono’s Summertime Tour is a night of musical magic, powerful storytelling, and the spirit of aloha. It features new music from the Grammy-nominated and award-winning Hawaiian singer-songwriter’s Summertime EP, plus appearances by special guests Lee Oskar and Kealoha and Kapono’s backing three-piece the Boys in the Band. Native Hawaiian Henry Kapono is known for his soulful voice and ... |
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Events July 31 | 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
American Traditions July 31 | 7:00 p.m. $33.50–$38.50 New Orleans brass band–meets–Mardi Gras Indian outfit Cha Wa radiates the energy of the city’s street culture. In 2021, Cha Wa released its third album, the Grammy-nominated My People, as the follow-up to 2018’s Grammy-nominated Spyboy. The album is at once a joyful distillation of generations of New Orleans expression and a reminder of how hard-won that ... |
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Jazz August 1 | 6:30 p.m. $38.50–$49.50 The leaders of the smooth jazz supergroup Jazz Funk Soul are three of the most important contemporary jazz hitmakers on the scene today. After six Grammy nominations, Jeff Lorber scored his first Grammy win in 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Considered a master craftsman jazz pianist, Lorber has distinguished himself as a writer and ...
Jazz August 1 | 8:30 p.m. $38.50–$49.50 The leaders of the smooth jazz supergroup Jazz Funk Soul are three of the most important contemporary jazz hitmakers on the scene today. After six Grammy nominations, Jeff Lorber scored his first Grammy win in 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Considered a master craftsman jazz pianist, Lorber has distinguished himself as a writer and ... |
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Events August 2 | 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $12 per class; $40 for 4 Experience the Emerald Isle at MIM! Learn about the beautiful culture of Ireland through its rich and captivating musical traditions. 
Singer-Songwriter August 2 | 7:30 p.m. $38.50–$49.50 Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer-songwriter who first achieved fame as the lead singer and cofounder of the mid-1990s New York City chamber-pop group October Project. The hallmark of October Project’s sound was Fahl’s awe-inspiring power vocals, lain over gorgeous melodies played with passion and sophistication. As a solo artist, Fahl has released several ... |
Every Monday & Friday | 2 p.m.
Every Saturday & Sunday | 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Drop in for a 30–45-minute guided journey through the Geographic Galleries and get an inspiring introduction to MIM’s global collection. Tours meet in front of Guest Service.
Subject to guide availability.
Daily | Noon & 3 p.m.
Hear lively tunes played by the largest instrument in MIM’s collection, the Decap Orchestrion, in this fun and fascinating live demonstration.
