From the City of Fresno:

We Want To Hear From You!

Your feedback is essential as we work through the Expanded Access to Arts and Culture (EAAC) Cycle Three. If you’d like to share your thoughts on a specific topic, click the relevant button below. Comments for the Cycle Three Draft Grant Guielines will close on April 30 at 3:00 p.m. Comments for the Cycle Three Draft Application Review and Scoring Handbook will close on May 8 at 3:00 p.m.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS CITY OF FRESNO EAAC FEEDBACK PAGE.

Join Rick Helzer and Trio Expression for a jam session at Tap and Cellar noon-4pm on Saturday, May 9, 2026! This edition will feature student performers from the Milestones Youth Jazz Workshop offered by Jazz Fresno.

We are looking forward to an abundant and wonderful music making time at our upcoming session this Saturday. Trio Expression is honored to offer this continuing opportunity for our up-and-coming college, high school, and middle school jazz musicians, along with our other “seasoned” peers (i.e., older folks like us in the trio) to stretch out, explore and celebrate this vital and beautiful American born music by loving it through performance, listening and fellowship (Hangin’ out, You dig?) Please join us to play, listen and appreciate great creative music. Don’t forget your axe, tunes and your passion!!!

Visit https://www.jazzfresno.online/ for information about local jazz events.

Aideed Medina’s work has appeared in various publications, and she is the author of 31 Hummingbird, Segmented Bodies, and a binational chapbook of selected poems from Segmented Bodies / Salmos de la Sierra Madre, with Aziz Córdova. She is the current Fresno Poet Laureate. The evening will also feature live dinner music with Los Fresnanitos, so bring your dinner, lawn chair or blanket.

Respite by the River

San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Karen Marguth is one of the most acclaimed vocal artists to emerge in the 2000s. She has released six albums as a leader, three of which have been listed in DownBeat’s annual Best of the Year issue, and one of which received a rare four-and-a-half stars. Joining Karen will be Mike Taylor on guitar, Nathan Guzman on drums, David Aus on keys, and Clare Reinhold on bass.

Details and tickets

The Youth Orchestras of Fresno will wrap up this amazing season with a concert featuring Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Indulge your senses as Fresno’s finest young musicians bring these masterworks to life in a concert that blends visual imagination, rich orchestral color, and a touch of sweet delight.

Tickets

Join Fresno Ideaworks for Makerfest on Broadway, a community fundraiser celebrating art, creativity, and hands-on making in the heart of downtown Fresno. Held at Fresno Ideaworks’ historic home in the former Crown Plunge building, Makerfest will feature local artists and makers, interactive maker stations, food and drinks, raffles, and a community art auction. Fresno Ideaworks is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit makerspace dedicated to providing affordable access to tools, workshops, and creative education in woodworking, welding, ceramics, textiles, glass arts, technology, and more.

Check us out at Fresno Ideaworks!