Our 2023-24 season is chock full of old favorites and new acts. Just a few: Top row (L-R): Sons of the Pioneers; The Beatles; Shoestring Players' On Golden Pond; Bottom Row (L-R): The Four Freshmen; Teddy Roosevelt; Grammy Winners, Riders in the Sky.

Whet your appetite for the new season with this YouTube clip of the Sons of the Pioneers along with Roy Rogers at the Hollywood Canteen. And enjoy the current version of The Four Freshman retro hit of Surfer Girl. Watch your email in the next few days for a link to the entire season schedule and your opportunity to assure great seats at all shows.

Welcome to the 2023-2024 season at the Community Performance and Art Center! This, year we celebrate our 25th year of incorporation as an organization. Through the last quarter century this community has embraced CPAC and supported us through your financial giving, your physical presence, your moral support, and much more! We are more dedicated than ever to serving you and contributing to this vibrant and rich arts community. 

This season is bookended with two national western acts in Sons of the Pioneers and Riders in the Sky. Santa Cruz Shoestring Players return with a full season of community theater including On Golden Pond.

CPAC will also feature three fascinating retrospective pieces about Don Knotts, Albert Einstein, and Teddy Roosevelt. CPAC is pleased to bring back many fan favorites including the Four Freshmen, WIlliam Florian, Dave Stamey, and the Bayou Brothers.

We will also feature multiple acts making their CPAC debut including International Blues Challenge Champion Eric Ramsey, Foghorn String Band, powerhouse pianist Jason Lyle Black, and New York vocalist Sara Tolar. Tribute acts will include Elton John, Olivia Newton John, Carole King, Neil Sedaka, The Beatles, The Doors, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young!

CPAC offers a vibrant selection of visual arts workshops and monthly exhibits while serving as host for numerous community ensembles, organizations, and social events. We look forward to our second quarter century and continuing this wonderful journey with all of you. 

Chris Ashcraft, Executive Director

Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician.

Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders.

As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, guitar, maracas and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.

“I walked into the CPAC office to buy show tickets on a hot summer day in 2013. A friendly lady greeted me. I bought tickets, filled out a volunteer application and so started the best volunteering jobs I have ever had - office worker, usher and house manager.,” says Carol Crain.

Carol comes from a background in telecommunications where satisfying the customer was critical. She says “the smiles I see on the CPAC audience’s faces far exceeds anything in the past.”

Carol adds the volunteer, backstage management teams are "a joy to know and with whom to work. Kudos to our leader, Chris Ashcraft, who is amazing!”

"As a new board member, my aim is to promote and increase the community and regional impact of CPAC. Venues like CPAC are not only important for the enrichment and betterment of Green Valley and Sahuarita, but essential for local artists, musicians, and performers to showcase their talent and hard work."

--Ben Garland

Member CPAC Foundation Board of Directors

Gifts may be made in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone you admire. CPAC gratefully accepts stocks, bonds, foundation and corporate charitable gifts. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you at many performances and programs this season. Just click the button below to securely donate online.

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