Malibu, in Santa Monica Mountains

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine

Performing arts center · 24255 Pacific Coast Highway

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Pepperdine's arts center pairs touring music and dance with a main auditorium just 15 rows deep.

Smothers is the largest stage in the Malibu campus complex, with raked seating and an orchestra pit that can rise to extend the stage. Raitt Recital Hall and the Lindhurst black box offer smaller settings.

The program also includes family performances and student productions. The neighboring Weisman Museum opens around select performances, adding a gallery visit to the same campus stop.

Upcoming events at Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine (41)

Music

Classical

Sat Oct 10 · 7:30 PM

Pepperdine Symphony

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Wed Oct 14 · 7:30 PM

Simply Three

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Thu Oct 15 · 7:30 PM

Best of Woodstock and Monterey '67: A Back to the Garden Story Concert

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sat Oct 24 · 11:00 AM

The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sun Oct 25 · 7:00 PM

Stop Making Sense: A Film by Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Fri Oct 30 · 7:30 PM

Pepperdine Choir

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Sun Nov 1 · 2:00 PM

Composition Studio Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Mar 14

Music

Classical

Sat Nov 7 · 7:30 PM

Faculty Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Mar 20

Music

Sun Nov 8 · 2:00 PM

Amaryn Olmeda, violin

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Tue Nov 10 · 7:30 PM

Piano Department Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Feb 23

Music

Sat Nov 14 · 7:30 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 3 other dates, through Sat Nov 21

Music

Sun Nov 15 · 2:00 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 3 other dates, through Sat Nov 21

Music

Classical

Thu Nov 19 · 6:30 PM

Chamber Music Concert

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Fri Nov 20 · 7:30 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 3 other dates, through Sat Nov 21

Music

Sat Nov 21 · 12:00 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 3 other dates, through Sat Nov 21

Music

Jazz / Blues

Tue Dec 1 · 7:30 PM

Pepperdine Jazz and Wind Ensembles

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Mar 23

Music

Thu Dec 3 · 7:30 PM

Pepperdine Choir and Orchestra Christmas Concert

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Mon Dec 7 · 7:30 PM

Guitar Chamber Concert

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sun Dec 13 · 5:00 PM

Voctave: It Feels Like Christmas

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sun Jan 10 · 1:00 PM

Peking Acrobats

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Jan 17

Music

Sun Jan 17 · 2:00 PM

Peking Acrobats

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Jan 17

Music

Folk / Americana

Thu Jan 21 · 8:00 PM

Andy McKee

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Tue Jan 26 · 7:30 PM

PILOBOLUS: Trips

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Fri Jan 29 · 7:00 PM

Boeing Boeing

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Jan 30

Music

Sat Jan 30 · 2:00 PM

Boeing Boeing

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Jan 30

Music

Jazz / Blues

Sat Jan 30 · 8:00 PM

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents World on a String: Swinging Songs of Broadway

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Tue Feb 9 · 7:30 PM

J. S. Bach's The Art of Fugue by Circa

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Rock

Fri Feb 12 · 8:00 PM

International Guitar Night

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sun Feb 21 · 2:00 PM

Radu Ratoi, accordion

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Tue Feb 23 · 7:30 PM

Piano Department Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Feb 23

Music

Folk / Americana

Sat Feb 27 · 7:30 PM

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

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Jazz / Blues

Wed Mar 3 · 7:30 PM

Mavis Staples

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Sat Mar 13 · 5:00 PM

Contempo

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Classical

Sun Mar 14 · 2:00 PM

Composition Studio Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Mar 14

Music

Electronic

Thu Mar 18 · 8:00 PM

Dance in Flight

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 2 other dates, through Sat Mar 20

Music

Electronic

Fri Mar 19 · 8:00 PM

Dance in Flight

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 2 other dates, through Sat Mar 20

Music

Electronic

Sat Mar 20 · 12:00 PM

Dance in Flight

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 2 other dates, through Sat Mar 20

Music

Classical

Sat Mar 20 · 7:30 PM

Faculty Recital

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Mar 20

Music

Classical

Sun Mar 21 · 2:00 PM

Katarina String Quartet

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Music

Jazz / Blues

Tue Mar 23 · 7:30 PM

Pepperdine Jazz and Wind Ensembles

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu

Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Mar 23

Music

Country

Wed Mar 24 · 7:30 PM

The Broadway Boys

Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine · Malibu