All the World's a Stage

Orange Coast College is your local home for the arts! Did you know OCC offers a full season of performing arts on our three stages (and in innovative venues throughout the campus and beyond) every year? Join us for dazzling modern, classical, and world dance performances. Hear thrilling music from our symphony, wind ensemble, guitar ensemble, and award-winning choirs. Enjoy an exciting season of plays including classics, new drama, comedy, musicals, and original student works.

Support your local arts community and stay close to home with OCC Performing Arts, where we have new events every month, with low ticket prices and free parking!

Group of students singing on the stage Upcoming Events Click to see our upcoming performances and events, and to buy tickets!
A woman on lying stage floor Watch and Listen See photos and videos from our past performances.
3 students dancing and swinging a red cloth Support the Arts at OCC Your support helps us create amazing experiences for our students and our community! Click to find out how you can be a friend to the arts at OCC.
A student playing a oboe Information for Students Interested in pursuing a degree or certificate in the arts, or participating in a class or ensemble? Click here to learn more!

Plan Your Visit

Orange Coast College is proud to be part of The City of the Arts, Costa Mesa! We are freeway-close and offer free, convenient parking to patrons of all our performing arts events.

Many performances are free and do not require tickets. For our low-cost ticketed events, we offer online purchasing through our OCCTickets website. Please purchase your tickets in advance.

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Support OCC Performing Arts

Your tax-deductible gift to OCC's performing arts programs help create incredible opportunities for our students and amazing experiences for our audiences! When you donate to our Dance, Music, or Theater departments, you're supporting first-rate performances, life-changing tours, collaborations with world-class guest artists, and more—and you're helping us keep our ticket prices low and our events accessible to everyone. Click to learn how you can contribute!

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Our Academic Programs

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Students dressed as soldiers pointing swords in the air. THEATRE ARTS