From Zydeco to Classical Concerts

WITH MORE THAN 100 performances on seven stages, the Gator By The Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary at Spanish Landing Park, May 11-14. The lineup spans zydeco, blues, roots, Creole and Cajun, rockabilly, salsa and New Orleans jazz—with headliners such as Terrance Simien, a two-time Grammy Award winner. gatorbythebay.com At The Rady Shell, the San Diego Symphony features pianist Inon Barnatan, May 20-21—playing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2—along with Rafael Payare and the Symphony delivering the world premiere of Methuselah (In Chains of Time) by IranianAmerican composer Gity Razaz; and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7. At The Shell May 26-27, Payare and the orchestra spotlight works by Venezuelan composers Antonio Estévez and Evencio Castellanos; as well as French composers Paul Dukas and Gabriel Fauré. theshell.org