Coronavirus prevention forces Harris Center to close

The Harris Center announced today that they will be suspending all performances at the Harris Center, effective today, March 12th, thorough March 31st.The performing arts center is following the guidelines set forth by the California Department of Public Health. State public health officials stated that "gatherings with 250 people or more should be rescheduled or canceled. Smaller gatherings can proceed if organizers implement 6 feet of social distancing." "Here at the Harris Center, where we normally bring the community together for celebratory events, the safety of our patrons, artists and staff is our highest concern," notes Harris Center Executive Director Dave Pier. "In this unprecedented situation, however, direction from state government and our own campus and college district is unified and crystal clear. Safety here is best served by not gathering people together."And the Harris Center is not alone. "Performing arts programs at UC Berkeley's Cal Performances, UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, Pepperdine University, Scripps College, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, the Mondavi Center at UC Davis and others have similarly cancelled performances in response to COVID-19," notes David Pier, Executive Director. "Also, as many of our artists are currently on national or international tours, their travel plans are tied to their appearances at venues across the country and the world. Given this, we are in regular communication with their representatives. We expect to have more information soon on a show-by-show basis that may result in further postponements or cancellations." The Center will be issuing refunds to ticket buyers for the cancelled performances. For more information, patrons should visit the Harris Center website at https://www.harriscenter.net/visit/coronavirus Shows the Harris Center has officially cancelled: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Mikado-March 12 Cinderella - Panto Company USA-March 13 Carrera Productions: Cajun Night (Michael Doucet/Tom Rigney)-March 13 Folsom Lake Symphony: Family Concert - Musical Engine-March 14 Shriners' Benefit: A Voice for Children-March 14 Siberian State Symphony Orchestra-March 14 St. Patrick's Day in Ireland!-March 15 Seamus Egan-March 17 Tall Stories: Wilde Creatures-March 19 SBL Entertainment: Ronnie Milsap-March 19 Sacramento Guitar Society: Muriel Anderson's Wonderlust-March 21 Once On This Island (Broadway National Tour)-March 20-22 Sacramento Baroque Soloists: Ecstasy of the Chaconne-March 21-22 An Evening with Anne Lamott-March 23 Seeds – by Montreal's Porte Parole-March 26 Carrera Productions: Taj Mahal-March 27 Voices of California: Our Continuing Journey-March 28 enra - Dreams-March 29 SBL Entertainment: Altan-March 29 The Tap Pack-March 31 Additional events that have been canceled include Bollywood Boulevard on April 7 and Renee Tayor on April 15-29. The Folsom Concert Association will reschedule the April 5 performance of Daniel Rodriguez for later in the year.