Arts Around August, a month-long celebration of the performing, visual and culinary arts in downtown Walnut Creek, offered events and activities for both families and adults throughout August, including Summer Concerts at Broadway Plaza, First Wednesday Street Faire, Downtown Stages, Moveable Feasts, Family Day at the Lesher Center, Pop-up Opera performances and many more activities!

The DSO Wind Trio helped launch the celebration on August 3, 2022, on the Locust Street Stage with a family friendly selection of ragtime tunes and Baroque favorites. Trio members Eva Langfeldt (oboe), Christy Diggins (clarinet), and Lisa Canter bassoon) represent the Diablo Symphony Orchestra as one of several DSO Ambassador ensembles whose performances celebrate the orchestra’s Diamond Jubilee Anniversary marking 60 years of music-making in the community.