Out of Town: Summer Festivals

* The well-known Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., has works in repertory at three theaters. Angus Bowmer Theater: “Enter the Guardsman,” “Life is a Dream,” “Oo-Bla-Dee,” “The Tempest,” and “The Three Sisters.” Black Swan Theater: “The Trip to Bountiful,” “Fuddy Meers” and “Two Sisters and a Piano.” Elizabethan Theater: “The Merchant of Venice,” “Troilus and Cressida and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Continuing through Oct. 28. (541) 482-4331. https://www.osfashland.org* The Spoleto Festival is celebrating its 25th year in Charleston, S.C. It offers an array of performing arts from music and dance to theater and satire, including a new production of Puccini’s “Manon,” directed by Petrika Ionesco. Friday-June 10. (843) 579-3100. https://www.spoletousa.org* New Mexico’s Santa Fe Stages festival includes: June 1-2: “Morning, Noon and Night,” written and performed by Spalding Gray. June 8-24: Avner the Eccentric, the one-man circus. June 28-July 1: Ballet Hispanico. July 13-29: “For Now I Am Persuaded: The Musical Journey of Blanche Calloway” written and performed by Chris Calloway. July 19-Aug. 5: “The Cherry Orchard,” starring Marsha Mason. Aug. 3-19: “Red Hot Mama! The Sophie Tucker Songbook,” with Sharon McNight. Aug. 25: “The Memory of All That: Gershwin on Broadway and in Hollywood,” with Mary Cleere Haran and Richard Rodney Bennett. Aug. 30-Sept. 2: Pilobolus. (505) 982-6680. https://www.santafestages.org

* The Ravinia Festival is Illinois’ classical and jazz festival. The Chicago Symphony will perform 11 concerts during its summer residence under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach. Appearances by Yo-Yo Ma, Manhattan Transfer, Art Garfunkel, Cesaria Evora and Tony Bennett. June 8-Sep. 8., Highland Park, Ill. (847) 266-5100. https://www.ravinia.org

* Artown 2001 in Reno, Nev., runs July 1-31. Festivities include:”The Casbah,” with veiled belly dancers, drummers, sword dancers and henna painters; “Pops on the River” a marriage of symphonic music and Mardi Gras; and “Food for the Soul World Music Series.” (775) 322-2939. https://www.artown.org

* The Edinburgh International Festival is Aug. 12-Sept. 1. Highlights of this Scottish event include: “Les Troyens,” by Hector Berlioz.; “Idomeneo,” by Mozart.; “PastForward: The Influence of the Postmoderns,” White Oak Dance Project; “The Organs of Edinburgh 2,” and “The Diamond Project,” New York City Ballet. Edinburgh, 011-44-131 473-2001. https://www.eif.co.uk/2001

* The Reading Festival line-up includes musical favorites in the U.K.: Eminem, Travis, Manic Street Preachers, Green Day, PJ Harvey, Marilyn Manson, Supergrass, Mercury Rev and Ash. Aug. 24-26. Richfield Avenue, Reading, England. Recorded Information line, 011-44-9003-404-905. https://www.meanfiddler.com/readingfestival2001/html

* The 44th annual Monterey Jazz Festival happens Sept. 21-23. This year, the festival offers concerts on seven stages with a tribute to legendary Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Performers include: Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Dave Holland, Branford Marsalis, Regina Carter and Kenny Barron. 2000 Fairgrounds Road, Monterey, (925) 275-9255. https://www.montereyjazzfestival.org