Single-event tickets are on sale for the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts’ 2011-12 season.

The season opens Sept. 21 with the Return to Forever IV concert and continues to May 19 with Supergenerous in the World Stage series.

Return to Forever, the much honored jazz-rock fusion ensemble, is making one of its storied returns to action, almost 40 years after appearing on the scene. Driven once again by the powerful engine of Chick Corea’s keyboards, Stanley Clarke’s bass and Lenny White’s drums, RTF IV takes to the road in the company of French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, veteran of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Australian guitarist Frank Gambale, described by the Mondavi Center as "fiery-fingered."

Zappa Plays Zappa — founded by Dweezil Zappa, son of the late Frank Zappa — shares the bill. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, Jackson Hall.

Supergenerous pairs Cyro Baptista on percussion and Kevin Breit on strings — multi-instrumentalists whose music spans multi genres and cultures.

The new season also features the U.S. premiere of Blanche Niege (Snow White), Angelin Preljocaj’s first full-length story ballet; distinguished speakers (Patti Smith or Oliver Stone, for example) and, for just plain fun, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Circus Oz

With single-event tickets, you can attend as a nonsubscriber — that is, you have not purchased a series subscription or a choose-your-own plan (five or more events).

Single-event tickets come at a 10 percent discount for staff and faculty, or 20 percent off in the Pick 3 plan (three events of your choosing).

Subscription and choose-your-own plan sales began in April — and, consequently, you may not be able to get tickets for all of your choices. As of today (Aug. 12), tickets were limited in availability for:

• k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang

• The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, but you're still in luck for the San Francisco Symphony.

• The Alexander String Quartet's 2 p.m. performances (three of them throughout the season), but you're still in luck for the quartet's 7 p.m. shows.

Complete information about the 2011-12 season is online. Note: Previous Dateline coverage indicated incorrectly that the twin bill of Return to Forever IV and Zappa Plays Zappa was part of the 2010-11 season; in fact, the Sept. 21 RTF-Zappa concert is the first event of the new season.

Read about special themes in the new season: Spirit of New Orleans and Focus on India.

Click here for online ticket sales. Box office hours: noon-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and one hour before ticketed events. Telephone: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787.

SummerMusic on the Quad

"Imagine a scene from a Bollywood movie, smack in the middle of a thumping nightclub — swirling colors, the rhythm of pounding feet and the relentless energy of brilliant beats." This is Non Stop Bhangra — as described on the NSB website, heralding the Indian dance party held monthly in San Francisco.

On Saturday, Aug. 13, DJ Jimmy Love and the Dholrhythms Dance Company bring their celebration of Punjabi folk music and dance to UC Davis.

Non Stop Bhangra is the second and final program in this year's free SummerMusic series presented by the Mondavi Center. The series opened July 16 with the Cajun sounds of Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, drawing an estimated 1,000 people to the Quad.

The NSB show is set to open with a dance lesson for the audience. Dance performances will follow, with Love spinning a mix of bhangra, hip-hop, reggae and electronica.

The Quad opens at 6 p.m. for picnicking, and NSB begins at 7:30 p.m. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited on the campus.

Read more about SummerMusic on the Quad.

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