Sunset Center
San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel
620-2049, www.sunsetcenter.org
Carmel is a magnet of arts and culture contained in small town, and its flagship performance arts center has to reflect that compact but mighty character. The Sunset Center hosts a cornucopia of stellar classic and rock/pop concerts, ballets, lectures and festivals like the annual Carmel Bach Festival. Arching glass windows in the lobby greet audiences to a cathedral-like venue. A perfectly calculated seating arrangement inside the auditorium feels intimate to the stage without sparing acoustic quality.