Wells Fargo Pavilion, Theatre and music venue in Sacramento, United States

The UC Davis Health Pavilion, known as the Wells Fargo Pavilion from 2003 to 2022, is a theatre in Sacramento, California, owned by Broadway Sacramento and the Sacramento Theatre Company. Its stage is a 32-foot-diameter theatre in the round, and the hall seats up to 2,200 people within 53,000 square feet. Hard-sided walls carry a soft Teflon-coated fiberglass covering shaped like the old circus tent, without the tent poles that once blocked views.

Music Circus began in 1949 as St. John Terrell's summer-stock format in Lambertville, New Jersey, staging light operas and operettas in the round under a circus big top. Sacramento's tent was lowered for the last time in 2002, and the replacement pavilion, designed by R.F. McCann & Co., opened in summer 2003 with hard-sided walls and a soft Teflon-coated fiberglass cover echoing the old tent's silhouette. It was named the Wells Fargo Pavilion until May 11, 2022, when a partnership with UC Davis Health renamed it the UC Davis Health Pavilion.

The venue is home to Sacramento Music Circus, a summer-stock theatre that stages light operas and operettas in the round under a circus-style format. The name Music Circus comes from the theatre form begun in 1949 by St. John Terrell in Lambertville, New Jersey, with productions mounted under a big top. The 32-foot-diameter stage places the action at the centre of the audience.

The circular seating layout means there are no bad angles, but arriving early still helps visitors get their bearings in the open hall before the show starts. For summer performances, it is worth bringing a light layer since the indoor temperature can shift from the warmth outside.

The pavilion stands on the concrete foundations of the old Music Circus tent, but the tent poles are gone: the permanent roof is Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric, so no support obstructs sightlines to the 32-foot stage. The venue was called Wells Fargo Pavilion from 2003 until May 11, 2022, when UC Davis Health took over the naming.