Livermore Valley Arts Announces Sensational Spring 2025 Season!
Livermore Valley Arts has announced its fantastic 2025 spring season in downtown Livermore, CA., full of fare for all ages in the Tri-Valley. Bankhead Presents kicks off next month with its Brilliance at The Bankhead gala fundraiser starring Katharine McPhee, star of Broadway’s Waitress, TV’s Smash, and runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.
Among the performers for the remainder of the Bankhead Presents series will be returning family favorites DLUX Puppets and Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience, choreographic delights iLuminate and Leela Dance Collective, comedic treats Best of SF Comedy Competition and Second City, and world wonders from around the globe such as Teada Yamato – The Drummers of Japan, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, and Mariachi Herencia de Mexico.
DLUX Puppets will present their updated adaption of Peter Pan, Neverland, while Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience is simply “Dog Gone Fun” for the entire family.
iLuminate provides a distinct intermix that reawakens one’s senses and imagination, creating a visual experience unllike anything audience have ever seen.
Teada Yamato, a Japanese Taiko drumming group, has given more than 4,500 shows across 54 countries around the world since 1993. On stage, this dynamic and passionate spectacle has more than 40 Taiko drums, each with different characters, and the members of the group have trained o beat these massive Taiko drums, far surpassing what one could imagine.
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping. It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock! Audiences are sure to ‘feel the Chilli heat’!
Honoring the past, celebrating the present, and crating the future of mariachi music, Mariachi Herencia de Mexico will present an electrifying and unforgettable night of traditional mariachi music.
Knockout music acts will also be making stops at The Bankhead, starting with Daniel Ho Quintet, followed by Silkroad Ensemble, and the legendary Sons of the Pioneers.
Just in time for a Cinco de Mayo weekend celebration come Las Cafeteras, who will play The Bankhead, remixing toots as modern-day troubadours. They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats, and powerful rhymes that document stories of community seeking to ‘build a world where many would fit.’
Kicking off the newly announced performances is a special addition at Livermore Valley Arts – ArtWalk After Dark, a free community ArtWalk event on October 12 at the Bankhead Plaza.
There is something for everyone, with more star artists and performers up close and personal at the Bankhead Theater, an intimate space that performers and audiences both will treasure.
For tickets or more information on these and other events please visit www.Livermore Arts.org.
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Photo caption: The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (NOT the Peppers!) is a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers, who have been rocking the world. With musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave audiences breathless.