Warm Your Heart This Season with an Array of Performances at The Bankhead

Livermore Valley Arts will close out 2024 with a season full of events with something for everyone. From a return visit from the supergroup of Broadway stars who transform hits from the American pop songbook at The Doo Wop Project Holiday Show on December 8 to beloved Los Angeles Bolero trio Tres Souls, holding dear to their rich Mexican heritage, at their Boleros de Navidad show on December 16, the holiday month will kick off in downtown Livermore smashingly.

     The festivities continue with dynamic and soothing four-piece a cappella group Kings Return Holiday Show on December 18, and Bankhead favorite, the acclaimed klezmer “Jewish Glam-Rock” band Mostly Kosher, on December 23, leading up to a truly special way to ring in 2025, on the Bankhead Stage, at Jeff Bordes and Friends: Swinging in the New Year on December 31. All of these dazzling performances will take place at the Bankhead Theater in downtown Livermore, CA.

     Kicking off the month of celebration, The Doo Wop Project boys will return to Livermore to get audiences into the Holiday Spirit! Hear old school holiday classics like The Drifters’ “White Christmas,” The Temptations’ “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons’ version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” along with “Doowopified” contemporary hits like “This Christmas” and “Last Christmas.” It is sure to be a jolly good time once again – after a nearly sold-out holiday performance in 2022 – at The Bankhead on December 8 at this unforgettable matinee concert.

     In the middle of the month, the Tri-Valley will celebrate the holiday season with Tres Souls at their Boleros de Navidad, a night where bolero classics and Latin American holiday songs fill the season with romance and celebration. The beloved Los Angeles Trio of Rocio Mendoza, Roberto Carlos, and Jesus Martinez have spent the last decade serenading audiences with the vintage sounds and songs of the 1940s-60s songs from the Golden Era of Mexican Cinema, and vibrant interpretations of boleros – all with a modern spin. Now, the trio will take the Bankhead stage with a bilingual and festive Latin holiday performance, sure to delight downtown Livermore on December 16.

     Two days later, dynamic and soothing four-piece vocal group Kings Return at their Holiday Show will take pride in showing how they craft a diverse yet supremely cohesive a cappella sound, with a blend of unique vocal timbres so rich and so smooth that, at times, it sounds more like a full choir than a mere four men. Kings Return will be celebrating the holidays with their talents in Downtown Livermore on December 18.

     On the Monday before Christmas, The Bankhead will be welcoming once again Klezmer-Rock band Mostly Kosher, who boldly redefines their musical genre taking the listener through a timeline of history with modern protest music, toppling norms of intolerance and indifference. In response to the poetry and street Jewish folk music roots, their original voice resounds with themes of social justice, human dignity, and mutual understanding.

     Closing out the schedule of performances will be Jeff Bordes and Friends: Swinging in the New Year, a most special way to ring in 2025 on December 31. Kicking off a first-of-its-kind festive New Year’s. Eve show, on the Bankhead Stage, Jeff Bordes needs no introduction to those in the music industry.

     In addition to this packed month of performances, Livermore Valley Arts will also bring some season-worthy cheer within the realm of visual arts. On Saturday, December 7, the VIP Room at The Bankhead will come alive with a free-admission Holiday Art Fair from 2pm to 5pm, which will bring together art and fine handcraft vendors for shoppers to find that perfect gift, either for a special someone or for oneself.

     Tickets for shows in the 2024-25 Bankhead Presents season are available online at livermorearts.org, by calling (925) 373-6800, or at the box office.

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Photo caption: The Doo Wop Project boys return to Livermore with their Holiday Show featuring holiday classics.