{"id":342267,"date":"2026-06-02T01:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342267\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T01:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:39:11","slug":"bay-area-shows-2026-concert-series-announced-for-orindas-siesta-valley-bowl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342267\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area shows: 2026 concert series announced for Orinda’s Siesta Valley Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new summer concert series<\/a>, in an old location familiar to many, is coming to Orinda.<\/p>\n

The Siesta Valley Foundation has announced a lineup of more than a dozen acts from May to October at the Siesta Valley Bowl<\/a>, a 1,000-person amphitheater in the East Bay Hills. The shows kick off June 5 with Jonathan Richman, founder of proto-punk group Modern Lovers, and continue with the Rebirth Brass Band and Grammy winners Steep Canyon Rangers.<\/p>\n

The Siesta Valley Bowl is the rebranded name of the Bruns Amphitheater, which for decades was the home of the California Shakespeare Theatre, or just Cal Shakes. When the theater group declared bankruptcy in 2025 \u2013 despite a fundraising campaign and donations from Cal Shakes alumni like Zendaya \u2013 the nonprofit Siesta Valley Foundation took over operations<\/a>, resulting in this year\u2019s reborn festivities.<\/p>\n

The Siesta Valley Foundation is an East Bay nonprofit that now has a 15-year lease for the amphitheater, which is surrounded by forests and sitting on land owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith over a dozen national touring artists already booked across a wide range of musical styles and genres, Siesta Valley Bowl is poised to become the East Bay\u2019s defining outdoor music destination,\u201d the nonprofit said in a recent press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for shows are available at SiestaValleyBowl.com<\/a> and Ticketmaster. Here is the announced lineup for 2026:<\/p>\n

May 30 \u2014 Soft Launch featuring three Bay Area bands, including Burning Down the House (Benefit for Siesta Valley Foundation 501(c)(3) \u2014 $25 tickets; all proceeds donated)<\/p>\n

June 5 \u2014 Jonathan Richman (opening night)<\/p>\n

July 2 \u2014 Eddie Robers, Stanton Moore, Robert Walter (The Breaks) and The Headhunters<\/p>\n

July 23 \u2014 DakhaBrakha<\/p>\n

July 25 \u2014 Stanley Clarke<\/p>\n

August 7 \u2014 Jake Shimabukuro<\/p>\n

August 8 \u2014 Rebirth Brass Band and The Soul Rebels<\/p>\n

August 21 \u2014 Earthless and Primitive Ring<\/p>\n

September 12 \u2014 Beats Antique<\/p>\n

September 19 \u2014 Jerry\u2019s Middle Finger<\/p>\n

September 22 \u2014 C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant<\/p>\n

October 16 \u2014 Steep Canyon Rangers<\/p>\n

October 24 \u2014 Super Diamond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new summer concert series, in an old location familiar to many, is coming to Orinda. The Siesta…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[184,102829,7,390,2644,392,44992,332,967,584,839,330,143,145,144,29954,8257,8258,420],"class_list":["post-342267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-area","tag-blues-music","tag-california","tag-central-contra-costa","tag-concerts","tag-contra-costa-county","tag-country-music","tag-east-bay","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-festivals","tag-music","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-orinda","tag-pop-music","tag-rock-music","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}