{"id":468409,"date":"2026-09-18T23:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T23:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468409\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T23:02:17","slug":"sacramento-events-to-catch-in-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468409\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Events to Catch in Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng (Courtesy of Thunder Valley Casino Resort)<\/p>\n

HASAN MINHAJ & RONNY CHIENG<\/p>\n

Sept. 26 Putting the \u201cpunch\u201d in punchline, Davis native Hasan Minhaj and former Daily Show\u00a0 colleague Ronny Chieng will trade verbal jabs during their mock-feud performance at Thunder Valley in Lincoln. In Hasan Hates Ronny \/ Ronny Hates Hasan, a chaotic twist on a political debate, the two spar over everything from war and immigration to personal grievances (hint: Minhaj is Team South Asians while Chieng is Team East Asians). thundervalleyresort.com<\/a><\/p>\n

WOODY DE OTHELLO<\/p>\n

Through Dec. 5 The Oakland-based artist\u2014whose work is in permanent collections of museums like SFMOMA and the Whitney\u2014is perhaps best known for his anthropomorphized sculptures of everyday objects, such as clocks with human hands or jars with ears and feet. UC Davis\u2019 Manetti Shrem Museum kicks off its 10th anniversary lineup with the exhibit Coming Forth by Day, featuring more than 60 pieces by De Othello that draw inspiration from African religion and culture. manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

GLADYS NILSSON<\/p>\n

Through Nov. 29 The Crocker Art Museum mounts a first-ever retrospective of works by influential Chicago figurative artist Gladys Nilsson, one of the first women to have a solo show at New York\u2019s Whitney Museum of American Art. The new exhibit showcases more than 100 paintings, drawings and prints, including her signature comic-surreal watercolors, along with archival photos\u2014such as images from her years living in Sacramento from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s\u2014and a 1960s-style living room installation with books and magazines that inspired her. crockerart.org<\/a><\/p>\n

US & THE REST OF \u2019EM<\/p>\n

Sept. 11\u201327 Raised by his mother and grandmother in south Sacramento, 12-year-old Dante\u0301 Elem learns about the world through the generational struggles of both single moms in this hometown family drama. Celebration Arts stages the world premiere of Us & the Rest of \u2019Em, written and directed by Sacramento native Anthony D\u2019Juan. celebrationarts.net<\/a><\/p>\n

GHOSTBUSTERS IN CONCERT<\/p>\n

Sept. 23 Who you gonna call \u2026 to tell them about this new live-to-film concert at the Mondavi Center? A chamber orchestra will perform Ghostbusters\u2019 score by the Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein alongside a screening of the 1984 blockbuster comedy written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis (pictured below with their co-stars Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray). mondaviarts.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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JUST FOR US<\/p>\n

Sept. 23\u2013Oct. 25 \u201cYou are in for a cheerful evening of laughs,\u201d wrote The New York Times \u00a0in its Critic\u2019s Pick review of this hit one-man show written by Alex Edelman. Which is unexpected, given the subject matter: Based on real-life events, Just for Us\u2014to be mounted by Capital Stage this fall with San Francisco-based actor Jackson Goldberg in the starring role\u2014centers on the time that Edelman, who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household, covertly attended a white nationalist meeting after being the target of antisemitic tweets. The stand-up comedian blends humor with humanity in this autobiographical work that debuted on Broadway in 2023 (earning Edelman a Special Tony Award) and was released as an HBO special the following year. capstage.org<\/a><\/p>\n

LOOMIS FRUIT SHED FEST<\/p>\n

Oct. 3 Previously called the Loomis Eggplant Festival, this yearly gathering celebrates the area\u2019s history as a fruit-packing hub. Stop by for a sweet dose of small-town charm, from musical performances at the old train depot to a rib cook-off to a baking competition and, yes, fresh fruit by way of locally grown apples from Machado Orchards. fruitshedfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n

PRIMARY TRUST<\/p>\n

Oct. 7\u2013Nov 1 \u201cGentle medicine in a cruel world,\u201d the San Francisco Chronicle \u00a0called Eboni Booth\u2019s 2023 play. This poignant and ultimately hopeful story of a lonely man\u2019s struggles after losing his bookstore job earned the Pulitzer Prize for drama and comes to the B Street Theatre, whose cast will include Law & Order: Organized Crime \u00a0star Danielle Mone\u0301 Truitt<\/a>. bstreettheatre.org<\/a><\/p>\n

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS<\/p>\n

Oct. 13\u201318 After moving from page to screen in 2011 with a Robert Pattinson-led film of the same name, this story about a traveling circus was turned into a musical in 2024, nabbing seven Tony nods. Now on its first national tour, the stage adaptation of Water for Elephants\u2014replete with high-flying acrobatics, life-size animal puppetry (shown below) and a forbidden love affair\u2014heads to Broadway Sacramento at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center. broadwaysacramento.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Matthew Murphy for Murphymade, courtesy of Broadway Sacramento<\/p>\n

JUANES<\/p>\n

Oct. 15 Nearly four decades since hitting the music scene, Juanes has garnered a whopping 25 Latin Grammys\u2014not to mention four Grammys\u2014and counting. In support of his recently released album, JuanesTeban, the Colombian rock star stops by Hard Rock Live in Wheatland with new songs like \u201cUna Noche Contigo,\u201d and favorites such as \u201cA Dios le Pido.\u201d hardrockhotelsacramento.com<\/a><\/p>\n

BLUEY\u2019S BIG PLAY<\/p>\n

Oct. 20 Like the Peabody-winning television series that won over both kids and their parents, this 2020 stage adaptation \u201cknows how to tap into every emotion,\u201d says The Guardian. The titular Australian puppy and her family come to the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, with larger-than-life puppets, an original story by Bluey \u00a0creator Joe Brumm and new music by the series\u2019 lead composer Joff Bush in tow. ticketmaster.com<\/a><\/p>\n

DOJA CAT<\/p>\n

Oct. 20 \u201cWhen Doja Cat decides to go eighties, she doesn\u2019t mess around,\u201d Rolling Stone \u00a0said about Vie, the Queen of Pop-Rap\u2019s synth-filled 2025 album. Now in the final stretch of her world tour, Doja Cat headlines the Golden 1 Center with hits like \u201cPaint the Town Red,\u201d \u201cSay So,\u201d \u201cJealous Type\u201d and \u201cKiss Me More.\u201d golden1center.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Live Nation<\/p>\n

LONG AND WINDING ROAD<\/p>\n

Oct. 23\u201325 The Sacramento Ballet goes pop in its season opener\u2014its first under the leadership of new artistic director Tiit Helimets\u2014with the Beatles-inspired Long and Winding Road \u00a0by Stanton Welch, featuring dancers in costumes inspired by Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band performing to orchestral renditions of classics like \u201cShe Loves You\u201d and \u201cHere Comes the Sun.\u201d The program, which will be presented at The Sofia, will also include Balanchine\u2019s 1946 The Four Temperaments \u00a0and Bolero \u00a0choreographed by the company\u2019s late artistic director Ron Cunningham. sacballet.org<\/a><\/p>\n

SHABOOZEY<\/p>\n

Oct. 24 Pour up a double shot of whiskey, because this multi-genre talent is riding into midtown. Shaboozey brings his signature mix of hip-hop and country\u2014including his record-breaking Billboard smash \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d\u2014to Channel 24 following the release of his new album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, in July. channel24sac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

VERDI\u2019S IL TROVATORE<\/p>\n

Nov. 21 More than 90 musicians and chorus members of the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera will join the drama onstage at downtown\u2019s SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center in this concert version of Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s 1853 love-triangle tragedy. Sung in Italian, the production features English supertitles to help theatergoers follow this story about a troubadour and a count locked in a deadly romantic rivalry. sacphilopera.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng (Courtesy of Thunder Valley Casino Resort) HASAN MINHAJ & RONNY CHIENG Sept. 26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-468409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468409","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=468409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}