Live Music with Carlos Reyes
2025-10-11 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-14 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-15 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-18 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-25 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-28 18:00 - 20:30 UTC and 13 more dates
World-renowned harpist and violinist, Carlos Reyes, is performing during dinner Tuesday evenings on the courtyard at Oak + Violet! This Grammy Award-winning artist has played around the globe with legendary performers like Willie Nelson, Steve Miller, MC Hammer and the Doobie Brothers.
Carlos has been wowing audiences since his first public appearance at the age of 5! Originally from Paraguay, Carlos moved with his family to the Bay Area as a young child and debuted with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra when he was only 14 years old.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see Carlos perform at such an intimate venue, and prepare to be blown away by his sheer genius!

Live Music Fridays with Nate Pruitt and Rick Vandivier
2025-10-17 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-24 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-31 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-14 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-21 18:00 - 20:30
Vocalist Nate Pruitt and guitarist Rick Vandivier magically combine southern soul and classic jazz styles with grooves and blues – performing their originals and favorites from Jimmie Davis and Nat King Cole to Al Green and Marvin Gaye. Their treatments are so unique that you feel you are hearing even classic songs for the first time. While they impress hard-core jazz lovers, they also tap into the souls of anyone who loves the great vibes and surprises that come with every session.
Reservations are recommended.

Live from the Guild Theatre!
2025-11-19 20:00 - 23:00
THE WILDCATS Benefit Concert for Americares

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Get ready to dance the night away! The Wildcats—a beloved Peninsula band rocking the Bay Area for over 25 years—will light up the stage with classic hits from The Beatles, Bruno Mars, The Doobie Brothers, Motown, Springsteen, Van Morrison, and more. By attending, you’ll support Americares, a global health-focused relief and development organization providing life-changing health programs, medicine, medical aid, and emergency support to communities in crisis in California, across the United States, and worldwide.

Live from the Guild Theatre!
2025-11-21 19:00 - 22:00
Jefferson Starship 50th Anniversary Tour/ Runaway Again Tour
GENRE: Rock, Psychedelic Rock
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Jefferson Starship is one of the most successful arena rock bands of the ’70s and ’80s, earning 3 platinum and 8 gold records, as well as numerous Top 40 Billboard singles. As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, the band reaches a rare milestone that only a few bands ever achieve.
Founded by Paul Kantner in the ’70s, Jefferson Starship was conceived as a collective of musical adventurers contributing to his epic concept albums and eventual catalog of rock classics. When the current lineup came together in 2012, with many members having joined years earlier, Kantner couldn’t have predicted the band would become the road-conquering force they are today.
The five members of Jefferson Starship often describe themselves as both a “family” and a “gang,” and this sense of camaraderie shines through in their performances. Over the years, they’ve played in all 50 U.S. states, five continents, and countless countries. A recent tour of New Zealand was noted as one of the band’s favorites, and their live shows continue to offer a non-stop mix of rock hits.
The band’s current lineup includes original member David Freiberg, drummer Donny Baldwin (who first joined in 1982), keyboardist Chris Smith (who joined in 1998), guitarist Jude Gold (who joined in 2012), and singer/guitarist Cathy Richardson (who joined in 2008 after Kantner saw her perform with Big Brother and the Holding Company).
As Jefferson Starship celebrates its 50th anniversary, the band reflects on the legacy of Paul Kantner, who passed away in 2016. The spirit of exploration and adventure he instilled in the band lives on in their music and performances. As Gold puts it, “To me, that ‘Paul Kantner thing’—getting on a rocket ship and blasting off into the unknown—is the very essence of Jefferson Starship. And that spirit is very much alive in the band today.”

Live from the Guild Theatre!
2025-11-22 19:00 - 22:00
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party
GENRE: Swing, Lounge
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April, 2025, marks the 32 year anniversary of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s remarkable arrival onto the music scene. Since its formation in the early nineties in Ventura, California, the band has toured virtually nonstop, performing on average over 150 shows a year, and has produced a sizable catalog of recorded music, with sales of over 2 million albums to date. Early on, during their legendary residency at the Derby nightclub in Los Angeles, they reminded the world, in the midst of the grunge era no less, that it was still cool to swing. The band, co-founded by singer Scotty Morris and drummer Kurt Sodergren, was at the forefront of the swing revival of that time, blending a vibrant fusion of the classic American sounds of jazz, swing, and dixieland, with the energy and spirit of contemporary culture.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s all original core line-up includes Scotty Morris (lead vocals and guitar), Kurt Sodergren (drums), Dirk Shumaker (double bass and vocals), Andy Rowley (baritone saxophone and vocals), Glen “The Kid” Marhevka (trumpet), Karl Hunter (saxophones and clarinet) and Joshua Levy (piano and arranger).
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s efforts to promote and revitalize swing music have taken shape as much more than a simple tribute. Taking inspiration from the creators of this uniquely American art form, the band’s original horn-infused music and legendary high energy show introduces the genre to a new and younger generation while remaining cognizant and respectful of the music’s rich legacy.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s first phase of stardom featured an appearance in the 1996 indie film Swingers, a movie that not only launched the careers of Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, but introduced Big Bad Voodoo Daddy to an audience beyond their Los Angeles base. The band’s music has appeared in countless films and television shows, including The Wild, Despicable Me, Phineas & Ferb, Friends, Third Rock From The Sun, Ally McBeal, and So You Think You Can Dance. They have appeared live on Dancing With The Stars, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a remarkable seven appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the Super Bowl XXXIII Halftime Show. The band has also appeared as special guests with many of the country’s most distinguished symphony orchestras, and has performed for three U.S. Presidents.
After 32 years, 11 records, over 3000 live shows, and countless appearances in film and television, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is showing no signs of slowing down, and is looking forward to sharing its music with new and old fans alike, in 2025.
OPENER: Monkey
GENRE: Ska
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San Francisco-based ska/swing purveyors Monkey formed in 1996 around a mutual love of (obviously) ska, but also through their strong affections for soul, jazz, Latin, and rock. Their self-produced, self-issued debut album, Changito!, moved over 6,000 units in 1997 and propelled this ambitious band into a very long and quite successful career. With five EPs, over 20 compilation appearances, film and video game soundtrack contributions, and four full-length albums under their collective belt, Monkey certainly have not been idle. Coupled with an average of 200 live appearances a year, one gets the idea that Monkey might just be one of the hardest-working ska groups of the 2000s. As of 2009, the band has continued to tour internationally, at its accustomed frantic pace, and released a compilation CD, Monkeyska, in Japan on Disc Union Ltd. ~ J. Scott McClintock, Rovi
