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Bankhead Theater
Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center 500 Seat Theater.

 

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Construction &
Event Photos
Resident
Organizations
Performance
Schedule
Seating Chart
& Tickets
Bankhead Theater
History & FAQ
About

This is NOT the official Bankhead Theater site.  Click here for the official site, which includes online ticket ordering.
This page is a portion of eLivermore.com, and provides additional information about the theater.


Bankhead Theater

 
Opening Night Photos


Bernadette Peters Concert Photos

Construction &
Event Photos
Resident
Organizations
Performance
Schedule
Seating Chart
& Tickets
Bankhead Theater
History & FAQ
About

Bankhead Theater is the 500 seat performing arts theater that is the centerpiece of the "Golden Triangle" in Livermore.
Construction began in February 2006 and was completed in September 2007.
The theater held a two week opening gala beginning September 29, 2007, which was headlined by a concert by Bernadette Peters on Saturday, October 6th.

The box office (the 3 windows on the right side of the photo) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12:00pm to 6:00pm.

Many local performing organizations have moved their performances to the Bankhead theater, from a variety of local venues.

The theater is operated by the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center.

The Theater is located at 2400 First Street in Livermore between Livermore Ave and Maple St.  It backs up to Railroad Ave.
Parking is available in the City Parking Garage across the street on Railroad Ave.
 
    From 580 take the Livermore Ave Exit and head south.  Turn left on Railroad Ave.  The theater is on the right (the tall red brick building from that angle), and the parking garage is on the left.
    From 680 from the south, take highway 84 into Livermore, past Vineyard Ave. and Concannon Blvd to Stanley Blvd.  Turn right on Stanley, which later becomes Railroad Ave.  Just after crossing Livermore Ave is the theater on the right and the parking garage on the left.

 

Photos

 

eLivermore.com has taken photos of the theater and surrounding area since before construction began.
Click Here for the photo collection or on any photo to go to that page


Night Shots

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Opening Night

Bernadette Peters Concert
 

Resident Performance Organizations

The following organizations are based in the Bankhead Theater.  The color code is used below in the schedule to make it easy to pick out a performance from a specific organization.

Organization Activities
Livermore Valley Opera Currently produces 2 productions per year.  Their next projection is La Boheme, starting October 20 at the new theater.
Valley Dance Theatre Performs the Nutcracker in December, and another production in the spring.
Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre Four productions per year, performed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for three weeks.
Livermore Amador Symphony The Livermore-Amador Symphony performs about 4 concerts per year, plus accompanies the Nutcracker performance.
Cantabella Children's Chorus Performs a December and Spring concert.
Del Valle Fine Arts Musical Concerts
Valley Concert Chorale A chorus of about 40 singers.  Performs several concerts per year.

 

Performance Schedule


Note:  Performance details subject to change.
This performance schedule is kept up to date as much as possible based on available information.

Tickets are available at:

  The theater box office (on the right side of the theater) Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00pm to 6:00pm
  Online at http://www.livermoreperformingarts.org/
  Or by calling the box office at (925) 373-6800

Click Here for the seating chart

 


Bankhead Theater Performance Calendar

Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 (on the historical page)
             
Season 5 1st half Sept 2011 Oct 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011 Jan 2012 Feb 2012
Season 5 2nd half March 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 Aug 2012

Previous Months
Past calendar for Seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4

includes photo links for those performances which were photographed by eLivermore.com

Season 5


September 2011

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Sept 15 Thurs 7:30pm Acrobat National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China LVPAC  
Sept 16 Fri 8:00pm Guitar Lee Ritenour - Guitar Festival Live! LVPAC  
Sept 17 Sat 8:00pm Guitar Sonny Landreth - Guitar Festival Live! LVPAC  
Sept 27 Tues 7:30pm Country Jimmy Webb LVPAC  
Sept 29 Thu 7:30pm Music MOJO and the Bayou Gypsies - Bothwell Fundriaser LVPAC  
             

October 2011

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Oct 3 Mon 7:30pm Dance Tap Kids LVPAC  
Oct 5 Wed 7:30pm Family Fun MatheMagic! LVPAC  
Oct 6 Thu 7:30pm Music - doo wop Bronx Wanderers LVPAC  
Oct 8 Sat 11:00-5:00 Art ArtWalk (downtown Livermore) LVPAC / Bothwell Center  
Oct 14 Fri 8:00pm Music - Blues Tommy Castro Band LVPAC  
Oct 15 Sat 8:00pm Instrumental Saint Petersburg String Quartet Del Valle Fine Arts  

November 2011

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Nov 7 Mon 7:30pm Guitar Leo Kottke LVPAC  
Nov 10 Thurs 7:30pm Comedy MacHomer LVPAC  
Nov 11 Fri 7:30pm Dance Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre LVPAC  
Nov 12 Sat 8:00pm Instrumental Triple Forte - Piano Trio Del Valle Fine Arts  
Nov 15 Tues 7:30pm Dance MOMIX "Botanca" LVPAC  
Nov 18 Fri 8:00pm Rock Al Stewart LVPAC  
Nov 19 Sat 8:00pm Blues The Robert Cray Band LVPAC  
Nov 30 Wed 7:30pm Jazz David Benoit "A Charlie Brown Christmas" LVPAC  
             

December 2011

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Dec 6 Tues 7:30pm Western Don Edwards LVPAC  
Dec 14 Wed 7:30pm Jazz Stacey Kent LVPAC  
Dec 19 Mon 7:30pm Vocal A Chanticleer Christmas LVPAC  
Dec 23 Fri 8:00pm Country Restless Heart Christmas LVPAC  
Dec 31 Sat 8:00pm Rock New Year's Eve with Flash Cadillac LVPAC  
             

January 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Jan 13 Fri 8:00pm Jazz/pop George Winston LVPAC  
Jan 14 Sat 8:00pm Swing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy LVPAC  
Jan 21
Jan 22
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
2:00pm
Play Anne Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
Jan 24 Tues 7:30pm Guitar International Guitar Night LVPAC  
Jan 27
Jan 28
Jan 29
Fri
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
8:00pm
2:00pm
Play Anne Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
             

February 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Feb 3
Feb 4
Feb 5
Fri
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
8:00pm
2:00pm
Play Anne Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
Feb 4 Sat 9:30
11:15
Science The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury:
A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Planet
Lawrence Livermore National Lab  
Feb 8 Wed 7:30pm Celtic Music Celtic Nights LVPAC  
Feb 10 Fri 8:00pm Rock Led Zeppelin Experience LVPAC  
Feb 11 Sat 9:30
11:15
Science Sleuthing Seismic Signals: Understanding Earthquake
Hazard and Monitoring Nuclear Explosions
Lawrence Livermore National Lab  
Feb 12 Sun 2:00pm Big Band Tribute to Glenn Miller and Tex Beneke LVPAC  
Feb 16 Thurs 7:30pm Pop The Music of ABBA LVPAC  
Feb 18 Sat 9:30
11:15
Science Space Junk: Traffic Cops in Space Lawrence Livermore National Lab  
Feb 18 Sat 8:00pm Instrumental Glover and Hansen - Piano Duet Del Valle Fine Arts  
Feb 22 Wed 7:30pm Speaker Paul Alan Cox.  Rae Dorough Speakers Series LVPAC  
Feb 23 Thurs 7:30pm Western Don't Fence Me In LVPAC  
Feb 24 Fri 8:00pm Folk Jazz Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks LVPAC  
Feb 25 Sat 8:00pm Classical Pacific Chamber Symphony - Mozart/Bach/Brahms Pacific Chamber Symphony  
             

March 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Mar 1 Thurs 7:30pm Dance Luna Negra Dance LVPAC  
Mar 2 Fri 8:00pm Bluegrass Red Molly LVPAC  
Mar 3 Sat 9:30
11:15
Science Restoring Sight to the Blind: Bridging
the Medical Gap with Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Lab  
Mar 3 Sat 8:00pm Jazz Diane Schuur LVPAC  
Mar 10-11 Fri
Sat
8:00pm
2:00pm
Opera Tosca Livermore Valley Opera  
Mar 15 Thurs 7:30pm Music/comedy Trout Fishing in America LVPAC  
Mar 17-18 Fri
Sat
8:00pm
2:00pm
Opera Tosca Livermore Valley Opera  
Mar 21 Wed 7:30pm Jazz Lizz Wright LVPAC  
Mar 23 Fri 8:00pm Folk Jay Ungar & Molly Mason LVPAC  
Mar 28 Wed 7:30pm Comedy Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest LVPAC  
Mar 30 Fri 8:00pm Rock/Pop Rita Coolidge LVPAC  
Mar 31 Sat 8:00pm Instrumental Atlantic Brass Quintet Del Valle Fine Arts  
             

April 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
April 13 Fri 8:00pm Comedy Paula Poundstone LVPAC  
April 14 Sat 8:00pm Classical Pacific Chamber Symphony - Handel/Mozart Pacific Chamber Symphony  
April 21 Sat 8:00pm Rock Edgar Winter LVPAC  
April 27 Fri 8:00pm Mexican Music Mariachi Sol de Mexico LVPAC  
April 28 Sat 8:00pm Dance Alonzo King LINES Ballet LVPAC  
             

May 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
May 5 Sat 8:00pm pop Almost Elton John - LVPAC Sprint Gala LVPAC  
May 8 Tues 7:30pm Political Comedy Capitol Steps LVPAC  
May 12 Sat 8:00pm Classical Livermore-Amador Symphony Concert Livermore Amador Symphony  
May 16 Wed 7:30pm Speaker Bob Borchers, Jr.  Rae Dorough Speakers Series LVPAC  
May 17 Thurs 7:30pm Country Rock Pure Prairie League LVPAC  
May 19 Sat 8:00pm Instrumental Robert Gruca - Guitar Del Valle Fine Arts  
May 20 Sun 2:00pm Classical Vocal Chanticleer "Love Story" LVPAC  
             

June 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
June 8 Fri 8:00pm Bluegrass Buffalo Rome LVPAC  
June 9 Sat 8:00pm Western Swing Asleep at the Wheel LVPAC  
             

July 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
July 21
July 22
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
2:00pm
Musical Oklahoma! Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
July 27
July 28
July 29
Fri
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
8:00pm
2:00pm
Musical Oklahoma! Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
             

August 2012

Click on the link in the Events Column for more details, including ticket prices.  Click here to see the theater seating chart.
Date Day Time Type Event
(Links go to eLivermore.com calendar
with event details)
Sponsoring Organization
(link to their web site)
Photo Links
(click photo)
Aug 3
Aug 4
Aug 5
Fri
Sat
Sun
8:00pm
8:00pm
2:00pm
Musical Oklahoma! Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre  
             

 

 

 


Night View on September 11, 2007

About this site

This is NOT the official site of the theater.  This page is part of eLivermore.com, and is meant to provide information about the theater.  I have taken photos of the theaters throughout construction.  Over 300 photos are posted here, beginning with historical photos of the area and the buildings that were removed to make room for the theaters and other buildings.  The photos continue through the theater opening and performances.

These photos have been made available to the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center (LVPAC) and have been used by them on various material including the front cover of the first two programs.  All performance photos have been taken with the kind permission and cooperation of LVPAC.

Questions or comments about this web site should be directed to webservant@eLivermore.com.  More information about eLivermore.com can be found here.

 

The official theater web site is http://www.livermoreperformingarts.org/.  It includes the ability to order tickets online.