Montalvo Arts Center recently announced its 2025-26 Carriage House Performing Arts series, featuring an array of comedy, music and other forms of live entertainment.
Executive director Angela McConnell and public performances manager Tim Reeve said they tried to create a balance of established and emerging artists for the series to complement the Carriage House’s environment.
“It’s kind of like hearing a live show in your living room,” McConnell said in a YouTube video promoting the concert series. “It really has that intimate feeling.”
The series opens Sept. 9-10 with the 49th Annual SF Stand-up Comedy Competition Semifinals. The lineup includes:
- Oct. 3: St. Paul & The Minneapolis Funk All Stars
- Oct. 8: Masters of Hawaiian Music
- Oct. 9: Spyro Gyro
- Oct. 10: From the Golden Age to the Golden Gate: Roots & Reimaginations
- Oct. 26: Peabo Bryson
- Nov. 6: The Lovin’ Spoonful
- Nov. 8: Guitar Prasanna Band: Blue Dance of Shiva
- Nov. 13: Uptown
- Nov. 14: Keiko Matsui
- Nov. 15: Charles Esten
- Nov. 16: The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Nov. 22: Live from Laurel Canyon performs “James & Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs”
- Dec. 3: Second City performs “Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire”
- Dec. 7: David Benoit performs “Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown”
- Feb. 6: Julie Fowils
- Feb. 11: Great American Crooners
- Feb. 12: Leo Kottke
- Feb. 8: Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra
- Feb. 19: International Guitar Night
- Feb. 20: The Doo Wop Project
- Feb. 22: Ndlovu Youth Choir
- Feb. 27: Trouble Man: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
- March 5: Kings Return
- March 8: Women of Americana
- March 19: Gangstagrass
- March 13: Forjoury
- April 9: Las Cafeteras
- April 10: Marshall Crenshaw
- April 11: Best of the San Francisco Comedy Competition
- April 17: The Everly Set
- April 29: The Mahaka Sons
- April 30: Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
For tickets and more information, visit https://my.montalvoarts.org/events.