Lesher Center for the Arts

03/23/2026

Everybody carries patterns of movement, culture, identity, and history.

This April, experience Patterns, AXIS Dance Company’s 2026 Home Season performance, exploring how movement shapes the way we connect.

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📅 April 3–4
🎟️ Tickets: https://axisdance.org/series/patterns-2026-home-season/



Image Description:
AXIS Dancer JanpiStar lifts themselves into a high level position off their wheelchair, with one foot on their seat as they extend one arm upwards into a graceful curve. Janpi is a Puerto-Rican dancer with brown skin, black short curly hair, and long muscular arms; they are framed by rainbow gradient geometric line graphics. Bold white text overlayed reads Patterns; Humanity in Motion; April 3-4; Lesher Center for the Arts.

02/27/2026

Save the date for our 4th annual Fiesta Cultural June 12-13! 🪅 Our celebration of Latin American arts and culture features a world-class Headliners performance on Friday evening and a free street fair with music, dance, and art making activities on Saturday!

01/30/2026

Save the date for an immersive Comedy-Noir Fundraiser to benefit the Center for Community Arts’ Scholarship Fund! Learn more and buy tickets: https://loom.ly/QuSw08Y 🔗

It’s 1946 in The City by the Bay and you’re at the swankiest joint in town, The Shadelands Nightclub and Dance Hall. Synergy Theater, the Bay Area’s premiere improvisational theater company, puts you smack in the middle of this immersive comedy-crime-adventure! 🔎

Proceeds from this event will benefit arts scholarships in partnership with the Community Arts Foundation. Special thanks to Synergy Theater for their support and partnership to help make this evening possible! 🤝

11/26/2025

🎶 Why wait for Black Friday? 🎭 Use promo code Holiday2025 to unlock our Black Friday offers TODAY – 20% off an incredible lineup of world class entertainment from Lesher Center Presents!*

⏰ Deal expires at 11:59pm on Monday December 1!
🎟️ Visit our Holiday Offers page for details: https://loom.ly/m8-RmaE

*Offer not applicable to previously ordered tickets; all discounts and tickets are subject to availability; all sales are final.

10/23/2025

A special Valentine's Day family concert event! Peppa Pig, along with Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig, George, and new baby sister Evie, are coming to Walnut Creek for PEPPA PIG: MY FIRST CONCERT - a fun, interactive introduction to a live orchestra for ages 18 months and older.

🐽 Peppa Pig, February 14 @ 2pm & 4:30pm
Learn more at: LCArts.org/Headliners

10/17/2025

✨Celebrate the Festival of Lights with us this weekend! Hari Kondabolu kicks things off tonight at 7:30pm, followed by a drone light show over the Lesher Center at 9pm!

The Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek will hold a two-day Diwali celebration this weekend. Stand-up comedian Hari Kondabolu will headline the

10/15/2025

Join us this weekend for our Diwali Celebration at the Lesher Center for the Arts! Celebrated by millions around the world, Diwali symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness and hope over despair, a time to gather, reflect, and celebrate renewal. Learn more at: LCArts.org/Diwali

FRI - Oct 17
🎤 Headliner Hari Kondabolu @ 7:30pm
🌃 Drone Light Show @ 9pm

SAT - Oct 18
✨ Street Fair @ 12 - 4pm
🏵️ Mandala Workshop @ 12:30 & 2pm

10/10/2025

We are thrilled to welcome comedian Hari Kondabolu to the Lesher Center next weekend as the headliner for our Diwali Celebration! Kondabolu is “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” according to the New York Times. This performance is intended for ages 16 and up.

🎤 Hari Kondabolu, October 17 @ 7:30pm
✨ Diwali Celebration, October 17 - 18 (featuring a drone light show, free all-ages street fair, and mandala making workshop)
Learn more at: LCArts.org/Diwali

10/06/2025

CALL FOR HENNA ARTISTS: Our Diwali Celebration Street Fair is coming soon on October 18 from noon - 4pm! We are seeking henna vendors for the artisan market. No booth fee, vendors keep all proceeds, and we expect 2000-2500 patrons throughout the day. If you're interested in participating, visit: https://lcarts.org/Diwali2025Vendor

10/05/2025

A sweet celebration of 35 years!

10/05/2025

Happy birthday to us! Today the Lesher Center celebrates 35 years with the annual On Broadway Gala from and performance from 🎉❤️Honoring our legacy and shaping what’s next!