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Welcome to the Lesher Center Presents 2026/27 Headliners Series!
Lesher Center Presents, in partnership with Diablo Regional Arts Association, has assembled a thrilling collection of internationally recognized performers for our 2026/27 Headliners Series. From Japan’s premiere taiko drummers, to one of the nation’s leading improv troupes, to a special 10th anniversary event for our only-at-the-Lesher Center collegiate a cappella concert, the 2026/27 Headliners Series offers must-see performances from the world of music, comedy, dance, Broadway, and more!
All performances are on sale now—and when you order three or more shows at the same time, you save 15% off the ticket price! Reserve your seats today to guarantee your favorite seats at the best price!
SPECIAL BONUS EVENT!
This January, the Lesher Center will be presenting a major Broadway star for a one-of-a-kind concert event! Those who purchase tickets to any Headliners event by Aug. 15, 2026 will receive priority ordering status! Stay tuned for details!
Madeleine Peyroux
SFJAZZ @ The Lesher Center presented by Lesher Center and Diablo Regional Arts Association
- Date: 02/21/2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- Location: Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596 - Introduction: American singer & songwriter with a unique blend of jazz, blues, and folk
“…’Let’s Walk’ is an observation on society as much as it is a glimpse into Peyroux’s inner musings." – SPIN
SFJAZZ is excited to partner with Diablo Regional Arts Association and the Lesher Center Presents Headliners series on its first ever season of concert events in Contra Costa County. Curated by SFJAZZ this thrilling line-up of internationally recognized jazz artists launches its inaugural residence at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts during the 2025-26 Season.
ABOUT MADELEINE PEYROUX
“Let us advance our mortal bodies up
Where hearts and minds will go
Let’s walk, let’s roll.”
So sings Madeleine Peyroux on the upbeat title track of her captivating ninth album, Let’s Walk, the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most assured, courageous work to date. Powered by the distinctive, honeyed croon that delivered her from the Paris streets to concert halls, these ten unabashedly personal songs, all co-written by the versatile Peyroux, deftly interweave jazz, folk, and chamber pop, with themes ranging from the confessional to the political, from whimsy to yearning. In every note, Peyroux digs deep, rendering this exquisite work with the disarming grace and gravitas of an artist in peak form.
For the ardently civic-minded Peyroux, Let’s Walk continues the scintillating conversation with her audience – and with the world at large. “This music is part of a dialogue,” she says. “That’s what art is. It’s engagement, community. I believe more than anything in getting together with people and listening to music and conversing. Music is the only way I’ve ever built community.”
Let’s Walk was a long time coming, but well worth the wait. Following Peyroux’s 2018 album, Anthem, the enforced isolation of the global pandemic made any real-time community gathering impossible. From a creative standpoint, however, Covid offered Peyroux a silver lining: she seized the opportunity to hunker down with longtime collaborator, multi-instrumentalist Jon Herington (Steely Dan, Lucy Kaplansky). The pair reflected on the seismic era at hand and wrote and re-wrote in what Peyroux calls “a shadow of reckoning.” When multi-Emmy-and-Grammy-winning producer Elliott Scheiner (Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles) heard a sampling of the new material, he mandated “no covers” for the album. The longtime studio veteran knew the time was ripe to highlight Peyroux’s incisive, often topical lyrics meshed with Herington’s ear for melody and arrangements.
approx. 80 minutes, with no intermission
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