The 2025-26 season at Campbell’s Heritage Theatre features music from as far away as Jamaica and as close as Oakland.
The season opens big on Saturday, Oct. 11, with Julian “Junior” Marvin and the Legendary Wailers.
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Marvin was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to London as a child and started out playing in various London-based bands. In America, playing with blues and R&B legends like T-Bone Walker, Billy Preston and Ike and Tina Turner.
On Feb. 14, 1977, Marvin was invited to join both Stevie Wonder’s band and Bob Marley and the Wailers. He accepted Bob Marley’s offer and debuted with the band on the acclaimed “Exodus” LP as lead guitarist.
Since Marley’s passing in 1981, Marvin has released four CDs with The Wailers. The Legendary Wailers’ single “Message of Love” dropped worldwide in 2020.
Tower of Power is bringing back its Holidays & Hits Tour to the Heritage Theatre Dec. 18 for a concert featuring the band’s hits, with a dusting of select holiday classics.
“East Bay Grease,” released by Bill Graham’s Fillmore Records in 1970, was the Oakland-based band’s first LP and landed them with Warner Brothers. Bump City, their 1972 debut for the label, netted them the hits “You’re Still A Young Man” and “Down to The Nightclub.” The hits kept coming in the ’70s with radio classics like “So Very Hard to Go” and “What Is Hip?” These songs and others defined an “Oakland soul” sound.
Besides having its own hit singles, Tower of Power has backed artists including Otis Redding, Elton John, Santana, the Grateful Dead, John Lee Hooker, Aerosmith and Bonnie Raitt in the 55 years since the band’s formation.
Easton Corbin is bringing his unique blend of traditional and modern country music to the Campbell stage on Feb. 26, 2026. Known for No. 1 singles like “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It,” Corbin has amassed seven top 10 singles and three American Country Awards since being named Billboard’s 2010 Top New Country Artist.
His self-titled debut album was named Country Breakthrough Album of the Year by iTunes Rewind Best of 2010, while American Songwriter has complimented the singer’s “warm, smooth-as-gravy Southern drawl.”
To close the season, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy will lead the Celtic All Stars in concert on Saturday, Feb. 28. The couple will explore the connections between Celtic styles across countries and take the audience from the music’s ancient roots to its modern trends. This musical journey will feature Celtic performers from Ireland, England and Scotland.
Tower of Power tickets go on sale August 22nd. All other shows on sale now through the Box Office (phone
All performances are at 8 p.m. at the Heritage Theatre, located at the Campbell Community Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave. For tickets, call 408-866-2700 or visit HeritageTheatre.org.
