Lady K & the Kings of Swing — spring concert

This one is less about a new concert dropping and more about fixing the record. The Lady K & the Kings of Swing spring concert in San Ramon is not happening this coming Friday or Saturday. It already happened on Sunday, May 3, 2026. That sounds small, but if you were planning a weekend outing around the wrong listing, it matters a lot. The city’s own pages line up on that point — date, venue, and ticket details all point to the same past event. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### So when was the concert? The event was scheduled for Sunday, May 3, 2026. The city’s May 1 news update lists it at 2 p.m., while the city calendar shows a performance block on May 3 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. That looks like a discrepancy between promo copy and calendar timing, but both sources agree on the key thing — the concert was on May 3, not May 8 or May 9. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### Where was it supposed to happen? Not at the larger Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center. The spring concert was tied to the Front Row Theater at the Dougherty Station Community Arts Center, 17011 Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon. That venue detail matters because San Ramon’s ticketing system also has a separate performing arts cente(sanramon.ca.gov)sanramon.ca.gov) ### Who is Lady K here? Lady K is Carla Helmbrecht — a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist featured in the city’s concert description. The group itself is described by the city as a 17-piece Frank Sinatra-style big band, built around classic swing and jazz repertoire from names like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kenton, and (sanramon.ca.gov)th real big-band scale, not a casual bar-band night. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### What was the show actually selling? The city and ticket listings framed it as a spring jazz set — “Swing Into Spring!” — with jazz standards and Latin rhythms. Tickets were listed at $20, and the event was open to all ages. The pitch was straightforward: an afternoon concert built for listeners who want the old-school big-band sound, wit(sanramon.ca.gov)a seated theater. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### Why did the date confusion happen? Because there are multiple San Ramon arts pages, and one ticket page now says “no performances” for this event while still carrying the event name. If you started from a vague mention of a spring concert and assumed “this weekend,” you could easily land on the wrong Friday-Saturday window. But the live (sanramon.ca.gov)ngs of Swing. (tickets.sanramon.ca.gov) ### Is there still anything to buy? For this specific spring concert, probably not. The event page is still visible, but the performance listing indicates no performances remain. That usually means the show has passed rather than that tickets are about to go on sale again. (tickets.sanramon.ca.gov)vents card or planning to go, use Sunday, May 3, 2026 as the real date, and Front Row Theater as the real venue. The May 8–9 framing does not hold up once you check the city calendar. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### Bo(tickets.sanramon.ca.gov)concert was a May 3 afternoon big-band show featuring Carla Helmbrecht — and by May 6, it was already over. (sanramon.ca.gov)