Downtown Los Angeles is getting one more dose of Jazz Age glamour before the year is out. Alex Mendham and His Orchestra will return to the Biltmore Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, bringing back the 1920s and 1930s sound that packed the historic hotel's ballroom just weeks earlier.
The band's Oct. 17 performance at the Biltmore sold out weeks before the show, according to LAist, prompting the quick-turnaround encore just three weeks later. Doors for the Nov. 7 show open at 7 p.m., with music starting at 8 p.m., and tickets start at around $44.
Mendham and his ensemble have built a reputation for recreating the era's glamour note for note. HeySoCal describes the group as known for bringing the glamour and music of the 1920s and 1930s back to life, a description that lined up with their Oct. 17 Biltmore date before the sold-out crowd showed up.
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Asked why audiences keep flocking to music from a century ago, Mendham offered a simple theory in comments reported by the same outlet's account of the Biltmore shows: turn on the news, and you'll understand pretty quickly. It's a brief, conditional take rather than a fully spelled-out explanation, but it tracks with a broader pitch the orchestra has used on tour. The Albany Herald, covering a Thomasville, Georgia stop, quoted the group describing its sets as sweeping audiences away with the high style and musical glory of a bygone era, turning a golden age of music into a worldwide concert touring show, noting that something in the music from the 1920s and '30s really speaks to people now.
The Biltmore isn't the orchestra's only Los Angeles stage this fall. A photo caption tied to the group's recent run notes the orchestra also performed at the Los Angeles Theatre, adding another vintage downtown venue to its local itinerary alongside the Biltmore's Rendezvous Court, where Alex Mendham's own site lists past appearances.
A Busy Stretch for the Touring Orchestra
The Biltmore return is just one stop on a packed calendar for the group. Mendham's website also announces the orchestra as the headliner for the 41st Art Deco Preservation Ball, underscoring how closely tied the band has become to the preservationist, dress-up-and-dance crowd that keeps Art Deco-era culture alive well beyond a single hotel ballroom.
For now, the Nov. 7 date at the Biltmore Los Angeles stands as the next chance for fans who missed the sold-out October show to catch the orchestra's take on 1920s and 1930s dance music in person, doors at 7 p.m., music at 8, with tickets starting around $44.
