Pablo Cruise is set to play the Carriage House Theater at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga on November 20, bringing a band with roots stretching back to the mid-1970s Bay Area rock scene to a Saratoga stage. The show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., according to the venue's listing.
The Bay Area connection runs deep for this group. Pablo Cruise has roots in Palo Alto, and the band released its first A&M album, simply titled Pablo Cruise, in 1975, according to the band's biography as cited by Bandsintown. That original lineup featured David Jenkins on guitar and vocals, Cory Lerios on keyboards and vocals, Steve Price on drums, and Bud Cockrell on bass and vocals.
From 1975 to 1985, the band toured the United States, Canada, and Japan extensively, per the same Bandsintown account. The band's biography adds that by 1986, after completing several national tours and releasing seven albums in all, Pablo Cruise seemed to lose its focus and simply stopped.
A Saratoga Stop on the Concert Calendar
The November 20 date is listed on multiple concert trackers, including JamBase, which confirms the Carriage House Theater at Montalvo Arts Center as the venue for the Saratoga performance. The Mercury News reports that tickets for the show cost $93 and are available through montalvoarts.org.
Montalvo's own event page lists the concert for Friday, November 20, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Carriage House Theatre, matching the broader scheduling details found elsewhere.
Decades of Touring Behind the Band's Return
The band's catalog and history give context for why a stop in Saratoga carries some weight for longtime Bay Area rock fans. Pablo Cruise's extensive touring through the late 1970s and into the mid-1980s, as described in its own biography via Bandsintown, took the band across North America and into Japan before its run wound down by 1986.
Bay Area audiences can catch the band in Saratoga, a region tied to its roots.
