Get ready for a fantastic year of live performance on South Padre Island. The El Paseo Arts Foundation is thrilled to announce its action-packed Season 22 lineup, featuring hit comedies, gripping thrillers, world-class magic, and award-winning live music. (El Paseo Arts Foundation, 2026)

Mark your calendars for these upcoming performances:

Who Am I This Time?

By Kurt Vonnegut

• Dates: Monday, Sept 21 | Tuesday, Sept 22 | Wednesday, Sept 23
• Time: 7:30 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

This early comic masterpiece set in Connecticut follows Harry Nash—a shy hardware clerk who transforms into a brilliant actor on stage. When a newcomer named Helene joins the local theater troupe, the two fall in love through the romantic roles they play, struggling to connect as their authentic selves outside the spotlight.

An Act of the Imagination

By Bernard Slade

• Dates: Wednesday, Oct 21 | Thursday, Oct 22 | Friday, Oct 23
• Time: 7:30 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

A masterful two-act comedic mystery and thriller. The story follows a successful mystery writer whose latest work suddenly takes an unexpected romantic turn—spurring a sophisticated, twist-filled whodunit.

Mike Bliss: Comedy Magic & Pickpocketing Show

• Dates & Times:
  • Sunday, Nov 8 @ 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
  • Monday, Nov 9 @ 7:00 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

Voted Branson’s Specialty Act of the Year, Mike Bliss brings his high-energy, crowd-pleasing blend of comedy, mind-bending magic, and hilarious pickpocketing to the stage.

Steel Magnolias

By Robert Harling

• Dates & Times:
  • Thursday, Jan 21 @ 7:30 PM
  • Friday, Jan 22 @ 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, Jan 23 @ 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

Set entirely in a beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, this timeless favorite follows six Southern women navigating life’s ups and downs together. It’s a heartwarming, hilarious, and moving story of deep friendship and resilience.

Bullets for Broadway

Book & Lyrics by David Landau | Music by Killer Tracks

• Dates: Tuesday, Feb 2 | Wednesday, Feb 3 | Thursday, Feb 4
• Time: 7:30 PM
• Location: Isla Grand Beach Resort

Adapted from Woody Allen’s 1994 film, this sharp 2014 musical comedy tells the story of a struggling playwright who makes a desperate compromise: letting a mob boss fund his show in exchange for casting the mobster’s talentless girlfriend.

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery

By David McGullvraty & Walter Zerlin Jnr

• Dates & Times:
  • Thursday, Feb 18 @ 7:30 PM
  • Friday, Feb 19 @ 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, Feb 20 @ 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

Everything that can go wrong on opening night does go wrong in this outrageously hilarious comedy detailing a dramatic society’s catastrophic attempt to stage a murder mystery.

UTRGV Mariachi Aztlán

• Date: Wednesday, April 7
• Time: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

Experience a night of rich cultural tradition and extraordinary musical talent with a performance by the nationally award-winning UTRGV Mariachi Aztlán.

California Suite

By Neil Simon

• Dates: Tuesday, May 25 | Wednesday, May 26 | Thursday, May 27
• Time: 7:30 PM
• Location: South Padre Island Convention Centre

One of Neil Simon’s classic comedies on the human condition. The play follows four separate stories about very different guests staying in the exact same hotel suite.

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Venue Locations

• South Padre Island Convention Centre (SPICC)

7355 Padre Blvd., South Padre Island, TX 78597

• Isla Grand Beach Resort

500 Padre Blvd., South Padre Island, TX 78597

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About El Paseo Arts Foundation

The mission of the El Paseo Arts Foundation is to encourage, support, and promote the arts for the benefit and education of the communities across the Lower Rio Grande Valley.