Piper's Opera House Presents: Renegade Orchestra

The Renegade Orchestra is the Bay Area’s most rock and roll symphony. Is it a rock band? Is it an orchestra? Who knows? But it’s the best of both worlds. The pure, unbridled fury of some of the Bay Area’s top orchestra players unleashed on classic rock songs backed up by a hard-hitting rhythm section.

For the 2025-2026 season, the Renegade Orchestra will present a revolving set of music based on the sounds of San Francisco and the Bay Area, featuring pieces written by famous Bay Area rock bands or recorded in the Region. These are classic tunes reimagined like Jefferson Airplane’s Somebody to Love, It’s a Beautiful Day’s White Bird, and even some orchestral punk by the Dead Kennedys.

At this show, the Renegade Orchestra will present a comfortable yet lively performance featuring around 15 musicians, all committed to having a relaxed and rocking good time. If there is something you hate about orchestra concerts, this is the opposite.

If you haven’t been to Piper’s Opera House, it’s like stepping back in time with a gun check-in window, opera boxes, and a ghost or 2. The beautiful Silver-rush era opera house hosted everyone from Houdini to John Phillip Sousa, and now the Renegade Orchestra.

Tickets on sale now - $25/person in advance, $30/person at the door

Prime Box Seating - $130/box *INCLUDES ONE BOTTLE OF WINE*

(2 boxes available. Can seat up to 4 people in each)

Doors open at 6:30 pm

The show starts at 7:00 pm

No Refunds

About the Renegade Orchestra:

Renegade Orchestra - The Beauty of a Symphony, the Soul of a Rock Band

Welcome to the Renegade Orchestra - it’s time to throw out all the old conventions of a quiet, sleepy, stuffy show of musicians locked in the straight jackets of tradition.

Clap your hands, tap your feet, and yell all you want - the Renegade Orchestra embraces the virtuosic skills of top Bay Area musicians and turns them loose on songs orchestras have never or maybe shouldn’t do. No sleepy pop songs, no overly-lush jazz standards, but the pure unbridled fury of what an orchestra can truly do.

From elite concert halls to warehouses to secret underground theaters and even a vintage boathouse, the Renegade Orchestra can rock anywhere.

“Classical Rebels.” The Bohemian

“The Renegade Orchestra would rather tackle Hendrix than Handel.” Mercury News

"If there’s one piece of advice I would give to anyone interested in seeing this group perform, it would be to expect the unexpected, or better yet, leave your expectations at the door and go in prepared for a ride. If there’s one thing that’s for certain, it’s that this writer will be catching them again the next time they perform in town." Napa Valley Register