Santana Adds Eight November Shows to Already Loaded 2026 Tour Schedule

Tickets for the new November dates go on sale to the public at 1PM ET on Saturday, July 11.

Santana has expanded his 2026 concert schedule by eight shows, all in November, tacked onto a year that already includes a co-headlining summer run with the Doobie Brothers and an extended Las Vegas residency. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale to the general public at 1PM ET/10AM PT on Saturday, July 11, with more information available through Santana's official site.

New Dates Extend a Already Busy Year

The eight new concerts are all Las Vegas residency shows at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, running across four weekends in November. They slot in after an already substantial block of September residency dates at the same venue, making the back half of 2026 a particularly dense stretch for the guitarist.

Santana's Las Vegas residency, titled ‘An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live,' is now in its 14th year at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues. The longevity of that run speaks to the consistent demand for Santana's catalog in a market built around reliable, high-quality repeat engagements.

The Oneness Tour With the Doobie Brothers

Before the residency dates take over the calendar, Santana is in the middle of the Oneness tour with the Doobie Brothers, which kicked off June 13 at Tinley Park, Illinois. The run has taken the co-headliners through the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada, with remaining summer stops stretching from the Pacific Northwest down through California, the Southwest, and Texas before wrapping in late August.

A highlight of the summer leg is an August 13 appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, one of the most storied outdoor venues in the country and a natural fit for Santana's catalog-spanning live show.

Context: A 2025 Health Scare and a Quiet Recording Period

The expanded 2026 schedule follows a difficult 2025 for Carlos Santana. His tour that year was disrupted by an on-stage collapse during a soundcheck, which forced the postponement of two shows. He ultimately completed another run at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues before the year was out.

On the recording front, Santana has not released an album of new material since 2021's Blessings and Miracles. The Doobie Brothers, his current touring partners, broke a similar quiet period with 2025's Walk This Road, their first studio album since Liberte in 2021.

Full 2026 Santana Tour Schedule

The complete list of Santana's 2026 dates, including the newly added November shows, is below. Dates marked with an asterisk are part of the Oneness co-headlining tour with the Doobie Brothers.

• July 8 — Truliant Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC *
• July 9 — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA *
• Aug. 6 — White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA *
• Aug. 8 — Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CA *
• Aug. 9 — Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA *
• Aug. 11 — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA *
• Aug. 13 — Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA *
• Aug. 14 — Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, AZ *
• Aug. 16 — UTEP Don Haskins Center, El Paso, TX *
• Aug. 18 — Moody Center, Austin, TX *
• Aug. 21 — Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX *
• Aug. 22 — American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX *
• Aug. 26 — Morton Amphitheater, Kansas City, MO *
• Aug. 27 — Mystic Lake Amphitheater, Shakopee, MN *
• Sept. 16-17 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Sept. 19-20 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Sept. 23-24 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Sept. 26-27 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Nov. 4-5 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Nov. 7-8 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Nov. 11-12 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
• Nov. 14-15 — House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas

What we know

• Santana has added eight new concerts to his 2026 schedule, all in November at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
• Tickets for the new November dates go on sale to the general public at 1PM ET/10AM PT on Saturday, July 11.
• The Oneness co-headlining tour with the Doobie Brothers began June 13 at Tinley Park, Illinois, covering the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada.
• Santana's Las Vegas residency, ‘An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live,' is in its 14th year at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues.
• Santana suffered an on-stage collapse during a soundcheck on his 2025 tour, postponing two shows before completing a run at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues.
• Carlos Santana's most recent album of new material is 2021's Blessings and Miracles.
• The Doobie Brothers released Walk This Road in 2025, their first album since Liberte in 2021.

The take

Santana's decision to pile eight more Las Vegas residency dates onto an already full touring year is a telling sign of how the residency model has matured for legacy rock acts. What began as a Vegas-specific format, popularized in the classic rock world by acts like Elton John and Rod Stewart, has become a genuine touring strategy rather than a semi-retirement option. For Santana specifically, 14 years at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay is a remarkable run that reflects both the durability of his catalog and the loyalty of his audience in that market. The Oneness pairing with the Doobie Brothers is also a smart piece of programming. Both acts draw from a similar Southern California-inflected rock and soul audience, and the Doobie Brothers' return to recording with Walk This Road gives them fresh momentum heading into a co-headlining slot. Co-headlining tours of this kind have become increasingly common among classic rock acts as a way to share production costs and broaden the ticket-buying pool. The summer-into-fall-into-residency structure Santana is running in 2026 is about as efficient a touring calendar as an artist of his stature can build, and the addition of November dates suggests demand at the House of Blues has shown no signs of softening.

Why it matters

For classic rock fans, Santana's expanded 2026 schedule is a reassuring sign of vitality following his 2025 health scare. The combination of a high-profile co-headlining arena tour and a long-running intimate residency gives audiences two very different ways to experience one of rock's most distinctive guitarists. The continued strength of the Las Vegas residency model also matters for the broader classic rock ecosystem, demonstrating that legacy acts can sustain multi-year engagements without diminishing returns, which keeps live music options open for fans who might not travel to arena shows.

What's next

The Oneness tour with the Doobie Brothers resumes this week, with upcoming stops in Charlotte on July 8 and Alpharetta on July 9 before the summer leg continues through August. The Hollywood Bowl date on August 13 stands as a marquee moment in the run. Las Vegas residency dates begin in mid-September and now run through mid-November. Tickets for the newly added November shows go on sale Saturday, July 11.

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