There is a version of “A Hard Day’s Night” that lives in the bones of anyone who first heard it in the summer of 1964 — that opening chord, singular and immediately declarative, the whole of what was about to happen announced in a single sound. The song and the film it named arrived together that year, and together they did something that has not stopped reverberating in the sixty-plus years since. The Fab Four know this. Their 2026 touring production, built around that film and the music it crystallized, lands at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio on Friday, October 2.
About The Fab Four
The Fab Four have been making the case, since their formation in 1997, that a Beatles tribute band can operate at a different altitude than the weekend-circuit tribute act. The California-based quartet — Ron McNeil, Ardy Sarraf, Michael Amador, and Rolo Sandoval — built their reputation on historical accuracy and note-for-note live renditions, and the Emmy Award they carry reflects a production quality that the usual tribute-act shorthand does not quite capture. Their live show structures itself as a walk through Beatles history: three costume changes representing the evolution from the mop-top early years through the psychedelic era and beyond. It is not a jukebox set. It is a chronological argument about what those years meant and why they still do.
The A Hard Day’s Night show adds a specific organizing principle to that argument. The 1964 film’s soundtrack — songs written fast, recorded faster, performing double duty on screen and on vinyl — forms the backbone of the evening, supplemented by greatest hits spanning every era of the catalog. If you saw the film in a theater on its original run, you know the particular electricity of that version of the band. If you did not, this is one credible way in.
About the Venue
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts sits at 100 Auditorium Circle in downtown San Antonio, occupying a site with longer roots than its 2014 opening suggests — the former San Antonio Municipal Auditorium stood on this ground from 1926 until it was razed in 2009. The H-E-B Performance Hall, where The Fab Four will play, holds 1,746 and features adjustable acoustics that allow the room to serve orchestral programs and amplified touring productions with equal seriousness. The main floor converts between traditional theatrical seating and a flat-floor configuration. For the technically curious, Techie Seats are available behind the sound and mix board — an unusual vantage point that puts you inside the production rather than simply in front of it.
Tickets
Showtime is 7:30 PM on Friday, October 2, 2026. Tickets start at $33.50 — all-in pricing that includes fees and taxes, no checkout surprises. The show is all-ages. There is an eight-ticket limit per order. The evening is presented by Emporium Presents and Tobin Center Presents. Tickets are available through the Tobin Center box office and online at tobincenter.org/fabfour.