"You will enter Bathhouse the same way you'd enter the Granada, under the marquee," Bathhouse co-founder Travis Talmadge told The Dallas Morning News. "From there, it will feel like a very different experience."
The Lakewood Advocate broke the news on Oct. 23. Owners Mike Schoder and Julia Garton have sold the Granada Theater and Sundown at Granada, and a wellness concept called Bathhouse will replace them. The theater's own site gives the last date for events as April 17, 2027. On the posted calendar, most of the remaining show nights fall before New Year's Eve. Sundown, the restaurant half of a Granada night, has its last day of regular service on Nov. 1.
The posted calendar has more dates this fall than in early 2027
Here is the theater's published lineup from Nov. 5 through the last posted date, counted by month.
| Month | Show dates posted | A few names on the bill |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026, from Nov. 5 | 10 | The Damned, James McMurtry with BettySoo, The Afghan Whigs with Night Moves |
| December 2026 | 8 | Amorphis & Insomnium, Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers, Bob Schneider on New Year's Eve |
| January 2027 | 3 | Whip It Fest, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie 9V |
| February 2027 | 1 | KAMIJO |
| March 2027 | 3 | Haken, Eluveitie, Metal Church with Armored Saint and One Machine |
| April 2027 | 2 | Foy Vance, April 3 and 4 |
That works out to 18 dates from Nov. 5 through New Year's Eve and nine from January through April. The Granada says on its website that there is "one heck of a farewell ahead," but no farewell act has been named yet. The posted calendar stops at Foy Vance on April 4. Nothing is listed yet for the final night on April 17, even though the Morning News reports that the last concert is set for that date. More dates may be added to the spring. For now, though, November and December are the busiest stretch left.
The November shows run from Low Cut Connie on Nov. 7 to James McMurtry on Nov. 13, then The Wrecks on Nov. 17 and The Afghan Whigs on Nov. 20. Dad Rock Night follows on Nov. 21, and the month closes with Purple Faith on Nov. 27 and Kawaii Rave on Nov. 28. If one particular act matters to you, buy the ticket now instead of waiting for an April send-off.
Dinner before the show closes first
For years, a Granada night began next door. Sundown's last day of regular service is Nov. 1, 2026. Private events there continue through Dec. 31, and after that the restaurant will be torn down, according to The Dallas Morning News. Schoder told the Dallas Observer that he would miss "grabbing drinks with friends before and after shows at Granada."
After that, the theater has five more months of shows and no restaurant open for regular service next door. Anyone going to a show this winter will be looking up and down Greenville Avenue for dinner. That stretch of street is changing quickly right now.
Lower Greenville's new restaurants are mostly still planned
Within a few blocks of 3524 Greenville Ave., several restaurants have closed since summer and several more are announced but not yet open. Here is where each one stood in the latest local reporting:
- Brute, 1802 Greenville Ave., Suite 110. Expected to open Nov. 20, 2026, according to a September roundup from The Dallas Morning News. That is the same night The Afghan Whigs play the Granada.
- Fonda Toro, 2100 Greenville Ave. A Mexican restaurant with a sushi bar, planned for November 2026 in the same roundup.
- Shoyo, 2114 Greenville Ave. Moving a few blocks from its former spot at 1916 Greenville. D Magazine reported the move was delayed after a change in construction team, and the reopening was later expected in late fall.
- The Irish Goodbye Public House, 1928 Greenville Ave. The Advocate reported an October target, with city permits still in inspection at the time.
- Corsaire, 3525 Greenville Ave. Planned for the former Pizzeria Testa space directly across the street from the Granada. CraveDFW reported an August target.
Over the same months, the street lost several established spots. Medium Rare at 5631 Alta Ave. served its last dinner on Sept. 13, as The Dallas Morning News reported. Simply Fondue at 2108 Greenville closed in early July, and Manpuku at 2023 Greenville closed in late July.
Before a December show, check that a restaurant is actually open before you plan around it. Announced dates on this street have slipped all year. Shoyo's delay and Corsaire's August target are the clearest examples.
The marquee stays, the stage goes
The building outlasts the music. The Morning News reports that the Granada's facade, its marquee and most of its exterior will remain. Inside, the stage gives way to saunas and steam rooms, and the bar becomes thermal pools. Sundown will be razed so the Granada building can expand. Bathhouse's own site lists massages and body scrubs among its treatments.
Here is the building's history in order, with what is still ahead:
- Jan. 16, 1946. Phil Isley Enterprises opens the Granada as a movie theater, showing Mildred Pierce.
- 2004. Schoder and Garton buy the theater while still running CD World just up Greenville Avenue.
- Summer 2020. A pandemic-era renovation restores the murals and the lobby bar.
- Nov. 1, 2026. Sundown's last regular service.
- Dec. 31, 2026. Sundown's private events end.
- April 17, 2027. The Granada's last scheduled night.
- 2028. Bathhouse opens. The Morning News puts the reopening in mid-2028, while WFAA and the Observer say late 2028.
Either way, the Granada will sit dark behind its marquee for more than a year between the last show and the first spa guest.
Dallas will be the company's first offshoot here. The business began in 2019 in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, and its newer locations include a former Amoeba Music building on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Talmadge told the Morning News he had also looked at Knox-Henderson, the West Village and Uptown before the Granada came onto his radar about a year ago.
Schoder told the paper that the couple's first goal was "to try to find someone else to do what we do." In their statement, the owners named "rising costs, shifting audiences and corporate consolidation" as challenges for independent venues.
Building a December night around the Granada
December has more posted show dates than any month of 2027 so far, so it is a good month to pair a show with something else in the neighborhood.
Friday, Dec. 4. Light Up Lakewood runs 6 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Shopping Center, 2021 Abrams Road, with the tree lighting at 7:45 p.m. The organizer lists it as free and open to all ages. The next night, Davide De Pierro plays two shows at the Granada, one early and one in the evening.
Saturday, Dec. 19. Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers. By then, Brute's Nov. 20 target and Fonda Toro's November target will have passed, so you will find out whether the new dinner options on the street are open.
Thursday, Dec. 31. Bob Schneider with J Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed. This is the Granada's last New Year's Eve, and it falls on the same night Sundown's private events end.
After April, the touring acts will play elsewhere. The Morning News names the Kessler Theater, the Echo Lounge, Trees, Canton Hall, the Majestic Theater, House of Blues, the Rustic and Legacy Hall in Plano as the venues likely to pick up shows that would have gone to the Granada. Until then, the marquee on Greenville Avenue still lists shows.
At Pickard Real Estate Group, we're watching Lower Greenville as a live-music block turns into a spa block. If you own a home near the corridor and want to talk through how this change fits into what your home is worth, ask us for a home value review. We're glad to have that conversation whenever you're ready.
