Sacramento Speakers Series

What Sacramento Speakers Series does

Sacramento Speakers Series is a community-based lecture and speaker event program operated by the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Founded in 2005, the series has run continuously for over 20 years, staging six nationally recognized speakers annually during a season that runs from September through April. It serves Sacramento-area residents and visitors who attend live presentations at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, with the Share the Vision initiative extending engagement into local high schools.

The program's business model combines two revenue streams: individual ticket sales (season tickets and single-event tickets, distributed through the OvationTix third-party ticketing platform) and corporate sponsorships from regional healthcare, financial services, media, and civic institutions. Named sponsors include Sutter Health (presenting tier), SAFE Credit Union (speaker and venue tier), UC Davis Health, KCRA-MY58 (series tier), and the California State Library Foundation, which underwrites the Share the Vision youth outreach component. Broadcast media support from KCRA-MY58 provides regional marketing reach.

There is no proprietary technology product or platform underlying the business; the series is fundamentally an in-person live events operation hosted at a single venue in a single market. Ticketing, marketing, and event production are supported by third-party vendors and host-institution infrastructure rather than internal software development. The growth path is bounded by venue capacity, the eight-month seasonal cadence, and concentration on a small set of regional corporate underwriters for the majority of sponsorship revenue.

Name

Sacramento Speakers Series

Legal name

Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

Website

https://sacramentospeakers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sacramento Speakers Series is a community lecture program, founded in 2005, that hosts six nationally recognized speakers annually at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center. It is operated by the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and funded through ticket sales and regional corporate sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Speaker Events / Civic Lecture Series

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Lectures & Speaker Series (MPAGACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

Keywords

• Live speaker events
• Community speaker series
• Civic dialogue programs
• Ticketed lecture series
• Performing arts events

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Season Ticket Sales: Season tickets provide access to the full 2026-2027 season featuring six speakers. Renewals open for returning patrons; general public sales open August 4, 2026.
2. Single-Event Ticket Sales: Limited single-event tickets released approximately two weeks prior to each speaker event based on season ticket sales and venue capacity.
3. Corporate Sponsorship: Corporate sponsors at various levels including Presenting Sponsor (Sutter Health), Speaker Sponsor (SAFE Credit Union), Series Sponsor (KCRA-MY58, others), Event Sponsor, Share the Vision Sponsor (California State Library Foundation), Program Sponsor, Media Partner, and Official Print Sponsor.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Sacramento Speakers Series is a community-driven live-event speaker series that hosts six nationally recognized speakers per season at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center in Sacramento, CA, running annually from September through April. Patrons purchase either full-season tickets with reserved seating across Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers, or limited single-event tickets released approximately two weeks before each event. The series is operated by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce as one of its signature programs.

Product overview

The Sacramento Speakers Series is a single, unified events program operated by the Sacramento Metro Chamber. It features a roster of nationally recognized speakers across business, public policy, science, media, culture, sports, and global affairs. The core offering consists of the main speaker series itself, supplemented by season ticket packages and single-event ticket options. A distinct youth outreach component called the Share the Vision Program provides student access to speakers through pre-event Q&A sessions and complimentary admission. The series operates annually from September through April at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sacramento Speakers Series (Live Speaker Event Series) A live, ticketed speaker event series featuring six nationally recognized speakers per season (business, public policy, science, media, culture, sports, and global affairs), hosted annually from September through April at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center in Sacramento, CA. For community members seeking civic dialogue and lifelong learning.
• Season Tickets Full-season ticket package providing access to all six featured speakers in a given season, with the same reserved seat across the season in Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze seating tiers. Renewal is offered to returning patrons before general public release.
• Single-Event Tickets Individual event tickets providing access to a single speaker event. Released approximately two weeks before each event on a limited basis based on season ticket sales and venue capacity.
• Share the Vision Youth Program Youth outreach initiative providing local high school students with opportunities to meet speakers in small groups before evening events for private Q&A sessions, followed by complimentary admission to the evening event. Sponsored by the California State Library Foundation and the Law Offices of Mitchell S. Ostwald.
• Corporate Sponsorship Packages Multi-tier sponsorship offerings (Presenting Sponsor, Speaker Sponsor, Series Sponsor, Event Sponsor, Share the Vision Sponsor, Program Sponsor, Media Partner, Official Print Sponsor) sold to regional and local companies for brand visibility and community association with the Capital Region's premier civic speaker series.

Quantifiable outcome

• 22+ million views on Monica Lewinsky's TED Talk 'The Price of Shame'
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered presenting sponsor, speaker sponsor, core sponsor, minor, series sponsor and core partner.

• Sutter Healthpresenting sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Sutter Health serves as the Presenting Sponsor for the Sacramento Speakers Series 2025-2026 season, providing primary sponsorship visibility at the premier speaker event series in the Capital Region.
• SAFE Credit Unionspeaker sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025SAFE Credit Union serves as Speaker Sponsor and is the venue name sponsor for the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, the primary event venue for the Sacramento Speakers Series.
• California State Library Foundationcore sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025California State Library Foundation is the premier sponsor of the Share the Vision youth program, enabling high school students to attend speaker events and participate in private Q&A sessions with featured speakers.
• The Law Offices of Mitchell S. OstwaldminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Corporate sponsor supporting the Share the Vision youth program, contributing to student access to speaker events and educational opportunities.
• KCRA-MY58 Duopolyseries sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025KCRA-MY58 serves as Series Sponsor, providing media partnership and broadcast visibility for the Sacramento Speakers Series.
• Sacramento Metro Chambercore partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025The Sacramento Speakers Series is a signature program of the Sacramento Metro Chamber (also known as METRO Chamber). The Chamber organizes, markets, and hosts the series as part of its signature events portfolio.
• UC Davis Healthspeaker sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025UC Davis Health serves as Speaker Sponsor for the 2025-2026 season, providing healthcare sector sponsorship visibility.
• TCB Magazinespeaker sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025TCB (a publication) serves as Speaker Sponsor for the 2025-2026 season, providing media partnership support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• TED (TED Conferences): Global thought-leader conference and media platform featuring curated short-form talks from influential speakers. Comparable as a destination for high-profile ideas-oriented programming; competes for audience attention and speaker availability rather than ticket sales directly.
• 92nd Street Y (92Y): New York cultural and educational institution running a long-running, large-scale speaker, author, and arts programming calendar. Comparable as a multi-decade civic speaker venue with subscription and single-ticket models and a broader institutional mission.

Direct peers

• Town Hall Seattle: Seattle-based nonprofit civic venue hosting author talks, lectures, and current-affairs programming with ticketed events. Comparable as a city-level, nonprofit civic speaker series with reserved seating and a season-style calendar.
• Commonwealth Club of California: One of the oldest public-affairs forums in the U.S., hosting in-person and streamed conversations with heads of state, scientists, and authors. Comparable as a California-based civic speaker platform with ticketed and member-supported events.
• Chicago Ideas Week: Annual ideas festival in Chicago featuring multiple high-profile speakers across business, policy, science, and culture in ticketed events. Comparable in multi-speaker curated format and civic dialogue positioning, though more condensed into a single week.
• Live Talks LA: Los Angeles-based speaker event series that books bestselling authors, public figures, and cultural icons for ticketed evening conversations. Comparable in being a city-specific live speaker series with high-profile talent and reserved seating.
• City Arts & Lectures: San Francisco-based nonprofit speaker and interview series featuring authors, scientists, politicians, and cultural figures in ticketed live events. Closest analog by format: subscription season tickets, multi-speaker season, urban venue partnership, and nonprofit governance model.

Emerging players

• POLITICO Playbook / Live Events: POLITICO produces ticketed live policy and political speaker events (e.g., Playbook events) that overlap with the Sacramento Speakers Series' policy and political speaker segments. Comparable as a competing source of access to high-profile political voices, though delivered as one-off branded events rather than a multi-speaker season.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SacramentoSpeakersSeries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sacramento-speakers-series
• Instagraminstagram.com/metro_chamber
• Xx.com/SacSpeakers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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