This five-time Grammy Award Winner's sound merges R&B, blues, rock and gospel and has brought Cray worldwide success and CD sales in the millions. He has collaborated with Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, B.B. King and John Lee Hooker.   Beer, Blues and BBQ kick-off the season with the local…

Chubby Checker, "The King of the TWIST!," has been packing in crowds and pleasing audiences of all ages for over four decades. His ability to electrify an audience puts him in a class of his own. Don’t miss this Rock 'n' Roll icon!   Wear your poodle skirts and blue…

She's not just a fiddle player. She's a world-class dancer, internationally renowned concert artist and an entertainer whose sheer joy of performance makes her irresistible to audiences everywhere. The Los Angeles Times calls Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster “a ball of fire, performing jigs and reels with unstoppable, foot-tapping energy and…

Presented by the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Tim McDonald. Join Willy Wonka and his…

Praised by everyone from Beethoven to Verdi, “The Barber of Seville” is possibly the best – and certainly the best-loved – comic opera ever composed. Things get hairy as everyone’s favorite barber, Figaro, schemes to unite Count Almaviva with his love, Rosina, and liberate her from the clutches of her…

Camerata Nordica, one of Scandinavia's leading chamber orchestras, has the distinction of performing as a  camerata — an orchestra performing without a conductor. The musicians, selected from the best of Nordic players, have developed artistic unity on the basis of mutual sensitivity and deeply felt musical intentions. The orchestra's intense…

HE FULL MONTY is Broadway’s smash hit musical about six good buddies whose desperate plan to get their lives back together requires them to triumph over their fears, their nerves and their clothes.   Nominated for ten 2001 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, THE FULL MONTY features a new book…

WINNER! 2001 TONY AWARD FOR “BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT” and WINNER! 2001 EMMY AWARD FOR “BEST CHOREOGRAPHY”   BLAST! is comprised of 35 brass, percussion and visual performers brought together in a unique explosion of music and theatre. Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a novel art…

Join us for this holiday tradition! Featuring Minnesota Ballet and children of the Cedar Valley, Tchaikovsky's holiday classic visits the Gallagher-Bluedorn to entertain and delight the whole family. This enchanting ballet, complete with elaborate costumes, sets, and dancing, will offer all of the magic needed to bring alive this holiday…

Balance, energy and breath – combined they define “chi, ” which is a central part of ancient Chinese philosophy. The words also convey the essence of Chi: A New Era in Acrobatics, a fusion of acrobatics, choreography and martial arts from Shanghai. The astounding acrobatic feats in Chi are derived…

Join us for a holiday performance you won’t soon forget. Three-time Grammy winner, the regal Reeves "has an amazing voice, one of the best that jazz has boasted. It's powerful and intimate and full of emotion, and her range is stunning" (Boston Globe). Her style and vocal range have earned…

Violinist Caitlin Tully started her violin studies in Vancouver at the age of four and made her debut with the Vancouver Symphony at age 10. She displays a musical maturity and inspiration far beyond her years. Now 17-years-old, Tully performs with orchestras and in recitals across Canada and the United…

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is a high-spirited musical romp, based on the popular movie, that has all of New York dancing the Charleston. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap…

If it is grand ballet you like, you will love Russian National Ballet Theatre's production of Sleeping Beauty, which remains one of Tchaikovsky's favorite compositions and, in his own words, perhaps the best piece of music he ever wrote. From its marvelous cast of dancers to its glorious Tchaikovsky score…

Since its early beginnings, the band has toured extensively and brought the pomp and pageantry of British life to many far-flung corners of the world. They can regularly be seen at the ceremony of Changing The Guard at Buckingham Palace and many other State and ceremonial occasions. Through its unique…

Sir James Galway is regarded as both a supreme interpreter of the classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal crosses all musical boundaries. Sir James has made himself a legend, a modern musical master whose virtuosity on the flute is equaled only by his limitless ambitions and vision.…

Cirque Éloize returns to the Cedar Valley with its new production, Rain.  Complete with contortion, trapeze, juggling, acrobatics and aerial rings, Rain’s death-defying performers unforgettably combine  acrobatic feats with luminous musicality and pure poetry.   The forecast is for RAIN in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn, but the forecast…

Leaping from tall structures, flying through open spaces, balancing the impossible and tumbling from various objects, these dancers will amaze with an overwhelming display of human stunts. Timing and teamwork are perfected as the performers use unique and fearless athleticism, along with everyday items such as doors, chairs and stairways.…

This 13-piece Latin Grammy-nominated group has a style that draws on both the traditional and the modern. Plena Libre has taken this rhythmic genre of Puerto Rican origin through new and exciting developments and injected it with sizzling contemporary dance floor arrangements.   This program is presented as part of…

Become a part of the phenomenal Broadway musical. From the Pulitzer Prize to the Tony sweep, from the critical accolades to the nightly ovations, Jonathan Larson's musical has become an American icon. RENT is about being young in New York, being brave and being scared, being in love and being…

Gaelic Storm is bringing their non-stop, high-intensity, power-packed show back to the Gallagher-Bluedorn. They continue to make headlines and dazzle audiences around the world long after their memorable appearance as the steerage band in James Cameron’s Titanic. This is an explosive band that creates chart-topping musical excitement with wild Celtic…

If you were born after 1985 you’re too young and stupid to get this! Don’t buy a ticket! The show is on a Thursday–the bars are open, you should just go drink with your stupid friends. Now for you folks born before ‘85, get a babysitter, George will teach you…