State Fair 1999

Broadway and recording artist Darrian Ford will bring his new show A Reluctant Star to 54 Below on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. The program explores themes of self-doubt, depression, and eventual self-acceptance through a mix of musical theater, jazz, and soul.

Artist, producer, and global cultural icon T-Pain has announced the TP20 Fall Tour, celebrating 20 years of legendary music, moments, and the Nappy Boy empire he’s built since the release of his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga in 2005. 

Andrea McArdle will return Live At The Beechman for two nights only this week. Performances will take place June 4-5 and will also be livestreamed. Learn more here!

Atmosphere will be hitting the road for their month-long Dank Daze of Summer Tour with the West Coast hip-hop legends Cypress Hill. Shows will kick off on August 8th in St. Augustine, Florida.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against the city of Dallas over handgun bans at Fair Park’s Music Hall and the Majestic Theatre, both city-owned performance venues.

Andrea McArdle will return to the Beechman stage for two nights only this spring. Learn more about the original Annie on Broadway and about the upcoming performances here!

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie (A Chorus Line) will perform her one-woman show, “Take Me to the World: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim” at Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ. Learn more!

Multi-Platinum Country music icon, Wynonna Judd, is hitting the road once again, this time to celebrate four decades of chart-topping hits with Wynonna Judd: The Greatest Hits Tour.

With its engaging and sentimental tale of “forbidden-love-that-could-of-been,” Robert James Walker’s 1992 best-selling novel, The Bridges of Madison County, was made into a 1995 successful movie of the same title starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. After the success of that motion picture, book writer Marsha Norman teamed up with composer Jason Robert Brown to create the 2014 Broadway musical.  Wichita audiences now have the opportunity to hear that luscious score performed once more.

FOREIGNER has decided to extend its Farewell Tour and include a celebration of the band’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Original band members will join them at select shows starting with Foreigner’s sold-out three-week fall residency at the Venetian, Las Vegas.

GRAMMY® Award-winning and Country Music Hall of Fame members The Oak Ridge Boys pay tribute to their beloved Joe Bonsall with the new music video for “Promised Land,” from their album ‘Front Porch Singin’’ released in 2021.

Country music artist Jo Dee Messina has unveiled the final leg of her highly successful Heads Carolina, Tails California Tour. After a triumphant two-year run, including a celebratory six-date New England Homecoming, Messina will wrap up the tour this summer and fall with stops all across the U.S. and Canada.

Warren Zeiders will release a new project titled Relapse on August 23 via Warner Records. The 10-track project features recent standout singles “Betrayal” and the title track “Relapse,” which has already amassed more than 15.2M US streams since its June release. Listen to a new song now!

Country traditionalist and American Idol alum Alex Miller enlisted his eleven-year-old cousin Jak Christopher to help him film his latest music video, “My Daddy’s Dad.” The clip is the current chart-bound single from his new Billy Jam Records EP of the same name. Watch the video now!

THE ADOBE THEATER will present THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, running from July 19 to August 11. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm, with an additional show on August 8.

Enjoy free outdoor performances at the Amphitheater at Lyndale Gardens in Richfield, Minnesota. See who is performing!

Join Tony-nominated actress Andrea McArdle and Steve Marzullo at the Legacy Theatre for a memorable piano concert. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On July 4, 2004, multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls performed a legendary concert in their hometown of Buffalo, NY. The 19-song set included all their major hits including 'Iris,” 'Name” and 'Slide' as well as a cover of Supertramps’ 'Give A Little Bit.” Originally released in November 2004 as a DVD/CD combo, Live In Buffalo will be released on vinyl for the first time on Friday, June 21.

This summer, the multi-platinum singer-songwriter begins a major touring run, kicking off August 1 in Columbus, OH and ending October 29 in Orlando, FL, with Special Guests Ray Bull, The Brook & The Bluff and The Paper Kites. See full routing below for more information. Tickets to the newly announced dates will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Wednesday, May 1 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, May 3 at 10 AM local time. 

Multi-platinum crooner Stephen Sanchez has released Angel Face (Club Deluxe), the highly anticipated follow up to his 2023 debut album, Angel Face. The deluxe album features 5 brand-new songs. Fresh off his sold-out North American tour last fall, Stephen will be playing at festivals across North America throughout the year. Listen to the deluxe album here!

GRAMMY-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE is set to bring their live show to arenas coast to coast this summer and have added a dozen new dates to their tour roster today. NEEDTOBREATHE will be on the road the majority of this year—including appearances at summer festivals like Canada’s Boots and Hearts, Minneapolis' Basilica Block Party, and Pilgrimage Music Festival just outside of Nashville.

Alaska State Fair favorites return to Anchorage - fun loving Twin brothers present 'Top 40 From the Last 40.' Four decades of the music you know and love with a unique twist. Get ready to sing, dance, laugh and take your soul on a feel good ride through the chart topping hits of American Music.

Explore the exciting collaboration between TikTok star turned singer-songwriter, Tayler Holder, and Christian music powerhouse, Cory Asbury. Discover how Holder's comeback is making waves in the music industry. This song was written with Cory Asbury, Paul Maybury and Harrison Hackett (produced by Andy Sheridan and co-produced by Ben Williams).

Beth Peters has passed away at age 92. The General Hospital star made her Broadway debut in 1955 in the ensemble of Inherit the Wind. She later took on the role of Mrs. Brady for the final months. Regionally, Peters played the role of Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man over 20 times, also seen in Funny Girl, Sound of Music, and more.

You’re Invited: Andrea McArdle Live in Philadelphia On April 15th!

Collide Theatrical Summer Dance Intensive will take place in July 2024! Learn more about the classes and see how to register.

Storytelling Arts of Indiana celebrates wildly diverse, but remarkably relatable childhoods in the next offering of its 36th season of arts programming. Indianapolis' own Bob Sander and Chicago-based storyteller Nestor Gomez will perform “Versions of Childhood” on Saturday, February 10, at Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.