The Van Wezel announces its 2017-18 season
Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars because Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announced the schedule for its 2017-18 season. Chock-full of Broadway hits, big name bands, dance troupes, tribute acts, and belting starlets, this year’s lineup has something for everyone.
Some notable additions to the calendar are bringing lots of buzz and surely plenty of excitement so get your tickets now! Broadway shows like Motown The Musical, Jersey Boys, and The Lion King will be gracing the stage. Visits from renowned vocalists like Renee Fleming, Audra McDonald, Paul Anka, and Diana Krall are on the schedule. As well as appearances from music icons like Willie Nelson, Chicago, Rick Springfield, and The Beach Boys.
It’s clear that the Van Wezel is offering its widest variety of shows, concerts and Broadway per-formances ever! Check out the full list of events on the calendar below and purchase your tickets at: http://www.vanwezel.org
Oct. 13: “Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock & Roll”
Oct. 17: Willie Nelson & Family
Oct. 30: Chicago
Nov. 3: “So You Think You Can Dance”
Nov. 4: “Doo Wop Spectacular”
Nov. 15: Celtic Thunder Symphony
Nov. 16: Straight No Chaser
Nov. 17: “Decades Rewind”
Nov. 18: Three Dog Night
Nov. 28: Dave Koz 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour
Dec. 2: “We Three Kings — An Irish Tenors Christmas”
Dec. 3: LeAnn Rimes “Today is Christmas” Tour
Dec. 5: “Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story”
Dec. 11: “98 Degrees at Christmas”
Dec. 17: “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Dec. 21: Cirque Dreams “Holidaze”
Dec. 22: “A Christmas Carol”
Dec. 29: Moscow Ballet “Great Russian Nutcracker”
Jan. 3: “Salute to Vienna”
Jan. 5: Peter Cetera
Jan. 6-7: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder”
Jan. 8: “Night with Janis Joplin”
Jan. 9: “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt” — Steve Solomon
Jan. 10: Ramsey Lewis & John Pizzarelli — Nat King Cole Tribute
Jan. 12: “Tango Fire”
Jan. 15: 5th Dimension
Jan. 16: Renée Fleming
Jan. 17: Chita & Tune — “Two for the Road”
Jan. 18: The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters
Jan. 21: “Musical Thrones: A Parody”
Jan. 23: “Tapestry: Tribute to Carole King”
Jan. 25: Paul Anka
Jan. 26: Masters of Illusion
Jan. 28: Michael Feinstein: “Celebrating The Crooners”
Jan. 30-31: “Cabaret”
Feb. 1: BalletBoyz
Feb. 5: “In the Mood”
Feb. 6: Diana Krall
Feb. 7: Travis Wall’s “Shaping Sound — After the Curtain”
Feb. 14: The Beach Boys
Feb. 15: George Benson
Feb. 17: Michael McDonald
Feb. 18: The Hot Sardines
Feb. 19: “Stayin’ Alive — One Night of the Bee Gees”
Feb. 27: Moscow Festival Ballet “Romeo & Juliet” and “Carmen”
March 4: Celtic Woman
March 6-7: “The Wizard of Oz”
March 11: National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
March 12: “Dance to the Movies”
March 13: Neil Berg’s “109 Years of Broadway”
March 14: Audra McDonald
March 15: Rick Springfield
March 21: The Four Phantoms
March 22: America
March 24: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell
March 26: “Peter Pan 3D Stage Spectacular”
March 27-April 1: “Motown The Musical”
April 4: Illusionist Rick Thomas — Nothing Happens Until You Dream!
April 5: Robert Dubac’s “The Book of Moron”
April 10-12: “Jersey Boys”
April 14: Wynonna & The Big Noise
April 15: Chris Botti
April 17: “Let It Be”
April 18: “ABBA the Concert”
April 19: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
April 22: Bill Engvall
April 24-25: “A Chorus Line”
April 26: Mummenschanz “you & me”
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