Music & Nightlife

Entertainment in the Quad Cities is evolving as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with some establishments closing and some having performances canceled.

Lonely Street Productions is bringing back its “Let the Good Times Roll – The Genius of Ray Charles” tribute show to the Elks Theatre & Performing Arts Center.

Folk Sessions is bringing back the international duo Acoustic Eidolon, a tour-de-force of acoustic music that Swallow Hill Music Association called “an evening of brilliant instrumentality” for a show in the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center’s third-floor Crystal Hall.

The legendary rock ‘n’ roll band Chicago is coming to Prescott Valley for a Sunday, March 8, show at the Findlay Toyota Center.

The Yavapai College Performing Arts Department has two concerts coming up: one that features music department faculty and another filled with Latin jazz which director Chris Tenney says will have top-rate musical entertainment.

Legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert and Grammy-winning “Brasil ’66” singer Lani Hall, who have been married for more than 40 years, are coming to perform at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center.

Swedish singing and instrumentalist sensation Gunhild Carling is coming to Prescott for a show at the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 1, according to a news release from Courtney Dodge

The Phoenix Symphony is coming back to Prescott for a Sunday, Feb. 23, show featuring music by Felix Mendelssohn, Robet Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel with Resident Conductor Matthew Kasper directing and violinist Adrienne Finet joining the orchestra as a soloist.

The Yavapai College Performing Arts Center’s Cabaret Series continues with a funny, musical look at the terrors of dating in the digital age called “So… Is This a Date?” Friday night, Feb. 14.

The mysterious and musical mind of Khris Dodge is bringing a show to Prescott that’s a little bit of Mozart and Chopin mixed with Billy Joel and Dick Dale’s “Miserlou” with “Symphonic Rock,” according to a news release from Courtney Dodge.

The Sir Harrison Band and the Electric Swamp Poets, comprised of Christian Berry and Tall Paul Epoch, are headed to Memphis for the 2020 International Blues Challenge.

The Phoenix Symphony is coming to Prescott Sunday, Jan. 19, for its first concert of 2020, with two pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and one piece by Robert Schumann, according to a news release from Sue Bray of the Yavapai Symphony Association.

Local musicians Drew Hall and Anton Teschner have formed a new acoustic trio with Lady Antebellum lead guitar player Slim Gambill called THiS Trio.

More Christmas cheer is expected in Arizona’s Christmas City as the downtown area unites together to feature hundreds of musicians and performers for the 31st annual Acker Musical Showcase.

Celebrate the season with the Prescott Chorale as the group puts on two performances of “Holiday Magic” Saturday, Dec. 7.

Ring in the holidays England-style when John Freeman performs his show of traditional and popular English songs and holiday classics at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.

Local Peter, Paul and Mary tribute, MacDougal Street West, is returning to the Elks Theater and Performing Arts Center Friday, Nov. 15.

As an art form, Flamenco evokes romance, passion and flair. Flamenco brought Chris and Lena Jácome together 18 years ago, and the married duo continue to perform together, inspiring enthusiastic audiences around the world.

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Scottish folk singer and songwriter Jim Malcolm leads off this week's Kudos At a Glance; also on tap are a Comedy Night, the Dixie Chicks tribute and the Hometown Festival.

Prescott’s own Doctors Frankenstein, Matt Brassard and Marco Espitia of M&M Entertainment & Productions have brought Scream Factor back from the dead.

Revered folk and blues singer Maria Muldaur, best known for the song “Midnight at the Oasis,” is coming to Prescott with her Red Hot Bluesiana Band for a performance at the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center.

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The Central Arizona Concert band is opening its 22nd consecutive season with a Sunday, Oct. 13, concert featuring a program full of traditional concert band music and some twists.