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Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows Featuring Bob Eubanks Friday, August 4, 2017 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $57, $47, $37, $27 Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows is the most unique, highly produced, live game show on the road today. Hosted by 9 time Emmy Award Winner and Game Show icon Bob Eubanks,
Games Played:
Triva Trap
In it 2 Win It
Name that Tune
Dance Fever
Card Sharks
Card Wars
Match Makers
The Not So Newlywed Game
1 Million Dollar Cash Pyramid

Everyone in your audience has an equal chance to become a contestant. Whether chosen by ticket drum or randomly from the audience; each will experience what it’s like to be on a real TV game show. Someone in your audience will also have a chance to win $1 million dollar grand prize. Finally, by utilizing the power of the “Everyone Wins” element makes each audience member feel like a Winner! Tickets

Donald Fagen and the Nightflyers Monday, August 14, 2017 at 8:00 pm Tickets: $117, $97, $77, $57, $37 Donald Fagen –musician, composer, vocalist, producer, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and co-founder of Steely Dan and The Dukes of September– has a new special project taking to the road this summer: Donald Fagen and The Nightflyers. Joining Fagen (keyboard, vocals) is an all new band –the Nightflyers- a quartet of young musicians that Donald has been working with over the past few years near his home in Woodstock, NY. The Nightflyers are Connor Kennedy (guitar, vocals), Lee Falco (drums, vocals), Brandon Morrison (bass, vocals) and Will Bryant (keyboards, vocals). Tickets

Legendary Coaches Pat Dye & Gene Stallings Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 7:00 pm Tickets: $47, $32, $22
All $47 tickets include a meet-and-greet starting at 6:00 pm (arrive by 5:45 pm). Late arrivals may forfeit their meet-and-greet opportunity. Leaders that built the foundation of the modern game by leading with Integrity, implementing unique strategies, and battling every Saturday, week after week, year after year. These Coaches won the hearts of millions, experienced thrilling victories, and painful defeats. Their legacy lives on, not just in their players, but with every fan that cheered alongside or against them. Join Pat Dye and Gene Stallings live to hear the stories and relive the legacy! Gene Stallings coached at the University of Alabama for seven seasons from 1990-1996 and led the Tide to an undefeated season and national championship in 1992. He amassed an impressive 70-16-1 record in Tuscaloosa and went 5-1 in six bowl games during that time. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Pat Dye was a college head coach for 19 seasons, and is best known for his 12 seasons as coach of the Auburn Tigers from 1981-1992. He led Auburn to four SEC titles including three in a row from 1987-89 (the other came in 1983), and reeled off nine straight winning seasons from 1982-1990. Dye’s teams finished ranked in the top-20 in the final Associated Press poll eight times during his tenure at Auburn including five top-10 finishes. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and was a three-time SEC Coach of the Year in 1983, 1987 and 1988. Dye also served as Auburn’s athletic director from 1981-1991. Tickets

Craig Morgan Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8:00 pm Reserved Seating: $35 Craig Morgan's resume is one of the most varied and impressive on earth-soldier, sheriff's deputy, EMT, adventurer, TV host, motocross racer, outdoorsman, farmer and family man. "Music is like a center for all those things," says the man known as one of country's best singers and songwriters since "Almost Home" put him on the map in 2002.He served ten years in the U.S. Army, where he traveled much of the world and took up performing and songwriting, winning military contests in both. He moved to Nashville after leaving the armed forces, as he pursued music. He was singing demos when he was signed to his first label deal, thereby launching his hit-filled career. Tickets

Pre-Labor Day Blues Show starring Tucka, Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear & MC Lightfoot Friday, September 1, 2017 at 8:00 pm Tickets: $49, $45, $39, $35, $29 Pre-Labor Day Blues show for Southern Soul and Blues lovers. Starring Tucka, Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear and MC Lightfoot. Tickets

The Black Jacket Symphony presents The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm Tickets: $30, $25 The Black Jacket Symphony returns to Montgomery for its most ambitious show yet—a celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”! Released in June 1967, “Sgt. Pepper” is still widely referred to as the most influential rock album of all time. Tickets

Peppa Pig Friday, September 22, 2017 at 6:00 pm Tickets: $42.50, $32.50, $15.00. VIP available online only $122.50. Peppa Pig, the #1 Family show of 2016, is back with an action-packed live show featuring your favorite characters as life size puppets and costume characters in Peppa Pig’s Surprise! Come join Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig and more in an all singing, all-dancing adventure full of songs, games and surprises! Tickets

Buddy Guy Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $87, $72, $47, $37, $27 At age 80, Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 7 GRAMMY Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 37 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."

Buddy Guy released his latest studio album Born To Play Guitar on July 31, 2015 via Silvertone/RCA Records, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart. The follow-up to his 2013 first-ever double disc release, Rhythm & Blues, which also debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart, Born To Play Guitar was produced by GRAMMY Award winning producer/songwriter and Buddy’s longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge. The release features guest appearances by Van Morrison, Joss Stone, Kim Wilson and Billy Gibbons. Tickets

St. Paul & The Broken Bones Friday, September 29, 2017 at 8:00 pm Tickets: $35, $30, $25 Sea of Noise, the second full-length album by St. Paul and the Broken Bones, marks a quantum leap in sound and style for the high-voltage Birmingham, Alabama-based band. Produced by Paul Butler and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium, the group’s sophomore effort features an expanded eight-piece lineup of the widely praised soulbased rock unit. Longtime members Paul Janeway (lead vocals), Jesse Phillips (bass, guitar), Browan Lollar (guitars), Andrew Lee (drums), Al Gamble (keyboards), and Allen Branstetter (trumpet) are joined by Jason Mingledorff (saxophone, clarinet, flute), and Chad Fisher (trombone). The collection of new original songs is the group’s first release on RECORDS, a joint venture of SONGS Publishing, winner of ASCAP’s 2016 independent publisher of the year award, and veteran label executive Barry Weiss. Sea of Noise is a successor to the Broken Bones’ 2013 debut album Half the City, which introduced the group’s blazing mating of ‘60s soul fire – daubed with latter-day influences like Sly Stone, David Bowie, and Prince - to Janeway’s impassioned singing and writing. The new album witnesses a deepening and broadening of the unit’s musical reach and lyrical concerns. Tickets

Russian Grand Ballet presents Swan Lake Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $79, $64, $42, $29, $24 Russian Grand Ballet's full-length classical production for the first time includes the rarely seen Waltz of the Black Swans, and features Russia's brightest ballet stars. Odette, a beautiful princess, falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer. Only Prince Siegfried's devotion can save her. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake combines pure romanticism and tragedy, in a magical tale of love and deception. The glorious score and gravity-defying choreography have enchanted audiences for over a century, and continue to inspire new generations of dancers and music lovers of all ages. Tickets

Mike Epps Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm Tickets: $99, $65, $52, $47 Since his first appearance in HBO’s Def Comedy Jam Tour, comedian Mike Epps continues to generate an extraordinary amount of buzz among his peers for being not only one of the funniest comic actors in town but also for his dramatic talent.

As a comedic actor, Epps is best known for his roles as Day-Day Jones in Friday and Friday After Next and Black Doug in The Hangover.

He has headlined his hugely successful stand-up special Mike Epps: Underrated and Never Faded, and in 2011 he introduced the world to new comedic talent with Mike Epps Presents: Live From Club Nokia both which aired on Showtime. His first comedy album comedy rap album Funny Bidness: Da Album featured Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock and Slim Thug among others. His upcoming film features include Acts of Violence with action-mogul, Bruce Willis and The Trap with T.I. Mike will be appearing at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre on Friday, October 20th at 7PM. Tickets

Kansas - 40th Anniversary Leftoverture Tour Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:00 pm Tickets: $97.50, $67.50, $47.50 Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s on the charts with hits such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind". The band has produced eight gold albums, three multi-platinum albums , one platinum live album and a million-selling single, "Dust in the Wind". Kansas appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the 1970s and 1980s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. "Carry On Wayward Son" was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No. 1 in 1997. Tickets

Joe Bonamassa Friday, December 8, 2017 at 8:00 pm SHARP!
NO OPENER! Tickets: $149, $125, $99, $88 By exceeding his own high artistic goals, Bonamassa has shattered all expectations with this record and has reached new audiences – no mean feat when you continue his astonishing track record of hits, which now includes 17 #1 Billboard Blues Albums (more than any other artist in history) and in 2014, the guitarist received his second Grammy nomination (for Best Traditional Blues Album) for his latest Live album Live At The Greek Theatre, his tribute to the Three Kings of the blues.

Bonamassa’s stature in the music industry has built steadily over the years. Along with his longtime manager, Roy Weisman, the iconoclastic guitarist built his own successful record label, management and concert Promotion Company called J&R Adventures. In addition, his connection to fans on social media has grown to over 2.7 million Facebook friends, over 148K Twitter followers, and more than 270K Instagram followers. Tickets

Moscow Ballet presents Great Russian Nutcracker Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm Tickets: $175, $102, $68, $48, $37.50, $28 Celebrate this Christmas with the experience taking North America by storm! Marking the 25th Anniversary Tour, Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker features over-the-top production and world class Russian artists. Larger than life Puppets, Nesting Dolls and gloriously hand-crafted costumes bring the Christmas spirit to life. Gather the family and see why the press is raving “Knock Out!” – New York Times “Christmas Cheer!” – LA Times. Get the best seats today and memories for a lifetime at Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker! www.nutcracker.com Tickets