Tickets are available now for these upcoming events at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Just go to TheCenterPresents.org or call (317) 843-3800.
Fitz and The Tantrums: Man on the Moon Tour
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Katz, Sapper & Miller Pop/Rock Series
Multi-Platinum artists Fitz and The Tantrums have energized popular music and culture with a series of unshakable, undeniable and ubiquitous anthems and albums. Since 2008, the Los Angeles collective have magnified the scope of pop with a dash of indie, a dose of soul, and a lot of dancefloor-ready bounce. Their album catalog includes Pickin’ up the Pieces, More Than Just A Dream, the Gold-certified Fitz and The Tantrums, All the Feels and 2022’s Let Yourself Free. Along the way, they have tallied nearly 4 billion streams and counting with hits such as “HandClap,” “Out of My League,” “The Walker” and “Moneygrabber.”
Special Guest: The Chicago-based indie band Ax and the Hatchetmen will open the show.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Drewry Simmons Vornehm Jazz Series
Grammy-winning trumpeter and recording artist Herb Alpert is touring with his new six-member Tijuana Brass band to mark the 60th anniversary of the iconic album Whipped Cream & Other Delights. This 90-minute stage production includes audience interaction, projections of classic photos and video from throughout Alpert’s career, and a parade of hits including “The Lonely Bull,” “Spanish Flea,” “A Taste of Honey,” “Mexican Shuffle,” “Tijuana Taxi,” “This Guy’s in Love with You,” “Zorba the Greek,” “Rise” and more. Alpert’s legacy includes five No. 1 hits, nine Grammy Awards, 15 Gold albums, 14 Platinum albums, and sales of 72 million records worldwide.
Burton Cummings of The Guess Who: A Few Good Moments Tour
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Katz, Sapper & Miller Pop/Rock Series
Burton Cummings is best known as lead vocalist and songwriter for The Guess Who, the first Canadian group to reach No. 1 on Billboard and earn a Platinum album for U.S. sales. Starting in the late 1960s, the band scored a string of international hits including “American Woman,” “These Eyes,” “Laughing,” “No Time,” “Share the Land,” “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature” and “Clap for the Wolfman,” all written or co-written by Burton. His solo career has included the Gold single “Stand Tall,” among other hits, and five Juno Awards for Best Male Vocalist and Best Album. The current tour supports Burton’s 2024 album A Few Good Moments, his first in over a decade.
Other August activities include:
Local Mix Music Series: King Bee & The Stingers
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7
The Tarkington & Online
Livestream: Free (pay-what-you-can, no minimum)
On site: $10 (pay-what-you-can, $10 minimum)
King Bee & The Stingers is a six-piece band from Bloomington, Ind. Several KBS singles have been distributed by Sony Orchard and are being played on hundreds of radio stations across the world, including singles from KBS’s second album, Don’t Move So Fast, completed in 2023, and the 2024 release Live from the Slippery Noodle, which has received rave reviews worldwide.
Palladium Bookies
6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Free; RSVP to Outreach@TheCenterPresents.org
The Palladium Bookies meet every other month to discuss books about the performing arts or related to upcoming performances. Social time is followed by breakout sessions for in-depth discussion. The August selection is Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk.
Live! from the Advanced Comedy Class
7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15
The Studio Theater
Tickets: $10
Come out for a fun night of comedy. After honing their short routines for four weeks, adult students from Allied Solutions Center’s Stand-Up Comedy Practicum will demonstrate their progress in this special graduation show hosted by professional comedian and class instructor Mat Alano-Martin. Recommended for mature audiences.
Child & Adult Music Class: Farmer in the Dell
10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 26 to Sept. 30 (9:30 a.m. sold out)
9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Aug. 29 to Oct. 3
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Cost: $80 for six sessions
Come have a barnyard full of fun singing, dancing, and playing instruments with singer/guitarist Michelle Marti and her baskets of toys in this music and movement session for children with a caregiver. Children ages 1 to 5 can experience musical concepts using voices, instruments, toys, movement and imagination.