New shows announced for ‘Live at the Center’ concert series

Huckleberry Funk will perform on March 16, 2021. (Photo provided)

Latin jazz, Celtic rock, funky jams and more are on tap as the Center for the Performing Arts announces seven 2021 dates in its new livestream concert series featuring Indiana artists.

Free to view on YouTube, Facebook and the Center’s website, Live at the Center sponsored by Allied Solutions delivers a front-row perspective on the best in local original music, with multi-camera HD video and rich stereo sound. More information on registration and viewing options is available at TheCenterPresents.org/LATC.

The newly announced shows from January through March include sets from Jeff Kelly and the Graveyard Shift, 800 lb. Gorilla, Pavel & Direct Contact, Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery, Highland Reign, Huckleberry Funk, and the Warrior Kings, all performing live at the Center’s three venues.

“The response to Live at the Center this fall has been tremendous, both from viewers and the local music community,” said Jeffrey C. McDermott, President and CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation. “The audience seems to build with each show, and we’re reaching thousands of new people throughout and even beyond Central Indiana.”

With even more shows planned later in the spring, the initial 2021 dates include:

Jeff Kelly and the Graveyard Shift

  • Americana
  • Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Studio Theater

800 lb. Gorilla

  • Funk/jam
  • Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Palladium

Pavel & Direct Contact

  • Latin jazz
  • Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Palladium

Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery

  • Psychedelic rock
  • Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Palladium

Highland Reign

  • Celtic rock
  • Thursday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Studio Theater

Huckleberry Funk

  • Funk
  • Tuesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Palladium

The Warrior Kings

  • Rock
  • Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Livestreamed from the Tarkington

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