Allied Solutions Center announces stellar schedule for 15th Anniversary Center Presents concert season

2025-2026 lineup includes pop, rock, classical, jazz, comedy & more

Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts has announced a 2025-2026 performance season that will serve as a yearlong celebration of its 15^th anniversary.

The upcoming Center Presents Season sponsored by Allied Solutions will kick off in August with more than 60 performances already booked and more on the way, including revered classical ensembles and jazz artists, classic-rock icons, Broadway stars, R&B crooners, mariachi bands, holiday traditions, comedy, and more.

Highlights include the U.K.’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with violinist Ray Chen, Grammy-winning jazz newcomer Samara Joy, Byrds co-founder Roger McGuinn, 1990s hitmakers Lisa Loeb and Joan Osborne, Herb Alpert with his new Tijuana Brass band, guitar virtuosos Jesse Cook and Tommy Emmanuel, mandolin master Chris Thile, actor-singer Mandy Patinkin, comedians Jay Leno and Heather Land, tributes to ELO and Pink Floyd, and “Mr. Las Vegas” himself, Wayne Newton.

The entire season is on sale now through subscription packages. Several performances early in the season are on sale individually now, and the rest will be available individually in August.

“This 15^th Anniversary Season feels like the start of a bold new chapter for us,” Allied Solutions Center President/CEO Jeffrey C. McDermott said. “Over the past year, we have strengthened our financial position through naming-rights agreements for our campus and our largest venue, the Payne & Mencias Palladium, and we’re in a great position now to continue expanding our arts and educational programming and making it more affordable and accessible to everyone.”

New this season at the Payne & Mencias Palladium is a Sensory Inclusive certification from the nonprofit KultureCity organization, which indicates that staff and volunteers have undergone annual training and are prepared to meet the needs of patrons with sensory issues related to autism, dementia, PTSD, and other conditions. The program includes the availability of a quiet room and kits containing noise-canceling headphones, strobe-reducing sunglasses, fidget tools, message cards for nonverbal communication, and other helpful items.

Like many event presenters under new federal rules, Allied Solutions Center has initiated all-in pricing for ticket purchases, which means all fees are disclosed from the beginning of the purchase process. Also new this season, $1 from every Center Presents ticket purchase supports Allied Solutions Center’s education and outreach programs.

To commemorate the upcoming 15^th anniversary of Allied Solutions Center’s opening in January, Artistic Director Michael Feinstein has personally selected 15 performances from the new season for his personal recommendation, indicated with a “Michael Feinstein’s Top 15” logo on the event listings.

Subscription packages are on sale now for the Leo Brown Group Classical Series, the Drewry Simmons Vornehm Jazz Series and the BHI Senior Living Songbook Series, with benefits including discounts up to 20 percent off the regular ticket price. An increasingly popular option is the Create Your Own subscription package, which offers similar perks for the purchase of any four or more events from the 2025-2026 Center Presents schedule. Subscribers also receive immediate purchase access to the entire season and presale access as new events are added throughout the year.

Available again this season, now with an expanded beverage package, is the Suite Experience, the opportunity to reserve a private box for up to 10 guests at any Center Presents performance at the Payne & Mencias Palladium.

Individual events on sale now include the annual Songbook Academy in Concert, pop/R&B combo Fitz and The Tantrums, Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, the sing-along experience Choir! Choir! Choir!, European vocal quartet Il Divo and guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. Other performances will go on sale individually Aug. 1. Free tickets for the U.S. Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble will be available in the fall.

Visit TheCenterPresents.org/SubscribeNow for more information on subscription packages and benefits. Purchases can be made online at TheCenterPresents.org, by phone at (317) 843-3800 or toll-free (877) 909-2787, or in person at the Payne & Mencias Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel.

2025-2026 Center Presents Season

All performances will take place at the Payne & Mencias Palladium except * at the Tarkington.

BHI Senior Living Songbook Series

• The Songbook Academy in Concert – July 19
• Matthew Morrison – Oct. 17
• CeCe Teneal’s Divas of Soul – Jan. 31
• Great American Crooners – Feb. 25
• Joshua Henry – March 13
• Mandy Patinkin – April 9
• Michael Feinstein – April 17

Drewry Simmons Vornehm Jazz Series

• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Aug. 7
• Four80 East – Sept. 12*
• Rick Braun & Mindi Abair – Oct. 4
• Brandon Woody’s Upendo – Nov. 9*
• Samara Joy – Nov. 14
• Chris Botti – March 6
• Branford Marsalis Quartet – March 20

Katz, Sapper & Miller Pop/Rock Series

• Fitz and The Tantrums – Aug. 6
• Burton Cummings of the Guess Who – Aug. 10
• Roger McGuinn – Sept. 13*
• Brian McKnight – Sept. 26
• Tommy Emmanuel – Oct. 18
• Squirrel Nut Zippers – Oct. 24
• Jesse Cook – Oct. 26*
• Lisa Loeb & Joan Osborne – Nov. 7
• The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration – Nov. 8
• Wish You Were Here – Nov. 22
• Jerome Collins – March 7*
• Gregorian – March 14
• One Night in Memphis – March 19
• Chris Thile – April 10
• The Electric Light Orchestra Experience – May 2
• Jake Shimabukuro – May 8

Leo Brown Group Classical Series

• Les Arts Florissants – Nov. 23
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Ray Chen – Jan. 30
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Marc-André Hamelin – March 7
• The Three Italian Tenors – March 29
• Joshua Bell – April 23

Old Town Holiday Series

• David Foster & Katharine McPhee – Dec. 2
• Jon McLaughlin & Friends – Dec. 5
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Dec. 8
• Dave Koz & Friends – Dec. 12
• Chris Isaak – Dec. 13

Printing Partners Encore Series

• Vienna Boys Choir – Oct. 19
• Heather Land – Nov. 1*
• Peabo Bryson – Nov. 21

Telamon Passport Series

• Il Divo – Oct. 9
• Aida Cuevas – Oct. 10
• Tito Puente Jr. and His Latin Jazz Ensemble – Nov. 8*
• Mariachi Herencia de México – Feb. 20
• Goitse – March 8
• Step Afrika! – March 15

Family Series

• Choir! Choir! Choir! – Oct. 2
• Bugs Bunny at the Symphony – Nov. 1 & 2
• Peking Acrobats – Feb. 26
• Dinosaur World Live – March 1
• Illusionist Rick Thomas – April 4

Special Events

• The Center Celebration 2025 presented by Ice Miller – Sept. 20
• Jay Leno – Sept. 27
• U.S. Navy Band Commodores – Oct. 23
• White Christmas Film Screening – Dec. 4
• Wayne Newton – Feb. 14