Don’t miss The Return of ELP with Carl Palmer at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

Welcome Back: The Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
8 p.m. Friday, March 21
The Palladium
Tickets from $35
Katz, Sapper & Miller Pop/Rock Series

Drummer extraordinaire Carl Palmer leads a tour celebrating the legacy of progressive-rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The trio were known for their classical influences, instrumental virtuosity and a string of platinum albums in the 1970s that made songs such as “Lucky Man,” “From the Beginning” and “Karn Evil 9” staples of rock radio. With full cooperation from the estates of his late bandmates, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, Palmer developed this production, which combines live performance by Palmer and his current band with video of Emerson and Lake from a 1992 ELP concert.

Dustbowl Revival: A Laurel Canyon Retrospective
8 p.m. Friday, March 21
The Tarkington
Tickets from $40
Katz, Sapper & Miller Pop/Rock Series

Dustbowl Revival offers a fresh take on timeless classics from the late 1960s folk-rock wave, including songs by Joni Mitchell, the Mamas and the Papas, the Doors, CSNY and Brian Wilson, as well as the 1970s radio hitmakers from the second wave: Carole King, James Taylor, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Three Dog Night and more. Hailing from Venice Beach, California, Dustbowl Revival is renowned for its signature harmony vocals, soulful horn section and ripping rhythm section of drums, bass and electric guitar. Going into their second decade on the road, the collective has toured to 11 countries and counting.

Grupo Niche
8 p.m. Saturday, March 22
The Palladium
Tickets from $45
Telamon Passport Series

Grupo Niche is a Colombian salsa orchestra formed in 1979, recognized by critics and the public alike as the most successful in Latin America during the last four decades. The award-winning ensemble was founded in Bogotá by the late composer and arranger Jairo Varela Martínez before resettling in the western city of Cali. The group is known for its prominent horn arrangements, up-tempo African rhythms, and hits such as “Cali Pachanguero” and “Una Aventura” that have become standards of the genre. Grupo Niche’s latest album is Niche Sinfónico, recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and named Best Salsa Album at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards.

GRIMMZ Fairy Tales
5 p.m. Sunday, March 23
The Palladium
Tickets from $25
Old Town Family Series

GRIMMZ Fairy Tales is a new play for children that centers on two modern-day street performers, Jay and Will, who bring the time-honored stories of the Brothers Grimm to life with a contemporary urban spin. Performed in hip-hop style amid a brick landscape with graffiti and flashing lights, the featured tales include “Cinderella Remix,” “Rapunzel” and “Snow White & the Seven Shawties.” The production was developed by the New Jersey-based Experiential Theater Company in partnership with the North Carolina-based Children’s Theatre of Charlotte.

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers
7 p.m. Sunday, March 23
The Tarkington
Tickets from $40
Telamon Passport Series

Formed in 2002 in Scotland, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have become a global phenomenon with their unique fusion of rocked-up bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Their “bagrock” sound mixes traditional pipe tunes like “The Flowers of Scotland” and “The Hills of Argyll” with more recent anthems such as Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and Coldplay’s “Clocks.” A nine-piece ensemble of pipes, guitars, keyboards and drums, they gained international fame after winning top prize on the U.K. TV talent show When Will I Be Famous in 2007.

Luminaries: Choreographing Dance Narratives with Iris Rosa Santiago
2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25
The Palladium
Tickets: $10, includes light refreshments

Iris Rosa Santiago is a choreographer, an Afro-Puerto Rican immigrant and professor emerita of Indiana University Bloomington. Her presentation will focus on various ideas, philosophies, thoughts, feelings and lived experiences that inspire her storytelling in the dance discipline. Dance narratives can be political, historical, social and cultural, and this provides a plethora of material from which to choose. She will share some videos of past choreographic pieces that illustrate her creative work.