GRAMMY®-nominated band MercyMe has announced the line up and routing for their spring "Always Only Jesus Tour." Named after their newly released, best-selling project, ALWAYS ONLY JESUS, the tour will hit 26 cities across the US with Taya and Micah Tyler opening each night. It continues to be a landmark time for the multi-platinum selling,…
On Sunday, April 2 at 2:00 PM, Joan Wells and Kris Simon will bring to the Betty Strong Encounter Center an entertaining living history performance about the cattle drives and the origin of western music through their "Cattle Trails and Songs of The West.” Admission is free, with reception to follow. The duo begins by…
After 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy®,…
The Wildwoods are an enchanting Folk/Americana trio based in Lincoln, Nebraska, whose flowing songwriting tandem has been praised by Paste Magazine as "focused and charmingly human". The Wildwoods' delicate melodies and descriptive lyrics come from nature, love, experiences from the road, and growing up in Nebraska. The band released their debut album, Sweet Nostalgia, followed…
Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical spectacular. Madagascar The Musical will include a tour stop. This smash hit musical features all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find…
On Saturday, April 22 at 2:00 PM, the Betty Strong Encounter Center will welcome Audrey Johnson, a classically trained opera singer and founder of the performance platform “Of Thee I Sing.” She will perform Songs and Stories of Heroism from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. She will be accompanied by Lor Jessen, a local piano collaborative…
Join Aladdin, Jasmine, and The Genie (Robin Williams) as we take a magic carpet ride through time and revisit DISNEY’S ALADDIN IN CONCERT LIVE TO FILM. Relive your favorite moments of the original 1992 animated feature projected in high-definition on the big screen at the Orpheum Theatre as the Sioux City Symphony brings to life…
Must be 21 or older. Doors open one hour prior to show start time. “Come and Get It” “Baby Blue” “No Matter What” “Day After Day” Power pop legends, these Top 4 Badfinger hits show why Badfinger was one of the first signed by the Beatles when they decided to get in the record-company business.…
Acoustic guitar and vocal duo "Buck 'n Bill" will bring their tunes from "Old Nebraska Way to the State of I-O-Way” to the Betty Strong Encounter Center at 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 23. You will find their saddle bags packed with songs from the likes of Bob Wills, Carl Perkins, Neil Young, Hank Williams,…
Must be 21 or older. Doors open one hour prior to show start time. (hed)p.e. Since 1994 (hed)p.e. has been turning heads with their brand of original and unique music. The band has been called everything from rock, metal, punk, reggae, rapcore, and more. With such a vast career and 10 studio albums, the band…
Sisters from the Outlaw Trail, Teresa Kay Orr and Marci Broyhill will present their enjoyable program, “Call of the West,” at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on Sunday, April 30 at 2:00 PM. This duo, through music, stories, and PowerPoint, share the intriguing reasons why people who followed the Call of the West. You will…
Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! Rich with musical hits you know and love, including "Tradition," "Sunrise, Sunset;' "If I Were A Rich Man;' "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and "To Life (L'Chaim!)," FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life,…