Csipke Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble is hosting The Carpathian Folk Quartet live in concert at 7:30 p.m. next Friday at the Hungarian American Cultural Center, 26257 Goddard, Taylor.
Roma (Gypsy) virtuosi cimbalom player Sandor Kuti and Attila Jakab collaborate to present a program of the best of folk and Gypsy music from Hungary and Romania. Rounding out the ensemble are Laszlo Mester on viola and Robert Door on bass, who are considered the best in their field and who have played and toured with the world-renowned Okros Ensemble.
Tickets for the concert and afterglow party are $15. Make the evening complete with an authentic Hungarian gulyas (or goulash, if you prefer) dinner for $5. A cash bar will also be available.
Call 1-734-783-1012 or 734-323-4516 for tickets or more information.
Huron Valley Eagles Aerie 3732, 13636 Telegraph, Flat Rock, presents live bluegrass music starting at 8 p.m. Saturdays.
This week, The Larkin Family comes up from Tennessee to perform. Tickets are $10.
Children under 12 are admitted free with an adult.
Call Roy Cobb at 1-313-381-7751 or Dana Cupp Jr. at 1-586-754-6955 for more information.
The Taylor Town Trade Center, 22525 Ecorse Road, presents "The Taylor Town Opry," live music from 2 - 5 p.m. every Friday.
The concerts are free. All ages are welcome.
Country music sensation Clay Walker will perform at DTE Energy Music Theatre at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $32.50 pavilion, $10 lawn.
Buy tickets at the Palace box office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.palacenet.com or charge by phone at 1-248-645-6666.
The Emerson String Quartet plays Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, at 8 p.m. today.
One of the world's foremost chamber music groups, the Emerson String Quartet has won six Grammy Awards and countless other accolades while playing all over the world.
Tickets are $20 - $44. Call 1-734-764-2538 or 1-800-221-1229 or visit www.ums.org.
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the dynamic, innovative force behind The Who, will perform at The Palace at 7:30 p.m. today.
Tickets at $99.50, $79.50 and $54.50 are on sale at Palacenet.com, The Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre box offices and all Ticketmaster locations. A limited number of Golden Circle seats are also available. There is an eight-ticket limit.
Charge by phone at 1-248-645-6666.
Every ticket sold for the tour will include a free Virtual Ticket membership in The Who Tour club. Club members will be given an exclusive insider's look at every aspect of the tour from rehearsals and preparation to coverage via audio and video streams, downloads, set lists, news and much more.
For further information including Tour Club Memberships and VIP packages, visit www.thewho.com.
Jazz pianist and National Public Radio host Marian McPartland will play at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., at 8 p.m. Oct. 7.
McPartland will share the stage with fellow jazz pianist Bill Charlap, who will open the show with his trio, then play duets with McPartland.
Tickets are $10 - $80. Call 1-734-764-2538 or 1-800-221-1229 or visit www.ums.org.
Paul Simon will perform at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 with special guest Jerry Douglas.
Tickets are $45, $65 and $85 and available at the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and all Ticketmaster locations. Charge tickets by phone at 1-248-433-1515 or online at OlympiaEntertainment.com or Ticketmaster.com. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.
The Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway, Detroit, welcomes The Royal Winnipeg Ballet with its presentation of "Dracula" today through Sunday.
Tickets range from $28-$100, and are available at the Detroit Opera House ticket office, by phone at 1-313-237-7464, online at www.MichiganOpera.org and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
The Detroit Opera House's season continues with "Porgy and Bess" Oct. 21 - Nov. 5. Tickets range from $28-$120.
Michigan Opera Theatre presents Gioacchino Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville" Oct. 11 - Nov. 18. Tickets range from $28-$120.
The Joffrey Ballet will be in town to perform "The Nutcracker" Nov. 30 - Dec. 3. Tickets range from $28-$75.
The season continues into 2007 with Puccini's "Turandot," April 21-29; Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio," May 12 - 19; and Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette," June 2 - 9.
Regarded by many as one of the most influential artists emerging from the UK in the 1980s, Howard Jones returns to the stage for a limited engagement tour, stopping at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 Fourth St., at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Tickets are $25 and $35 and available at the Royal Oak Music Theatre box office, online at www.tickets.com or charged by phone at 1-800-919-6272. For more information, call 1-248-399-2980 or visit www.royaloakmusictheatre.com. The Royal Oak Music Theatre is at 318 W. Fourth Street. This is an all-ages show.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's World Music Series will make its debut in the 2006-07 season with five subscription concerts featuring African, Mexican, Chinese, Middle Eastern and Indian artists.
The series, created to attract new and diverse audiences to The Max M. Fisher Music Center, will take place in Orchestra Hall.
The shows include East Africa's Mombasa Party with the Royal Drummers of Burundi, Nov. 5; a Mexican holiday concert with Nati Cano and his band, Mariachi Los Camperos. Dec. 12; a Chinese New Year Celebration Feb. 18, featuring violinist Xiang Gao; Middle Eastern composer and oud (Arabic lute) player Marcel Khalife with the multi-ethnic Absolute Ensemble, April 5; and superstar sitarist Ravi Shankar, in an appearance with his Grammy-nominated daughter Anoushka Shankar, April 21.
Subscription packages that include all five concerts range in price from $90 to $105; box seat subscription packages are available for $205. For subscriptions, call 1-313-576-5111 or visit www.detroitsymphony.com.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra begins another season of its "Classics Unmasked" concert series with performances of Stravinsky's groundbreaking ballet "The Firebird" at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Oct. 6, at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
Introduced last season, "Classics Unmasked" offers audiences an engaging new way to experience classical music with a multimedia presentation that brings patrons closer to the music being performed and to the artists creating it.
Also appearing in his DSO debut is the young French cellist Gautier Capucon, performing the DSO premier of Henri Dutilleux's "A Whole World Distant." Rounding out the program is Ravel's "A Boat on the Ocean."
Tickets range from $19 to $117 and can be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office, by phone at 1-313-576-5111 or by visiting www.detroitsymphony.com
Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
Old Stoner Productions Presents the "Grande Ballroom 40th Anniversary Concert" Oct. 7 at The Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St.
Relive the heyday of Detroit's original rock 'n' roll palace when Big Brother & the Holding Co., Canned Heat, 3rd Power and Arthur Brown take the stage for one night only. The evening will also feature a tribute to Grande founder Russ Gibb.
Tickets are $52.50 and can be purchased online at www.tickets.com, by phone at 1-800-919-6272 or in-person at the Royal Oak Music Theatre box office and at Tickets.com outlets.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 DTE Energy season begins with "Motown," featuring hits from the record label's early days, with songs by The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and more, at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Oct. 12, at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
Led by popular Pops conductor Jeff Tyzik, the concerts will also welcome "Vision," a male vocal ensemble from the Detroit School of Arts.
Tickets range from $15 to $100 and can be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office, by phone at 1-313-576-5111 or online at www.detroitsymphoiny.com. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
The John Corbett Band performance at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St., has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 12.
Corbett, known his acting roles on "Sex and the City," "Northern Exposure," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Raising Helen," is taking on a new role as front man for a band with a mix of country and rock backgrounds, with Black Crowes' drummer Steve Gorman, Music City bassist Mike Brignardello, guitarists Kenny Vaughan and Pat Buchanan, keyboardist Mike Rojas and steel guitarist Mike Johnson. Harmony vocalists include Sara Buxton and veteran soul-shouter Jimmy Hall, former lead singer for Wet Willie.
Tickets are $20 and available at the Royal Oak Music Theatre box office, online at www.tickets.com, by phone at 1-800-919-6272 or at Tickets.com outlets.
For more information, call 1-248-399-2980 or visit www.royaloakmusictheatre. com. This is an all ages show.
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