Tickets are on sale now for the Kent Arts Commission’s 2022–2023 Spotlight Series, which brings exceptional entertainment to Kent.
The upcoming season features seven performances, beginning Oct. 13 and running through March 25, 2023:
Catapult “Magic Shadows”
Thursday, Oct. 13
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $30 general, $28 senior, $20 youth
Catapult is a shadow dance company that rose to fame on Season 8 of America’s Got Talent, earning their way to the finals of the NBC-TV hit show. The company’s imaginative and theatrical art form combines dance, storytelling, and sculpture to create family-friendly shows full of humor and emotion. Sponsored by Allegro Performing Arts Academy
Darlingside
Saturday, Oct. 22
Kent-Meridian PAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $25 youth
This four-person, indie folk band from Massachusetts is praised for their harmonies and intelligent songwriting. They are described by NPR as “exquisitely-arranged, literary-minded, baroque folk-pop,” Their dynamic presence onstage has made them a live-performance favorite. Sponsored by Curran Law Firm and The Haffner Family
Magical Strings 36th Annual Celtic Yuletide Concert
Sunday, Dec. 4
Kent-Meridian PAC, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $26 general, $24 senior, $15 youth
The Boulding Family’s musical celebration of the holiday season is a festive and memorable tradition. Once again, Pam and Philip Boulding are joined by their children, grandchildren, and guests for an afternoon of Yuletide music, Irish step dancing, drumming, and storytelling.
Jazz at Lincoln Center “Songs We Love”
Friday, Jan. 20
Kent-Meridian PAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $25 youth
“Songs We Love” is a journey through the first 50 years of jazz song. An all-star band made up of New York’s rising stars sings their way through four decades of music, beginning with the early blues and jazz of the 1920s and ending in the early 1950s. Iconic singers that will be explored include Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland. Sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran through the Kent Community Foundation
International Guitar Night
Friday, Feb. 3
Kent-Meridian PAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $28 general, $26 senior $20 youth
International Guitar Night is North America’s premier traveling guitar festival, highlighting the virtuosity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. For International Guitar Night’s 23rd year, featured guitarists include Canadian jazz guitarist and vocalist, and recipient of the 2021 Juno (Canadian Grammy) for Jazz Album of the Year, Jocelyn Gould. She will be joined by Flamenco master Jesus Guerrero from Spain, contemporary classical guitarist Stephanie Jones, and Gypsy and Jazz guitarist Olli Soikkeli from Finland. Sponsored by Judy Woods and Pete and Pat Curran through the Kent Community Foundation
Matt Dusk Sings Sinatra
Friday, Mar. 17
Kent-Meridian PAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $30 general, $28 senior, $20 youth
Multi-Platinum selling crooner Matt Dusk whisks audiences away to Las Vegas in 1966 where he pays homage to the Chairman of the Board himself, Frank Sinatra. An energetic show with all the production value of a Broadway musical, Sinatra, takes audiences on a musical journey through Frank’s incredible career, including its ups and downs, hilarity, and heartbreak. Sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran through the Kent Community Foundation
Ray on My Mind
Saturday, Mar. 25
Kent-Meridian PAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $30 general, $28 senior, $20 youth
Part concert, part theatrical production, Ray on My Mind brings the music and story of the great Ray Charles to vivid life. Portraying Ray, master pianist/vocalist, Kenny Brawner leads an 11-piece orchestra and three vocalists in performing this American legend’s most popular hits. Music is interwoven with monologues depicting how gospel, blues, jazz, and country-influenced Ray’s style, while also reflecting on American social history, his epic battle with drugs, and his triumphant return home to Georgia. Sponsored by The Pete and Pat Curran Family
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Tickets for all Spotlight Series performances are on sale now. Tickets may be purchased online at kentarts.com, by calling 253-856-5051 or in person at the Kent Commons, 525 4th Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Spotlight Series is presented by the Kent Arts Commission and Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services and partially funded by 4Culture, Arts WA, WESTAF, National Endowment for the Arts, and a variety of business and individual sponsors.
For more information call 253-856-5050 or visit kentarts.com.
