Fall Arts Guide 2016
This Fall's Top 10 Concert Tickets to Book Now (While You Still Can!)
From Alabama Shakes to Adele, this season's concert line-up will have you singing along.
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Les Plaisirs De Versailles
Ars Lyrica Houston
Head to Hobby Center for the Performing Arts and time-travel to Versailles with this short, 17th-centurycomedic opera about the follies of French aristocrats by composer-to-the-royals Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Sept 9. arslyricahouston.org
Death Cab for Cutie
Revention Music Center
Ben Gibbard’s indie/electropop band never fails to captivate crowds with favorites like “Soul Meets Body” and “I Will Follow You into the Dark.”
Sept 13. reventionmusiccenter.com
Opening Night with Sir Ben Kingsley
Houston Symphony
Starting off the season on a high note, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Sergei Prokofiev’s enduring 1936 classic Peter and the Wolf, narrated by none other than Academy Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley.
Sept 17. houstonsymphony.org
Dance Like No One’s Watching
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Be the first to hear the Texas premiere of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s new “Dance Card” (commissioned by ROCO and San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra), conducted by Mei Ann Chen. Sept 23 at Miller Outdoor Theatre; Sept 24 at St. John the Divine. rocohouston.org
Brittany Howard on lead vocals and guitar for Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
The retro sound of the acclaimed Southern soul band will have hair whipping, heads bobbing and hips shaking when they hit the Bayou City.
Sept 24. woodlandscenter.org
Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait with Soprano Julia Bullock
Da Camera
Celebrating the life of the legendary ’20s singer, soprano Julia Bullock—a member of the renowned International Contemporary Ensemble—is sure to captivate audiences with her impressive range at the Wortham Theater Center.
Sept 30. dacamera.com
Smokey Robinson
Society for the Performing Arts
You won’t want to miss this living legend’s performance, drawing on four decades of chart toppers such as “My Girl,” “I Second That Emotion” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.”
Oct 7. spahouston.org
Adele
Route 66
The Houston Chamber Choir
Get your kicks at Miller Outdoor Theatre and sing along to a program of road-trip favorites as the choir celebrates the famed route’s 90th anniversary.
Oct 29. houstonchamberchoir.org
The Temptations & Four Tops
Arena Theatre
We dare you to not sing along as the legendary Motown ensemble belts out billboard hits like “Just My Imagination,” “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg.”
Nov 5. arenahouston.com
Adele
Houston Toyota Center
All Hail the Queen of England—no, not that one—as she says “Hello” to the Bayou City.
Nov 8–9. houstontoyotacenter.com
