Community Calendar

Guess who’s turning 40? The DeWitt Community Concert Band will celebrate this musical milestone with a special “Celebrating 40 Years of Musical Memories” concert at the DeWitt Middle School auditorium on Wednesday, May 14. DCCB will be joined onstage by the Twilight Memories Big Band for the concert which begins at 7:00pm. Admission is FREE and door prizes will be provided.

DCCB was established in 1985 with an original membership of 13 musicians. Over a span of 25 years, under the leadership of its founder, Pat Keilen Jackson, the band thrived and attracted much of its current membership. The band has been conducted by Nicole Leppala since 2017, after two years as associate director and 23 years as a French Horn player.

DCCB has performed at numerous local events including the DeWitt Ox Roast, Pumpkin Palooza, the St. John’s Mint Festival and seasonal concerts at many of the area’s retirement communities.

Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Nominated for 12 Tony® Awards and the winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, it’s a thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America.

Set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” Ain’t Too Proud tells the unforgettable story of the legendary quintet that Billboard Magazine named the greatest R&B group of all time.

Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations will have an ASL interpreted performance on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. Please call (269) 387-2300 or stop at the box office Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m., to ensure you are correctly seated.

Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Nominated for 12 Tony® Awards and the winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, it’s a thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America.

Set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” Ain’t Too Proud tells the unforgettable story of the legendary quintet that Billboard Magazine named the greatest R&B group of all time.

Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations will have an ASL interpreted performance on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. Please call (269) 387-2300 or stop at the box office Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m., to ensure you are correctly seated.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL has been thrilling audiences and earning raves from critics throughout North America since it began touring after its sensational Off-Broadway debut. This touching and hilarious 'tell-it-like-it-is' musical takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a group of female friends.

Audience members can’t help but laugh, cry, and even find themselves singing and dancing in the aisles as some of the most popular hit songs of the 80s and 90s make this musical a fan favorite! Follow five friends as they visit their past, celebrate their present, and look to the future on a wild and hilarious night out... and you'll recognize a bit of yourselves in every one of them!

It is described as “Desperate Housewives meets Mamma Mia” (Applause Magazine), “A boisterous, bust-out, bawdy musical revue” (Wisconsin State Journal), “An infectious, exhilarating sense of intoxication (Hollywood Reporter), and “As funny and outrageous as Sex and the City!” (The Advocate).

GIRLS NIGHT is bursting with energy and is packed with hits “Lady Marmalade,” “It’s Raining Men,” “Man I Feel Like A Woman,” “I Will Survive,” “We Are Family,” and many more.

You’re probably familiar with the music of “March King” John Philip Sousa, now join the Forest Hills Adult Community Band in paying homage to Sousa’s programming preferences as leader of the US Marine Band! In structuring his concerts, Sousa selected pieces that fit into certain categories–“Overture,” “March” (of course!), and so on–to build his vision of the ideal concert balance. Join the band for this beautiful bouquet of Sousa-inspired selections!

Be sure to come early for the pre-concert talk with director John Martin at 2:15! You won’t want to miss it!

Use parking lot and auditorium entrance off of Knapp St.
Auditorium doors open at 2:10pm

Duke Charelle has won numerous awards for his music and performances. Apart from being a part of the NME Online Music Awards live performances for a consecutive five years he has taken home the Akedemia Music Awards in 2016 for Best Funk Song, Tantric Dance. Duke Charelle's single "Liquid Galaxies (Grains of Sand)", reached Billboard Top 100 chart, with rank #22 on the compilation album "Hotline Miami: Vol #3, as well as #6 on iTunes charts. Duke Charelle writes from personal experiences with expansive psychedelic thought to transcend beyond the self. His work has inspired many and he sees the future of much more music that inspires to come.

We’re raising our glass to the 20th Anniversary of our largest annual fundraiser of the year: The Art, Beer, and Wine Festival! Join your friends (and make new ones) at Jackson, Michigan’s largest tasting events. A favorite community tradition, we’ll showcase Michigan’s best wineries, breweries, cider mills, and local artists. Guests will also enjoy a tasty line-up of food vendors with live music throughout the grounds and in our historic Hillside Farmlane courtyard for a perfect summer day.

Snag the presale discount on tickets now!

Interested in being a vendor? All vendors (artists, food vendors, breweries, wineries, distilleries, cider mills, or specialty vendors) must complete registration by March 16th through Zapplication. If you are experiencing difficulties with registering for the event, please contact artbeerandwine@ellasharp.org to resolve the issue.

Cars fly, trees fight back, and monsters are on the loose in Harry's second year at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! This concert features the film Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets™ in high-definition, on a giant screen, while the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams' unforgettable score. Relive every magical moment as the music brings life to a story that has enchanted the world.

WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR.

Richard Goode, Piano | Sarah Shafer, Soprano

Accomplished artists of two generations will perform a dynamic program of music by Fauré, Brahms, and Schubert. Venerable virtuoso Richard Goode is known for performances of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness. A leading interpreter of works by Mozart and Beethoven, he is an exclusive Nonesuch recording artist who won a Grammy® Award for the Brahms Sonatas recorded with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. He is on the Distinguished Artist Faculty of the Peabody Institute.

Star soprano Sarah Shafer has distinguished herself as equally comfortable with lieder and opera. Praised for her leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera, she has sung with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and at the Spoleto Festival USA and the Oregon Bach Festival.

Concert preview at 6:30 pm in the Olmsted Room with Dr. Zaide Pixley

Hailed as one of the "most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era,” the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, was the highest-charting American band in Billboard Magazine's Top 125 Artists of All Time. Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.

Featuring the signature sounds Chicago fans have come to love, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT, captures the true heart of this legendary band. Over the entire course of 14 vibrant new songs, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT encapsulates the unique blend of award-winning and personal songwriting, multilayered harmonic vocalizations, and world-class arrangements that have been electrifying audiences across the globe for decades.

Chicago has toured every year since the beginning — they’ve never missed a year. The original three band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, and James Pankow on trombone. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Tony Obrohta on guitar, Loren Gold on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Eric Baines on bass and Ramon "Ray" Yslas on percussion.

This band's concerts celebrate the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen ever-Classic Songs. 2025 marks the band’s 58th consecutive year of touring!