MOUNTAIN HOME, AR – The Arkansas State University-Mountain Home 13th Annual Performing Arts Series season featuring a free Gaston Lecture, free Arvest Concert, and four ticketed events, will begin on September 17 in the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the campus of ASU-Mountain Home.
Sean of the South – Sean Dietrich
Presented by the Gaston Lecture Series
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Tickets: FREE – No tickets required
Sean Dietrich is a columnist, novelist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, The Tallahassee Democrat, the Birmingham News, The Mobile Press Register, and his column appears in newspapers throughout the U.S. He has authored fifteen books, he is the creator of the Sean of the South Podcast, and makes appearances on the Grand Ole Opry.
Arrival from Sweden: The Music of ABBA
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults: $45 +fees Students: $22.50 +fees
Arrival from Sweden is the world’s most popular and best-selling ABBA production. Since its start in 1995, the production has toured over 70 nations. The band has done nearly 100 tours in the USA since 2005 and has played together with more than 100 symphony orchestras worldwide since 2007. An Arrival from Sweden show is the closest you can get to the experience of seeing “The real ABBA” on stage. Featuring hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Mama Mia,” “Take A Chance,” “SOS,” and many more delivered with such accuracy, it’s hard to believe that it’s not the real ABBA on stage.
Grand Ol’ Christmas
Presented by the Coulter Holiday Endowment
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. Matinee
Tickets: Adults: $40 +fees Students: $20 +fees
Don’t touch that dial…broadcasting live from the Grand Ol’ Radio Network on 1225 AM, N-OE-L Radio, it’s Will Hearn’s Grand Ol’ Christmas Show! Brought to you by The Grand Ol’ Production Company and a cast of the best artists and entertainers in Texas like Dalton Flake, the Dirty River Jazz Band, Americana standout Blue Water Highway, and the NOEL Radio Orchestra and Gospel Singers! This raucous rollicking retro radio show features all-time favorite festive Christmas classics like you’ve never heard them before and sketch comedy shenanigans that progressively and cleverly blur the lines between nostalgia and satire. Made for music and comedy lovers alike from boomer to millennial, The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is an inspiring Holiday tradition!
Forever Young
Presented by the Haley Cultural Arts Endowment
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults: $40 +fees Students: $20 +fees
Forever Young follows one unforgettable group of friends as they discover the greatest hits of all time! Set in a music-filled suburban basement, this unbelievable heartfelt true story is guaranteed to take you back to the first time you pushed play, tuned in, and set the needle down. Featuring songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis & The News, Styx, Queen, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Brooks & Dunn, The Black Crows, Bon Jovi, and many more, this multi-award-winning production is jam packed with powerhouse vocals, dynamite choreography, and one sensational true story that is guaranteed to make you feel…FOREVER YOUNG.
Suzy Bogguss
Presented by the Arvest Concert Series
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Tickets: FREE – No tickets required
During the creative explosion that was country music in the 1990's, Grammy winner Suzy Bogguss sold 4 million records with sparkling radio hits like “Outbound Plane,” “Someday Soon,” “Letting Go,” “Drive South,” and “Hey, Cinderella.” In the midst of her country popularity, she made albums with the legendary Chet Atkins and Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel. An album of original music in 2007 landed her on the jazz charts, and her folk music roots show through in her frequent appearances on public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. Her latest offering, “Prayin’ For Sunshine,” is an Americana tour de force.
Michael Cavanaugh: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults: $45 +fees Students $22.50 +fees
Michael Cavanaugh is the new voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Michael began playing piano at age seven, but an opportunity to play in Las Vegas at the famed New York, New York Hotel and Casino changed his life. It was there that Billy Joel spotted Michael and joined him on stage one fateful night of February 2001. It only took two songs before Billy was convinced that he had found his new Piano Man: Michael Cavanaugh. Michael moved to New York City to work alongside Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp to shape the Broadway Musical that would be called Movin’ Out. In the lead role, he received both Tony and Grammy nominations.
Season ticket packages include five shows for $150, plus fees. That’s a savings of $20 on tickets, if purchased separately.
Total single ticket prices = $170 for adults
Season ticket prices include one ticket to each show = $150
A savings of $20 for a season ticket!
Ordering tickets – Easy as 1-2-3:
1. Online at www.TheSheid.com – Available 24/7 through the secure, online system iTickets, or
2. Phone – (870) 508-6280, or
3. In Person – Box Office hours are Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and one hour prior to performance and during intermission.
**Holiday hours vary according to the ASUMH schedule.
For more information, contact the Vada Sheid Community Development Center at 870-508-6280.
