Local Entertainment

Plaza Series ends Aug. 29 with A Samplify of Amplify, a collaboration of 10 local singer-songwriters making inroads in folk, country and indie-rock

The outdoor party takes over Millennium Park on Sunday, August 25 with music, dance and food trucks

The travelling circus showcases 17 artists from around the world performing on a specially constructed water stage

This one-act operetta follows the trial of a young man who is sued by his girlfriend for jilting her.

The Canterbury Tales whips the audience back to roughly 1375 in England’s Middle Ages in a spinoff of Geoffrey Chaucer’s famous tales.

The premise is simple. Four wacky individuals meet regularly to discuss their personal alien abductions.

In Sweet Jesus – The Gospel According to Felt, the two millennia-old Messiah is an arm puppet with bug eyes, scraggly hair and very long arms. He’s returned to Earth to see if his great sacrifice was worth it.

This year's 11-day extravaganza brings out 216 indoor shows with 1,600 stage performers

Performers will showcase subcultures and sub-genres of music at Lions Park, from salsa and cumbia, to reggae and rock

Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt, Hailey Benedict, Aaron Goodvin, Jackie Rae Greening and Matthew Atkins are nominated from our corner of the country