Joe Ely plans for Main Street Crossing concert
Life-long Texan and traveling songwriter Joe Ely will perform at Main Street Crossing at 8 p.m. on Feb. 12. Tickets start at $35.
This year finds the Texas legend at 68 and he’s also the official Texas State Musician for 2016, as voted on by the Texas lege, an honor previously bestowed to the likes of Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Billy Gibbons and Sara Hickman.
Main Street Crossing is located at 111 W. Main Street in Tomball. Learn more at www.mainstreetcrossing.com or call 281290-0431.
Songwriting duo sets concert
Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist – members of the Austin group Band of Heathens – will perform a duo show at Main Street Crossing at 8 p.m. on Feb. 23. Tickets start at $35.
Jurdi and Quist are the two original members and main songwriters of the hard-rocking southern jam band with Americana tendencies, and both have released solo albums. Their latest effort together as a band is 2013’s Sunday Morning Record, written and recorded following a period of change within the band.
Main Street Crossing is located at 111 W. Main Street in Tomball. Learn more at www.mainstreetcrossing.com or call 281290-0431.
Jerrett Zoch will perform show
Jerrett Zoch and the OSR Band will perform at 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 12 at Big Texas Saloon in Spring. Adult tickets are $8, 18 and up tickets are $15.
The Huntsville-based band just released their new album, Kings & Queens last month. They’ve seen recent success of their single “I’m Done,” a rocking country breakup song that doesn’t hold back the talented guitar playing of the band.
Big Texas is located at 19959 Holzwarth Road in Spring. Learn more at www.bigtexassaloon.com or call 281-353-8898.
Theater troupe plans comedy
The Old West Melodrama Productions presents A Golden Fleecing, opening Feb. 12 and continuing on Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 27, with dining and preshow activities beginning at 7 p.m. at Puffabelly’s in Old Town Spring. Tickets start at $13 for students and seniors and are $15 for adults.
The melodrama comedy a woman who inherits a saloon and who has dreams of turning it into a sarsaparilla soda fountain and bridal shop. But things get complicated when a villian, an accomplice named Miss Twinkle Toes and a gunslinging granny enter.
The Old West Melo- drama Productions community theater troupe performs a run of shows focused solely on the old west every quarter in Old Town Spring. Dinner is available before the performance with a menu of southern comfort food starting at $11.99.
The theater troupe performs at Puffabelly’s, 100 Main Street in Old Town Spring. Learn more at www.oldwestmelodrama.com or call 713-364-9190.
Shakespeare classic for stage
Repertory Theatre Co. presents William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” running through Feb. 21. Tickets are $38 and are available for purchase online.
The production of the classic love story, just in time for Valentine’s Day, is directed by Scott Carr. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.
The Texas Repertory Theatre is located at 14243 Stuebner Airline Road in Houston. Learn more at www.texreptheatre.org or call 281-583-7573.
Musical comedy set for showtime
Houston Family Arts Center presents the musical “Forever Plaid,” running through Feb. 21 on the Garza Main Stage. Tickets are $26.
Written and originally directed by Stuart Ross, the musical comedy is about four young singers who die in a car crash on the way to see The Beatles, but that doesn’t keep them from their own final performance. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays.
The Houston Family Arts Center is located at 10760 Grant Road in Houston. Learn more at www.houstonfac.com or call 281-587-6100.
Blues band plays tribute to SRV
Blues band Texas Flood will pay tribute to the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan at 8 p.m. on Feb. 12 at Concert Pub North. Tickets start at $12.
The band is from north Texas and features Hungarian guitarist and vocalist Tommy Katona, who began listening to Vaughan when he was four. The band performs this month in Dallas, Houston and Baton Rouge.
Concert Pub North is located at 2470 FM1960 West. Learn more at www.theconcertpub.com or call 281-583-8111.
Local symphony sets free concert
Symphony North of Houston presents a free concert at 4 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Northwoods Presbyterian Church.
The winter concert features Williams’ Cowboys Overture, Ochoa’s Oboe Concerto, featuring Bonnie Haines and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1 In One Movement op. 9.
Northwoods Presbyterian Church is located at 3320 FM 1960 West in Houston. Learn more at www.symphonynorth.org or call 713-867-3465. Entertainment roundup is a weekly feature compiled by Brandon Moeller. Send suggestions to moellerbrandon@gmail.