PLAN AHEAD

OCT. 18 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are bringing the Getaway Tour to Glendale for a concert at Gila River Arena with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The tour takes its name from the Peppers’ 11th studio release, which hit the charts at No. 2 in June and has already sent lead single, “Dark Necessities,” to No. 1 on both the mainstream rock and alternative songs charts.

Details: Wednesday, Oct. 18. Gila River Arena, Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue, Glendale. $49-$99. 800-745-3000, gilariverarena.com.

— Ed Masley

OCT. 19-22 Carlos Mencia

The star of Comedy Central’s “Mind of Mencia” and “The Heartbreak Kid” will bring his standup act to Phoenix. Details: Oct. 19-22. 8 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday; 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday. StandUp Live, 50 W. Jefferson St., Phoenix. $30 and $50. 480-719-6100, standuplive.com.

— Alison Stanton

OCT. 21-22 ‘Hercules vs. Vampires’

Arizona Opera takes a detour into B-movie camp with this film-opera hybrid, which has world-class singers voice-syncing to the 1961 cult film “Hercules in the Haunted World.” The brainchild of composer Patrick Morganelli, it premiered at Opera Theater Oregon in 2010.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. Symphony Hall, 75 N. Second St., Phoenix. $25-$45. 602-266-7464, azopera.org.

— Kerry Lengel