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2018 – 2019 2018 – 2019 Chick Corea: Vigilette with The Mavericks: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 Carlitos Del Puerto and Hey! Merry Christmas! ........ 16 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 Marcus Gilmore ......................... 4 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 Judy Collins: Sir James Galway, Flute ..... 28 Trevor Noah ................................ 5 Holiday & Hits ............................17 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 Switchback The Fabulous Thunderbirds STOMP ......................................... 18 (Wareham Opera House) ........... 28 Featuring Kim Wilson ........... 6 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 The Hot Sardines Storm Large & Le Bonheur Black Violin ................................. 7 (Wareham Opera House) ........... 19 (Wareham Opera House) ............29 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23 iLuminate ..................................... 8 imPerfect Dancers Company: The Manhattan Transfer 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 Anne Frank — Words From meets Take 6 — The Summit .............................. 30 Emmylou Harris ........................ 9 the Shadow .......................................22 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 Diana Krall ................................ 31 DHOAD Gypsies of Legally Blonde — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 Rajasthan ................................... 10 The Musical ............................... 23 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 The King and I ......................... 32 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 Chanticleer ................................ 11 Béla Fleck & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 Abigail Washburn ................. 24 The Dalí Quartet with 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Olga Kern ......................................33 Monty Python’s Spamalot ...12 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 Potted Potter ........................... 25 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 Church Basement Ladies: Wynonna & The Big Noise ...13 Rise Up O Men ........................ 34 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18 Jukebox ...................................... 26 Aquila Theatre: Frankenstein 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 Neil Berg’s 101 Years of by Mary Shelley ...................... 14 Broadway .................................. 35 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Actors from the London Stage: Shakespeare’s King 7 p.m. Sunday, May 19 Stray Cat Lee Rocker ............. 15 Lear (Chapman Theatre) .......... 27 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 Dates, artists, venue and ticket prices subject to change. 785-532-6428 k-state.edu/mccain McCainAuditorium mccainksu JOIN THE FRIENDS OF MCCAIN FOR SUBSCRIBE NOW! EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES* Subscribe to seven to 12 events and save 10 percent. Priority seating before the general public. Subscribe to 13 or more events and save 15 percent. Free parking in the K-State parking garage. Subscribe to all events and save 20 percent. Invitations to Meet the Artist and other exclusive social events. Season tickets (seven or more events) on sale June 18. *Based upon the amount of gift. See middle of brochure for details. Single tickets on sale July 29. Season Sponsor Presenting Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Thank you to our McCain Performance Series Sponsors! (as of Sept. 24, 2018) THURSDAY 2018 SEPT. 13 7:30 p.m. Chick Corea’s breakout album, “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs,” announced his arrival as a master of the piano trio. And he’s spent the past 50 years constantly finding new trio adventures. With Carlitos Del Puerto on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums — the rhythmic backbone of his acclaimed group The Vigil — expect Corea’s unmistakable genius on new standards, tunes from his piano heroes and his classic compositions. 4 Host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” comedian Trevor Noah makes his McCain Auditorium debut with a hilarious evening of comedy fresh on the heels of his latest stand-up special “Afraid of the Dark.” One of the world’s brightest comedic masterminds, Noah was the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on both “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” FRIDAY 2018 SEPT. 21 7:30 p.m. 5 T I A L N T E S S E N A M E R I C A Q U I N B A T H E N D t u r i n g K i m W i l s F e a o n THURSDAY 2018 SEPT. 27 7:30 p.m. For over 30 years, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have been the quintessential American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles, manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid via such barn burners as “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap It Up.” Co-founder Kim Wilson, the sole original member, still spearheads the group. In addition to Wilson, the current Thunderbirds lineup features Jay Moeller on drums, Johnny Moeller and Mike Keller on guitar, and Randy Bermudes on bass. 6 Black Violin is a blend of classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B and bluegrass music that showcases the group’s dynamic performance style. Black Violin bridges infectious beats and lyrical melodies with classical instrumentation and searing technique that defies expectations and shatters stereotypes. Live, the group is accompanied by its incredible band, featuring ace turntable whiz DJ SPS and a drummer. The duo has shared the stage with such top names as Kanye West and Aerosmith, and has collaborated with the likes of Wu-Tang Clan, Wyclef Jean, P. Diddy, Alicia Keys, Tom Petty, Aretha Franklin and The Eagles. Black Violin’s most recent record “Stereotypes” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart. Named one of the hottest bands at SXSW in 2013, Black Violin was invited to perform at Bonnaroo and returned to SXSW this year to standing room-only crowds. TUESDAY 2018 OCT. 2 7:30 p.m. 7 TUESDAY 2018 OCT. 9 7:30 p.m. The music, art and the technological magic of “iLuminate” “iLuminate’s” patent-pending technology has been used brings you a story of adventure and romance told through dance in numerous performances by Grammy-winning superstars styles ranging from contemporary, hip-hop, Latin and breaking, such as Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas all using the power of light. With a mashup of dazzling and others. It has also been featured on hit television shows, wizardry, spectacular dance moves, high-tech effects and including “America’s Got Talent,” in which the dance troupe original music, “iLuminate” is a unique in-the-dark event not took third place; “Dancing with the Stars”; and “X Factor,” as to be missed. Founded by dancer and software engineer Miral well as awards shows such as the “American Music Awards,” Kotb, “iLuminate” uses wireless lighting programs to produce MTV’s “Video Music Awards,” BET awards, Nickelodeon extraordinary lighting effects choreographed with phenomenal awards, Billboard and Latin Billboard awards, and “The Ellen dance moves that take viewers on an exhilarating ride. DeGeneres Show.” 8 FRIDAY 2018 OCT. 12 7:30 p.m. ONE OF THE MOST ADMIRED AND INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MUSIC A 14-time Grammy winner and Billboard radio in the 1970s and established Crowell. Few artists have achieved such Century Award recipient, Emmylou herself as the premiere songwriter of a honesty or have revealed such maturity in Harris’ contribution as a singer and generation. She has sold more than 15 their writing. Forty years into her career, songwriter spans 40 years. She has million records and garnered 13 Grammy Harris continues to share the hard-earned recorded more than 25 albums and Awards (this year she and Rodney wisdom that — hopefully if not inevitably has lent her talents to countless fellow Crowell won the Grammy for Best — comes with getting older, though she’s artists’ recordings. In recognition of her Americana Album), three CMA Awards never stopped looking ahead. remarkable career, Harris was inducted and two Americana Awards. into the Country Music Hall of Fame in A longtime social activist, Harris has 2008 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Harris is one of the most admired and lent her voice to many causes. She has Achievement Award in 2018. influential women in music. She has performed at Lilith Fair, helping promote recorded with such diverse artists as feminism in music, and organized several Harris is known as much for her Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, Bob benefit tours to support the Vietnam eloquently straightforward songwriting Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Gram Veterans of America Foundation. Harris as for her incomparably expressive Parsons, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, is also an avid supporter of animal rights singing. Admired through her career Roy Orbison, Ryan Adams, Beck, Elvis and is actively involved in Bonaparte’s for her talent as an artist and song Costello, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams, Retreat, the dog rescue organization that connoisseur, Harris shook up country Lyle Lovett and, most recently, Rodney she founded. 9 Gypsies of Rajasthan Hypnotic and joyous music from India TUESDAY 2018 OCT. 16 7:30 p.m. Direct from Jaipur, India, DHOAD Gypsies of Rajasthan share a Hollande; and at the birthday party of Mick Jagger of the repertoire of song, music and dance from the tradition of the Rolling Stones. In 2016, the company won the Fryderyk, the seminomadic traveling musicians in Rajasthan. The company Polish Grammy, for Best Roots Music Album with the record has performed, most notably, at Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond “Sun Celebration.” The group has performed more than 1,100 Jubilee celebration in London; for the honorable prime minister concerts in 95 countries, earning it the title of “The Cultural of India, Narendra Modi; for the president of France, François Ambassadors of Rajasthan.” 10 The world’s reigning male chorus THURSDAY 2018 OCT.