Main Stage Happenings

Who’s laughing now? Kelly Swanson brings her slightly-skewed take on life – Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale – to Highlands Performing Arts Center, on Saturday, August 26.

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It’s Comedy Tonight on Saturday, August 26 at 7:30 P.M. with Kelly Swanson and her Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale. Kelly’s wacky wit and powerful stories have charmed hearts and tickled funny bones for over 15 years. Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, Huffington Post Contributor, and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show airing on Amazon Prime. She has authored Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Land of If Only, The Story Formula, and The Gutsy Girls Pocket Guide to Public Speaking. She has been the keynote speaker for the International Toastmasters Convention and has keynoted major conferences and corporate events from coast to coast. Saturday, September 2, at 7:30 P.M. brings the Ultimate Rock Concert to the main stage with THE HIT MEN. Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Wings, Alan Parsons, Billy Joel, Sting, Elton John,

Journey, The Who and Cream were among the most beloved and influential classic rock artists of the second half of the 20th century. And all share another common denominator: at some point during their careers each had at least one of THE HIT MEN playing behind them on the road or in the studio.

THE HIT MEN – a supergroup consisting of super-talented sidemen and sessions musicians – either played, sang or did both on tour or in the studio for some of the most memorable classic rock hits of the era, including Feels Like The First Time (Foreigner), Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey), Live and Let Die (Wings), Eye In The Sky (Alan Parsons), and You May Be Right (Billy Joel), using their talents to entrance audiences internationally. In their exciting multimedia show, THE HIT MEN perform the hits that they helped rocket to the top of the Billboard charts, and they share fascinating never-before-told backstage stories about their adventures on the road and in recording studios with the classic rock legends they performed with. It’s like seeing 10 Rock Legends for the price of one!

And by the way, the National Theatre of London will present (recorded live from the West End) The Best of Enemies by James Graham on Saturday, August 12, at 1:00 P.M. in the Martin-Lipscomb Theater.

All tickets are available at HighlandsPerformingArts.com or at 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands NC.

by Mary Adair Trumbly, Highlands Performing