Allred, jazz band to perform at Vero Heritage Center
Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band will perform at The Heritage Center in Vero Beach as part of the Treasure Coast Jazz Society?s ?Jazz at Noon? concert series.

Disney opening American Idol Experience Feb. 14
Walt Disney World guests can register to audition in front of a Disney casting director for a chance to take part in the theme park show. Contestants who make the cut must then audition for a Disney producer. Those selected by producers will perform in front of an onstage panel of judges and an audience of park guests who vote on each show's winners.

Cool crooner Martino to play at Lyric
Al Martino, who will perform Thursday at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, is an Italian-American crooner in the Dean Martin/Tony Bennett vein.

Jazz giant David Sanborn to visit the Lyric Theatre
In a career that has spanned more than 40 years, alto saxophonist David Sanborn has performed with virtually every artist ? jazz, rock, rhythm ?n? blues, you name it, he?s done sessions or shared a stage with everybody from Gil Evans to Bob James to Pink Floyd. Sanborn?s horn is on famous recordings by Steely Dan, Elton John, David Bowie and a dozen others.

Melissa Manchester to appear in Fort Pierce, West Palm Beach
Only a handful of singer/songwriters who debuted in the 1970s can still boast an enormous and dedicated following of fans. Melissa Manchester, you can be sure, is one of them.

'Radio Hanukkah' to cover Jewish rock stars
When you think of music with Jewish influences, Bon Jovi, The E Street Band and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers probably don't come to mind. But each of these rock groups had a key player influenced by his Jewish heritage. Author Scott Benarde, who lives west of Boynton Beach, is revealing lots of these rock 'n' roll trivia tidbits during his nightly radio show, Stars of David, on Radio Hanukkah, a channel on the Sirius XM Radio satellite subscription network, through Thursday.

'Legends' to take the Lyric stage for doo-wop concert
Twice on Thursday, you can take a time machine back half a century with ?The Legends of Doo Wop,? an evocation of the close harmony hits of bygone guy groups.

'Movin' Out' is movin' in to Sunrise Theatre
The show is an exuberant blend of more than two dozen Billy Joel tunes ? performed by an onstage, eight-member band led by a ?Piano Man? ? and Tharp?s visceral, highly charged choreography.