The Hardin County Society Singers will present its 39th fall show this weekend at the Kenton Middle School auditorium. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and free for students.

LIMA — Country music artist Merle Haggard will perform a concert on Oct. 22 at the Lima Civic Center. Haggard's first Top 10 hit came in 1964 with "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers," and his first No. 1 was "The Fugitive" in 1966.

MARION — Making their return to the Marion Palace Theatre stage on Sunday, October 4 at 3 p.m. is the all-singing, all-dancing duo, “Two On Tap,” starring Broadway veterans, Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano. The pair first appeared at the Palace in 2013.

MARION — Travis Tritt will take the Marion Palace Theatre stage on Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. to share his songs and stories with country music fans. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1992, Tritt has 7 Certified Platinum Albums and has won 2 Grammy Awards for his collaboration work with other country artists.

BLUFFTON — Rehearsals for Bluffton University’s 120th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Oct. 6, in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall on campus. Anyone interested in singing, from high school students to adults, is invited to join the chorus, which typically ranges from 70-90 members, including Bluffton students, faculty, staff and community members.

MARION – Audience members will experience a show filled with magic, mayhem and flying carpet rides when the Palace Cultural Arts Association presents the junior production of Disney’s “Aladdin, Jr.” The three performances on the Palace Theatre main stage are Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “The Second City Fully Loaded,” featuring a special third act with ONU’s improv group “Fearless Shenanygans,” on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 8:30 p.m. for the 2015 Homecoming performance. Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny, the group brings you satire with all the bells and whistles.

LIMA — Big Daddy Weave, one of Christian music's biggest headlining artists, will perform Oct. 18 at Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center, Lima. Its "My Story Tour” features Jason Gray and Citizen Way.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Edges” from Sept. 24 to 27 at 7:30 p.m. A second show will be held on Friday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 p.m.

FINDLAY — The University of Findlay theatre program will present “The Taming” by Lauren Gunderson, American playwright, as its 2015-2016 season opener. “The Taming” will be shown Sept. 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 2 p.m in the University of Findlay’s Egner Center for the Performing Arts, John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre.