LIMA — The Lima Symphony Orchestra kicks off a new season in search of their next conductor at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center in Lima on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Conducting finalist Nadège Foofat, accompanied by baritone soloist Jeremiah Sanders, will lead the orchestra in a program that is both fresh and nostalgic featuring Songs For Our New World.

FINDLAY — Billy Buchanan’s “Pioneers of Rock-n-Soul” show is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the University of Findlay. It will be at Winebrenner Building’s TLB Auditorium. Tickets are $15 each at the door. Buchanan’s nonstop, no-holds-barred performance, which will include a live band, channels soul greats such as Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and other icons.

FINDLAY — Join legendary vocalist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mary Wilson, a founding Supremes Motown member and recent ABC Dancing with the Stars contestant, for an unforgettable concert at the University of Findlay on Nov. 8 that will raise funds to support the student-run UFTV station.

FINDLAY — The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding Marathon Center for the Performing Arts and Findlay Light Opera Company a grant of $10,000 to support a community production of The Music Man. It is scheduled to be staged next year on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 21 at 3 p.m.

MARION — October offers entertainment seekers plenty to do at the historic Marion Palace Theatre. Five separate live events are scheduled to take place. Main stage events include a Disney junior musical and a tribute to the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons; while the Pavilion will serve as the location for a night of improv comedy, music and wine tasting event, and a family friendly Halloween bash.

ADA – The Ohio Northern University Department of Theatre Arts will present a lecture demonstration, “Dancing History,” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Guest artist and dance historian Thomas Baird has been on campus working with ONU students to develop historical dance techniques. Audiences can expect to witness changes of period dance styles, dress and music.

FINDLAY – Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale of a boy, his insect friends and their amazing journey across the ocean on a giant piece of fruit, sets sail on Oct. 4 and 5 in Findlay. Performances of the family-friendly musical “James and the Giant Peach” will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 and 2 p.m. Oct. 5 the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, located at 200 W. Main Cross St., Findlay.

LIMA — Honoring American Veterans (HAV), a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending veterans’ suicide and homelessness, will host “Hollywood in the Heartland,” a star-studded benefit event to support local veterans on Sept. 21 at the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center.

BLUFFTON – Tickets are available for the Sept. 19 performance by Boston-based a cappella group Ball in the House at 7 p.m. in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall. Averaging 200 shows a year, the high energy group performs R&B, soul and pop hits during shows that have audiences singing, dancing and beatboxing along.

MARION — The Guess Who, rock music’s top hit-makers of 1960s and ‘70s, are set to perform a live concert at the Marion Palace Theatre on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Initially gaining recognition in Canada in the 1960s, The Guess Who found international super-stardom through the mid-1970s. Their impressive collection of hit singles includes "These Eyes," "Clap For the Wolfman," "Hand Me Down World," "No Time," "Star Baby," "Share the Land," "No Sugar Tonight," "Laughing," "Undun," and their No. 1 rock anthem "American Woman."