Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues – SEPTEMBER 9

Hendersonville Theatre is welcome back to its Hometown Sound Music Series with Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues for a command performance! Alabama Blues Hall of Fame member Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker. Mac moved to Los Angeles and produced Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn’t playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King. After retiring from show business to be an organic farmer, Mac is back with his own band and a “plate full” of CDs, building a new foundation in blues, soul and funk.

Raunchy Little Musical – JUNE 9-17

Breaking the glass ceiling for Amy Schumer, Joan Rivers and The Marvelous Mrs. Masel, Belle Barth was the original irreverent female comic, Queen of the Borscht Belt, deflating anyone who dared take sex too seriously. Raunchy Little Musical – Belle Barth is Back! is an hilarious and heartfelt show that chronicles the launch of the 50s Queen of Crass.

Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters – MAY 26

Hendersonville Theatre proudly presents Asheville Americana band, Amanda Anne
Platt & The Honeycutters as May’s intimate Hometown Sound concert. The band’s nuanced music brings insight and wit to the stories Platt tells through songwriting. Lyrically driven, the band’s country roots music often inspires introspection, whether it be about life on the road, heartache or hope.

An Improper Royal Tea Murder – MAY 20-21

It’s time for the Queen’s Palace Party…and not everyone will be making it out alive!!! You are cordially invited to join us for…An Improper Royal Tea Murder. Join us on Saturday, May 20 at 3 p.m. or Sunday, May 21 at 3 p.m. for an interactive murder mystery theatre with a complimentary Royal Tea included.

Jon Stickley Trio – APRIL 22

Hendersonville Theatre proudly presents Asheville’s progressive ensemble, the Jon Stickley Trio, as April’s intimate Hometown Sound concert. The Jon Stickley Trio is rooted in bluegrass, but also incorporates Gypsy jazz, grunge, folk-punk and jam-band styles.