JAN. 30, 31

Percussionist Colin Currie performs Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra. The concerto was written specially for Currie and won a Grammy for best contemporary classical composition.

7:30 p.m. Jan. 30, 4 p.m. Jan. 31 / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $34-$92 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

FEB. 2

Roots music and New Orleans blues come to life with pianist/singer Marcia Ball. The Grammy-nominated artist performs with guitarist Johnny Nicholas.

7:30 p.m. / Hawaii Theatre / $37-$42 ($67 VIP) / hawaiitheatre.com or 528-0506

FEB. 12-16

It’s English night at the opera as Hawaii Opera Theatre presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with music by Benjamin Britten, based on the Shakespeare comedy. Daniel Bubeck and Anne Carolyn Bird, pictured, sing the lead roles.

8 p.m. Feb. 12, 4 p.m. Feb. 14, 7 p.m. Feb. 16 / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $34-$135 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

FEB. 13

Romantic, Grammy-nominated R&B artist Brian McKnight, whose 1999 “Back at One” hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts, returns to Honolulu for Valentine’s Day with slick, soulful trio En Vogue.

7 p.m. / Blaisdell Arena /$49-$139 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

MARCH 3

Oye! Tickets to the Santana concert are almost sold out. To call his “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Como Va” classics would be an understatement.

8 p.m. / Blaisdell Arena/ $59-$149 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

“Blue-collar” comedian Bill Engvall shows you his sign, 8 p.m. Feb. 5, $59-$129, hawaiitheatre.com or 528-0506.

Have a girls’ night out with stand-up comic Iliza Shlesinger, 8 p.m. Feb. 20, $29.50-$39.50, The Republik; flavorus.com or 855-235-2867.