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Best Bets: ‘Fraggle Rock’ live, Monster Jam, Tom Segura, Ballet Folklórico

Posted February 25, 2025 6:27 am

By Scott C. Morgan

“Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE!” takes over Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre Sunday, March 2.

‘Fraggle Rock’ live

Get ready for lots of Muppet mirth with the interactive national tour of “Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE!” This family-friendly stage adaptation of the hit TV show from the 1980s (and its 2022 reboot) plays the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $35-$49; $75 VIP packages. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com/. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2

Big wheels

Cheer on all kinds of oversize and jacked-up character trucks when Monster Jam returns to the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $30-$95. (847) 635-6601 or rosemont.com/allstate/. 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28; 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 1; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2

Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone returns to play the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan and the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. AP, 2019

Ongoing invasion

Get nostalgic for 1960s British pop hits when Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone plays two suburban venues this weekend. The band is joined by special guest The Association at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $39-$69. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com/. Then Herman’s Hermits goes solo at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $49-$99. (630) 962-7000 or arcadalive.com/.

Home improvement

Find out the latest ways to repair, remodel or refresh your abode at the Crystal Lake Home Show at the Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. Free. (630) 953-2500 or freehomeshow.com/. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2

Violinist Stella Chen performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2. Courtesy of Fay Fox

Violin virtuosity

Fresh from her recent appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, award-winning violinist Stella Chen joins with conductor Chad Goodman and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Also on the bill is Symphony No. 5 of Vaughan Williams at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $20-$65; $10 students. (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org/. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2

Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández returns to the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago Sunday, March 2. Courtesy of Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández

Folk dance

Experience many Mexican folk music and dance traditions with the return of Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago. $30-$120. Following the matinee, a Spanish-language Q&A will be moderated by José Ochoa of Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art. (312) 341-2300 or auditoriumtheatre.org/. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, an 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2

Comedian Tom Segura headlines Chicago’s United Center Saturday, March 1. Courtesy of Comedy Central

Silly Segura

See if actor, podcaster and comedian Tom Segura can truly unite folks when he performs his “Come Together Tour” at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago. $25-$225. (312) 455-4500, unitedcenter.com/ or tomsegura.com/tour. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1

Christian martyrs

Music of the Baroque celebrates the 80th birthday of principal guest conductor Nicholas Kraemer with performances this weekend of Handel’s 1750 religious oratorio “Theodora.” It features guest soloists Sherezade Panthaki, Iestyn Davies, Allyson McHardy and more at two locations: first at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $43-$108. (847) 673-6300. Then at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., Chicago. $33-$108. (312) 334-7777 or baroque.org/.

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