Visitors take learning into their own hands at Explora—literally and figuratively. Science, technology, and art exhibits invite people to play and experiment to learn about light, air, water, music, and other subjects. Visitors of all ages—from toddlers, who have special hours of the day devoted to them, to adults, who have one night a month set aside for their explorations—will enjoy...

The Steamboat Springs summer professional rodeo series on Friday and Saturday nights in the summer is a real rodeo. There are kids events, the rodeo competition and special entertainment which makes for a very entertaining evening. Gates open at 5:30 and it’s open seating so get there early to get covered seating just in case it rains. They serve a...

Glasgow goes jazz-mad for a week at the end of June as musicians and devotees swamp theatres, pubs and clubs. Glasgow City Halls are a major venue and this entry’s map marker.

This gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender festival takes over Glasgow Green for a weekend in late-August. It generally attracts around 25,000 visitors. At other times of year Outspoken Arts organise a calendar of LGBTQ theatre, visual art, music, dance, comedy, film, club nights, literature and exhibitions.

Folk music is alive and well at any time of the year in Shetland where fiddle-playing is still a big deal. But during its Folk Festival talent from far afield arrives and things really kick off – making this the best time to enjoy music on the island. The Festival Club, otherwise the Islesburgh Community Centre, is the hub for...

Three days of concerts and ceilidhs devoted to traditional and contemporary Celtic music. Also with a craft fair and a good number of free events; a fun atmosphere reigns! Events take place in a tented village – the box office is this entry’s map marker.

Timed for midsummer, the St Magnus Festival, a week-long arts festival, often combines music, drama, dance, literature and the visual arts with the long nights and Orkney’s remarkable landscape to good effect. But even without this there is often something of interest in the program for anyone; usually including a world premier or two. Several venues around Kirkwall are used,...

Some 3,000 pipers get dressed up and create a truly Scottish sound on Glasgow Green. Well worth making the effort to see.

Located further down the main road away from the Palace and just beyond Jalan Bisma, the entrance is near Abangan Bungalows.  The carved stone temple provides the perfect backdrop for a Kecak Dance, especially at night with the flaming torches adding plenty of atmosphere and drama. The Kecak dance is performed, along with a very impressive Fire Dance, every Monday...

Sprawling second-floor live-music venue that pulls in bigger regional acts as well as local C&W talent. But during the day it’s the good ol’ lip-smacking Western menu that pulls in diners from the range. Choose from the likes of ribs, smoked beef brisket, steaks, and elk or bison burgers. Entrees range $13–29. Also fills up for karaoke (Tues) and line-dancing...

Asiatique is a good place to spend a leisurely evening strolling on the breezy boardwalk near the river. Browse through some of the shops housed in the historic warehouses that once belonged to the East Asiatic Company. Here you can find everything from Thai handicrafts to mass-produced souvenirs. For dinner, consider Baan Khanita which serves Royal Thai cuisine in an elegant...

There are opera performances here almost every night. The stage is set up at a Chinese temple underneath the Krung Thon Bridge (better known to locals by its Chinese name Saphan Sang Hi). There are a couple food stalls and people come for snacks or dinner. Others join later. People arrive and leave whenever they want. Many of them chat...

Laotian dinner cabaret happens every night here on a stage under a giant rattan umbrella. The band plays upcountry music and dancers in traditional wrap skirts accompany them. The cathedral-like space is the perfect set: multi-level, neither indoors nor out, and convivial. Small kids run around freely, sometimes standing near the stage to stare at the performers, who come over...

With so many shows in Branson, this small Ozark town calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World! For a rundown of what’s showing where, the Branson/Lakes Area Convention & Visitors Bureau puts out a weekly calendar on its website. Branson’s history as a live entertainment destination started in 1959, when four brothers calling themselves the Baldknobbers began performing...

You’ll wonder how they do that (and at what age they must have started to train) when you see the Amazing Acrobats of Shanghai, featuring a revolving line-up of 40 Chinese dancers and performance artists. Traditional Chinese theatrics like spinning plates and stacking chairs, as well as lion dances, pole climbers, gravity-defying handstands and magic are sure to mesmerize the...

There was lots of local opposition when the bucolic but under-used Taneycomo waterfront just east of downtown was transformed into this 1.5-mile-long shopping and dining complex some years back. But there’s no doubt now that Branson Landing has revitalized the downtown district. More than 100 specialty stores and restaurants line the boardwalk, anchored on either end by Belk Department Store...

Country music star Dolly Parton owns the Stampede Dinner Attraction (she doesn’t perform in the show), presented in a huge arena with stampeding buffalo, 32 horses, and a large, talented cast that sings, dances and rides horses, while you enjoy a four-course meal that includes rotisserie chicken, barbecued pork loin, side dishes and dessert (vegetarian and gluten-free meals are available...

Jim Owen was a well-known celebrity back in the day, famous for his luxury White River Float Trips designed for corporate executives and Hollywood stars (Gene Autry and Joe MiMaggio were among his guests). To better woo bigwigs, in 1936 he opened what is now the Historic Owen Theatre, naming it Hillbilly Theatre to feature Ozark hillbilly characters he created...

I learned how to dance listening to Motown, so it’s fun reliving my childhood at Hot Hits Theatre. Motown Downtown features the quartet’s renditions of songs by the Temptations, The Four Tops and other songs from the ’50s through the ’70s, including R&B, soul and Doo-Wop. A couple of the singers also pay tribute to James Brown and Marvin Gaye...

You’ll think Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and other stars have been reincarnated right on stage when you see the Legends in Concert‘s rotating roster of stars, in a line-up that changes four times a year. Not only do the performers capture the subtle mannerisms of the people they’re impersonating, but they also sound and look just like them....