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Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Balances Family with Fame
On a warm summer’s eve, on a train bound for nowhere, the hero of country music legend Kenny Rogers’ epic musical narrative, “The Gambler,” met a drifter who taught him the meaning of life and the rules you have to follow to get by in his world. For Rogers himself, personal fulfillment is not about knowing when to hold ‘em or when to fold ‘em.
![Temecula Road](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/09/temecula-road-photo-230x230.jpeg)
Teen Country Band Temecula Road are Headed For Success
Having just been added as the opening act for country superstars Sara Evans and Martina McBride, Temecula Road has reached the kind of success many new acts take years to achieve, almost overnight. But that skyrocketing success has seen its consequences for three performers so young.
![Chess in Concert at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/08/chess-concert-ottct-230x230.jpg)
The Barn Stage Company Presents Chess in Concert
Broadway musicals have had an array of subjects ranging from gang wars to alley cats to man-eating alien plants. Chess the Musical takes a two-person intellect driven board game and uses it as the backdrop for drama, rock music and romance.
![Alaina Blair performs in Temecula Wine Country](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/08/alaina-blair-wine-country-230x230.jpg)
Country Artist Alaina Blair Brings Original Music to Wine Country
As her own songwriter, manager and booking agent, vocalist Alaina Blair may be the hardest working artist for the new music generation. Performing at several venues in Temecula through the end of the year, including Lorimar Winery, Miramonte Winery and Public House, Blair is a Southern California native yet a country girl at heart.
![Old Town Temecula Community Theater celebrates a new season](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/08/ottct-new-season-2016-230x230.jpg)
Old Town Temecula Community Theater Celebrates a Star-Studded New Season
The Old Town Temecula Community Theater’s new season’s schedule includes new additions as well as returning favorites from resident companies. Popular performance series’ including classical, dance, groove, legends, Hawaiian, big band and many others are back this year with exciting new guest performers and shows.
![Dave Koz and David Sanborn](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/koz-and-sanborn-photo-230x230.jpg)
Koz and Sanborn Perform “Side By Side” for the First Time
The success of platinum-selling saxophonist Dave Koz is idolized by musicians all over the world; inspired to follow their artistic dreams through his music. Despite a career that is fast approaching legendary status, Koz still remembers the immortal words of the one who first inspired him.
![Hot Summer Nights returns to Old Town Temecula](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/kanan-road-hot-summer-nights-230x230.jpg)
Hot Summer Nights Returns to Friday Nights in Old Town
The returning seasonal favorite, the City of Temecula’s Hot Summer Nights, always signals that summer is in full swing, with live entertainment taking over some of Old Town’s most popular locales on Friday nights through August 26th.
![Summer Sunset Concert Series](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2015/06/summer-sunset-concert-series-230x230.jpg)
That’s Hot! Summer Sunset Concert Series Returns
This summer, the weekend entertainment starts a few days early with the return of the City of Temecula Community Services Department’s annual Summer Sunset Concert Series, every Thursday evening in June and July.
![Thornton Winery Champagne Jazz 2016](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2016/05/thornton-winery-champagne-jazz-2016-230x230.jpg)
Tickets Now On Sale for Thornton Winery Jazz Concert Series
Thornton Winery’s annual Champagne Jazz Series is a widely popular Temecula wine country tradition; offering musical lovers a chance to see some of the biggest names in the jazz genre in an intimate and beautiful setting. Now in its 28th year, the Champagne Jazz Series began as a way for the winery to gain recognition as not only a producer of fine wine, but also an entertainment and nightlife destination.
![Temecula Veteran's Day musical celebration](https://whatsuptemecula.com/assets/uploads/2015/11/temecula-salute-to-veterans-2015-230x230.jpg)
The City of Temecula Celebrates Veterans Day
For the fourth year in a row, the City of Temecula Community Services Department and the Temecula Valley Symphony (formerly the Inland Valley Symphony) are teaming up to show their gratitude to the men and women of the armed forces with the City’s annual Patriotic Salute to Veterans, this Wednesday, November 11th at 6:00 pm, in the outdoor quad in front of the Civic Center in Old Town.