Upcoming Events:
Five for Fighting
With String Quartet
Saturday, September 19 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $60/$65/$70 (Side/Center/Premium)
*Sponsored by Peggy & Dan LeKander
With String Quartet
Saturday, September 19 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $60/$65/$70 (Side/Center/Premium)
*Sponsored by Peggy & Dan LeKander
John Ondrasik— the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting—knows this well. In the two decades since his first major single, “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” hit the stratosphere, the artist has both evolved and come back ‘round full circle. Creativity, if nothing else, is paradoxical.
To date, Five For Fighting, has released six studio LPs, including the platinum certified America Town and The Battle for Everything; and the top-10 charting Two Lights, along with an EP and live albums. Ondrasik has penned major hits, including the chart-topping “100 Years,” “The Riddle,” “Chances,” “World,” and “Easy Tonight,” which have earned over one billion streams and place him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist for the 2000s. The reflective “100 Years” has joined “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” as part of the American Songbook and continues to stand the test of time at weddings, birthdays, graduations, memorials, and many a home video. Five For Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350 films, television shows, and commercials, including the Oscar-winning The Blind Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Sopranos and the CBS drama, Code Black.
To date, Five For Fighting, has released six studio LPs, including the platinum certified America Town and The Battle for Everything; and the top-10 charting Two Lights, along with an EP and live albums. Ondrasik has penned major hits, including the chart-topping “100 Years,” “The Riddle,” “Chances,” “World,” and “Easy Tonight,” which have earned over one billion streams and place him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist for the 2000s. The reflective “100 Years” has joined “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” as part of the American Songbook and continues to stand the test of time at weddings, birthdays, graduations, memorials, and many a home video. Five For Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350 films, television shows, and commercials, including the Oscar-winning The Blind Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Sopranos and the CBS drama, Code Black.
Sue Foley, One Guitar Woman
A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar
Saturday, October 3 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $15/20/$25 (Side/Center/Premium)
A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar
Saturday, October 3 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $15/20/$25 (Side/Center/Premium)
Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Her latest release, One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar, was nominated for the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. On it, Foley delivers a masterclass in acoustic guitar, honoring the trailblazing women who shaped the instrument’s history—from Maybelle Carter and Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Ida Presti and Lydia Mendoza.
ONE GUITAR WOMAN is more than a tribute show. Foley doesn’t merely cover these artists’ songs; she absorbs their style and inhabits the soul of the music. Her guitar work is so deep and natural that it seems to rise from the same roots that gave birth to the originals, while her vibrant vocals bring new life to the lyrics and make the songs her own.
Esteemed music writer Hal Horowitz notes in Rock & Blues Muse, “The often spellbinding One Guitar Woman … is an enlightening look into her remarkable talents, filtered through the lens of a more intimate expression of the blues.”
SUE FOLEY is an acclaimed guitarist, singer/songwriter and writer who began her professional career in her teens. She’s released thirteen albums and has garnered several awards, including Traditional Female Artist of the Year at The Blues Music Awards in Memphis five consecutive times. (2020/22/23/24/25).
“The kind of album that will live forever.“
— Americana Highways
ONE GUITAR WOMAN is more than a tribute show. Foley doesn’t merely cover these artists’ songs; she absorbs their style and inhabits the soul of the music. Her guitar work is so deep and natural that it seems to rise from the same roots that gave birth to the originals, while her vibrant vocals bring new life to the lyrics and make the songs her own.
Esteemed music writer Hal Horowitz notes in Rock & Blues Muse, “The often spellbinding One Guitar Woman … is an enlightening look into her remarkable talents, filtered through the lens of a more intimate expression of the blues.”
SUE FOLEY is an acclaimed guitarist, singer/songwriter and writer who began her professional career in her teens. She’s released thirteen albums and has garnered several awards, including Traditional Female Artist of the Year at The Blues Music Awards in Memphis five consecutive times. (2020/22/23/24/25).
“The kind of album that will live forever.“
— Americana Highways
Looking Ahead!
Purchase tickets here
Clayton Community Band
Local Ensemble
October 6, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $10 and $8
(Center Balcony & everywhere else)
Hocus Pocus
Interactive Movie Experience with The Butler Did It Players
October 9, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $5
(General Admission)
To view the full schedule and to purchase tickets, go to our "Calendar of Events" tab above.
Purchase tickets here
Clayton Community Band
Local Ensemble
October 6, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $10 and $8
(Center Balcony & everywhere else)
Hocus Pocus
Interactive Movie Experience with The Butler Did It Players
October 9, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tickets are $5
(General Admission)
To view the full schedule and to purchase tickets, go to our "Calendar of Events" tab above.
Clayton Opera House is now on bandsintown. Be sure to follow our venue and see our performances all year long!
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