SEPT. 27

Get funky with the soulful tunes of Earth, Wind & Fire. They’ve been a “shining star” in R&B, funk, soul, pop and Latin music for decades.

8 p.m. / Blaisdell Arena / $45-$135 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

OCT. 1-2

Pianist Conrad Tao returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra in the opening of its Masterworks series. Gerard Schwarz returns to conduct.

7:30 p.m. Oct. 1, 4 p.m. Oct. 2/ Blaisdell Concert Hall / $34-$92 (student rush and military discounts offered Sept. 26) / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

OCT. 14, 16, 18

“La Boheme” features some of Puccini’s best-loved arias, set amid a fun-loving artistic community in Paris, but it’s opera, so there’s tragedy too. Elizabeth Caballero, pictured, and Mackenzie Whitney star in Hawaii Opera Theatre’s opening production of the season.

8 p.m. Oct. 14, 4 p.m. Oct. 16, 7 p.m. Oct. 18/ Blaisdell Concert Hall / $34-$135 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

OCT. 27

Hall & Oates had six No. 1 hits throughout the ’70s and ’80s, including “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” and “Maneater.”

7:30 p.m. / Blaisdell Arena / $59.50-$129.50 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

OCT. 28

Comedian Mike Epps, star of the Starz series “Survivor’s Remorse” and the film “Meet the Blacks,” comes to the islands this fall. He plays in Honolulu on Oct. 28 and on Maui on Oct. 30. Visit mauiarts.org for information on the Maui show.

7:30 p.m. / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $36.50-$95.50 / ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849

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TICKER: Comedian and TV star Roseanne Barr plays Blue Note Hawaii for two nights. One show nightly at 8 p.m., Nov. 4-5. $38.25-$55. Bluenotehawaii.com or 777-4890

Ten-time Grammy Award-winner Sting rolls into the Blaisdell Arena at 8 p.m. Nov. 4. $65-$225. Ticketmaster.com or 866-448-7849