Mac McAnally to perform Jan. 23
9/23/2025 12AM
Mac McAnally has won the CMA Musician of the Year title a record-setting 10 times and has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
Buffett band veteran returning after sold-out debut
CARMEL, Ind. – Following a sold-out show earlier this year, singer-songwriter Mac McAnally will return to Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Jan. 23.
The 8 p.m. performance at the Payne & Mencias Palladium is part of the Center Presents Season sponsored by Allied Solutions and the Printing Partners Encore Series. Tickets starting at $36 will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, by phone at (317) 843-3800 or in person at the center’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel.
A longtime member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, McAnally has written dozens of hits for artists including Alabama, Kenny Chesney and Sawyer Brown and has recorded with such names as Toby Keith, Linda Ronstadt, George Strait and Dolly Parton. He has won the Country Music Association’s Musician of the Year title a record-setting 10 times and has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. His solo recording career began with the Top 40 single “It’s a Crazy World” and has grown to 14 album releases.
Mac McAnally
8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Carter Green, Carmel
Tickets: From $36, on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26
Purchase and information:
(317) 843-3800
About Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts
The mission of Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2026, is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. The nonprofit organization’s campus in Carmel, Indiana, includes the 1,500-seat Payne & Mencias Palladium concert hall, the 500-seat Tarkington proscenium theater and the black-box Studio Theater. Allied Solutions Center presents and hosts hundreds of events each year, including the annual Center Presents performance season, featuring the best in classical music, jazz, pop, rock, country, comedy and other genres. Educational and experiential programming for all ages includes children’s concerts and camps, book clubs, lectures, and classes in music and stand-up comedy. Allied Solutions Center is home to the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation and provides space and support services for six resident arts companies. More information is available at TheCenterPresents.org.
