BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI – The 2014-2015 Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage season will kick off Thursday, August 7, with the Grammy winner Peter Frampton. Among the other season headliners are ‘80s classic hits group Air Supply, the Broadway musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café, Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, an evening of improv comedy with Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy, and Jim Henson’s Sid the Science Kid Live!

Series tickets for packages of three or more shows are on sale now. Current series members have seating priority through June 20, then orders from new Series members will be filled. Individual show tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 1, at 10 a.m.

“Becoming a series member is the number one way for people to buy early and get the best seats possible,” stated Mike Nadolski, director of Mainstage Services. “We anticipate strong, early ticket sales for several of the shows on our roster this year. Series buyers will get the first opportunity at tickets before individual shows go on sale to the public.”

The Mendel Center Mainstage 2014-2015 line-up includes:

• Grammy Winner Peter Frampton — $55 – $200

Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, 8 p.m.

• Air Supply — $39 – $56

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, 8 p.m.

• Casey Abrams — $25 – $34

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, 8 p.m.

• Smokey Joe’s Café — $48 – $60

Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, 8 p.m.

• Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir — $15 – $25

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, 4 p.m.

• Jim Henson’s Sid the Science Kid Live! — $16 – $26

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• 2nd Annual Nobodies of Comedy — $25 – $28

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, 8 p.m.

• Kathy Mattea: Songs and the Season — $32 – $48

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, 4 p.m.

• The Russian National Ballet Theatre presents Don Quixote — $34 – $45

Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, 4 p.m.

• Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy — $36 – $55

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites — $14 – $18

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles — $48 – $60

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, 7 p.m.

• Wild Kratts Live! — $20 – $32

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• THE Ha! Ha! Holidays Show – A Comedy Extravaganza — $15

Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, 7 p.m.

• Wild Ponies — $15

Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 7 p.m.

• Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys — $15

Friday, February 13, 2015, 7 p.m.