Event-Day Timeline

1. Reach Blue Gate Performing Arts Center (760 S Van Buren St, next to Blue Gate Garden Inn) seats about 1,500. Doors open one hour before the show. Everyone passes through metal detectors and bag checks; have bags open and tickets ready. Rejected items must go back to your car, with no storage. Under-16s must stay with an adult. Children 0–4 on a lap don't need a ticket.

   by 12:30 PM

   30 min before showtime.
2. Showtime

   ~1:00 PM

   Estimated start for A Salute to the Stars.

   Using the ticketed show start of 1:00 PM because no separate headliner set time is listed.

3. Show ends

   ~2:55 PM

   An estimated 115-minute show puts the main exit wave here.

   Estimated

4. Head home

   Pick the exit window that fits how you want the night to end.

   • Beat the encore rush

     2:40 PM

     Leave before the final songs if avoiding the first exit wave matters more than the full ending.

     Low confidence

   • Likely final song window

     2:55 PM

     Best estimate for the main crowd release based on show pacing.

     Low confidence

   • Low-stress exit

     3:15 PM

     Wait for the concourse and rideshare surge to thin before leaving.

     Low confidence

Times are estimates — arrival steps use straight-line walking distances, and end times shift with encores, pacing, and overtime. Pad in a buffer for security lines, traffic, and will-call, and double-check restaurant hours before you go.