Bobby McFerrin: Canceled

McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University regrets to announce that the Bobby McFerrin concert scheduled for April 22, 2017, has been canceled due to artist health reasons.

The McCain box office will offer ticket refunds or exchanges to all current ticket holders of the McFerrin performance. Patrons can request a ticket refund to a valid credit card, or may exchange their tickets to another Performance Series event. Please call or visit the box office during the business hours of 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The box office can be reached by phone at 785-532-6428.

His dazzling musical diversity and astonishing creativity will make you happy!

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22

To some people, Bobby McFerrin will always be the guy who sang "Don't Worry Be Happy." But if that song is all you know about Bobby McFerrin, we suggest the following: Go to YouTube, type in Bobby's name, sit back and prepare for a serious boggling of the mind! You'll join the millions who have marveled at Bobby's stunning rendition of the Bach prelude "Ave Maria." You'll find Bobby's shockingly inventive appearance on the NBC music program "The Sing Off," his unparalleled interpretations of Beatles songs, his collaborations with everyone from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to pianist Chick Corea to comedian Robin Williams. You'll see him conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, consorting with the Muppets on "Sesame Street," and be awed by the way McFerrin brilliantly uses audience participation.

Drawing on all genres, demonstrating matchless improvisational skills and an ability to create new vocabularies on the fly, he never fails to dazzle. Yet his music is always accessible and inviting. What is most telling about the journey through his YouTube entries are the comments from fans old and new. "Beautiful — there's no other word to describe this music," said one viewer. "He is the Johann Sebastian Bach and the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart of today!" wrote yet another, impressed by Bobby’s endless creativity. Perhaps the statement that sums it up best is this one: "Bobby McFerrin makes me happy!"