Brassy Christmas: The Canadian Brass performs “Christmas Time Is Here,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown. Now in its 49th season, the Canadian Brass has performed in major concert halls, been seen by hundreds of millions of people on television, sold 2 million albums, and contributed nearly 600 new works and arrangements to the brass quintet repertoire. Canadian Brass includes Chuck Daellenbach, founder and tuba player; Caleb Hudson and Christopher Coletti, trumpets; Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone, and Jeff Nelsen, horn. Beyond their musicality, each player possesses the creativity, good humour and love of performing that is the ensemble’s hallmark. Tickets: Miller Symphony Hall box office, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown; allentownsymphony.org; 610-432-6715

To Tie-Dye for: The fall 2018 tour of the Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) stops at Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe, 8 p.m. Nov. 21. DSO noted its 20th anniversary year in 2017. On any given night, DSO will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring or use the Dead’s catalog to program a set list. DSO has performed throughout the United States, including at Bonnaroo, Milwaukee’s SummerFest, The Peach Music Festival, All-Good Festival, Gathering of the Vibes, and Mountain Jam. “We offer a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a Grateful Dead show in 1985, 1970 or whenever,” says rhythm guitarist and vocalist Rob Eaton. Tickets: Penn’s Peak box office, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe; pennspeak.com; ticketmaster.com; 800-745-3000

All aboard: Railroad Earth, along with Ghost Light and Amy Helm, perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 and 24, Sherman Theatre, Stroudsburg. The group, founded in Stillwater, N.J., in 2001, released its debut album, “The Black Bear Sessions,” that year; five more studio albums; a live abum, “Elko,” 2006, and an EP, “Captain Nowhere,” 2017. Railroad Earth includes Todd Sheaffer, lead vocals, guitar, songwriter; Tim Carbone, violin, vocals; John Skehan, mandolin, bouzouki, vocals; Andrew Altman, bass, vocals, and Carey Harmon, drums, vocals. Tickets: Sherman Theatre box office, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg; shermantheater.com; ticketsales@shermantheater.com; 570-420-2808