Seven big entertainment events in 2017

Mike Ness and Social Distortion will headline the new House of Blues at Anaheim GardenWalk when it opens Feb. 28. American Ballet Theatre will perform the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's "Whipped Cream" at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts beginning March 15. Eric Clapton has announced only four North American shows for 2017 and two of them will be in Southern California. Scaffolding surrounds the Hollywood Tower Hotel at Disney California Adventure in this October photograph.