Summer concerts include Stills/Collins and Diana Ross

Fifty years ago, Stephen Stills met Judy Collins, known for her piercing ocean-blue eyes. Their tumultuous love affair would later be immortalized by Stills with his composition “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash on their landmark debut album. Both singer-songwriters would go on to shape modern music with visionary approaches, but Stills and Collins’ short, fiery union remains a transformative era for the two artists.

At 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, these two icons of folk will celebrate the golden anniversary of their formative time together on the Anderson Center stage. Their joint summer tour marks the first time Stills and Collins have been onstage together. They will pull from their rich catalogs, debut songs from their upcoming album, due out this summer, and share stories from their journeys and the 1960s’ folk and Laurel Canyon scenes they helped build.

Other summer concerts at the Anderson Center will feature Diana Ross (8 p.m. Wednesday, July 26) and the American Acoustic tour (8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6)

Stills and Collins met in 1967 and dated for two years. Stills wrote and demoed his legendary love song to Collins right after he left Buffalo Springfield, before he joined Crosby Stills & Nash. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” is a five-section romantic epic brimming with heartfelt sincerity. The song has been ranked No. 418 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs Of All Time” poll.

Stills is known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and his solo work. In addition to “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” Stills is best known for the hits “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield and “Love The One You’re With” from his self-titled, solo debut album. He’s a multi-instrumentalist, composer and ranked No. 28 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “The 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time.” He also has the added distinction of being the first artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice in one night (for his work with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield).

Collins is known for her eclectic palette as a solo artist, melding folk, rock, classical and jazz into a singular aesthetic. She’s earned five Grammy nominations, including one in 2017, and one Grammy win. Outside of music, Collins has published two memoirs, one novel, and in 1975 was nominated for an Academy Award for the documentary “Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman.” Collins is also a lifelong activist.

Tickets are $65, $55 and $45 for orchestra seating; and $25 for lawn seating.

Diana Ross’ In the Name of Love tour comes to the Anderson Center on July 26. Her career has spanned five decades, beginning in the early 1960s as the lead singer of The Supremes on Motown Records.

The Supremes recorded 12 No. 1 U.S. singles, becoming the most successful American group in history and rivaled only by The Beatles for the position of the biggest hit group of that generation. Ross went on to achieve six more No. 1 singles as a solo artist. In the U.S. alone, to date, she has tallied 31 Top Ten singles and 14 Top Ten Albums, selling more than 100 million units around the globe.

Career milestones include induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and receipt of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Hero Award, NAACP Entertainer Award and Billboard’s Female Entertainer of the Century Award. In November 2016, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Orchestra seating is sold out; lawn seating is $35.

The American Acoustic tour stops at the Anderson Center on Aug. 6. The show features an all-star lineup of some of Nickel Creek co-founder Chris Thile’s closest musical friends and frequent collaborators. The acoustic quintet Punch Brothers, which Thile founded a decade ago, also includes guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and fiddle player Gabe Witcher.

The Americana acoustic trio I’m With Her includes singer-songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins (another Nickel Creek co-founder), singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, and singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz. Also on the bill is guitarist-singer Julian Lage.

Tickets are $46, $39 and $32 for orchestra seating; and $20 for lawn seating.

For more show details and ticket information, go to the Anderson Center website.