Felipe Peláez brings vallenato to a Wellington high school stage on Nov. 7

The Colombian-Venezuelan singer's "De Otra Manera" tour, a theater show built around the history of vallenato, stops at Wellington Community High School on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Picture an accordion line moving through a high school auditorium on a Saturday night in western Palm Beach County. That's what's coming on Saturday, Nov. 7, when Colombian-Venezuelan singer Felipe Peláez brings his tour to Wellington Community High School, 2101 Greenview Shores Blvd.

Here are the basics. The show is part of the De Otra Manera Tour – Capítulo USA, sold through Tickeri, which bills it as Felipe Peláez en West Palm Beach. Doors are listed at 9 p.m., so this is a late one. The event is listed as all ages, and the ticketer warns that the show time may change. The date was announced Oct. 20, which leaves less than two weeks to plan.

Peláez is a vallenato singer and songwriter. Born in Barrancabermeja in 1976, he holds both Colombian and Venezuelan citizenship and is based in Barranquilla, according to his Wikimedia Commons entry. "De Otra Manera" goes back a long way for him. It was the title of his 2012 album, which earned a Latin Grammy nomination in the Cumbia/Vallenato category. Now it's the name of a stage show.

That show is meant for theaters. Canal Trece reported from the Colombian leg that Peláez had renamed what used to be a recital, made significant changes to the staging and production, and worked in parts of the history and musical evolution of vallenato. For the Medellín stop, the expected setlist included "Borracha," "Lo tienes todo," "Loco" and "Vivo pensando en ti." The Colombian run played Bucaramanga, Bogotá and Medellín's Teatro Metropolitano. The tour also took him to Madrid's Teatro Eslava in September, per esMadrid.

A theater show about where vallenato came from, set in a school auditorium off Greenview Shores.

As for the room: it's a school auditorium, not a club or an arena. Peláez usually headlines rooms of about 1,500 people, so Wellington puts a touring Colombian star in a space built for graduations and band concerts. For fans in the western communities, that means a show close to home instead of a drive down I-95. It also means a seated, attentive crowd, and that suits a set that tells the genre's story as it goes.

Check the Tickeri page for current availability and prices before you go.

Tickets: through Tickeri. Doors at 9 p.m., all ages.

Expect a Saturday night where the late start feels right. Bring the family, find the auditorium, and let the accordion handle the rest.

Sources: Tickeri — Felipe Pelaez en West Palm Beach (Wellington, 2026-11-07) (tickeri.com); Wikimedia Commons — Category: Felipe Peláez (commons.wikimedia.org); Latin Grammy — Felipe Peláez (cms.latingrammy.com); Canal Trece — Felipe Peláez De Otra Manera: la gira nacional continúa en Medellín (canaltrece.com.co); esMadrid — Felipe Peláez at Teatro Eslava (esmadrid.com); Felipe Peláez - Time Out Madrid (timeout.es)