Legendary balladeer Gordon Lightfoot returns Thursday, June 20, to the Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend.

Lightfoot weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards.

His poetic journeys have been told with such timeless, thought-provoking songs as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Early Morning Rain,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” and many more. Combined with his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique, Lightfoot’s songwriting talent has led him from the 1960’s coffeehouse scene in his native Canada to pop chart hits with his ground-breaking multi-platinum albums and accolades that range from five Grammy nominations to 17 Canadian Juno Awards.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Morris Box Office, by phone at 574-235-9190 or 800-537-6415, or online. The Morris Box Office is open regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and is located at 211 N. Michigan St., South Bend.