Added on 02/05/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Jim Thorpe , Penn's Peak
From a press release: It was announced today that the five-time Grammy Award-winning Robert Cray Band will play the blues at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Sunday, June 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $25 for regular seating or $30 for premium seating, go on sale this Friday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. […]
Added on 02/05/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Marywood University , Scranton
From a press release: Marywood University’s Music, Theatre, and Dance Department will host the Singing Sergeants, the official chorus of the United States Air Force, for a free concert on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Marian Chapel at the Swartz Center for Spiritual Life on the university’s campus in Scranton. While the […]
Added on 02/05/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
blues , Carbondale , New York , Scranton , Scranton Cultural Center , Wilkes-Barre
From a press release: The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple has announced that Winter Blues Guitarmageddon, a collaboration with The Soul Shakers, will return for its third year. Featuring some of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s most talented blues musicians, the show will take place in the SCC’s Grand Ballroom on Friday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 […]
Added on 02/05/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Bethlehem , Sands Bethlehem
From a press release: It was announced today that legendary Grammy Award-winning crooner Tony Bennett will return to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Saturday, June 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $79, $89, and $99, plus applicable fees, go on sale this Friday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at […]
Added on 02/05/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Plains , reggae , River Street Jazz Cafe , ska , Wilkes-Barre
From a press release: Maryland ska/punk/reggae quartet Bumpin’ Uglies will be teaming up with Wilkes-Barre’s own reggae rock band Elephants Dancing and soul rock singer/songwriter Jordan Ramirez of Half Dollar and Fake Fight for a show at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains this Friday, Feb. 9. Doors at the Jazz Cafe (667 N. […]
Added on 02/03/2018
Rich Howells
Ashley , Easton , New York , nightclub , rap , Wilkes-Barre
Responding to widespread criticism and media attention, Easton concert venue One Centre Square has canceled a Feb. 9 concert with 6ix9ine while two Northeastern Pennsylvania venues have used the controversy to promote the upcoming shows they’ve booked with the Brooklyn rapper who currently awaits sentencing on child sex charges. One Centre Square, which opened last […]
Added on 02/01/2018
Rich Howells
Ashley , Easton , New York , nightclub , rap , Wilkes-Barre
The Ali Baba Lounge may promote itself as “Northeastern Pennsylvania No. 1 nightlife destination,” but it also serves as a magnet for controversy, from its choice of entertainers to incidents reported in and around the downtown Wilkes-Barre venue. Its latest controversy started yesterday when Ali Baba announced that Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine would perform there on […]
Added on 02/01/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Sherman Theater , Stroudsburg
From a press release: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots announced a release date for their highly anticipated new self-titled album, their first with the new lead singer Jeff Gutt, as well as a set of new tour dates. One of those tour stops will be at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg […]
Added on 01/31/2018
Jason Riedmiller
bluegrass , F.M. Kirby Center , Susquehanna Breakdown , Wilkes-Barre
Young bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings returned to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre to play the “Live from the Chandelier Lobby” concert series on Monday, Jan. 29, showing off why Rolling Stone named him one of the “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know” last year with another skillful six-string performance. Averaging over 200 […]
Added on 01/30/2018
NEPA Scene Staff
Levels , New Jersey , Scranton
From a press release: After selling out their upcoming album release show in their home state of New Jersey, avant-garde pop/gypsy/experimental rock group Will Wood and the Tapeworms have announced a local concert exclusively through NEPA Scene at Levels Bar & Grill in downtown Scranton on Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. The genre-bending group […]