PHOTOS: Pavement Rave with Blunts & Blondes, Mersiv, Jaenga, CHOMPPA, and Sacred Snow at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 04/23/21
In 2020, Scranton became an unlikely hub for live concerts as outdoor drive-in shows became the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an even more unpredictable move, DamnMillennial Promotions and local music venue Stage West made it a center for dubstep, drum and bass, and other electronic dance music with their “Pavement Rave” series in […]
PHOTOS: Granger Smith at Circle Drive-In in Dickson City, 10/03/20
Just a week after his new album was released, country singer/songwriter Granger Smith performed live at the Circle Drive-In Theatre in Dickson City on Saturday, Oct. 3. No one seemed more surprised about how the chilly fall show went that Smith himself, who brought a camera out on stage to film the crowd, who he […]
PHOTOS: Skillet and Colton Dixon at Circle Drive-In in Dickson City, 10/02/20
Multi-platinum-selling rock band Skillet has toured all over the world and played all kinds of shows over the last two decades, but Friday, Oct. 2 marked their first-ever drive-in concert. While the nearly sold-out crowd at the Circle Drive-In Theatre in Dickson City was socially distanced across the lot, the group was so thrilled to […]
PHOTOS: Blackberry Smoke and Nick Perri at Circle Drive-In in Dickson City, 09/13/20
Blackberry Smoke was forced to postpone their Spirit of the South Tour until 2021, but that hasn’t stopped the Georgia-based band from hitting the road to perform wherever they can in these strange times. Their Live at the Drive In Tour, which expanded into the Drive-Ins & Distancing Tour as more dates were added, stopped […]
PHOTOS: Jim Gaffigan: Drive-Thru Comic at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, 07/18/20
Grammy-nominated comedian Jim Gaffigan put the keys in the ignition of his Drive-Thru Comic Tour on July 12 in New Jersey and, just a few days later, he rolled into the parking lot of Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township. Hundreds of people pulled up to socially distanced parking spots to hear […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA – (mostly) masked musicians in Wilkes-Barre
Take some advice from Tigers Jaw, University Drive, The Mule Team, Blind Choice, James Barrett, Lifer, Esta Coda, concert photographers, etc. – wear your damn mask. (For you nitpickers, those who aren’t wearing masks or have them pulled down put them right back on after the picture.) These photos were taken at “Come Together: A […]
PHOTOS: Black Lives Matter protest on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, 06/03/20
“We are not rebels. We are patriots and we are fighting tyrants.” Increasing in numbers each day, the Black Lives Matter protests continued on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday, June 3 with chants of “I can’t breathe!” and “No justice, no peace!” At its peak, an estimated 600 people gathered to hear black […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA – Justice for George Floyd protest in Scranton
“What the fuck? I can’t breathe!” – Vision of Disorder Local grassroots organizations NEPA for Change and Put People First – PA organized a peaceful protest on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton today called “Justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade.” The event description read: Stand in solidarity with our fellow […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA – my friends on ‘both sides’ outside Trump town hall in Scranton, 03/05/20
The streets surrounding the Scranton Cultural Center were blocked off and lined with both protesters and supporters of President Donald Trump waiting for him to arrive at his first town hall of 2020 on Thursday, March 5. In addition to the Fox News broadcast, there is so much national coverage of what went on inside […]
PHOTOS: ‘The Office’ star Brian Baumgartner visits The Bog and Backyard Ale House in Scranton, 01/23/20
All it took was one Instagram post to drive Scranton into a frenzy. After hanging out with co-star John Krasinski in New York City on Wednesday, “The Office” actor Brian Baumgartner jumped on his Instagram shared an old photo of them with Jenna Fischer at the Backyard Ale House in Scranton taken during “The Office” […]
