Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre ranks 104 in Top 200 worldwide theater list based on 2017 ticket sales
From a press release: Pollstar, the concert tour industry’s primary trade publication, has released its 2017 year-end reports, and the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts ranks No. 104 worldwide on its list of the Top 200 theaters based on worldwide ticket sales for the 2017 calendar year. This marks the Kirby Center’s highest […]
ECPW Rock & Wrestling takes over Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Jan. 19
From a press release: Music and wrestling have long been intertwined, so for the first time ever, three local heavy metal bands and two underground rap artists will perform in between the high-flying, action-packed excitement of East Coast Professional Wrestling at ECPW Rock & Wrestling at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Friday, Jan. 19 […]
Audition for NEPA Sings! competition at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston on Feb. 3
From a press release: The Wilkes-Barre nonprofit organization Court Appointed Special Advocates of Luzerne County has announced the upcoming NEPA Sings! competition. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts on Wyoming Seminary’s Upper School campus in Kingston. 12 performers will […]
STREAMING: Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin unleashes heavy new single ‘Red Cold River’
As they promised two weeks ago, Wilkes-Barre rock band Breaking Benjamin released their new single, “Red Cold River,” early this morning, diving into the heavier side of their sound while maintaining the melodic atmosphere they’re known for. In interviews like one with The Pulse of Radio, vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Burnley says that he knows what works […]
Get hyped for Dashboard Confessional concert at Emo Night pre-party in Wilkes-Barre on Jan. 26
From a press release: If Dashboard Confessional coming to Wilkes-Barre isn’t emo enough for you, the Screaming Infidelities duo will bring their Emo Night to Senunas’ Bar & Grill in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, Jan. 26, just two days before Dashboard performs at Alt 92.1’s first-ever Snow Show at the nearby F.M. Kirby Center on Sunday, […]
Scranton’s Menzingers play Governors Ball Music Festival in NYC with Eminem and Jack White June 1-3
From a press release: Founders Entertainment announced the lineup for the 2018 Governors Ball Music Festival today, which includes Scranton punk band The Menzingers opening for major headliners Eminem, Jack White, Travis Scott, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The eighth annual edition of New York City’s homegrown fest will take place on Friday, June 1 […]
Scranton hip-hop artist Lucas Hex announces tour with former Volumes singer Michael Barr
From a press release: Scranton-based hip-hop artist Lucas Hex has announced that he will be embarking on a tour with national recording artists Michael Barr and Apache Chief. Barr, who has recently launched a solo hip-hop career, is best know for his work as the vocalist of the progressive metalcore band Volumes. The Los Angles […]
PHOTOS: Cabinet’s final show at F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre with Serene Green, 12/31/17
The end of 2017 also marked the end of an era for one of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s most popular and successful local bands, Cabinet. Less than two weeks before their short New Year’s Eve tour that stopped at Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont on Friday, Dec. 29, the Westcott Theater in Syracuse, New York on Saturday, […]
Wilkes-Barre’s Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen play the blues in Jim Thorpe on Jan. 13
From a press release: Wilkes-Barre blues rockers Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen will return to the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe on Saturday, Jan. 13 with special guest Ed Randazzo, a roots rock singer from Northeastern Pennsylvania. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are […]
SONG PREMIERE: Wilkes-Barre folk rockers Charming Beards mourn ‘Jakob’ and celebrate new EP
As we look back at 2017 and remember those we’ve lost, The Charming Beards have the perfect mournful, but beautiful song to memorialize those who have passed on. Before the Wilkes-Barre folk rock band plays their EP release party at The Keys in downtown Scranton and makes a special radio appearance this Friday, Jan. 5, […]
