Music

 NEPA Scene Staff

Wilkes-Barre competing for grant to fund live music series on River Common, voting open until Nov. 21

Wilkes-Barre competing for grant to fund live music series on River Common, voting open until Nov. 21

From a press release: Wilkes-Barre’s Riverfront Parks Committee is now in the running to bring a 10-week live music series to the River Common in downtown Wilkes-Barre during the summer of 2017. The Riverfront Parks Committee hopes to qualify as one of 15 winning organizations competing in the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards, which […]

 Jason Riedmiller

PHOTOS: Cabinet Halloween show at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, 10/29/16

PHOTOS: Cabinet Halloween show at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, 10/29/16

If the world does end up like the post-apocalyptic desert of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” it’s comforting to know that we’ll have a band like Cabinet to play us all out. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre jam-grass band packed the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg for their annual Halloween show on Saturday, Oct. 29, turning the stage into a […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Cabinet takes annual holiday show to main stage of Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 23

Cabinet takes annual holiday show to main stage of Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 23

From a press release: Following their current 10-year anniversary tour with Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, local jam-grass band Cabinet will return to the F.M. Kirby Center for their annual holiday show on Friday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. This year, the band will make its debut on the Kirby Center main stage for one performance […]

 Rich Howells

Motionless In White announces contest to design artwork for new album ‘Graveyard Shift,’ deadline is Dec. 19

Motionless In White announces contest to design artwork for new album ‘Graveyard Shift,’ deadline is Dec. 19

Scranton metal band Motionless In White has always been big on fan interaction, writing songs about and using lyrics inspired by fans and even hosting personal creative workshops during the 2016 Warped Tour, but their latest announcement takes this to another level, letting anyone design their next album cover in a contest open to the […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys kicks off St. Patrick’s Day Tour in Bethlehem on Feb. 21

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys kicks off St. Patrick’s Day Tour in Bethlehem on Feb. 21

From a press release: It was announced today that the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys will kick off their annual St. Patrick’s Day Tour at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles ska punk band The Interrupters and Dublin punk band Blood or Whiskey will be opening […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

New York jam band moe. rocks Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Feb. 2

New York jam band moe. rocks Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Feb. 2

From a press release: After playing the Peach Music Festival in Scranton again this year, progressive jam band moe. returns to Northeastern Pennsylvania early next year to perform at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $25 in advance or $30 the day of the show, […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Watch Scranton metal band Behind the Grey play their first-ever acoustic set

At solo bassist Grant Williams’ early release party for his debut album, “Suspended Animation,” on Friday, Oct. 14, his longtime friends in Behind the Grey opened the night with something they’ve never attempted in their four years as a band – a stripped-down acoustic set. As their new singer Dom Vito noted, it was quite […]

 Jason Riedmiller

CONCERT REVIEW: Elvis Costello follows the music, not the playbook, in rollicking Bethlehem show

CONCERT REVIEW: Elvis Costello follows the music, not the playbook, in rollicking Bethlehem show

“We’ve been wanting to play the album for you. We never had the discipline before. We don’t now, either,” Elvis Costello told the crowd at Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Sunday, Oct. 23. This performance was supposed to be of Costello’s 1982 album “Imperial Bedroom,” but in the era of bands playing classic albums in […]

 Rich Howells

Menzingers play free record release show and meet fans at Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 4

Menzingers play free record release show and meet fans at Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 4

Not long after their annual hometown Holiday Show in December in Scranton, The Menzingers will be back in Northeastern Pennsylvania to play a special album release show on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at 4 p.m. at the Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre. The all-ages intimate concert and meet and greet is free, but space is […]

 Rich Howells

Pop rock band Black Tie Stereo headlines The Leonard Kickoff Party in Scranton on Nov. 4

Pop rock band Black Tie Stereo headlines The Leonard Kickoff Party in Scranton on Nov. 4

With the long-vacant Leonard Theater in downtown Scranton finally alive and booking concerts and other entertainment again, local bands have been waiting to get back into the building and pack its 4,000 square foot floor with fans, like The Menzingers did at their Holiday Show back in 2014. They’ll have their first chance on Friday, […]