PHOTOS: Vans Warped Tour at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/11/16
America’s longest-running touring summer music festival returned to The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Monday, July 11 with a diverse lineup that attracted thousands of teenagers as well as adults feeling nostalgic for their adolescent years spent running from stage to stage to watch their favorite punk and hardcore bands play the Vans […]
Blue Öyster Cult and Apocalypse Blues Revue rock Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Nov. 4
From a press release: For over four decades, Blue Öyster Cult has been thrilling fans of intelligent hard rock worldwide with powerful albums loaded with classic songs. Now they’re coming to perform those songs at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. The Apocalypse Blues Revue, featuring Godsmack drummer Shannon […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 3, 07/12/16
During the third week of Season 4 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent on Tuesday, July 12, two crowd favorites from last season won the audience vote at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant – one who had won before and another who was finally given his due. Scranton band Crock Pot Abduction put on […]
PHOTOS: Electric City Music Conference announcement party at Thirst T’s in Olyphant, 07/03/16
Electric City Music Conference co-producers Joe Caviston and Kenneth Norton announced the nominees for the 2016 Steamtown Music Awards and the conference’s live music lineups at all the participating venues to a packed house at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant on Sunday, July 3. Highlighted by acoustic performances by Skip Monday (with a […]
Breaking Benjamin visits police officer shot and paralyzed in the line of duty in St. Louis hospital
With all the recent violence going on across the country, small acts of kindness can go a long way to lift people’s spirits. On July 8, 31-year-old St. Louis, Missouri Police Officer Michael Flamion was making a routine traffic stop when he was shot in the neck from behind while returning to his patrol vehicle […]
Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime plays outdoor concert at The Vault in Scranton on July 30
From a press release: The phenomenon known as Sublime, arguably the most energetic, original, and uniquely eclectic band to emerge from any scene, anywhere, ended with the untimely death of lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Brad Nowell in May of 1996. But encompassing the sense of place and purpose long associated with Sublime’s music, Badfish: […]
Singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs returns to Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Oct. 12
From a press release: The F.M. Kirby Center and BRE Presents have announced the return of singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs to the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which are $39.50, $59.50, and $75 (limited Gold Circle), plus fees, go on sale this Thursday, July 21 at 10 a.m. and […]
Megadeth returns to Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Oct. 11 with Amon Amarth and Suicidal Tendencies
From a press release: Megadeth – the thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California known for their technical style, featuring fast rhythm sections and complex arrangements, and themes of death, war, politics and religion in their lyrics – has announced that their “Dystopia World Tour” will return to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Tuesday, […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 2, 07/05/16
The second week of Season 4 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent on Tuesday, July 5 saw the debut of several new faces at the open mic and talent contest at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant, and one even won the audience vote with an unexpectedly hilarious story. Dane Bower from West Wyoming was […]
PHOTOS: Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, 07/08-10/16
It has been 19 years since the first Briggs Farm Blues Festival kicked off in the beautiful farmlands of Nescopeck, and the annual event is as fresh and enthralling as ever. NEPA Scene photographers Tammy Heid and Robb Malloy of Moon’s Eye Media spent all three days of the event – Friday, July 8 through […]
