Added on 06/12/2023
NEPA Scene Staff
Berwick , Jermyn , Mohegan Sun Arena , Mountain Sky , Scranton , Tunkhannock , V-Spot , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: Mike Antosh is a singer/songwriter with nothing to hide. His music is refreshingly vulnerable as he dares to “go there,” whether that’s by tackling an impossibly intricate guitar riff, belting out lyrics directly from his soul, or talking about uncomfortable themes in a beautiful way. If a picture is worth a […]
Added on 02/24/2022
Rich Howells
Berwick , crowdfunding , Mechanicsburg , New Jersey , New York , Scranton , Warrendale , Wilkes-Barre

Over the last few days, gold-certified alternative rock band Cold, best known for hits like “Stupid Girl” and “Just Got Wicked,” has announced their coast-to-coast Black Sunday Tour, and Scranton’s own alt rockers University Drive will be sharing stages with them on every date. UD toured the country with Cold in 2019 as one of […]
Added on 02/02/2022
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Berwick , Bloomsburg , Danville , documentary , environment , Forty Fort , history , Milton , nature , Pittston , Selinsgrove , Towanda , Tunkhannock , West Pittston , Wilkes-Barre , WVIA

From a press release: This June marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Agnes’ devastation of Northeastern Pennsylvania. WVIA will commemorate the day with “Agnes 50,” a multi-platform initiative that will explore the events of June 23, 1972, as well as the response in the years after. The initiative will include the original documentary film “Agnes […]
Added on 11/08/2021
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Berwick , Northampton , Plains , River Street Jazz Cafe , Scranton , Stage West , State College , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: It was announced this week that gold-certified alternative rock band Cold, best known for hits like “Stupid Girl” and “Just Got Wicked,” will wrap up their current U.S. tour at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains on Friday, Nov. 26. Scranton’s own alt rockers University Drive, who toured with Cold […]
Added on 11/04/2021
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author , Berwick , books , drugs , Frackville , Gallery of Sound , Sheppton , signing , Sunbury , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: 50 years after their big but controversial hit was released, a new book tells the true story of Wilkes-Barre rock band The Buoys and their fleeting success. On Oct. 26, Sunbury Press published “Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & ‘Timothy,’” a cautionary tale of substance abuse, the pitfalls of fame, […]
Added on 10/26/2021
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Berwick , punk , record

From a press release: Currently on his national fall tour, “hippie punk” folk rock singer/songwriter Matt Pless will stop at the newly opened WaxPax Records in Berwick to meet fans and record a live album on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. The intimate show is already sold out, but Pless will still be hanging […]
Added on 09/16/2021
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Berwick , Harrisburg , Northampton , Stage West , State College , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: Cold was originally founded in Jacksonville, Florida in 1986 and later became known for hits like “Stupid Girl” and “Just Got Wicked” in the early 2000s, but when vocalist/guitarist Scooter Ward reformed the gold-certified alternative rock band a few years ago after a hiatus, he began creating new material with a […]
Added on 08/23/2021
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Berwick , Elysburg , Knoebels , Mount Carmel

From a press release: Over the last nine years, Berwick singer and musician Rose Ostrowski has been using her unique voice to entertain Northeastern Pennsylvania and aid charitable causes, including fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Over that period, she has been building an impressive reputation performing at a variety of venues throughout the region […]
Added on 07/09/2021
Rich Howells
Berwick , metal , Wilkes-Barre

In the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, a new musical genre broadly labeled as “nu metal” gave rise to a variety of heavier rock and metal bands that sold millions of CDs, from Slipknot, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Godsmack to Linkin Park, System of a Down, Disturbed, and Staind. Many of those artists […]
Added on 12/25/2020
Rich Howells
Altoona , beer , Berwick , Bethel , Bethlehem , Bloomsburg , Christmas , Danville , Dunmore , Easton , fast food , Pottsville , review , Schuylkill Haven , Scranton , Shavertown , Sugarloaf , Towanda , Whitehall , Wilkes-Barre

Just for the holiday season, Altoona-based convenience store chain Sheetz partnered with Wicked Weed Brewing Company in North Carolina to produce a limited edition beer called Project Happy Hole-idayz that was brewed with Shweetz Glazed Vanilla Donut Holes. Four packs of 16-ounce cans are only $7.99 at select Sheetz locations, and once they’re sold out, […]