Scranton Skalidays picks up bigger lineup and venue for 4th annual festival on Dec. 20
To most people, the holidays mean Christmas trees, Santa Claus, snow, manger scenes, and other traditional symbols of the season. To Ray Meoni, it means upbeat rhythms, brass sections, skanking in a circle, and a music festival that has become a new Scranton tradition. The 29-year-old West Side native is the founder of Skalidays, an […]
NEPA musicians share favorite Warped Tour memories before Scranton music festival on June 12-15
The Vans Warped Tour is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, prompting many music fans to look back fondly on all the great times they had at the annual festival before its cross-country travels ended in 2018. Some of those formative memories were made in Scranton as punk, pop punk, alternative, metal, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Menzingers headline Good Things Are Happening Fest in Scranton on Sept. 6
Following the initial lineup announcement in April, Good Things Are Happening Fest is announcing today exclusively on NEPA Scene that Scranton punk band The Menzingers will return to their hometown to headline the independent music festival’s fourth year. Currently based in Philadelphia, this also marks the group’s first full Scranton show in nearly four years. […]
EXCLUSIVE: 4th annual Good Things Are Happening Fest announces initial lineup in Scranton
Good Things Are Happening Fest has secured its biggest headliner yet for its fourth year, but local music fans will have to wait just a little bit longer for that news. Today, the independent music festival named after a local news segment on WNEP highlighting positivity in the community is announcing its initial lineup exclusively […]
Ritz Theater in Scranton hosts 4-day Vans Warped Tour music festival on June 12-15
During the heyday of the Vans Warped Tour, Scranton was often a popular stop for the rock festival, including its last national run in 2018. When it was announced last year that Warped would return in 2025, many fans were disappointed to learn that it would only be for a series of festivals in Washington, […]
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal will play first full band show ever in Scranton at Good Things Fest on Aug. 10
Since he was a teenager growing up in Scranton, Adam McIlwee has been experimenting and innovating as a musician, so why would he stop now? He started his first band, Closed Mouth, at age 13, and his career began in earnest in 2005 when he co-founded the band Tigers Jaw, which garnered success in the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal headlines 3rd Good Things Are Happening Fest in Scranton on Aug. 10
Last month, Good Things Are Happening Fest announced the initial lineup of its third year at the historic Scranton Iron Furnaces on Saturday, Aug. 10. Today, the outdoor music festival featuring local and touring acts is revealing its headliner exclusively on NEPA Scene – Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, the experimental emo trap solo project of […]
Zakk Wylde launches inaugural ‘Berzerkus’ music festival at Poconos Park in Bushkill on Sept. 14
From a press release: Today, legendary metal guitarist Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne, and Pantera fame announced his inaugural music festival, Berzerkus, is coming to Poconos Park in Bushkill on Saturday, Sept. 14. The new event will be co-headlined by Black Label Society and outlaw country singer/songwriter Cody Jinks. Throughout the day, […]
REVIEW/PHOTOS: First-ever Catbird Music Festival impresses with memorable lineup, scenic views, and organization at Bethel Woods
The inaugural Catbird Music Festival landed in the Catskill Mountains of New York on the weekend of Aug. 19-20, flying high with an eclectic lineup of country, bluegrass, folk, rock, alternative, jazz, funk, and jam bands. For its first year, they chose the hallowed grounds of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which most […]
Scranton indie rock artist Petal headlines Good Things Are Happening Fest on Aug. 12
From a press release: Indie rock band Petal, the nom de plume of singer/songwriter Kiley Lotz, is set to return to their hometown of Scranton this Saturday, Aug. 12 to headline the second annual Good Things Are Happening Fest. The Run for Cover Records artist independently released their first new song in five years, “You […]
