NEPA Scene Staff

Camp out one last time this year at the Fall Out musical festival in Weatherly on Oct. 16-17

Camp out one last time this year at the Fall Out musical festival in Weatherly on Oct. 16-17

From a press release: It’s officially fall, which means the first-ever two-day, two-stage Fall Out camping concert is right around the corner. One Koast Entertainment, known for the Jam at the Dam, will present Fall Out on Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Flying Aces Campground in Weatherly, featuring 24 acts from […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

VIDEO: Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest announces lineup for Sept. 19 in Scranton

From a press release: After taking a year off, the Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest is back on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Nay Aug Park in Scranton – and it’s still free of charge! Founded in October 2012 by Cory Wolff, president of Everyone You Know Entertainment, an independent record label based in […]

 Jason Riedmiller

PHOTOS: Peach Music Festival at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 08/15-16/15

PHOTOS: Peach Music Festival at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 08/15-16/15

The fourth year of the Allman Brothers Band’s Peach Music Festival at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, held Aug. 13-16, was bigger and riper than ever, so NEPA Scene took a bite out of Saturday and Sunday’s festivities and enjoyed the show almost as much as the talented musicians performing in it. “The fans at […]

 Rich Howells

T-shirts on sale now to help fund Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest in Scranton

T-shirts on sale now to help fund Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest in Scranton

After holding a contest on NEPA Scene back in May to design the logo for the 2015 Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest, that grand prize-winning design, the “All-Shocking Eye” by Graydon Speace, is available for the first time on t-shirts that are on sale now for a limited time! All proceeds from these […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: Vans Warped Tour at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/21/15

PHOTOS: Vans Warped Tour at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/21/15

The Vans Warped Tour rolled into The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton once again on July 21, mixing bands from various genres and including some established names among the many younger up-and-coming acts. The usual backstage shenanigans on this hot (and occasionally rainy) summer day were well-documented on social media… SILVERTOOTH is about to […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: Yardstock III in Shickshinny, Day 1, 06/26/15

PHOTOS: Yardstock III in Shickshinny, Day 1, 06/26/15

52 acts performing over two days for free in an open field in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it was as crazy and awesome as it sounds. Yardstock continues to grow each and every year, and the third annual independent music festival was bigger and better than ever with music kicking off at 2 p.m. […]

 Rich Howells

Pennsylvania Blues Festival brings Shemekia Copeland, Lil’ Ed, and 15 other acts to Split Rock Resort on July 24-26

Pennsylvania Blues Festival brings Shemekia Copeland, Lil’ Ed, and 15 other acts to Split Rock Resort on July 24-26

From a press release: The Pennsylvania Blues Festival will showcase a weekend of world-class music featuring 17 national and international acts from throughout the United States and Canada over the weekend of July 24-26 at Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony. Headlining Saturday, July 25 is the “Queen of the Blues,” superstar Shemekia Copeland, and […]

 Bill Thomas

Yardstock III serves as a free ‘mecca for local music’ this weekend in Shickshinny

Yardstock III serves as a free ‘mecca for local music’ this weekend in Shickshinny

Third annual indie festival is truly 'all about the music'

52 bands. Two stages. Two days. Zero dollars. What kind of math is that? “I just really like being able to make an impact on the local music scene,” Chris Castillo says, matter-of-factly. Castillo founded and helps organize the annual Yardstock music fest on his own property at 740 Ridge Road in Shickshinny. Presented by […]

 Cory Wolff

Scranton designer Graydon Speace wins Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest 2015 logo contest

Scranton designer Graydon Speace wins Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest 2015 logo contest

After much discussion, a few bags of Combos, and about 30 milligrams of nicotine, a winner of the Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest logo contest was decided. We received so many awesome submissions over the last month through nepascene.com, and it was a difficult task to narrow it down to just one. Mark […]

 Brittany Boote

PHOTOS: Susquehanna Breakdown at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, 05/08-09/15

PHOTOS: Susquehanna Breakdown at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, 05/08-09/15

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bluegrass outfit Cabinet released their latest album, “Celebration,” in March, and by May, they held their biggest celebration yet. In conjunction with Live Nation, the third annual Susquehanna Breakdown took over The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on May 8-9 and turned it into a family-friendly festival camping ground with Americana, roots, bluegrass, […]