PHOTOS: Kacey Musgraves Christmas show at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, 12/09/16
Kacey Musgraves put a country twist on some Christmas classics when her first holiday-themed headlining tour, “A Very Kacey Christmas Tour,” rode into the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, Dec. 9. Named after her latest album, “A Very Kacey Christmas,” the concert was filled with essential holiday songs like […]
Underground Saints and The Five Percent reunite for holiday concert at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 30
From a press release: Music blog Highway 81 Revisited will present “The Holiday Reunion Concert” as part of the Live from the Chandelier Lobby series at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. The show will be a holiday homecoming for some local bands of past and present, featuring […]
Record-breaking Irish singer Daniel O’Donnell returns to Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on May 20
From a press release: One of Ireland’s best-loved artists, Daniel O’Donnell, has announced that he will be returning to tour in the United States next May and June, including a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 8 p.m. The tour will see the record-breaking chart singer play […]
Wilkes-Barre noise rockers An Albatross reunite with Dead Milkmen for Philly protest show on Jan. 20
Shows by Wilkes-Barre noise/punk rock band An Albatross are few and far between these days, with members living in different cities and playing in other bands now, but they’ve found a compelling reason to get together again with another band that occasionally reunites, The Dead Milkmen, for a politically charged show in Philadelphia. Dubbed the […]
Kacey Musgraves sang Christmas songs in Wilkes-Barre nursing home before Kirby Center show
Country music singer Kacey Musgraves brought her very first Christmas headlining tour, “A Very Kacey Christmas,” to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre last Friday, Dec. 9, but that wasn’t the only holiday-themed concert she performed that day. About 12 hours before she took the stage, Musgraves and her band visited […]
Country superstar Brad Paisley will be ‘Amplified’ at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 16
From a press release: Country music superstar Brad Paisley has announced the continuation of his highly successful Life Amplified World Tour with dates added in February of 2017. The tour will be making stops in Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States, including the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Feb. 16 […]
VIDEO: Wilkes-Barre artist Kevin Dougherty using Kickstarter to fund documentary on cartoonist Drew Friedman
Many locals know Kevin Dougherty as the former manager of the beloved Wilkes-Barre music venue Cafe Metro, but he is also a comic artist and animator who has made music videos, wrote and directed “Fuzzball” for Nickelodeon’s animated series “KaBlam!” and created early web cartoon “Juanita & the List.” Now, his latest project may be […]
Alexis P. Suter Ministers of Sound preach gospel and blues at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on March 31
From a press release: It was announced today that the Alexis P. Suter Ministers of Sound will celebrate the recent release of their new live album with a live performance inside the F.M. Kirby Center’s Chandelier Lobby in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, March 31 at 8 p.m., presented by City Market & Café. AMOS will be […]
Formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Philly musician Strand of Oaks releases new album, ‘Hard Love,’ on Feb. 17
Originally from Indiana, folk rock singer/songwriter Timothy Showalter is known to local music fans for his time living and playing music in Wilkes-Barre at places like Cafe Metro, where he was featured in a 2011 documentary about its closing. It wasn’t long after his time in Northeastern Pennsylvania that he moved to Philadelphia and achieved […]
Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre is dreaming of classic musical ‘White Christmas’ Dec. 9-18
From a press release: The Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre will officially kick off its theatrical holiday season on Friday, Dec. 9 when Irving Berlin’s classic musical “White Christmas” opens on stage this Friday, Dec. 9 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 18. The musical centers around Captain Bob Wallace (played by Brandon Frashefski) and Private Phil […]
