Events
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Organization |
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XPN Welcomes !!! (Chk Chk Chk) with Shabazz Palaces
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The Blockley Pourhouse |
04/16/12 |
The Blockley, Philadelphia |
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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
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Scottish Rite Auditorium - NJ |
04/18/12 |
Scottish Rite Auditorium - NJ, Oaklyn |
Greg Lake
Presented by Keswick Theatre at Keswick Theatre April 19, 2012 The singer/instrumentalist from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and also a founding member of the original King Crimson!
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Keswick Theatre |
04/19/12 |
Keswick Theatre, Glenside |
Cactus
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 April 19, 2012 One of the first 70s super-groups, Cactus still features original members Carmine Appice (from Vanilla Fudge) and Jim McCarty (from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express) plus Pete Bremy (also from Vanilla Fudge) and recruited Savoy Brown vocalist Jimmy Kunes and Randy Pratt on harp. Cactus influenced a generation of fans turned rockers including Van Halen, Monster Magnet, Kings X, Billy Sheehan, David Coverdale, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
04/19/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
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XPN Welcomes Beyond the Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
04/19/12 |
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts - Verizon Hall, Philadelphia |
Tempest
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 April 20, 2012 Celebrating nearly 25 years of Celtic Rock, Tempest delivers a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. They’re founded and fronted by Oslo native Lief Sorbye who sings lead and plays electric mandolin. Tempest is acclaimed worldwide and their latest release “Another Dawn” showcases their inventive original and traditional material.
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
04/20/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Tower of Power and Average White Band
Presented by Keswick Theatre at Keswick Theatre April 20-April 21, 2012 Such funk-filled fun that many people actually attend BOTH nights of this near-legendary event - a joy-filled musical experience like very few others as these two classic bands perform on the same stage!
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Keswick Theatre |
04/20/12 -
04/21/12 |
Keswick Theatre, Glenside |
XPN Welcomes Rodrigo y Gabriela
Presented by Tower Theater at Tower Theater April 21, 2012 Rapid guitar playing is this Mexican duo's hallmark and after building a large following in Ireland they are beginning to expand their popularity in the States.
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Tower Theater |
04/21/12 |
Tower Theater, Upper Darby |
John Hammond
Presented by New Hope Winery at New Hope Winery April 21, 2012 2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, 2011 Blues Music Award WINNER for Acoustic Artist of the Year.
2010 GRAMMY Nominee for Rough & Tough (Best Traditional Blues Album) Rough & Tough, his 33rd album since his 1962 self-titled debut, was recorded live in November 2008 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in NYC; solo and acoustic, he plays National Steel, Guild 12-String and Stubbs 6-String guitars and harmonica. Included are songs written by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Blind...
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New Hope Winery |
04/21/12 |
New Hope Winery, New Hope |
Peppino D'Agostino
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 April 22, 2012 Award winning compositional finger-style guitarist Peppino D'Agostino is known for his dynamic & mesmerizing performances which blend folk, Irish, Italian, Brazilian, flamenco and jazz traditions. An international treasure, Peppino receives immense critical recognition and is a featured performer on the "Guitar Masters" tour with Andy Mckee and Eric Johnson.
“...a guitarist’s guitarist.” - Acoustic Guitar Magazine
“Peppino...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
04/22/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Chairlift
Presented by Johnny Brendas at Johnny Brendas April 22, 2012 Chairlift with special guest Nite Jewel.
Amidst the revival of psychedelic music in the New York underground, Chairlift has chosen to work closely with musical associations within their own generation, shifting between pop-art jingles, synthesizer-heavy film soundtracks, and DIY basement beats to project an organic portrait of the young blood raised on Lite-Brites, riding the transition from analog to digital.
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Johnny Brendas |
04/22/12 |
Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia |
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Punch Brothers
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TLA - Theatre of the Living Arts |
04/24/12 |
TLA - Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia |
Death Cab for Cutie with The Magik*Magik Orchestra and Low
Presented by Tower Theater at Tower Theater April 25, 2012 Death Cab for Cutie coupled with the Magik*Majik Orchestra for a great concert series which they bring to Tower Theater on April 25th!
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Tower Theater |
04/25/12 |
Tower Theater, Upper Darby |
Lansdowne Folk Club presents Harmonious Wail on Thursday, April 26th
Presented by Lansdowne Folk Club April 26, 2012 Lansdowne Folk Club presents Harmonious Wail on Thursday, April 26th. Tickets are $15 with advance reservation and $18 at the door. Held at Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show begins at 7:30 pm. Provisions of Lansdowne will have freshly prepared dinner and desserts available for sale before and during the show. For reservations or information call 610-622-7250, visit website www.myspace.com/lansdownefolkclub, or email at...
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Lansdowne Folk Club |
04/26/12 |
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Graham Parker & The Figgs
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 April 27, 2012 Graham Parker returns with his full electric band The Figgs. For nearly 30 years he’s been slinging his signature sound, earning a spot in the pantheon of influential rock ‘n’ roll figures. Since his early days with The Rumour, Parker has coupled punk’s energy with his deeply rooted love of American R&B, country and soul music. Graham was at the forefront of the new-wave movement since the mid-70s with the classic albums “Squeezing Out Sparks” &...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
04/27/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Colin Hay
Presented by Keswick Theatre at Keswick Theatre April 28, 2012 Colin Hay may be best known as the lead singer for Men At Work, the multi-platinum selling Australian band that topped worldwide charts in the 80s with anthems like "Down Under," "Overkill," and "Who Can It Be?" But since moving to Los Angeles in 1989, Hay has released 11 albums and "Gathering Mercury" may be the best one yet.
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Keswick Theatre |
04/28/12 |
Keswick Theatre, Glenside |
Point Entertainment presents Two Funny Philly Guys
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 28, 2012 Listeners to Sports Radio WIP are no strangers to these two funny Philly guys. On the morning show, Joe Conklin, the man of “a thousand” voices, does uncanny impressions of Harry Kalas and Charles Barkley, to Bill Clinton and Ed Rendell. Big Daddy Graham, who hosts the overnight shift, originally started out as a musical comedian opening for rock shows, now focuses on what he calls observational comedy, telling stories about living in Philadelphia. This show sold out when the...
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The Colonial Theatre |
04/28/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Paula Poundstone
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 April 28, 2012 Famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity, Paula Poundstone's insightful musings and offbeat interpretations of everything in everyday life have made her one of the foremost topical and imaginative comedians. Paula’s ever-increasing accomplishments include an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up, two CableACE Awards and an Emmy. Her TV work includes “Tonight Show,” “Letterman,” “Rosie O'Donnell,” and “SNL” appearances plus...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
04/28/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
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XPN Welcomes Suzanne Vega & Duncan Sheik
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McCarter Theatre |
04/28/12 |
McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
An Acoustic Evening With Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin On Stage Together
Presented by ArtsQuest/Bethlehem Musikfest at Musikfest Cafe at Steel Stacks April 29, 2012 Two of America's most popular singer-songwriters come together for one amazing evening! By combining folk, country, acoustic, rock and blues, five-time Grammy Award winner Mary Chapin Carpenter has proven herself to be an artist for whom the conventional boundaries of the music business disappear. Born in Princeton, N.J., Carpenter got her start in the Washington, D.C. music scene and eventually signed with Columbia Records, where she spent nearly 20 years and sold more than 13 million...
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ArtsQuest/Bethlehem Musikfest |
04/29/12 |
Musikfest Cafe at Steel Stacks, Bethelehem |
Igor & The Red Elvises
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 May 2, 2012 Founded in L.A. by Russian political refugee Igor Yuzov, The Red Elvises are over-the-top showmen with good-natured humor and high-energy amusing music that fills dance floors. The Red Elvises eclectic career includes some dozen albums, TV and movie appearances including Six String Samurai, Mail Order Bride, Armageddon, VH1's Behind The Music, Penn and Teller's Sin City Extravaganza, MTV and Melrose Place, and they have played Live 8 in Moscow.
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
05/02/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Beethoven's Last Night 2012
Presented by Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading at Sovereign Performing Art Center May 3, 2012 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and their brand of "Rock Theater," are preparing to light up the road for a three month Spring Tour, traveling to over 60 markets across the United States including Reading, PA on Thursday, May 3rd.
The band will be performing "Beethoven's Last Night" for one final tour before the band begins to focus on its new album and new live concert spectacular. Not to be missed, this unparalleled unique performance combines virtuoso...
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Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading |
05/03/12 |
Sovereign Performing Art Center, Reading |
Smokin' Joe Kubek w/ Bonis King
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 May 3, 2012 Pennsylvania born and Dallas raised Joe Kubek and Louisiana’s Bnois King have been thrilling music fans around the world for 20 years. Getting his start by playing rhythm guitar behind Freddie King, Kubek delivers a frenzied, flame-throwing fretwork display that’s tempered by the remarkable accompaniment of Bnois King's jazz influenced guitar and soul tinged vocals. The two create a one-two punch of raw, tough, blues-rock filled with intensity and purpose!
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
05/03/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
XPN Welcomes Andrew Bird
Presented by Union Transfer at Union Transfer May 3, 2012 XPN Welcomes Andrew Bird with Patrick Watson
This event is all ages
All tickets come with music! A ticket to the Break It Yourself tour gets you more than entry to a show. Every ticket automatically includes a digital version of Break It Yourself, two unreleased live EPs and a few other surprises - delivered right to your inbox. For every ticket purchased, you’ll receive:
The five-song live EP Fake Conversations from Andrew’s October 2011 tour
A...
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Union Transfer |
05/03/12 |
Union Transfer, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes David Bromberg
Presented by Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center at Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center May 4, 2012 If you have never attended a David Bromberg concert, you are in for an unforgettable experience! The guitar virtuoso, bandleader and former session man and his band of masterful musicians will enthrall you with an eclectic mix of blues, country, jazz and folk that is impossible to classify. On his latest album, Use Me, the Grammy®-nominated performer taps friends such as Linda Ronstadt, Vince Gill, Dr. John, Levon Helm, Keb’ Mo’, Los Lobos, John Hiatt and Widespread Panic....
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Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center |
05/04/12 |
Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center, York |
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 May 4, 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman is a pioneer of California Country Rock Sound. As a member of the Byrds, he penned classics like “So You Want to be A Rock n Roll Star" with bandmate Roger McGuinn, with whom he subsequently reconnected in McGuinn-Clark-Hillman. Chris was also in the Americana trail blazing band Flying Burrito Brother and (with his lifelong pal Herb Pedersen) founded The Desert Rose Band, which yielded over a dozen country hits including the chart-toppers...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
05/04/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
XPN Welcomes Charlie Musselwhite
Presented by New Hope Winery at New Hope Winery May 4, 2012 2011 GRAMMY Nominee for The Well for Best Traditional Blues Album. Featured on Cyndi Lauper's, Memphis Blues, also nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. 2012 Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Instrumentalist- Harmonica and for Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year (last year's winner in both categories) 2011 Blues Music Award Winner for Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year! Also nominated for Album of the Year for The Well,...
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New Hope Winery |
05/04/12 |
New Hope Winery, New Hope |
XPN Welcomes Hoots and Hellmouth
Presented by New Hope Winery at New Hope Winery May 5, 2012 Hoots & Hellmouth was formed in 2005 by Sean Hoots and Andrew Gray. The formation of the band was partially a reaction to and a rebellion against the grandiose rock-star attitude of modern rock bands, with which both were previously involved. They initially started the group as a duo, playing roots music intended to evoke the feeling of revival shows.
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New Hope Winery |
05/05/12 |
New Hope Winery, New Hope |
An Evening With GARRISON KEILLOR
Presented by Keswick Theatre at Keswick Theatre May 7, 2012 The best-selling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion (now heard on over 450 public radio stations) - winner of the Grammy Award, two Cable ACE Awards, the Peabody Award, a National Humanities Medal, and inductee into the Radio Hall of Fame.
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Keswick Theatre |
05/07/12 |
Keswick Theatre, Glenside |
XPN Welcomes Feist
Presented by Academy of Music at Academy of Music May 8, 2012 Feist will be returning stateside this spring to play a run of dates across the country in support of 2011 release, Metals, with Philadelphia performance at the Academy of Music, May 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale for the Philadelphia performance, Friday, February 3 at 10 a.m. Kicking things off with a two weekend stint at Coachella in Indio, Calif., Feist and her band will make tour stops in Marfa, Tex. to the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Academy of Music |
05/08/12 |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia |