CNY Jazz will bring the 2024 Black History Month Cabaret to Syracuse on February 25, featuring Endea Owens.
The celebration will include performances from emerging jazz artist Endea Owens who will perform with The Cookout, her six-piece band.
As a philanthropist and Juilliard graduate, Endea Owens founded the Community Cookout, a non-profit that provides meals and music to underserved neighborhoods in New York City. She has composed for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Cincinnati Orchestra. Apart from her performing every weeknight as a member of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Band, she is also a “Jazz is Now!” fellow of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem as a presenter, curator, and performer. The singer has a true passion for and teaching, her work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s GRAMMY-winning album We Are and the Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance.
This event/celebration will also include an honoring of the Pioneer Public Service Award to the New York State Senate President and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. The concert performances will be held at 4 p.m. at the Finger Lakes Ballroom of the Marriot in Downtown Syracuse.
Established in 1988, the CNY Jazz Central provides different scholastic and public jazz programs throughout Upstate New York. Their annual performances are more than 150 in total and their growing list of programs and concerts includes the Jazz Cabaret Series, the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, the Jazz in the City Public Health Concert Series, the Jazz Vespers Series, the SummerJazz Workshop, the Jazz at the Fair, the Black History Month Cabaret, and more year-round activities in the Jazz Central theater, art-in-education concerts in schools across the region, and more.
The concert will be held at the Finger Lakes Ballroom in Marriott Syracuse Downtown on February 25. Tickets are available here.
Multi-platinum pop-rock band X Ambassadors have announced they will embark on a headlining tour across North America this spring, stopping in Manhattan, plus a hometown show in Ithaca.
Photo by Graham Fielder
The group will make its rounds throughout Canada, and the US, with one stop in Mexico as well. Two New York shows are on the calendar as well – at State Theater of Ithaca and Irving Plaza in Manhattan. X Ambassadors, originally hailing from Ithaca, will return to their hometown for what is sure to be an incredible show on June 1.
X Ambassadors originated in Ithaca as a pop-rock band. The group has performed with acts like Imagine Dragons, Panic! at the Disco, and recently made works with artists from the likes of Rihanna, The Weeknd and SZA. The band has recently relocated from Ithaca to Brooklyn but remain loyal to the crowds of their hometown as they tour across the nation.
The band’s sound certainly has aspects of several different subgenres. They draw large influence from the indie-pop sound, with an acoustic-alternative mashup of sounds with overdrive chords and heavy drumbeats with backing acoustic chords. Their most popular song “Renegades” has over 340 million views on YouTube.
The tour kicks off April 5 in conjunction with the release of their latest album, Townie. Songs from the new album, as well as the band’s classics will be performed on the tour. The dates for the tour in the US will feature support from Rowan Drake and New West. In Canada, the band will see support from Noah Gundersen.
General on-sale begins on Friday, January 26 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at XAmbassadors.com.
X Ambassadors 2024 Tour Dates
April 5—Vancouver, BC—Vogue Theatre*
April 6—Kelowna, Canada—Big White Ski Resort
April 9—Calgary, AB—The Palace Theatre*
April 11—Edmonton, AB—Union Hall*
April 12—Saskatoon, SK—Coors Event Centre*
April 13—Winnipeg, MB—Burton Cummings Theatre*
April 16—London, ON—London Music Hall*
April 17—Montreal, QC—Mtelus*
April 18—Ottawa, ON—Bronson Centre*
April 19—Quebec City, QC—Impérial Bell*
April 23—Waterloo, ON—Maxwell’s Concerts and Events*
April 24—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall*
May 4—San Diego, CA—The Observatory North Park+
May 5—Pioneertown, CA—Pappy & Harriet’s+
May 7—San Luis Obispo, CA—Fremont Theater+
May 8—San Francisco, CA—August Hall+
May 10—Portland, OR—The Hawthorne Theatre+
May 11—Seattle, WA—The Showbox+
May 13—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot+
May 14—Denver, CO—The Ogden Theatre+
May 15—Colorado Springs, CO—Pikes Peak Center+
May 17—Omaha, NE—Slowdown+
May 18—Minneapolis, MN—Varsity Theater+
May 19—Des Moines, IA—Wooly’s+
May 21—Chicago, IL—House of Blues+
May 22—Grand Rapids, MI—Elevation+
May 24—Detroit MI—Saint Andrew’s Hall+
May 25—Milwaukee, WI—The Rave II+
May 26—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues+
May 28—Millvale, PA—Mr. Smalls Theatre+
May 29—Philadelphia, PA—Brooklyn Bowl+
May 31—New York, NY—Irving Plaza+
June 1—Ithaca, NY—State Theatre of Ithaca+
June 2—Boston, MA—Paradise Rock Club+
June 4—Washington, D.C.—9:30 Club+
June 5—Norfolk, VA—The Norva+
June 7—Charlotte, NC—The Underground+
June 8—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre+
June 9—Nashville, TN—The Basement East+
June 11—Dallas, TX—Granada Theater+
June 12—Austin, TX—Mohawk+
June 14—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren+
June 15—Los Angeles, CA—The Fonda Theatre+
June 22—Mexico City, Mexico—Foro Puebla
*with special guest Noah Gundersen +with special guests New West and Rowan Drake
Kidz Bop have announced their 2024 summer tour with four shows across New York. The tour will kick off on June with shows in Buffalo, Bethel, Saratoga Springs and Syracuse this summer.
Kidz Bop connects with kids and families through their best-selling albums, music videos, products and live tours. The music franchise has been expanding internationally and currently records in 5 different languages. The brand has its own dedicated channel on SiriusXM – “KIDZ BOP Radio” (Channel 135) where it’s all Kidz Bop, all the time.
Kidz Bop tour will kick off on June with shows at the Darien Lake Amphitheater in Buffalo on July 7, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel on July 14, the Broadview Stage at SPAC in Saratoga Springs on July 26, the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh on August 3 and a show at the New York State Fair in Syracuse on August 24.
Presales for the tour will start on January 22, with the general on-sale starting on January 26. For tour dates and ticket information, visit here.
KIDZ BOP ALL-NEW TOUR
June 27, 2024 — Stamford, CT — Palace Theatre *
June 28, 2024 — Stamford, CT — Palace Theatre *
July 3, 2024 — Gilford, NH — Bank NH Pavilion
July 5, 2024 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
July 6, 2024 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 7, 2024 — Buffalo, NY — Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 12, 2024 — Raleigh, NC — Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
July 13, 2024 — Camden, NJ — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 14, 2024 — Bethel, NY — Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 19, 2024 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP
July 20, 2024 — Kansas City, MO — Starlight Theatre
July 21, 2024 — Maryland Heights, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 24, 2024 — Columbus, OH — Ohio State Fair *
July 26, 2024 — Saratoga Springs, NY — Broadview Stage at SPAC
July 27, 2024 — Boston, MA (2 Shows) — Leader Bank Pavilion
July 28, 2024 — Bangor, ME — Maine Savings Amphitheater
August 2, 2024 — Virginia Beach, VA — Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
August 3, 2024 — Wantagh, NY — Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 4, 2024 — Hershey, PA — GIANT Center
August 6, 2024 — West Allis, WI — Wisconsin State Fair *
August 9, 2024 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
August 10, 2024 — Vienna, VA (2 Shows) — Wolf Trap at Filene Center
August 11, 2024 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center
August 16, 2024 — Burgettstown, PA — The Pavilion at Star Lake
August 17, 2024 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
August 18, 2024 — Des Moines, IA — Iowa State Fair *
August 23, 2024 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage
August 24, 2024 — Syracuse, NY — New York State Fair *+
August 25, 2024 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
August 30, 2024 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater
August 31, 2024 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
September 2, 2024 — St. Paul, MN — Minnesota State Fair *
September 6, 2024 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
September 7, 2024 — San Diego, CA — Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
September 8, 2024 — Inglewood, CA — YouTube Theater
September 11, 2024 — Puyallup, WA — Washington State Fair *^
September 20, 2024 — Bend, OR — Hayden Homes Amphitheater
September 21, 2024 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
September 22, 2024 — Mountain View, CA — Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 27, 2024 — Austin, TX — Germania Insurance Amphitheater
September 28, 2024 — Woodlands, TX — The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 29, 2024 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
October 4, 2024 — West Palm Beach, FL — iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
October 5, 2024 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 6, 2024 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
The Oswego Music Hall, also known as the Ontario Performing Arts Center, has announced its 2024 calendar of events, featuring diverse band Mile Twelve, and Americana Upstate-NY group Driftwood, among others.
The Oswego Music Hall evolved from a little coffee house venue called “The Low Life Cafe,” created by Richard Reinert back in 1976, on Water Street in Oswego where it was known as the Market House Music Hall. Oswego Music Hall was incorporated in 1979 and received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 1985. The venue relocated twice before settling into the McCrobie Civic Center, a historic municipal building adjacent to Breitbeck Park, overlooking the Great Lake Ontario.
Run by an incredibly reliable team of volunteers, Oswego Music Hall has produced diverse and high-quality concerts on their National Stage every other Saturday night during their fall, winter/spring seasons, and national stage events for 40 years. Their programs offer Oswego and the Greater Central New York community exposure to top-quality touring musicians, singers, and songwriters of many genres. Most importantly, the venue helps support artists and music not typically heard in the mainstream media, encouraging the development of emerging artists from the community.
Their first Main Stage event of the year is on January 27 at 7:30 p.m. with Boston group Mile Twelve. The group has won several awards, and recently added two new members: fiddler and vocalist Ella Jordan and mandolinist Korey Brodsky, adding a new dimension to the band. With a variety of songs and genres, people can expect to hear a little bit of everything.
Tom Rush at the Oswego Music Hall.
The next Main Stage event is on February 10 with Driftwood performing. Anyone familiar with the Americana music scene knows this Upstate, New York-based band has cut their teeth on a killer live show. With a never-ending tour schedule and a steady buzz, they have built a very solid underground fan base.
National Stage acts coming to the venue include Vance Gilbert, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Shawna Caspi and Rachael Kilgour, Big Sky Quartet, and many more.
To purchase tickets and for more information, visit here.
Oswego Music Hall Events Calendar
Jan 27 Mile Twelve
Feb 9 Open Mic w/Mark Wahl opening
Feb 10 Driftwood
Feb 17 Jazz by the Lake
Feb 23 Open Mic w/Kenny Roffo opening
Feb 24 Vance Gilbert, w/Cam Caruso opening
Mar 2 Imagining Kerouac, curated by Don Masterson
Mar 8 Open Mic w/Jane Zell opening
Mar 9 Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Mar 16 Jazz by the Lake
Mar 22 Open Mic w/Frank Stefanek and Julie Clement opening
Mar 23 Shawna Caspi and Rachael Kilgour (Women in Music Series)
Apr 12 Open Mic w/Mark Zane opening
Apr 13 Big Sky Quartet
Apr 20 Jazz by the Lake
Apr 26 Open Mic w/Larry Kyle opening
Apr 27 Livingston Taylor
May 11 Sam Robbins (Season Finale, Emerging Artists Showcase)
The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that on January 28, a genius of musical history will be honored with a performance titled, “Mozart Requiem.”
The performance will feature a combination of acts including the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective and The Binghamton University Chamber Singers. Further, vocal soloists from the Curtis Institute of Music, Soprano Juliette Tacchino, Mezzo-Soprano Katie Trig, Tenor Jackson Allen, and Bass-Baritone Evan Gray.
The show will take place at Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton. As well as the show, there will be a pre-concert chat titled, “Mozart, Modernism, and Memory,” given by the Philharmonic’s Director of Education and Community Engagement, Dr. Julia Grella O’Connell. The show will start at 3 pm, with the pre-concert talk beginning at 2 pm.
Maestro Daniel Hege will be leading the orchestra in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor. The show will pay homage to one of the most influential musicians in history, one who has transcended musical boundaries. This performance on January 28 will reflect that with the lead from Daniel Hege, and the talent and wonder of the acts included. This is Binghamton Mozart.
Tickets for the show are on sale at the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra website today. In addition, kids 17 and under can attend the concert free of charge. For more information about the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, click here.
Wonderland Forest is more than just a forest: it has hiking trails, campgrounds, a wedding venue, and more recently, an outdoor music venue with various bands, food vendors, and other activities from across the United States.
Wonderland Forest exists because of a big team that focuses on the business side of managing grounds such as Wonderland Forest, as well as a focus on the environmentalism needed to run such a place ethically. One of these hard-workers is 2023 SUNY ESF graduate student, Shelby Martin.
Shelby Martin describes the atmosphere of Wonderland to be peaceful. In fact, their motto is “A Forest Peaceful Adventures.” All these peaceful adventures – from camping, hiking, all the way to concerts and tattoo trucks – are what makes this venue unlike any other in Upstate New York.
Another aspect of Wonderland that makes it stand out is that most attendees treat the concerts more like a festival, and dress up in costume for their events. “For TumbleDown and Biscoland there were a lot more extravagant outfits. From my experience, people love to go all-out and feel like themselves, when they can’t be themselves in the real world,” Martin explains.
Martin also encourages everyone to listen to music outdoors – one aspect of Wonderland that many venues can’t offer. “I love listening to music in any venue whatsoever … but there’s just something different about listening to music outside, sitting on the grass, dancing with your friends.”
Biscoland at Wonderland Forest – photo by Tara Gracer
As a Science and Forestry major, Shelby Martin paid close attention to a lot of the sustainability that goes into running a venue. She is happy with the outcome of the forest and how it has transformed into what it is today– a repurposing of a place that was already set up for human use, with the intention to enjoy the outdoors. She’s a big advocate for integrating humans into nature– so much of our time is spent indoors staring at screens, so any excuse to get outside is a good one. Martin says that she and her team worked to make sure that trails were safe for humans while taking special precautions to preserve the natural wildlife that already lived in the forest.
While environmentalism being integrated into music is a somewhat new idea, Martin and her team are doing their best to keep sustainability in mind as they move forward with the venue. Wonderland already has stonewater mitigation, which is used to guide water where to go, in order to lessen negative effects of hard rains on the already compact soil. Even with this and other sustainability measures, she already has plans in the works to make her venue more sustainable, such as composting, and adding detailed descriptions of what can and cannot be recycled. She also hopes to incorporate an educational aspect of the forest with signs to identify types of flora and fauna that make Wonderland unique.
Shelby Martin is part of a team of six to seven people, which branches out to an even larger team that makes the wheels turn. But she makes it clear that Wonderland is so much more than her and her coworkers: “But really, Wonderland relies on our locals and our fans that come see the music…” She emphasizes that while Wonderland is a beautiful adventure – the people that visit are what really makes it shine, as well as all the work she and her coworkers put in to make Wonderland what it is.
During the fall semester, Shelby Martin was taking nine class credits and six research credits– one must wonder how a full-time student can balance both academics and a job such as this one. Over the summer of 2023, she worked 60-80-hour work weeks, since that’s the best time to get “knit-picky” problems taken care of. Though she no longer works that same schedule – she cut her work to about 20 hours per week – she admits that it’s certainly difficult to be a student and balance that work with her job. Luckily, her team is very understanding of what it means to be a student, and the key to her balance was simply communication. “I told the whole team that [I had midterms that week] and everyone took something off of my plate for things that needed to be done around Wonderland…to make my plate a little lighter.”
When asked about vendors – they come from across the country with various food truck niches and other activities – Martin says that vendors actually contact Wonderland directly. In fact, there’s been so many that want to be involved, they’ve unfortunately had to refuse some due to the amount of applications. They particularly look for “a commitment to music as well as a commitment to their business.” They’ve had local vendors, but also vendors all the way from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even Vermont.
Wonderland is so much more than a music venue. “We’re a campground, we’re an event center, we are a wedding venue. We are a multi-faceted space with 500 acres to work with and lots of trees and great space to do whatever, and be yourself.”
Dark Star Orchestra has announced their only New York date of their upcoming tour, returning to The Stanley Theatre in Utica on Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m.
Dark Star Orchestra, photo by Filip Zalewski.
Recreating the sound, energy, and experience of The Grateful Dead, the renowned Dark Star Orchestra marks two decades and over 3,000 shows of musical excellence. Committing to authenticity and to the unique live experience, they have become a staple in the world of live performances. With seven talented musicians, the band brings the Dead’s music to life, using historical setlists and crafting their own unique sets locally and internationally.
Previous guest performances with Dark Star Orchestra include those of six original Grateful Dead members, including Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann, and collaborations with artists like Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish, showcasing the band’s credibility and deep connection to the music community. “For us, it’s a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us over the years,” keyboardist and vocalist Rob Barraco explains. “We offer a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they’ve been to a hundred shows in the 90s, we offer something they never got to see live.”
For nearly a century, The Stanley Theatre has brought the community together with live concerts, Broadway shows, musicals, ballets, movies, graduations, and recitals. Today, The Stanley Theatre operates as a not-for-profit organization run by the Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc. Originally built as a movie palace, The Stanley Theatre opened its doors in 1928 with 2,963 seats, a grand entry staircase that resembles the main staircase of the Titanic, a gold leaf interior and a terra cotta and tiled mosaic exterior.
Tickets for Dark Star Orchestra at the Stanley Theatre in Utica start at $33.50 including fees and go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are available either in person at the box office or by phone at 315-724-4000. Tickets will also be available online here.
After 15 years of great live music, bringing people together and raising money for different charities each year, the team at Fox Fest has announced this will be the final year for the Syracuse-area festival, on August 3, 2024.
Located near the villages of Onondaga and Navarino, Fox Fest is held is organized by George Ryan and Doris Ryan, held on their property and sponsored by a large group of local businesses, residents and attendees. There’s a full professional production including staging, PA system, and lighting, while local food vendors provide food and refreshments at reasonable rates. A family-friendly event that allows camping, coolers full of whatever you choose, and the open space to enjoy yourselves, the event is fun but not restrictive.
The growth of the event is noteworthy – what began as a blending of three friends’ annual parties, took on a scale enviable by many regional festivals. Located in the pastoral hills south of Syracuse, Fox Fest is a non-profit event that annually donates its proceeds to honorable charities; this year’s proceeds will benefit the Zach Helfrich Memorial Fund.
Established in 2020 with the mission of raising suicide awareness, especially with parents, and also to fund effective, local mental health treatment programs. The Zach Helfrich Memorial Endowment at Upstate supports their Psychiatry High Risk Program which has been phenomenally successful treating high risk, multiple attempt patients 14 and older.
Taking place on Saturday, August 3 from 12pm to Midnight, ticket holders are allowed to arrive on Friday night and leave Sunday, camping for free on site, whether you have an RV, pop-up or tent. All sites are first come, first serve.
Tickets to Fox Fest 2024 can be purchased in the form of a Fox Fest T shirt, on pre-sale. Order forms are located at Franks Moon Dance on Route 20, and Limp Lizard BBQ on Onondaga Blvd. There will also be a link on the webpage to PayPal.
Two food vendors are on site to satisfy munchies. Proceeds from the food vendor will also be put towards the charity, so please support them when you are hungry. Open fires and grills are not permitted at Fox Fest for safety reasons. Fox Fest is BYOB, with coolers welcome, as there are no alcohol sales at Fox Fest. Fox Fest is also not pet friendly – please leave your dogs at home.
Tickets are $30 at the gate, along with t-shirts and much more at the merch tables at Fox Fest 2024.
Anyone looking to sponsors Fox Fest should reach out to George Ryan gryan@romanocars.com and anyone looking to volunteer should contact bruddyryan@hotmail.com.
Ithaca-based indie pop-rock artist Rose Alaimo has announced the release of her latest single “Power Lines” underlining how we, as humans, are all inter-connected to one other like never before. This is the second single from her third full-length album, A Place To Go When You Need To Hide.
Akin to the likes of The Cranberries, with the indie sensibilities of Radiohead, Rose Alaimo is a veterinarian and vegetable farmer in her day-to-day life. Her new record exposes a whole other side of Alaimo as she finds her way through the darkness to exercise her willpower, freedom of choice, and self-empowerment. Rose Alaimo writes, sings, performs, programs, records, and co-produces her music. In 2019, she released her more acoustic debut album The Importance of Centers followed by the gritty and anthemicGrowin 2021.
The song ‘Power Lines’ is about the connections that exist between us, whether we are aware of them or not. One thing that was highlighted during COVID-19 was how unbelievably interconnected we are. How fast the virus spread across the world was astounding, and in the middle of everyone debating mask and vaccination mandates and people becoming increasingly stressed and angry and there being more and more division between everyone, a tree was blown over on my property, taking the power lines down in front of my house. I walked outside and, after the shock of seeing this healthy tree ripped up by the roots by a strong wind, I noticed the lines that were down.
Rose Alaimo.
“Power Lines” is a powerful and emotional track, featuring loud and booming electric guitar riffs, percussions that won’t quit, and Alaimo’s iconic voice. The single follows the more grounding lead track “Stars,” which is about finding an unexpected moment of stillness amid a crazy world.
“I saw how they were connected to my house, and how the main lines also connected to my neighbor’s house, and how those same lines connected every single house on the street. I never stopped to notice how physically connected all of these houses were by these power lines and how what happened to my house affected everyone else around me. It struck me as an interesting analogy to how we as humans are also all more connected to each other and to the world around us than we might initially assume,” she continued.
A Place To Go When You Need To Hide is out now and available via fine music platforms, including Bandcamp, Spotify andApple Music.
Unity Hall has announced the first six months of its 2024 Mainstage Performance Series, presented in the historic Landecker Auditorium, updated with a state-of-the-art sound system.
Unity Hall’s 2024 MainStage Performance Series opens on Saturday, February 17 at 7:30 PM with Patsy Cline: Letters, Stories and Songs. The show features Rebecca Miner as Patsy and a cast of musicians and actors depicting important people in Cline’s life.
From its start, Unity Hall was built to be used as a performing arts venue, and a place for private and public meetings, parties, and other gatherings. It was built in 1896 by the nearby Unitarian Universalist Church and soon became a cultural and community center shared with other groups from Barneveld and its surrounding villages. In 1993, just about the time when the venue’s future was becoming seriously in question, local George Landecker decided that this precious historical structure was too important to just let languish and die, creating the Unity Hall Foundation to save and replenish the iconic venue.
The Unity Hall 2024 season launches on Saturday, February 17 with an original show about the iconic singer, Patsy Cline. Titled Patsy Cline: Letters, Stories, and Songs, the showfeatures well-known local singer and performer Rebecca Miner in character as the iconic singer, joined by a cast of talented musicians and actors playing important figures in Patsy’s life.
On Friday, March 22, internationally lauded banjo player, Tony Trischka, will perform with his band in a tribute show to Earl Scruggs, a major appearance for Unity Hall. Trischka is one of the most influential and innovative banjo players in the Roots music world. He won three awards at the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association gathering, including Recorded Event of the Year and Banjo Player of the Year, and also produced Steve Martin’s banjo album Rare Bird Alert.
Local acoustic music legend, Danny Holmes (formerly of Holmes and Mancini) returns to Unity Hall from Florida on Saturday, May 18 for his only area appearance. The multi-talented singer/songwriter Holmes will perform in the duo Rose ‘n’ Thorne with his wife, the outstanding vocalist, Karen Holmes. Finally, the talented and eclectic band, Quatro, will perform on June 22. Hailing from Syracuse, this dynamic band describes themselves as four perfectly aligned misfits performing Progressive Americana featuring guitar, cello, pedal steel, double bass, and vocal harmonies that will melt your heart.
For more information about Unity Hall and to purchase tickets, visit here.
