{"id":25356,"date":"2022-02-10T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=25356"},"modified":"2022-02-10T09:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:33:23","slug":"on-stage-fabba-brings-the-music-of-abba-to-kewswick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=25356","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: FABBA brings the music of ABBA to Kewswick"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong> Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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FABBA<\/p><\/div>\n

What is one of the most popular palindromes in the world and is also a name of one of the best-selling bands in the history of popular music?<\/p>\n

ABBA, of course.<\/p>\n

ABBA\u00a0is a Swedish pop group formed in\u00a0Stockholm\u00a0in 1972 by\u00a0Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog,\u00a0Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus,\u00a0Benny Andersson, and\u00a0Anni -Frid Lyngstad. The group\u2019s name is an\u00a0acronym\u00a0of the first letters of their first names arranged as a\u00a0palindrome. One of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time,\u00a0they became one of the\u00a0best-selling music acts\u00a0in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983, and in 2021.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, there are a lot of ABBA tribute bands such as Dancing Queen, Abbafab, Almost Abba and Abba Again. There are more than 50 Abba tribute bands in the U.K. alone. <\/p>\n

One of the best Abba tribute bands actually got its start in the U.K. \u2013 The FABBA Show.<\/p>\n

On February 10, \u201cThe FABBA Show \u2013 A Tribute to ABBA\u201d will visit the area for a show at the Keswick Theatre (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The FABBA Show features Julianne Ruck as Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog,\u00a0Robert Gonzalez as Benny Andersson, Andy Marshall as Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus,\u00a0and\u00a0his wife Marie-Claire Marshall as Anni -Frid Lyngstad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been together for six years,\u201d said Marie-Claire Marshall, during a phone interview last week from her home in Orange County.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually started the band about 15 years ago when I was living in England. It was called FABBA Show. There is still a FABBA Show in England and one in Sweden. I started them both. Then, my family moved to the states. I didn\u2019t think ABBA was a go.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn California, I was working as a singer. My husband and I took the kids to Knott\u2019s Berry Farms. Julie Ruck was in a music show there. My husband said that he thought Julie would make a great Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog \u2013 and she has.\u201d<\/p>\n

In\u00a01974, ABBA were\u00a0Sweden’s first winner of the\u00a0Eurovision Song Contest\u00a0with the song \u201cWaterloo,\u201d which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition’s history as part of the\u00a050th anniversary celebration\u00a0of the contest.<\/p>\n

During the band\u2019s main active years, it consisted of two married couples: F\u00e4ltskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages.<\/p>\n

Ten years after the group broke up, a compilation,\u00a0\u201cABBA Gold,\u201d was released and became a worldwide best-seller. In 1999, ABBA’s music was adapted into\u00a0\u201cMamma Mia!,\u201d a successful musical that toured worldwide. A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year. A sequel,\u00a0\u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u201d was released in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Mama Mia!\u2019 movies kickstarted it all again,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cIt opened a whole new audience for ABBA. Anybody from 5-to-105 could be an ABBA fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was an ABBA fan when I was young. I grew up in London. I was a teen there in the 1990s, so I was into acts such like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Marshall, her husband and their bandmates are all about ABBA.<\/p>\n

The FABBA Show is America\u2019s most renowned, authentic, and truly sensational tribute to ABBA. The legend lives on, with hit after hit of dance floor classics like \u201cDancing Queen,\u201d \u201cSuper Trouper,\u201d \u201cVoulez Vous,\u201d \u201cWaterloo,\u201d \u201cMamma Mia,\u201d \u201cTake a Chance On Me\u201d and more than 40 other hit singles that have audiences on their feet every show.<\/p>\n

The band has an amazing among of energy and showmanship \u2013 and the costumes are spectacular.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gop through 10 costume changes in the show,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cIt\u2019s our thing \u2013 how many times can we get offstage and change without the audience knowing. We even wear huge wings that light up for \u2018Lay All Your Love on Me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Like most music acts, The FABBA Show spent time off the road because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to be playing for audiences again,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since any of us has experienced hand clapping. We\u2019re really looking forward to performing live onstage again.<\/p>\n

The show on February 10 will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38.50-$58.50. All attendees will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter the venue or a negative test result within 72 hours of entry.<\/p>\n

Video link for The FABBA Show \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/EozF-HgVOpA<\/a><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Keswick Theatre are Who\u2019s Bad on February 11 and Andy Grammar on February 14.<\/p>\n

\"\"ABBA fans can also hear the band\u2019s music performed live in a stage production of \u201cMama Mia!\u201d at a venue just over the state line in northern Delaware.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is midway through its first production run of 2022 with the hit musical \u201cMama Mia!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMamma Mia!\u201d\u00a0is based on the songs of\u00a0ABBA. Following the premiere of the musical in London in 1999,\u00a0\u201cABBA Gold\u201d\u00a0topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This musical was the brainchild of producer\u00a0Judy Craymer.<\/p>\n

In 1997, Craymer commissioned\u00a0Catherine Johnson\u00a0to write the book for the musical. The play is about a woman who does not know which of three men is the father of her daughter, now a young woman on the eve of her wedding on a Greek island.<\/p>\n

The production at the Candlelight, which is directed and choreographed by Dann Dunn, features as Tina Delano as Sophie (the daughter) and Kaylan Wetzel as Donna (the mother) along with Candlelight veterans such as Anthony Connell as Pepper and Lindsay Mauck as Rosie.<\/p>\n

\u201cMamma Mia!\u201d is running at the Candlelight Theatre now through February 27. It will be followed by \u201cBig Fish\u201d from March 19-April 24.<\/p>\n

If you want to get your Valentine\u2019s Day Weekend off to a rousing start, there is a concert that is just what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n

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Laura Cheadle<\/p><\/div>\n

On February 11, The Living Room (35 East Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, https:\/\/thelivingroomat35east.com<\/a>) will host \u201cLaura Cheadle Sings The Sexy Valentine Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a lot of sexy R&B songs,\u201d said Cheadle, during a phone interview Tuesday evening from her home in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be some love songs \u2013 and some heartbreakers. There will be sexy songs about meeting someone for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are all stories from my life. I recently broke up with someone I was with for years and that was an influence on some songs. There are also songs about my career like \u2018You\u2019re Gonna Know My Name.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The show features Laura\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0and her band.\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0has a band that features blues, soul, funk \u2013 and a lot of\u00a0Cheadles.<\/p>\n

Her four-piece group features her brother Jim\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0on guitar and her father James\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0on keyboards along with South Jersey\u2019s Dave Ferebee on drums.<\/p>\n

James \u201cPapa\u00a0Cheadle\u201d has played and recorded with Don Cornell, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Four Aces, Grover Washington Jr., The Soul Survivors, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed a deal with Sony Music,\u201d said\u00a0Cheadle. \u201cI\u2019ll have a new album coming out this year on Sony Orchard. The first single \u2013 \u2018Reverberate\u2019 \u2013 is out already. The second single \u2013 \u2018Lust In Between\u2019 \u2013 will be released on March 29. Hopefully, the album will be out by late summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the studio a lot. I hadn\u2019t written in four years. When the COVID shutdown arrived, I started writing and couldn\u2019t stop. I just relaxed and enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecording is a family affair. I\u2019m recording the upcoming album at my dad\u2019s studio with my brothers and him. My dad is the producer.\u00a0Sony is letting me do my own thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have eight songs recorded and I\u2019m still writing more. The music is very R&B-based. I just wrote another song the other day. Songs are flying out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheadle\u00a0has played with her family ever since she was a young girl.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father has influenced me so much,\u201d said\u00a0Cheadle. \u201cHe\u2019s a seasoned jazz musician who used to be a music professor at Rowan University. So, I\u2019ve always been involved with music<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has his own recording studio in South Jersey called the Swedesboro Music Studio and he records a lot of different people. He and I are both devoted to music. His influence on me is blues and jazz \u2013 but I make it modern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheadle\u2019s music career began when she was four years old. Her father created the \u201cAppreciation Choir\u201d for the Persian Gulf War troops in the early nineties and created a music video that was aired on VH1 and MTV. Along with her two older twin brothers and various other children,\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0toured around the United States singing for audiences.<\/p>\n

When she was 11, she enlisted her father to teach her how to play drums. From her \u201ctween\u201d to \u201cmid-teen\u201d years,\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0was in a band with her brothers called Sibling \u2013 a pop group that played at local restaurants, churches, music venues, private parties and parades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the Philadelphia\/New Jersey music scene for quite some time,\u201d said\u00a0Cheadle. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing acoustic stuff since I was 16 and then put my band together later. Sibling was a blend and I morphed into my music. Songwriting comes very naturally for me. Sometimes, I wake up with a melody in my head. It\u2019s just there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a super fan of old soul. My biggest influences are Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, James Brown and Stevie Wonder. I love real drums and all the organic instruments. Some of my songs are rock. Some of them are blues. It\u2019s hard to classify me \u2013 maybe pop\/rock with soul influence. I just do what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0Family has built a strong reputation nationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on an NBC television show called \u2018The Next Great Family Band\u2019 in 2013,\u201d said\u00a0Cheadle. \u201cThat got us a lot of interest in being booked for tours. They actually came to our place in Swedesboro. The exposure was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Laura\u00a0Cheadle\u00a0\u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ro-JwppZkJM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on February 11 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

For a more mellow musical celebration of Valentine\u2019s Day, head to the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) on February 12.<\/p>\n

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The Paul Jost Quartet<\/p><\/div>\n

The comfortable theater in downtown West Chester will be presenting \u201cAn Evening of Love Songs with The Paul Jost Quartet…celebrating Tony Bennett.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jost is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger but it is his work as a vocalist that makes him a standout. He has performed worldwide with recent tours in Asia and Europe. Jost\u2019s resume includes an ongoing residency at the internationally acclaimed jazz club 55 Bar, a two-month stint in 2017 at SMOKE performing with Orrin Evans, guest appearances with vibraphonist Joe Locke at Dizzy\u2019s Coca Cola Club at the Lincoln Center in April 2018 and performances at such popular clubs as Mezzrow, Jazz at Kitano\u2019s and more.<\/p>\n

Each member of the Paul Jost Quartet is an incomparable artist and as a group they bring the highest caliber performance to the creation of music and to the stage. Paul Jost (vocal\/harmonica\/arranger), Jim Ridl (pianist), Dean Johnson (bass) and Tim Horner (drums) deliver fresh, passionate and compelling renditions of compositions drawn from The Great American Songbook, Classic Popular Music and Jazz Favorites.<\/p>\n

Video link for Paul Jost Quartet — https:\/\/youtu.be\/0-IvmMaGFoQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on February 12 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Ticket price includes desserts and one glass of Prosecco.<\/p>\n

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Tinsley Ellis<\/p><\/div>\n

Tinsley Ellis is among the blues world\u2019s best loved, hardest working and most well-traveled statesmen.<\/p>\n

He will be definitely working hard this weekend when he visits the area for a pair of shows \u2013 February 11 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, www.st94.com<\/a>) and February 12 at the Arden Concert Gild (2126 The Highway, Wilmington,\u00a0Delaware, ardenconcerts.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

When the pandemic shutdown hit in March 2020, Ellis was forced to cancel the tour promoting his just-released album,\u00a0\u201cIce Cream In Hell,\u201d just six weeks into the 60-date run. This would be the first time in 40 years he\u2019d be off the road, and as he drove the 2400 miles home from Reno to Atlanta, he was already formulating his future plans.<\/p>\n

Ellis resolved to dedicate his pandemic-forced downtime to creating new songs and growing as a songwriter. To get back to his musical roots, he began composing on amps and guitars that he hadn\u2019t used for decades. He explored obscure studio and live recordings from some of his greatest musical heroes, such as the Allman Brothers, Freddie King, Michael Bloomfield, and B.B. King and was inspired by his favorite artists all over again. Eighteen months later, Ellis had written an astonishing 200 new songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat out the pandemic for 21 months,\u201d said Ellis, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from his home in Atlanta, Georgia. \u201cNothing has changed that much \u2013 except that I have a new album.<\/p>\n

Ellis\u2019 new album,\u00a0\u201cDevil May Care,\u201d was just released on Alligator Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad we waited for the release,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cNow, I\u2019m touring again and just trying to stay well. I bring my own microphone and there\u2019s no more kissing and hugging at the merch table.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was off the road for two years. I did a lot of songwriting \u2013 and staring into the abyss. Making this album, I definitely woodshedded as lot more than I had in the last 20 years. It definitely gave me a rope to hang myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a lot of writing and re-writing. Bruce Iglauer (owner of Alligator Records) was like my mentor. I\u2019d send him the instrumentals for a song. When he asked me for lyrics, I knew he liked the song. He\u2019s like a taskmaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, the music comes much easier than the words. I almost always write the music first. Writing lyrics is the hardest thing. No amount of time is too much time for songwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since his first Alligator album more than 30 years ago, Ellis has become a bona fide worldwide guitar hero. Ellis has performed in all 50 United States as well as in Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia and South America — picking up legions of fans with his guitar virtuosity, passionate vocals and memorable original songs.
\n\u201cI started in 1979 on the road,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cIt\u2019s great to be playing shows. When we play new songs live, they start as the studio version and then we add to them and modify them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Atlanta in 1957, Ellis was raised in southern Florida. He found the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream, The Rolling Stones and Southern rockers like The Allman Brothers. As he discovered the roots of these bands, he attended shows by B.B. King, Howlin\u2019 Wolf, Muddy Waters and every other blues artist who came through town.
\nAlready an accomplished teenaged musician, Ellis returned to Atlanta and started playing with local bands. In 1981, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson,\u00a0Tinsley\u00a0formed The Heartfixers, a group that would become Atlanta’s top-drawing blues band. After cutting three Heartfixers albums for the Landslide label, Ellis was ready to head out on his own.<\/p>\n

The veteran bluesman talked about the making of \u201cDevil May Care.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Ellis, \u201cThere was a lot of time to experiment. In my downstairs studio I set up every guitar and amp that I owned, plus a Leslie cabinet, an old wooden Wurlitzer electric piano, an old Maestro Echoplex tape delay and 30 or 40 glass, steel and brass slides. Experimenting with different gear set ups inspired the songwriting. Plus, I was able to listen to more music than I had since the 1970s. My imagination was fired up!\u201d<\/p>\n

As early as April 2020, he began regularly releasing his new material online, keeping his thousands of fans engaged and soaking up their comments and responses. He knew, thanks to the reactions of his fans to his new songs, that he needed to make a record and get back on the road as soon as possible. Ellis whittled his massive song list down to ten, enlisted his friend and co-producer, keyboard master Kevin McKendree, and headed for Franklin, Tennessee\u2019s famous Rock House recording studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had more than 200 songs and sent 10 to Alligator,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cI whittled it down and got rid of songs that didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAl Kooper and Mike Bloomfield were the inspirations for this tour. One of the songs \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t Bury Our Love\u2019 \u2013 owes a lot directly to Al Kooper\u2019s song, \u2018More Than You\u2019ll Ever Know,\u2019 from the first Blood, Sweat and Tears album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Tinsley Ellis — https:\/\/youtu.be\/_CeFTXKF5KQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Arden Concert Gild on February 12 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $28.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on February 11 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater will also host Martin Barre on February 12.<\/p>\n

There will be a meeting of generations on February 13 in a special concert at the Kimmel Cultural Campus\u2019 Verizon Hall (300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia,www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The stellar music students of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra will perform under the baton of its long-time Conductor — Maestro Louis Scaglione. The students will be joined by world-renowned violinist Michael Ludwig as the special guest soloist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a long history with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra dating back to the 1970s when I performed in the orchestra,\u201d said Ludwig, during a phone interview last week from his home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cLouis Scaglione and I have worked together for 25 years. This will be the first time I\u2019m performing with them post-pandemic. The last time was four years ago. This concert is the orchestra\u2019s first of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scaglione is celebrating his 25th\u00a0Anniversary with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is his 25th anniversary and he\u2019s done just brilliant work in a growing organization — creating opportunities for young musicians to perform at a higher level,\u201d said Ludwig.<\/p>\n

Ludwig, who graduated from Haverford High School, is a Philadelphia musician with deep Philadelphia roots.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated from and the University of the Arts and studied at the Curtis Institute,\u201d said Ludwig, who has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, KBS Symphony in Seoul, Korea, Beijing Symphony, and The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ludwig is the Concertmaster of the Philly POPS and the Music Director of the Roxborough Orchestra. He has served on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University as well as Montclair State University. Michael and his wife Rachael maintain active violin and viola studios in Cherry Hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father Irving Ludwig performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra,\u201d said Ludwig. \u201cHe started me with violin lessons when I was six. Music was always an integral part of our lives. I also studied piano, but the main focus was always violin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the beauty of the sounds a violin can create and the singing nature of the instrument. It\u2019s all about the lovely music created by violin.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Sunday\u2019s concert, the ensemble will perform Bruch\u2019s Violin \u201cConcerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 26\u201d with Ludwig. The other two pieces will be Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s \u201cCarnival Overture, op. 26\u201d and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, op. 36.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Bruch\u2019s \u201cViolin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26\u201d is admired especially for its lyrical melodies, which span nearly the entire range of the instrument. The work premiered in\u00a0Bremen,\u00a0Germany, on January 7, 1868, with the virtuoso violinist\u00a0Joseph Joachim\u00a0as soloist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful violin concerto,\u201d said Ludwig, who has recorded internationally with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Virginia Symphony. \u201cThe first movement serves as an introduction to the second movement. The structure is a little different.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince when I last performed it, I was able to see the manuscript online. I always like to see it in the composer\u2019s handwriting. It gives an insight into the creation of the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis entire concert is very special for me. Louis dedicated it to my mother Martha who passed away last July. She and Louis were very close. There are no words to describe how special this is to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ludwig has a busy schedule this weekend.<\/p>\n

On February 12, he will conduct the Roxborough Orchestra in a concert at Venice Island Performing Arts Center (7 Lock Street, Philadelphia, roxboroughorchestra.org<\/a>). The concert, which features free admission, will start at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Video link for Philadelphia Youth Orchestra — https:\/\/youtu.be\/rkK-cd9eJrE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The concert at Verizon Hall on February 13 will start at 7 p.m. Tickets range in price from $20-$30 and are available at\u00a0www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is presenting Better Than Bacon on February 10, Chris Fabiano on February 11 and Bettye Lavette on February 15.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) will host Lisa Chavous on February 11 and Craig Bickhardt on February 12.<\/p>\n

Every Thursday at Jamey\u2019s, there is a \u201cThursday Night Jazz Jam\u201d featuring the Dave Reiter Trio and every Sunday features \u201cSunday Blues Brunch & Jam\u201d featuring the Philly Blues Kings with Maci Miller<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Bowl (1009 Canal Street, Philadelphia, www.brooklynbowl.com\/philadelphia<\/a>) will present The Floozies on February 12.<\/p>\n

The Xcite Center at Parx Casino (2999 Street Road, Bensalem, 888-588-7279, https:\/\/parxcasino.com<\/a>) will have a show featuring Better Than Ezra and Tonic on February 11.<\/p>\n

Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>) will have Joe Russo\u2019s Almost Dead on February 11, Chai on February 12, Fish Narc on February 13, Yungblud on February 14 and Joan on February 15.<\/p>\n

PhilaMOCA (531 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, 267-519-9651, www.philamoca.org<\/a>) will present Squirrel Flower and Christelle Bofale on February 12.<\/p>\n

Rrazz Room (6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, 888-596-1027, www.TheRrazzRoom.com<\/a>) will host Eddie Bruce on February 12.<\/p>\n

Annenberg Center (3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, https:\/\/annenbergcenter.org\/events<\/a>) will present Maceo Parker and Regina Carter on February 11.<\/p>\n

The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331, www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>) will host Blank Pages on February 11 and Appetite for Destruction and Mo Lowda on February 12.<\/p>\n

The Met (858 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/themetphilly.com<\/a>) will host Boyz 2 Men on February 12 and Louis Tomlinson on February 15.<\/p>\n

Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-739-9684,<\/p>\n

www.johnnybrendas.com<\/a>) will present The Out-Sect on February 11, The Stereo League on February 12 and Lily Hiatt on February 15.<\/p>\n

Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215-232-2100, www.utphilly.com<\/a>) hosts The Movement on February 11 and Remi Wolf on February 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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