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By Denny\u00a0Dyroff,<\/strong><\/span> Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d is one of those shows that keeps coming back. No matter how many times the one-man show visits a city; it never seems to hit a saturation point. The actor in the show could come back out for a final bow, exclaim \u201cI\u2019ll be back\u201d and be totally telling the truth.<\/p>\n

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\nThe wildly popular show was written by Rob Becker over a three-year period, during which, he made an informal study of anthropology, prehistory, psychology, sociology and mythology. It has evolved into not only a hit show but also an aid for couples as they cope with the ongoing misunderstandings between men and women.<\/p>\n

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Vince Valentine in ‘Caveman.’<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cCaveman\u201d originally opened in San Francisco in 1991 and soon moved to Dallas. After a year in Dallas, the show went on to sold-out engagements in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago, before opening on Broadway in 1995. After running two and a half years, playing 702 performances at the Helen Hayes Theater, \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d entered the record books as the longest running solo play in Broadway history.<\/p>\n

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\nThe well-written, insightful play about the ways men and women relate has endeared itself to more than eight million people in over 30 countries and has been performed in approximately 20 different languages.<\/p>\n

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\nIn 2012, \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d returned to Philadelphia to the Prince Music Theater for its first extended run since 2006. At that point, local comic actor Vince Valentine played the role — a role he had already performed more than 500 times.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d is coming back to Philly — and so is Valentine. The show will open on July 9 and run through August 30 at the Penn\u2019s Landing Playhouse (211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, 855-448-7469, http:\/\/plplayhouse.com).<\/p>\n

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\nValentine is a South Philly native who teaches stand-up comedy at Camden County College and produces comedy showcases at clubs and restaurants throughout the Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n

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\nPerforming in \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d since 2004, Valentine started his career performing at comedy clubs along the east coast. Vince was selected from more than 1,500 actors as one of five finalists for NBC-10\u2019s \u201cBest Summer Gig Ever Traffic Contest\u201d and also made a guest appearance on \u201cNBC 10! Live\u201d as a panel guest soon after.<\/p>\n

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\nValentine has appeared in the independent film \u201cShut Up and Eat\u201d — a show that he co-wrote and played a starring role. He also was a finalist in 93.3 WMMR\u2019s \u201cPhilly\u2019s Last Comic Standing.\u201d He appeared in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival as a member of the Sketch Comedy Troupe \u201cSkitzoids,\u201d and with the Brick Playhouse in its production of \u201cFlip the Script.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cI like the role,\u201d said Valentine, during a phone interview last week from his home in South Jersey. \u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s live. There\u2019s nothing like live theater. You can never repeat a performance. I get a lot of enjoyment out of it. It pays me back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cWith \u2018Defending the Caveman,\u2019 women think they\u2019re coming to a Broadway show — and they are. Men think they\u2019re coming to a stand-up comedy show — and they are. The show lets everyone know that we\u2019re all going through it if we\u2019re in a relationship. Men are hunters, women are gatherers and it\u2019s evolved from there. Women will call each other to talk. Men don\u2019t talk — they bond. I\u2019m at a little advantage performing this role because I\u2019m a comic. It\u2019s a live show that keeps evolving. We\u2019re constantly updating the show. For example, there are now jokes about Twitter, Facebook and other social media. I\u2019m really excited to be a part of the revival at the Penn\u2019s Landing Playhouse. People still don\u2019t know there is a theater there at the Independence Seaport Museum. And, I love playing to Philadelphia audiences. Philly fans are tough. They know when you\u2019re mailing it in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nVideo link for \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v5d6d5H5E7Q. \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d will run through August 30 at the Penn\u2019s Landing Playhouse with shows at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets range from $45-$65.<\/p>\n

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The Painted Bride Art Center (230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-9914, www.circuscats.com) is known for presenting non-mainstream music acts as well as art installations. So, if someone told you that there would be a show there this weekend featuring \u201ccats who play their own unique style of free-form music,\u201d you\u2019d probably think that it would be improv jazz musicians performing exploratory music. But, you\u2019d be wrong.<\/p>\n

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\nThe show is billed as \u201cSamantha Martin and her Amazing Acro-Cats .\u201d All of the show\u2019s performers are cats — the small feline variety — with the exception of a chicken who adds percussion. The show, which is definitely non-mainstream, will have six performances from July 9-12.<\/p>\n

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\nThe headline act is the Rock Cats and Tuna (cowbells) is the leader. The ensemble also includes Oz (guitar), Dakota (drums), Nue (keyboards), Sookie (chimes) and Cluck Norris, a chicken on cymbal and tambourine. The one-hour show features over a dozen musical and non-musical felines, all of whom are former orphans, rescues and strays. Their skills include walking tightropes, pushing carts, skateboarding, jumping through hoops, ringing bells, balancing on balls and turning on lights.<\/p>\n

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\nMartin provides living proof that the idea that \u201ccats can\u2019t be trained\u201d simply isn\u2019t true. Tuna and the rest of the crew are real house cats who have learned all their talents through clicker training. The shows feature a cat or kitten learning some basics using this method — a method that highlights positive reinforcement.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cI started the show at the end of 2005,\u201d said Martin, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from a tour stop in Baltimore. \u201cI first took it on the road in 2008 and the first big tour was 2009; it was also when I first started fostering rescues. We just got four foster kittens in Tennessee and we\u2019re down to three already. The kittens stay with us until we find a home for them. We\u2019ve found homes for more than 160 cats since 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe arrival of Tuna was the catalyst for this project. \u201cWhen Tuna came into my life, I saw that she had such an aptitude for learning,\u201d said Martin, who is based in Chicago. \u201cI had a trained rat show. I started doing numbers with Tuna and people loved it. Tuna is 13 years old now and she\u2019s still the star of the show. She rings a bell, plays cowbell in the band and does high fives. Dakota and Oz are the next oldest. They\u2019re nine or 10. We have 14 cars in the show and they range from one year old to 13.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nMartin, who has a college degree in animal husbandry and behavioral sciences, knows that cats can be trained but also retain rights to acting unpredictably. \u201cYou can\u2019t always count on cats,\u201d said Martin. \u201cSometimes in the show, a cat won\u2019t do its act. Audience members don\u2019t care. They find it funny if the cats don\u2019t do what they\u2019re supposed to. Our show demonstrates that there is a real benefit to training cats. There are all sorts of benefits to training your cat. We\u2019ve trained our cats to perform and they enjoy it. It\u2019s their free will. If they don\u2019t want to do something, they don\u2019t have to. They know it. With our cats, their body language shows they\u2019re having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nVideo link for Accro-Cats –https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A4cIuJ2im4M. The shows at the Painted Bride Art Center are scheduled for July 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., July 11 at 5 and 8 p.m. and July 12 at 2 and 5 p.m. All tickets are $21 and available at www.circuscats.com. A portion of the proceeds will go to Philly Cats Animal Rescue (http:\/\/www.phillycats.org).<\/p>\n

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The Vans Warped Tour, which touches down at the Susquehanna Bank Center (1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey, 856-225-0163, www.livenation.com) on July 10, is often the highlight of the summer for young music fans. It is an impressive tour that features more than 90 bands and covers a variety of genres — mainly punk, hardcore, power-pop and the harder side of alternative.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cWhen I first started performing with a band it was a six-piece,\u201d said Drew, during a phone interview Thursday evening from a Warped Tour stop in western Pennsylvania. \u201cIt went down to a three-piece. Now, we\u2019re up to a four-piece and we have an organist who is out with us now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe group\u2019s most recent album is \u201cRecycled Youth Vol. 1\u201d which came out earlier this year. The album featured reworked songs from previous Never Shout Never records. The band now has a new album filled with fresh new tunes that will be released next month on Warner Bros. Records. It\u2019s called \u201cBlack Cat.\u201d<\/p>\n

 
\n\u201c\u2019Black Cat\u2019 has been in the works since 2013,\u201d said Drew. \u201cI started hammering it in 2014 — really got it going. I found a producer — Dennis Herring — and did some pre-production with him. Recording the album was a really long process — five times longer than we had spent on any previous album. We cut at DTLA Studio in the arts district of L.A. and that was really cool. The music on \u2018Black Cat\u2019 — it\u2019s kind of all over the place. It\u2019s definitely a pop album — cool chords and classic melodies. But, we produced it in a very contemporary way. The title track is somewhat psychedelic. Our last few albums were mid-tempo but this one is pretty upbeat. There a few things on the album that tie together lyrically. I co-wrote half the songs with the band. Then, me and Dennis worked more on the songs in pre-production.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThis will be Never Shout Never\u2019s third Warped Tour. The first time was 2010 and the second jaunt was in 2013. \u201cWe definitely learned a lot from that first time,\u201d said Drew. \u201cThis time, we have a 35-minute set. I love the short set. We just come out and play our favorite songs. We are doing one song from the new album -l \u2018Hey! We OK,\u2019 which is the first single from the album.\u201d Video link for Never Shout Never — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l9ew4wSG7cU&feature=player_detailpage.<\/p>\n

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New Beat Fund<\/p><\/div>\n

Another featured band on this year\u2019s Vans Warped Tour is New Beat Fund, a band that plays a style it has dubbed G-Punk, a blend of hip-hop, garage pop and West Coast punk. The line-up includes Jeff \u201cBurnie Baker\u201d Laliberte (guitar\/vocals), his brother Paul \u201cSnapz\u201d Laliberte (bass), Shelby \u201cButton\u201d Archer (guitar) and Michael \u201cSilky\u201d Johnson (drums).<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cA few years ago, my brother and I started jamming together,\u201d said Jeff Laliberte, during a recent phone interview from his home in Southern California. \u201cThen, Shelby joined us. We worked at a barbecue spot in the suburbs and stated jamming more. We met our drummer through a friend of ours. Our first gig was a little over three years ago. We had one new song we wrote as a band and two other songs we knew how to play. Everything seemed right. QWe called each other the next day and decided to go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cThat first song was called \u2018Scare Me\u2019 and it was written out of frustration. That was the jumping-off point — and we still play it. Our first record was the \u2018Coinz\u2019 EP in 2013. We recorded it and produced it in our bedroom because we were working different jobs and didn\u2019t have the money to go to a studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cOur next record was \u2018It\u2019s Cool,\u2019 which we recorded the same way. When we started working on an album, we\u2019d make demos in different places. Then, we all moved in together in a little place in Topanga Canyon to work on songs. We spent five months there altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe end result was New Beat Fund\u2019s debut album \u201cSponge Fingerz,\u201d which was released in June on Red Bull Records. \u201cWe recorded bits and pieces for the last couple years,\u201d said Laliberte. \u201cWe did most of the work nine months ago and then recorded and mixed it last fall. We played a lot of gigs in Southern California this spring and now we\u2019re off on the Warped Tour. This is our second Warped Tour. We played the 2013 tour after we released our EP. That was our first tour ever. It was like boot camp. This time, we\u2019re more prepared. We\u2019re bringing our music which we call \u2018G-Punk\/Beach Funk.\u2019 No-one can define us so we\u2019ve created our own genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nVideo link for New Beat Fund — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=knfcE4NCZfY. The Vans Warped Tour will start at 1 p.m. Tickets are $39.50.<\/p>\n

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Royal Blood.<\/p><\/div>\n

Royal Blood, a two-piece band from the U.K., is currently getting introduced to a huge amount of potential fans because it is touring America as the opening act for the immensely-popular Foo Fighters. After playing to a sold-out audience last week at Susquehanna Bank Center (1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey, 856-225-0163, www.livenation.com), the tour is returning to the same venue on July 13.<\/p>\n

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\nThe duo — bassist\/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher — released its debut album \u201cRoyal Blood\u201d 10 months ago. Now, with the impetus provided by the tour with the Foo Fighters, the album has climbed to Number 5 on the Billboard Albums Chart. \u201cWe met a gig a few years ago when we were playing in different bands,\u201d said Ker, during a recent phone interview. \u201cWe just decided that a duo would be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nRoyal Blood has an amazingly big sound considering it is just a duo. It has all the bombast of a power trio — without a lead guitar. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if it would work but it was something I wanted to try,\u201d said Kerr. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a configuration to make it louder. And, I use ultra-pedals to get high-end sounds. We did do a little overdubbing in the studio. Our approach is just trying to write good songs — just trying to get a good melody. It\u2019s very collaborative the way we work. We\u2019ve been friends as long as we\u2019ve been playing together so we have really good chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe band formed in Brighton, England and is based in Worthing, a town 10 miles west of Brighton. \u201cWe had our first live gig in November 2013 in Worthing at the Tangerine Bar,\u201d said Kerr. \u201cWe didn\u2019t even rehearse. We just met up and did the gig the next day. We began recording around Christmas that year. The rest of the album was done over the next year. We\u2019re writing all the time. We\u2019re playing all the songs from the album in our live show. We aren\u2019t playing any new songs and we don\u2019t play covers. American audiences are starting to take notice of us. A year ago, we were playing shows to 20 people. When we headlined our own tour earlier this year, we were playing to 1,000 fans and having sold-out shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nVideo link for Royal Blood — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bSdtvfBQd6c&list=PLhAkyTFeUxdMcyWuJcFYOPwMBE6UPjTkg&feature=player_embedded. Royal Blood\u2019s show with the Foo Fighters will start at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $75, $58.50 and $42.50.<\/p>\n

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Jungle by Night has been winning over audiences all throughout Europe for the past few years but has remained relatively unknown in the United States. That\u2019s all about to change because the band has just embarked on its maiden tour of North America — a tour that brings it here on July 12 for a show at World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, philly.worldcafelive.com).<\/p>\n

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\nBased in Amsterdam, Jungle by Night has a large line-up — Pieter van Exter (tenor sax, Ko Zandvliet (trombone), Bo Floor (trumpet), Jac van Exter (guitar), Pyke Pasman (keyboards), Peter Peskens (bass), Sonny Groeneveld (drums), Tienson Smeets (Djembe) and Gino Groeneveld (congas).<\/p>\n

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\nThe nine-piece powerhouse evolves the American and Nigerian roots of the music, folding in the beats and fierce attitudes of hip-hop and EDM, guided by the wild soul of jazz and the raw energy of rock. The band will bring its modern take on Afrobeat to America with the current tour in support if its third album \u201cThe Hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cThis is our first time to tour the states so we\u2019re really excited,\u201d said van Exter, during a recent trans-Atlantic phone interview from his home in the Dutch capital. \u201cWe\u2019re a combination of nine friends and brothers. It\u2019s a group of friends and affiliates who were into different music than most other people our age. It started as a jam and ended up going to stage. It began in 2010. Our main target was a local festival and then it took off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nJungle by Night\u2019s version of Afrobeat has found fans around the world. The band organized its own Afrobeat festival \u201cFelabration\u201d (in honor of the late Fela Kuti) in Amsterdam and brought in Fela\u2019s drummer Tony Allen and Fela\u2019s son Seun Kuti as special guests.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the people who have Afrobeat in their blood, one of the creators and the heir, were captured with Jungle by Night\u2019s take on the music. \u201cAfrobeat to that level is just wonderful and impressive,\u201d Seun Kuti said after they\u2019d performed.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cI grew up on Afrobeat,\u201d said van Exter. \u201cMy father was a journalist in Africa so I was exposed to a lot of the music from Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia. I liked the crossovers of Arican music with western music. Our music is inspired by Afrobeat and jazz. But, we want to go beyond that — not to copy but and make our own music. We\u2019re moving in many directions. With Afrobeat, there are a lot of typical aspects and we don\u2019t follow there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cSometimes, we use synthesizers with Afrobeat or keytar with Ethiopian music. Or, we might take a Malian vibe and sue that as inspiration. We keep developing our own style. If you listen to \u2018The Hunt,\u2019 you\u2019ll hear that there is more going on musically than just Afrobeat. We\u2019ve toured Europe a lot. This tour is to get us noticed in the states and in Canada. We\u2019re playing our own headline shows and we\u2019re also playing a lot of impressive festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Ottawa Blues Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nVideo link for Jungle by Night — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R8plXruz8PQ. Jungle by Night\u2019s show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live will start at 8 p.m. and also feature El Malito as the opener. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org) will present Better than Bacon on July 9.<\/p>\n

 
\nThe Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com) will host \u201cNo Fuss and Feathers Roadshow\u201d featuring The Yayas (Jay Mafale and Catherine Miles), Carolann Solebello and Karyn Oliver\u201d on July 11.<\/p>\n

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\nDoc Watson\u2019s Public House (150 North Pottstown Pike, Exton, 610-524-2424, docwatsonspublichouse.com) will feature the Billy Joel tribute act \u201cRiver of Dreams\u201d on July 10 and Graham Squad on July 11.<\/p>\n

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Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110, http:\/\/chaplinslive.com) will have Captive Son, Distress Call, Awaking Mercury and Pansy on July 9 and Aberdeen Green, Aubrey DeMedio and Kaitlyn Myers on July 10.<\/p>\n

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Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547, www.burlapandbean.com) will present Project Ico on July 10 and Flagship Romance with IVA on July 11.<\/p>\n

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Valley Forge Casino (1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, 610-354-8118, https:\/\/www.vfcasino.com) presents its next Comedy Club show on July 10 with Jackie \u201cThe Joke Man\u201d Martling.<\/p>\n

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The Grand Opera House (818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, www.thegrandwilmington.org) will present Kidz Bop on July 12 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

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World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 302- 994-1400, www.queen.worldcafelive.com) will host Wilmo Wednesday on July 15.<\/p>\n

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The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) will have Johnny Peers & the Muttville Comix on July 13, Dale Watson & His Lone Stars on July 14 and Robbie Fulks & Redd Volkaert on July 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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