BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Kleinhans Music Hall - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Kleinhans Music Hall X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Kleinhans Music Hall REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20240403T190355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T165822Z UID:6885-1731614400-1731614400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Will Downing DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall & Soul of Buffalo Present:\nWill Downing\nwith Special Guest\, Buffalo NY’s own\nWILL HOLTON\nThursday\, November 14\, 2024\nKleinhans Music Hall\nDoors at 6:30PM / Show at 8PM\nAll Ages / Reserved Seating\nWill Downing will appear with his full band (not the BPO)\n\nCelebrating an insane 35 years in the “bizness” and with 27 records to his credit\, Grammy-nominated R&B | Smooth Jazz singer Will Downing will not be stopped! Flexing on his international appeal\, lead single “What Part of My Love” from his new record Soul Rising shot to the top of the UK Soul Chart Top 30 and parked there. With recordings for Island\, Mercury\, Verve\, Motown\, Sophisticated Soul\, and Shanachie Records\, Downing is an industry veteran whose silky baritone has been compared to Luther Vandross and Brian McKnight. \nAbout Will Downing \nCareer highlights include the #1 R&B chart-topping album After Tonight (2007) and Classique (2009)\, which peaked at #22 on the Billboard 100. Downing’s collaborators include a Who’s Who of R&B | Soul | Jazz headliners: Jennifer Holliday\, Kool & the Gang\, Gerald Albright\, Billy Ocean\, Regina Belle\, and Maysa\, among others. \nWill Downing was born and raised in a working-class family in Bed-Stuy\, Brooklyn. His father was a skycap at a local airport and his mother was a schoolteacher. As a teen\, Downing was a member of a school choir. At age 16\, he sang publishing house demos for songwriters who couldn’t sing well\, earning $50 each. \nIn 1988\, he signed a recording contract with 4th & B’way Records and released his first solo album Will Downing. It included a cover version of the John Coltrane classic\, “A Love Supreme\,” which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs record chart. Downing switched to Island Records for his second release\, Come Together as One (1989). \nDowning moved to Mercury Records for his fourth outing\, Love’s the Place to Be (1993). All the Man You Need\, released on Motown Records\, received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional R&B Album in 2000. It included “When You Need Me\,” a duet with Chante Moore. In 2002\, Downing received the International Association of African-American Music Diamond Award. \nIn 2023\, Will suffered a soul-crushing loss\, with the unexpected passing of his daughter Aron Siobhan Downing in January. As a father\, he was devastated…heartbroken. As an artist\, he sought solace and comfort through his craft\, facing the hurt head-on\, exploring multiple themes of love to begin healing. Persevering through the pain\, Downing’s soul is rising…literally! The Prince of Sophisticated Soul is proud to share his 7- song masterclass of triumph over tragedy\, Soul Rising! Although not a “concept” album\, the pieces of Soul Rising fit together beautifully as a single statement in honor and celebration of his eternal love for Siobhan. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/will-downing/ CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/a595fa70_fullsizeoutput_604.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20240509T153342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T130420Z UID:7164-1728934200-1728934200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall and Emporium Presents present\nDr. Neil deGrasse Tyson\nThe Cosmic Perspective\n*Sold Out*\nThere is no view of the world as emotionally potent as the one granted by a cosmic perspective. It’s one that sees Earth as a planet in a vast empty universe. It profoundly influences what we think and feel about science\, culture\, politics\, and life itself. \nTickets start at only $39.95 and are on sale now! A limited number of VIP Q&A tickets will also be available which includes premium seating and a post-show question and answer session with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. \nAbout Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson\nDr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. \n\n\n\nIn 2001\, Tyson was appointed by President Bush to serve on a twelve-member commission that studied the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation\, space exploration\, and national security. \nIn 2004\, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a nine-member commission on the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy\, dubbed the “Moon\, Mars\, and Beyond” commission. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. And in 2006\, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious Advisory Council\, which guides NASA through its perennial need to fit ambitious visions into restricted budgets. \n\nNeil deGrasse Tyson by Patrick Queen for Columbia Magazine \nIn addition to dozens of professional publications\, Dr. Tyson has written\, and continues to write for the public. From 1995 to 2005\, Tyson was a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine under the title Universe. And among Tyson’s fifteen books is his memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist; and Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution\, co-written with Donald Goldsmith. Origins is the companion book to the PBS NOVA four-part mini-series Origins\, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. The program premiered in September 2004. \nTwo of Tyson’s other books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries\, which was a New York Times bestseller\, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet\, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s planetary status. The PBS NOVA documentary The Pluto Files\, based on the book\, premiered in March 2010. \nIn February 2012\, Tyson released his tenth book\, containing every thought he has ever had on the past\, present\, and future of space exploration: Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. \nFor five seasons\, beginning in the fall of 2006\, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS NOVA’s spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW\, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe. \nDuring the summer of 2009 Tyson identified a cadre of professional standup comedians to assist his effort in bringing science to commercial radio with the NSF-funded pilot program StarTalk. Now also a popular Podcast\, for three years it enjoyed a limited-run Television Series on the National Geographic Channel. StarTalk combines celebrity guests with informative yet playful banter. The target audience is all those people who never thought they would\, or could\, like science. In its first year on television and in three successive seasons\, it was nominated for a Best Informational Programming Emmy. \nTyson is the recipient of twenty-three honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal\, the highest award given by NASA to a non-government citizen. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid “13123 Tyson.” And by zoologists\, with the naming of Indirani Tysoni\, a native species of leaping frog in India. On the lighter side\, Tyson was voted “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive” by People Magazine in 2000. \nIn 2017\, Tyson published Astrophysics for People In A Hurry\, which was a domestic and international bestseller. This adorably readable book is an introduction to all that you’ve read and heard about that’s making news in the universe—consummated\, in one place\, succinctly presented\, for people in a hurry. \nThat was followed in 2018 by Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military\, coauthored with Avis Lang\, in 2019 by Letters from an Astrophysicist\, both New York Times Bestsellers\, and in 2021 by Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are\, How We Got Here\, and Where We are Going\, coauthored with James Trefil. \nTyson served as Executive Science Editor and on-camera Host & Narrator for Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey\, the 21stcentury continuation of Carl Sagan’s landmark television series. The show began in March 2014 and ran thirteen episodes in primetime on the FOX network\, and appeared in 181 countries in 45 languages around the world on the National Geographic Channels. Cosmos won four Emmy Awards\, a Peabody Award\, two Critics Choice awards\, as well as a dozen other industry recognitions. Tyson reprised his role as on-camera host for the next season of Cosmos—Cosmos: Possible Worlds\, which premiered on the National Geographic Channel in March 2020 and on the FOX network in September 2020. \nTyson’s latest books are Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization and To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery\, coauthored with Lindsey Nyx Walker\, both New York Times bestsellers. \nTyson is the fifth head of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City and the first occupant of its Frederick P. Rose Directorship. He is also a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. \nNeil deGrasse Tyson lives in New York City with his wife\, a former IT project manager with Bloomberg Financial Markets. \n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/cosmic/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/241014-degrasse-sq.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20240303T184310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T170638Z UID:6241-1719430200-1719430200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Haley Reinhart DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall & Soul of Buffalo present: \nHaley Reinhart\nOff The Ground Tour\n\nwith Cami Clune \nA timeless voice outlasts eras. It feels just as home in the sixties as the TikTok age. Haley Reinhart brandishes such a voice. The expansive scope of her range comes into full focus on her 5th solo release\, Off The Ground. \nIn many ways\, Haley began working towards the album and her artistry as a child. Mom and dad share a “Midnight Band\,” and unsurprisingly\, their daughter would sing before she could talk. She spent countless hours engaged in rhyming games with her mom or locked into a call-and-response as a baby with her father. \nOpening the evening is Cami Clune\, a singer/songwriter from Buffalo\, NY. Incorporating elements from pop\, rock\, and country\, her sound is a unique fusion of genres. She first captured national attention as a semi-finalist on Season 19 of NBC’s The Voice. In her blind audition\, she received a 4 chair turn with a block\, the only contestant her season with those combined accolades. She chose John Legend as her coach\, but ultimately landed a spot on Kelly Clarkson’s team\, as she used her only steal for Cami in the knockout round. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Haley Reinhart\nIn 2009\, Haley was the first songstress to join her high school jazz band to perform at both the Montreux and Umbria jazz festivals. Her fascination with all things classic continued as she became a fan of The Beatles\, Janis Joplin\, Ella Fitzgerald and Sly & The Family Stone. These influences led her to record at Sunset Sound\, paying homage to classic rock and pop hits from the late sixties titled. Haley performs regularly with Robby Krieger of The Doors among other rock legends. \nThe double platinum-certified Chicago-born/Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter exudes an empowering level of charisma and confidence earned by a quiet\, decade-long grind. Haley landed third place and became a fan favorite on season 10 of American Idol. She recently returned to AI\, this time as a mentor\, coaching contestants in the Soul Genre. \nHer dynamic presence has powered four previous solo albums— Listen Up! [2012] Interscope\, Better [2016] Red Dot\, What’s That Sound? [2017] Concord\, and Lo- Fi Soul [2019] on her own label. Haley has been known to leave her mark on countless films and commercials\, singing in the new Mazda ad\, for Chase Bank\, as well as on TV shows including Love Island\, Gossip Girl\, Nashville\, Riverdale\, The Wilds\, America’s Got Talent\, Dancing with the Stars\, and more. \nMeanwhile\, her take on the Elvis Presley classic “Can’t Help Falling In Love” generated a remarkable 325 million Spotify streams and 100 million YouTube views within a few years of its release. What started off as a session sung for an Extra gum commercial turned out to be a chart-topping-radio hit and touring sensation by serendipity. Haley’s remake peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Adult Pop Airplay chart. \n \nHaley has also collaborated regularly with other talented musicians. She’s featured on Postmodern Jukebox’s highest-viewed videos on YouTube (over 300 million views) and has dueted with movie star Jeff Goldblum on two tracks from his chart-topping jazz standards collection\, The Capitol Studios Sessions. Haley joined Jeff for an unforgettable performance on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! In 2019\, she continued pushing boundaries by lending her voice and songwriting skills to Vicetone’s EDM dance hit “Something Strange\,” as well as an EDM version of Radiohead’s “Creep” with DJ Naeleck in 2022. \nExpanding her oeuvre\, Haley voices a young boy named Bill Murphy on the Netflix hit animated series based on comedian Bill Burr’s childhood – F Is For Family (seasons one through five out now)\, and made her acting debut in the #1 hit Robert Rodriguez Netflix film We Can Be Heroes\, where she played a superhero whose voice is her power. \nBoth 2022 and 2023 were banner years. In September 2022\, her newest EP\, Off The Ground\, released worldwide. The extended play features seven original songs all either written or co-written by Haley. From Fall 2022 to Fall 2023\, she headlined the “Off The Ground Tour” and played to rave reviews in over 100 theaters and rock rooms throughout North America. \nIn 2024\, Haley has taken her career to another level. After spending the first half of the year writing and recording a new album\, Haley will embark on another leg of the “Off The Ground” headline tour\, which will run from May to November 2024\, with a stop in Buffalo NY. The show is just beginning. \nLIMITED VIP MEET & GREET TICKET AVAILABLE! \nJoin Haley Reinhart for a memorable Meet & Greet experience prior to the performance at Kleinhans Musica Hall! The experience includes a photo with Haley\, who will also sign up to two items per ticket holder\, plus your choice from among the best seats in the house. Participants will also have early access to bars and the merch table. This opportunity is limited to 50 participants. Specific instructions will be sent in the days leading up to the show. \nAbout Cami Clune \nCami has performed as a featured vocalist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and has sung the national anthem for various organizations\, including the NFL and NHL. Her versatility extends beyond music as well; she has lent her voice to jingles\, showcased her acting skills in short films and commercials\, and took the stage in various musical productions throughout her life. Most notably\, she took on the lead role in the powerful short film “Blink of an Eye\,” shedding light on the pressing issue of opioid abuse\, while also contributing her vocal talents to the title track. \nSince her run on The Voice\, Cami has been diligently honing in on her craft\, focusing on writing and recording her own original music. She is so excited to share what she has been working on with the world. This past year\, she ventured into new musical territory by forming “Cami and The Fringe\,” a band that has not only sparked her creativity but also facilitated her artistic growth. Cami’s single “Rewind” is to be released June 14th. She cannot wait for you to hear this song\, as she feels that it marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in her musical journey. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/haley-reinhart/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/047D74C5-BDEA-4269-9AB7-74265DF61E482-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20240419T132506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T133400Z UID:6899-1714307400-1714327200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:All Our Relations Racial Healing Circle and Multicultural Dance Celebration DESCRIPTION:Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties\, Inc. and Kleinhans Music Hall cordially invite you:\nAll Our Relations Racial Healing Circle and Multicultural Dance Celebration!\nSunday\, April 28\, 2024\nKleinhans Music Hall \nJoin us for an afternoon building peace\, pride\, love & respect for all! \nThe “All Our Relations Racial Healing Circle & Multicultural Dance Celebration” offers a free opportunity to explore what and how racial healing can be advanced\, promoted\, and nurtured through meaningful dialogue of sharing our stories and learning of the experiences from many diverse perspectives. \n12:30 – 3 pm — ALL OUR RELATIONS RACIAL HEALING CIRCLE\nWe will begin at 12:30 pm with the All Our Relations Racial Healing Circle\, and doors will open by 12 pm.  These Racial Healing Circles are open to all and focus on creating brave\, compassionate spaces for discussions that help us carry our shared humanity into what we say and our actions.  By engaging in these Racial Healing Circle\, we hope to contribute to a greater sense of peace\, pride\, love\, and respect for all and to all. \nTo attend the Racial Healing Circle\, pre-registration is kindly required and greatly appreciated.  Lunch will be served for people who pre-register and attend the Circle. \nAlso\, because of the sensitive nature of these discussions\, we will need to close the doors by 1 pm as we embark on our discussions.  We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. \n3:30 – 6 pm — MULTICULTURAL DANCE CELEBRATION\nAll are welcome to join us for this celebration of Indigenous and global cultures representing African\, Asian\, European\, Indigenous American\, and everyone else!  We are excited to welcome five diverse groups who will share of cultural dances and communities.  No pre-registration is needed for the Multicultural Dance portion of the event. \nOur anticipated order and approximate times for the five cultural groups are:\n3:30 pm – Welcome & Acknowledgements\n3:40 pm – Amor & Heritage Dance Group\n4:05 pm – German Folk Dancers (SGTV Edelweiss)\n4:30 pm – JGB Shibuki Japanese Taiko Drum Group\n4:55 pm – African Warrior & Drum Group\n5:20 pm – Traditional Haudenosaunee Dancers from Tonawanda\n5:45 pm – Closing Words\, Announcements & Thanks\n6:00 pm – end of program \nThis event is part of the “All Our Relations Racial Healing Project” at Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties\, Inc. (NACS) with this Project being funded by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.  This event is also supported by the Buffalo Resilience organization\, as well as businesses\, foundations\, and caring individuals\, like you! \nFor more information\, please contact Pete Hill\, NACS’ Special Initiatives Director at phill@nacswny.org or 716-574-7871 (call or text). \nNyah-weh!  Thank you! URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/all-our-relations-racial-healing-circle-and-multicultural-dance-celebration/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Flyer-AORRHC-MCD-April-28-2024-at-Kleinhans-FINAL.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230824T175450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T190851Z UID:5801-1712172600-1712172600@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall presents\nBéla Fleck & Abigail Washburn\nApril 3\, 2024 – 7:30 PM\nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn on April 3\, 2024 at 7:30 PM in the Mary Seaton Room. Tickets are on sale now! \nThank you to our lead sponsor P&A Group\n \nAbout Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn\nBéla Fleck & Abigail Washburn\, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine)\, have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres\, and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance\, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. Over the years\, they played together most visibly in the Sparrow Quartet alongside Ben Sollee and Casey Driessen and informally at a pickin’ party here\, a benefit there\, or occasionally popping up in each other’s solo shows. Fans of tradition-tweaking acoustic fare eagerly anticipated that Béla & Abigail would begin making music together as a duo. \nFleck has the virtuosic\, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots. His collaborations range from his ground-breaking standard-setting ensemble Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to a staggeringly broad array of musical experiments. From writing concertos for full symphony orchestra\, exploring the banjo’s African roots\, to jazz duos with Chick Corea\, many tout that Béla Fleck is the world’s premier banjo player. Washburn has the earthy sophistication of a postmodern\, old-time singer-songwriter who has drawn critical acclaim for her solo albums. She has done fascinating work in folk musical diplomacy in China\, presented an original theatrical production\, and has contributed to singular side groups Uncle Earl and The Wu-Force. In addition to being named a TED Fellow in 2012\, Abigail was recently named the first US-China Fellow at Vanderbilt University\, in addition to Carolina Performing Arts/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s DisTil Fellow for 2018-2020. \nOn stage\, Fleck & Washburn will perform pieces from their Grammy-winning self-titled debut as well as their new record\, Echo in the Valley (Rounder 2017). With one eye on using the banjo to showcase America’s rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms\, Bela & Abigail meet in the mean\, head-on\, to present music that feels wildly innovative and familiar at the same time. Whether at home\, on stage or on record\, their deep bond\, combined with the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact\, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/bela-abigail/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/fleck-square-wkmh.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20231130T232426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T153242Z UID:5959-1710964800-1710972000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Brit Floyd DESCRIPTION:BPO Nation presents\nBrit Floyd – P·U·L·S·E\nMarch 20th 8pm\n Kleinhans Music Hall  \nBrit Floyd returns to the stage in 2024 with P·U·L·S·E\, their biggest and most spectacular production to date\, a celebration and faithful recreation of Pink Floyd’s legendary final Division Bell tour\, complete with a stunning laser and light show\, iconic circular screen\, inflatables and theatrics. The 2 and a half hour plus show features classic tracks from Pink Floyd’s magnificent catalogue of albums\, including the Dark Side of the Moon\, The Wall\, Wish You Were Here\, Animals\, The Division Bell\, Meddle and much more. In 1994 the Division Bell Tour was the highest-grossing tour in rock music history\, playing to over 5 million people in 68 cities and proved to be the epic finale and notable footnote to one of the most influential rock bands in history. Taking to the stage to perform note for note renditions of all these classic Pink Floyd tracks is the band of musicians that audiences have become to love and respect worldwide over the years\, featuring long time guitarist/vocalist and musical director Damian Darlington\, who has performed well over 2500 Pink Floyd music related concerts throughout his career. The band also features Ian Cattell\, Edo Scordo\, Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila and all the other expert musicians that have joined the ranks of Brit Floyd over the course of the last decade. Having performed over 1\,000 shows since its launch in Liverpool\, England in January 2011\, Brit Floyd have circled the world\, sold out tours across Europe\, North America\, South America\, Asia and the Middle East\, and performed concerts at some of the world’s greatest venues\, including London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall; the awe inspiring Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver\, Colorado; the historic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles\, and ‘The Showplace of the Nation’\, NYC’s Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. The Brit Floyd show has become a phenomenon\, widely regarded as the world’s greatest rock tribute experience! URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/brit-floyd-2024/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/BF_pulse-Artwork-Full_square-scaled.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20231106T201121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T180034Z UID:5936-1710702000-1710702000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Boney James DESCRIPTION:KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL and SOUL OF BUFFALO present:\nBONEY JAMES\nSmooth Jazz/R&B Sax Master\nSUNDAY MARCH 17\, 2024 | 7pm\nDoors at 5:30pm\n\nDetour\, on Concord Records\, is chart-topping jazz/R&B sax player Boney James’ 18th studio album. Appropriately titled\, this latest album is a subtle stylistic turn that builds on the commercial success of 2020’s Solid\, his highest charting release ever on the pop charts\, peaking in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. \n“The urge to write again came from the joy of being back on the road\, performing in front of live audiences\,” explains Boney. “I had shut down creatively when the pandemic hit. It was the disruptive and disorienting detour we all took when the world locked down\, and that’s reflected in the more experimental directions some of the new music takes. The thing about a detour\, you may take a different route\, but you still get to your destination.” \nLike Solid\, Detour provides a welcome respite from an increasingly foreboding world filled with political strife. It’s a trip through James’ distinctive contemporary jazz/R&B landscapes\, layered in quicksilver watercolor images and cinematic set pieces. Detour represents the next extension of Boney James’ trademark blend of genres which includes blues\, soul\, roots\, classical\, art-pop and hip-hop. \n“There are some people who think I’m a legend\,” laughs Boney about his status as one of the best-kept secrets in music. “And others who have never heard of me. It’s kind of a nice place to live and play in. I do sense a great deal of positive energy towards the music I’ve been making recently and for that\, I’m tremendously grateful.” \n“Coastin’” featuring Lalah Hathaway\, a breezy ride through Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway\, will be the first single at Urban Adult Contemporary radio. “I am so thrilled to finally have the opportunity to collaborate with Lalah\,” says Boney. “I am a huge fan and it was a complete joy to co-write this song and have her come over and sing this amazing performance.” \nJames’ new album gets underway with the title track\, a winding\, playful duet between sax and piano evoking a breezy\, leisurely drive on an open road\, that features some of Boney’s most adventurous playing.  “I close my eyes and listen\,” he says about choosing a name for a particular cut\, and “Detour” fits this one perfectly. “The title is my trying to poetically convey what I feel when I listen to the music.” \nThere are also “detours” along the way for a steamy\, sweaty summer day in a bluesy “Memphis\,” a shimmering glimpse of the aurora borealis via Boney’s chill-inducing soprano sax solo (“Northern Lights”) and even the fleeting present moment in the heartbeat which opens the closing “Blur\,” a wistful lullaby that still manages to point us to the future. \n“Bring It Back\,” the first Contemporary Jazz radio focus track\, features a patented warm Boney melody\, highlighted by a spirited funky point-counterpoint between James’ rhythmic tenor sax and buzzing West Coast new jazz musician Dontae Winslow’s punchy trumpet licks. “That interplay is one of my favorite moments on the album\,” says Boney. \n“Tribute” is a eulogy to Boney’s father\, an entertainment attorney who represented him for most of his life\, who died last October. It’s a rhythmically complex neo-classical meditation\, both “harmonically jazzy\,” but with a finger-snapping hip-hop pulse. “The Loop” takes a drumbeat from touring drummer Omari Williams (looped\, of course) recorded in mono directly to Boney’s iPhone and\, yes\, detours into a winding\, twangy Wes Montgomery-esque blues guitar solo that gently waxes and wanes like a rolling tidal wave. “It’s pretty wild\,” says Boney. There’s a seductive intimacy to the sax/bass duet in “Intention\,” an idea that came from production team Anakin & Vader. \nDetour was recorded largely at Boney’s L.A. home studio in his backyard (live drums and percussion were tracked at venerable Sunset Sound)\, with both regular collaborators like former band guitarist\, now an in-demand writer/producer\, Jairus “J-Mo” Mozee (Anderson.Paak\, Nicki Minaj\, Anthony Hamilton) and hot newcomer BeatsMadeByFresh aka Christian Frazier. Among the other musicians on the album are keyboardist Tim Carmon (Eric Clapton)\, longtime drummer Omari Williams and bassist Alex Al\, renowned percussionist Lenny Castro\, and guitarists Big Mike Hart and Paul Jackson Jr. \nNicknamed by bandmates while on tour in Oslo\, Norway\, after jokingly threatening to starve himself on a threadbare per diem\, Boney or Bones or Boneman (though his wife calls him Jimmy) has put in his proverbial 10\,000 hours as a musician\, performer\, writer and producer. At age 10\, the New Rochelle\, NY native picked up the sax after 2 years on the clarinet and never looked back\, parlaying his love of R&B –Motown\, Stevie Wonder\, Earth Wind & Fire\, Curtis Mayfield and Grover Washington\, Jr. — into a musical aesthetic. He turned pro before his 20th birthday and became an in-demand touring sax and keyboard player for Morris Day\, the Isley Brothers\, Teena Marie\, Bobby Caldwell\, Randy Crawford and many others. \nIncreasingly frustrated by playing other people’s music\, Boney launched his own solo career with 1992’s Trust on the indie Spindletop Records. His subsequent 17 studio albums – including a pair of Christmas records – have been released by Warner Bros.\, Verve and Concord\, with 1995’s Seduction\, 1997’s Sweet Thing and 1999’s Body Language all RIAA certified gold. In 2015\, Boney’s futuresoul spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart and was the best-selling Contemporary Jazz Record of 2015. \nDuring his 30-year career\, Boney has earned four Grammy nominations (“I’m not gonna lie… I’d still love a statue\,” he says)\, two NAACP Image Award nominations and a Soul Train Award\, while a dozen of his albums have landed at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Album chart.  His collaborators in the past include a who’s who of R&B and soul: Raheem DeVaughn\, Faith Evans\, George Benson\, George Duke\, Dwele\, Al Jarreau\, Philip Bailey\, Anthony Hamilton\, Jaheim\, Eric Benét\, Dave Hollister\, Stokley Williams\, Kenny Lattimore and Angie Stone. \nFor the inimitable Boney James\, life begins at 60. The cat in the hat is back and better than ever\, enjoying life with his wife of 37 years\, actress/director Lily Mariye. \n“What drives me is my love of making music and my desire for people to hear what I’ve made\,” he says. “I still love the communal aspect of playing live. There’s nothing else like it.” URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/boney-james/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Press-Photo.png GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230817T174058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T171552Z UID:5766-1710271800-1710271800@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Dervish DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present\nDervish\n“Dervish are simply brilliant. . they carry Irish history with them.”\n-The Guardian \nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present Dervish coming to the Mary Seaton Room on Tuesday\, March 12\, 2024 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now to the public and start at $35 with student tickets also available for only $13.  Music lovers can enjoy a 10% discount on the purchase of 4 or more tickets using code GROOVES at checkout. \nDervish are long-established as one of the biggest names in Irish music internationally. They’re renowned for live performances\, which match dazzling sets of tunes with stunning interpretations of traditional songs.  Their studio and live albums – 13 to date – make up one of the outstanding catalogues in Irish music. \nIn 2019 Dervish received a prestigious lifetime achievement award from the BBC\, a fitting tribute to the band after over 30 years of recording and performing all over the world. Described by the BBC as “an icon of Irish music”\, the band have played at festivals from Rio de janeiro to Glastonbury. \nThey accompanied the Irish President on state visits to Latvia and Lithuania and Prime Minister of Ireland on a trade mission to China as Cultural Ambassadors taking time out to play an impromptu session on the Great Wall of China. Dervish have a line-up which includes some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians\, fronted by one of the country’s best-known singers\, Cathy Jordan. \nAll six members of Dervish are steeped in the musical traditions of counties Sligo and Leitrim in north-west Ireland. It’s an area which matches Atlantic coastline with storied mountains and rural landscapes\, which has inspired a host of musicians\, artists and writers. \nAbout Global Grooves \nThe Global Grooves music series\, aims to bridge cultures and ignite a shared passion for music.  Through captivating performances which highlight a variety of cultures\, it celebrates the rich tapestry of musical traditions from around the world\, fostering cross-cultural understanding\, appreciation\, and unity among the beautifully diverse community of WNY. Kleinhans’ commitment to artistic excellence and cultural exploration drove them to curate a concert experience that transcends boundaries and enriches the human spirit. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/dervish/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dervish-230412-SQUARE-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240303T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240303T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230817T175559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240118T213853Z UID:5772-1709492400-1709492400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Red Baraat DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present\nRed Baraat\n“The album is full of moments that hit with the force of a spiritual awakening…The funk\, ska-punk\, and other American forms that make their way into the music are layered intricately within the same threadwork as the ragas on which these songs are pulled from. Each piece is a gesture of cultural harmony\, rendering not only genre irrelevant\, but the geographic placement of those sounds.” \n— STEREOGUM \nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present Red Baraat coming to the Mary Seaton Room on Sunday\, March 3\, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now to the public and start at $37 with student tickets also available for only $13.  Music lovers can enjoy a 10% discount on the purchase of 4 or more tickets using code GROOVES at checkout. \nRed Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn\, New York. Conceived by dhol player Sunny Jain\, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound\, a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop\, jazz and raw punk energy. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people\, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve. \nAbout Global Grooves \nThe Global Grooves music series\, aims to bridge cultures and ignite a shared passion for music.  Through captivating performances which highlight a variety of cultures\, it celebrates the rich tapestry of musical traditions from around the world\, fostering cross-cultural understanding\, appreciation\, and unity among the beautifully diverse community of WNY. Kleinhans’ commitment to artistic excellence and cultural exploration drove them to curate a concert experience that transcends boundaries and enriches the human spirit. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/red-baraat/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/red-baraat-240303-SQUARE-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230817T173122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T172948Z UID:5761-1708111800-1708111800@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Justin Adams & Mauro Durante DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present\nJustin Adams & Mauro Durante\nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present Justin Adams & Mauro Durante for an intimate performance in The Blue Room on Friday\, February 16\, 2024 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now to the public and start at $35 with student tickets also available for only $13.  Music lovers can enjoy a 10% discount on the purchase of 4 or more tickets using code GROOVES at checkout. \nJustin Adams\, guitarist\, producer and composer with deep experience in African traditions and post-punk grooves\, in a new collaboration with Mauro Durante\, one of the leading players in the pizzica style of Southern Italy and leader of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. \nAbout Justin Durante & Mauro Durante\n \nJustin Adams\, guitarist\, producer and composer\, has been a creator of wonders with Robert Plant in the Sensational Space Shifters. His production on landmark albums by Tinariwen and Rachid Taha highlights his feel for North African groove\, while his award-winning collaborations with Juldeh Camara linked griot tradition with raw blues spirit. His work with artists such as Jah Wobble and Sinead O’Connor was infused with the spirit of post-punk London\, while his solo guitar album Ribbons was cited by Songlines magazine among the top 50 albums of the past decade. \nThis new collaboration with Mauro Durante stems from a concert led by Ludovico Einaudi\, the legendary Notte de Taranta in Puglia\, where the two first played together\, recognizing kindred spirits in the trance rhythms of Taranta which transcend “melancholia” or the blues. Mauro Durante toured the world for many years with Ludovico Einaudi playing violin and frame drums. He is one of the leading players in the pizzica style of Southern Italy and leads Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino\, who have played great festivals all over the world. Last year they were featured in their own concert at the BBC Proms (where Justin Adams guested with them) and they won Best Group in the Songlines Music Awards. \nAbout Global Grooves \nThe Global Grooves music series\, aims to bridge cultures and ignite a shared passion for music.  Through captivating performances which highlight a variety of cultures\, it celebrates the rich tapestry of musical traditions from around the world\, fostering cross-cultural understanding\, appreciation\, and unity among the beautifully diverse community of WNY. Kleinhans’ commitment to artistic excellence and cultural exploration drove them to curate a concert experience that transcends boundaries and enriches the human spirit. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/justin-adams-mauro-durante/ LOCATION:The Blue Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/adams-durant-240216-SQUARE-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230925T154135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T011711Z UID:5873-1707939000-1707939000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Croce Plays Croce DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present\nCroce Plays Croce\n50th Anniversary Tour\nThis event is sold out! \nPlease join us before the concert for dinner at Marcato. Click here for more details! \nA.J. Croce performs Croce Plays Croce\, a special night of music featuring a complete set of classics by his late father Jim Croce\, some of his own tunes\, and songs that influenced both him and his father. This special event features such timeless songs as “Operator”\, “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”\, “Time in a Bottle” (a song written for A.J.)“\, Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)”\, and “Lovers Cross”\, to name a few. \nThe Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary show features a legendary band (including drummer Gary Mallaber\, bassist David Barard\, guitar/violin James Pennebaker) and a moving multi-media presentation accompanying Jim’s songs (which on the previous tour included memorable hits\, “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)”\, “Time in a Bottle\,” and others). It was fan-demand for more\, and the camaraderie that A.J. felt with the audience\, the players\, and the connection to his father’s timeless music that inspired A.J. to embark on the 50th Anniversary tour for 2023. “The audience reaction has been so great\,” says A.J. “The shows we did last year were not only met with a huge response\, but I learned so much about what works and what resonates\, we knew we had to keep going.” \nJim Croce was an American folk singer with a short-lived professional recording and touring career\, and decades of posthumous fame as one of the greatest songwriters and artists ever.  With sales surpassing 50 million records\, including three #1 songs and 10 Top 10 hits\, Jim Croce’s short career and long-lived legacy are well-remembered through his era-defining standards like “Operator”\, “Time in a Bottle” and “Bad\, Bad Leroy Brown”. \nAbout A.J. Croce \nA.J. Croce’s 30-year touring and recording career has produced ten studio albums that have been released via both major and independent labels\, and have charted 20 Top 20 singles and all ten albums on the radio including on Top 40\, Americana\, and Blues. A virtuoso piano player\, he has performed at a TED Talk and gave a master class at the University of Barcelona. Croce has performed on major talk shows and news programs including The Late Show\, The Tonight Show\, The Today Show\, CNN\, MTV\, and VH1. He’s toured with such esteemed artists as Willie Nelson\, Lenny Kravitz\, Earth\, Wind\, and Fire\, and B.B. King. While his last album\, Just Like Medicine\, paired him with producer and soul legend Dan Penn and an all-star cast of players and guests like Vince Gill and Steve Cropper\, his new album was born of memories — of favorite artists and shows\, but mostly\, of late-night gatherings with groups of friends\, many of them fellow musicians\, with Croce at the piano taking requests. Croce revisits these musical evenings on By Request (out on Compass Records) with 12 personally curated covers that traverse decades and genres\, propelled by his spirited\, piano mastery and emotive vocals. With a rich catalog of original compositions A.J. first recorded and released a composition of his fathers with a never-before-recorded song “Name of the Game” on his Just Like Medicine release. In 2018 he covered the 1973 hit “I Got A Name” for a Goodyear commercial with Dale Earnhardt Jr. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/croce-plays-croce/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Croce-plays-Croce-Square.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230505T131755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T004831Z UID:5620-1701460800-1701460800@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Cherish the Ladies "A Celtic Christmas" DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall presents\nCherish the Ladies “A Celtic Christmas”\nDecember 1st\, 2023\, 8 PM\nThe Mary Seaton Room\, Kleinhans Music Hall \nOne of the most engaging and successful ensembles in the history of Celtic music\, Cherish The Ladies have shared timeless Irish traditions with audiences worldwide for over thirty years. In their Celtic Christmas program\, the Ladies put their signature mark on classic carols such as “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night\,” in arrangements that highlight the group’s unique Celtic instrumentation\, beautiful harmonies\, and spectacular step dancing. Hailed by The New York Times as “passionate\, tender and rambunctious\,” Cherish The Ladies have released three critically acclaimed holiday albums\, On Christmas Night\, A Star In The East\, and 2015’s Christmas In Ireland. \nAbout Cherish the Ladies\n“It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do\,” says The Boston Globe of Cherish The Ladies\, Grammy Award nominated Irish-American supergroup that formed in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in what had been a male-dominated Celtic music scene. Cherish The Ladies has shared timeless Irish traditions and good cheer with audiences worldwide for decades. They’ve brought their signature blend of virtuosic instrumental talents\, beautiful vocals\, and stunning step dancing to the White House\, the Olympics\, and to PBS with their television special\, An Irish Homecoming\, which received an Emmy Award. The Washington Post praises the “astonishing array of virtuosity” that Cherish The Ladies bring to the stage on a regular basis. Their latest album\, Heart of the Home\, embraces the gift of music passed down from generations. “It was the greatest gift they could give us\,” says bandleader Joanie Madden. “We’re carrying on the music of our fathers.” As their reputation and admiration from both fans and critics alike continues to grow\, Cherish The Ladies blazes forward into another decade of music making. \nUnder the leadership  of All-Ireland flute and whistle champion Joanie Madden\, named by The Irish Voice Newspaper as one of the Top 25 most influential Irish Americans of the past quarter century\, these ladies create an evening that includes a spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents\, beautiful vocals\, captivating arrangements\, and stunning step dancing. Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to the ensemble’s ability to take the best of Irish traditional music and dance and put it forth in an immensely entertaining show. \nThe  New  York  Times  calls   their   music   “passionate\,   tender\,   and   rambunctious\,”   and  the Washington  Post praises  their  “astonishing   array   of   virtuosity.”   They’ve   won recognition as the BBC’s Best Musical Group of the Year and named Top North American Celtic Group at the Irish Music Awards and not to mention having a street named after them in the Bronx! They’ve collaborated with such musicians as The Boston Pops\, The Clancy Brothers\, the Chieftains\, Vince Gill\, Nanci Griffith\, Pete Seeger\, Don Henley\,  Arlo Guthrie and Maura O’Connell as well as being the featured soloist with over 280 nights of symphony orchestras. \nThe level of artistic\, historic\, and purely enticing entertainment is unlike any in its genre. As their reputation and admiration from both fans and critics alike continue to grow\, Cherish The Ladies blazes forward into another decade of music-making. \nJOANIE MADDEN Born in New York of Irish parents and raised in a musical household\, her mother hails from Miltown Malbay\, County Clare and her father Joe\, an All-Ireland Champion accordion player was a native of Portumna\, County Galway. At a very early age\, Joanie was exposed to the finest Irish traditional music listening to her father and his friends play music at family gatherings and social events. She began taking lessons from legendary flutist and National Heritage Award winner Jack Coen\, and within a few short years\, she had achieved great success winning the world championship in Irish music on both the concert flute and tin whistle. During that time\, Joanie also became the first American to win the coveted Senior All- Ireland Championship on the whistle. \nMadden has sold over 500\,000 solo albums and has performed on over 200 recordings\, including three Grammy-winning albums running the gamut from Pete Seeger and Sinead O’Connor to the Boston Pops. Throughout her musical career\, she has amassed a plethora of awards and citations. Her merits include being the youngest member inducted into both the Irish-American Musicians Hall of Fame and the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Hall of Fame\, she was chosen for the Wild Geese award\, where she joined an impressive list of previous honorees\, including: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt\, Tony award winning playwright Brian Friel\, Nobel prize laureate Seamus Heaney and Irish dance sensation\, Michael Flatley. Irish America Magazine selected her twice as one of the Top 100 Irish-Americans in the United States and she was also named Traditional Musician of the Year by the Irish Voice newspaper\, all for her contributions to promoting and preserving Irish culture in the United States. In 2010\, Joanie was forever immortalized on the streets of her native Bronx when a street was named after her on the Grand Concourse: “Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies”. In 2011\, she was bestowed one of the nation’s highest awards as she was chosen for the Ellis Island Medal of Honor\, joining an illustrious list of distinguished American citizens\, including six United States Presidents as well as Ambassadors\, Senators\, Congressmen and Supreme Court Justices\, all singled out for their exemplary service to the United States. In 2012\, she was a recipient of the esteemed USA Artist Fellowship grant\, singled out as one of the most innovative and influential artists in America\, becoming the first Irish traditional musician to do so. In 2013 she won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Music Awards and was also named Grand Marshal of the Yonkers parade in New York. 2015\, Joanie was named Clare Person of the Year by the County Clare Association in New York and also the recipient of the Turlough O’Carolan Award for her musical legacy. In 2016\, Irish America Magazine named Joanie as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Irish Women in the world. \nMARY COOGAN was born in New York and raised in a musical household. She is a founding member of Cherish the Ladies. Her mother came from Castlerea in County Roscommon and her father Jim was a great accordion player whose parents emigrated from County Waterford. Her father passed down his love of Irish music to Mary and she became a self-taught guitar\, mandolin and bouzouki player. In addition to her outstanding musical talents\, Mary also holds her masters degree in education and was named in Who’s Who among American Teachers. She has a number of recordings including a beautiful solo album entitled; “Christmas” and also one with her father called “Passing Time”\, but her close ties to children pushed her to make a wonderful collection of music with her great friend Kathy Ludlowe for our young fans entitled\, “The Big Ship Sails.” She continues to teach music to children in New York and is a highly sought-after accompanist. Acoustic Guitar Magazine named Mary one of the top four Celtic guitarists in Celtic music. \nMIRELLA MURRAY grew up in Claddaghduff on the northwest coast of Connemara in County Galway. Her father John Joe\, a notable sean nós dancer\, came from Inishark Island and had a deep understanding and love for traditional music. Mirella studied the piano accordion with Mary Finn and it was at music classes that she met up with fiddler Liz Kane from Letterfrack. Mirella won the accordion All-Ireland championship and duet All-Ireland championship with Liz Kane. \nMirella teamed up with the great fiddle player Tola Custy from Co. Clare and they recorded\, “Three Sunsets”\, which was voted one of the top five albums of the year by The Irish Times Newspaper. Mirella performed at the International Women’s Day Festival in Moscow; was featured in the Galway Arts Festival and toured Austria\, Scandinavia\, Switzerland\, Spain\, and France. She was a featured soloist in the off-Broadway production of the late Johnny Cunningham’s theatrical production\, “Peter & Wendy”\, an adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” which garnished two OBIE Awards. \nMirella also has an incredible flair for teaching\, and it is a credit to her musicianship that twenty-two of her pupils have gained All-Ireland titles. She has accumulated a vast store of tunes from her travels\, and musicians such as Sharon Shannon\, Lunasa and the Bumblebees credit her as a source for many uncommon melodies. \nKATHLEEN BOYLE from Glasgow\, Scotland comes from a family steeped in the traditional music of Donegal. Her father Hughie is a talented musician and handed down his love of music to her. Kathleen is a talented pianist and accordion player and has won All-Scotland and All-Britain titles on both instruments. \nIn 1999\, Kathleen made history as the first graduate to gain a degree in traditional music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is in great demand as a teacher and lecturer on both accordion and piano at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama\, the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music and The Irish Academy of World Music in Limerick University. \nShe has performed at Holyrood Palace for His Royal Highness Prince Charles and for Irish President Mary McAleese; Kathleen’s travels with Cherish the Ladies and Dochas have taken her around the world with tours of the UK\, Spain\, France\, Ireland\, Italy\, Denmark\, Austria\, Germany\, Sweden\, America\, Canada and China. Dochas was voted best newcomers at the 2004 Scots Traditional Music Awards and nominated as best folk band in 2006. Kathleen’s first solo album “An Cailin Rua” or “The Red Haired Girl” was released to rave reviews in 2008. Her latest recording\, “Back to Donegal”\, is an album she recorded with her father and family members. \nNOLLAIG CASEY is one of Ireland’s most gifted musicians\, with her own unique way of playing traditional Irish music on the fiddle and has such a distinctive sound that it would be impossible to mistake it for that of anyone else. This “sound” is so attractive to other musicians that there exists hardly any major Irish artist of the last thirty years with whom she has not worked – and many international artists have been equally entranced. \nA graduate from University College Cork with a Bachelors in Music Degree at the exceptionally early age of nineteen\, she embarked upon a professional career first joining the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra where she remained for three years until she joined the ground breaking Irish band\, Planxty. \nIn addition to her work with Cherish the Ladies\, Nollaig has recorded and worked with Enya\, Van Morrison\, Sinéad O’Connor\, Nanci Griffith\, Ricky Skaggs\, Rod Stewart\, Dónal Lunny\, Mary Black\, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy\, Carlos Nuñez\, Jim Rooney\, Andy Irvine\, Moving Hearts\, The Indigo Girls\, Spandau Ballet\, Christy Moore\, Liam O’Flynn\, Dan ar Bras\, Sharon Shannon\, Maura O’Connell\, Dick Gaughan\, Paddy Keenan\, Máirtín O’Connor. She can also be frequently found performing with her husband\, legendary guitarist Arty McGlynn and along with her sisters\, Máire and Mairéad as the Casey Sisters. \nNollaig has toured the globe with a wide variety of artists in Ireland\, the UK.\, France\, Germany\, Holland\, Italy\, Spain\, Portugal\, Hungary\, Libya\, Switzerland\, Austria\, Denmark\, Sweden\, Norway\, Estonia\, Japan\, the U.S.A.\, Australia and New Zealand. \nDON STIFFE is one of the most powerful and unique singer/songwriters to emerge on the Irish Folk Scene in the past decade. He hails from Galway City and the clarity and richness of his voice and the emotion with which he delivers his songs\, has been compared with the best ballad singers that Ireland has ever produced. Don’s award winning debut solo album “Start of a Dream” was released in 2006 to critical acclaim and his version of Richard Thompsons classic song\, “Dimming of the Day” won vocal cut of the year from the 2010 Live Ireland awards. His passionate singing and majestic voice guarantees a most impressive performance in front of a live audience as those who have seen him perform in Ireland\, Europe and the USA can attest to. 2011 was a year to remember for Don\, as he was one of the finalists in one of Ireland most watched TV programs\, The All Ireland Talent Show. His continued popularity and support from viewers provided him with many weeks of performing to live audiences of up to 800\,000 tuning in weekly. Irish American super group; Cherish The Ladies invited Don to join them on their summer tour of Ireland and Scotland and also further touring consisting of 18 States in America as part of their Christmas Tour. The band’s leader Joanie Madden introduces Stiffe as\, “One of the greatest singers Ireland has ever produced”. In December 2011 Don released his second album “Lifes Journey” and one of Don’s own songs from that album\, Somebody Special\, was recently awarded Song of the Year from the Live Ireland Awards. Noted artists; Sean Keane\, Cherish the Ladies\, Kate Purcell and Matt Keane\, have also showed their respect for Don’s prowess as a songwriter and have covered his self-penned songs. \nDANCERS \nJASON OREMUS has been heavily involved in Irish dancing and the dance industry his entire life. Originally from Sydney\, Australia\, he won 5 consecutive State and National Solo Irish dancing titles from 1999-2003. Jason performed in the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony alongside Tap Dogs in 2000 at just 15 years of age. \nIn early 2004\, Jason joined the international dance phenomenon “Riverdance”. After a short period of time\, he was invited to take over as the lead and to star as the principle male dancer. His travels as the principal dancer took him all around the globe where he performed to standing only crowds in over 30 countries. Jason has recently been developing a new concept of Irish dance that attempts to break the barriers and traditional restraints that have been placed on this engaging art form. \nGARRETT COLEMAN As a native of Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, Garrett was trained in traditional Irish step dance at the Burke School under the tutelage of the internationally renowned Theresa Burke. Despite his traditional background\, Garrett has consistently found himself drawn to rhythmically innovative types of movement that push the boundaries of athleticism through dance. In addition to Irish Step\, he has trained in hip hop\, tap\, and contemporary movement. \nCompetitively\, Garrett was named the two-time World Champion (2004\, 2005) and All Ireland Champion (2004). He is also a nine-time Mid-American Champion and has held the North American title six times. In 2006\, he was a silver medalist and scholarship winner with the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts\, and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In June of 2006\, he met President Bush at a ceremony in Washington\, D.C. and performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Garrett has toured professionally with Riverdance and Trinity Irish Dance Company and has performed with various other groups\, including Cherish the Ladies\, The Chieftians\, Eileen Ivers\, Gaelic Storm\, Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony\, David Dorfman of NYC\, and Pittsburgh’s Attack Theatre. \nJULIE FITZGERALD is an accomplished fiddle player and step dancer from Bancroft\, Ontario. She is a 2- Time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion\, as well as 2-Time Open Step Dance Champion. Since her early days of old-time fiddle\, she has diversified and become an accomplished fiddle player of many styles. She is a member of the family group “Everything Fitz: The Fitzgerald Family.” \nJulie has been in high demand for both her fiddling and dancing as a performer in various groups across North America. In addition to touring with Cherish the Ladies\, she has had the opportunity to perform internationally with many of her lifelong musical ‘idols’ including Leahy\, Natalie MacMaster\, Stepcrew\, Bowfire\, Troy MacGillivray\, Sharon Shannon\, We Banjo 3\, Carlos Nunez\, Solas and Eileen Ivers. \nJulie recently graduated from Humber College in Toronto from their Bachelor of Music program. Julie’s love of passing on the Canadian traditional music and dance led to the creation of an instructional step  dance DVD. Whenever she is taking a break from touring\, Julie teaches private dance and fiddle lessons to students at home and at music festivals. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/cherish-the-ladies-a-celtic-christmas/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/cherish-ladies-social-sq-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230731T173554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T151307Z UID:5743-1701288000-1701288000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Allman Betts Family Revival DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall presents \nAllman Betts Family Revival\nfeaturing Devon Allman\, Duane Betts\, The Allman Betts Band\, Tal Wilkenfeld\, Larry McCray\, Luther Dickinson\, Cody Dickinson\, Alex Orbison\, Jimmy Hall\, Jackie Greene\, Ally Venable\, Anders Osborne & Sierra Hull\nKleinhans Music Hall is proud to present the Allman Betts Family Revival featuring Devon Allman\, Duane Betts\, The Allman Betts Band\, Tal Wilkenfeld\, Larry McCray\, Luther Dickinson\, Cody Dickinson\, Alex Orbison\, Jimmy Hall\, Jackie Greene\, Ally Venable\, Anders Osborne & Sierra Hull on Wednesday\, November 29th.  The show will feature two massive sets highlighting the music of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts. Tickets are on sale now! \nThe Allman Family Revival initially began as a one-off concert in 2017 at The Fillmore in San Francisco to celebrate the late Gregg Allman’s life on what would have been his 70th birthday. Now in it’s 7th year it has since expanded into a full US tour. \nThis year the tour is excited to announce the official rebranding of the Allman Family Revival to the Allman Betts Family Revival. Devon Allman (son of Gregg) and Duane Betts (son of Dickey) have hand picked an array of guests who will perform two sets – one featuring songs by Gregg Allman and one featuring songs by Dickey Betts. Fans will enjoy listening to the hits along with the deep cuts from their legendary Allman Brother’s catalogue performed by Anders Osborne\, Luther Dickinson & Cody Dickenson (North Mississippi Allstars)\, Jimmy Hall (Jeff Beck\, Wet Willie)\, Jackie Greene\, Larry McCray\, Orbi Orbison\, Ally Venable\, Devon Allman\, Duane Betts\, and The Allman Betts Band featuring Tal Wilkenfeld on Bass (Jeff Beck). \nThe tour will also welcome back The Brotherhood of Light for the otherworldly visuals Allman Brothers fans experienced at the height of their career.  The Allman Betts Family Revival promises nearly three action-packed hours that will leave fans with the musical experience of a lifetime. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/allman-betts-family-revival/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/AllmanBettsFamilyRevival_2023_Buffalo_1080x1080_Static01.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230424T131940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T002252Z UID:5626-1699560000-1699560000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:BABEL | Michelle Zauner DESCRIPTION:Just Buffalo Literary Center presents\nBABEL featuring Michelle Zauner\nThursday\, November 9\, 2023\n8:00 pm\nDoors open & VIP Patron Reception at 7:00 p.m. \nEVENT DESCRIPTION\nJoin Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with bestselling author and indie rock musician Michelle Zauner who will move audiences with her reflections on family\, food\, grief\, and endurance from her touching memoir\, Crying in H Mart. \nSeason Subscriptions include a ticket for all (4) of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL 2023-24 events. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nMusician\, author\, and director MICHELLE ZAUNER is best known as the frontwoman for her acclaimed indie pop band\, Japanese Breakfast\, and her bestselling memoir\, Crying in H Mart. Named a TIME 100 Most Influential Person\, she has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017). \nWhen Zauner was 25\, her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Zauner moved home to become her mother’s caretaker\, embarking on a journey that would force a reckoning with her identity and eventually a reclamation of the gifts of taste\, language\, and history her mother had given her. Zauner shares her story of family\, food\, grief\, and self-discovery. \nABOUT THE BOOK\n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nIn this exquisite story of family\, food\, grief\, and endurance\, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. With humor and heart\, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene\, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular\, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul\, where she and her mother would bond\, late at night\, over heaping plates of food.\n\n It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer\, when Michelle was twenty-five\, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste\, language\, and history her mother had given her. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/babel-michelle-zauner/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Just Buffalo's Babel Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/Babel-2023-Author-Square-graphic-Zauner.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230817T162314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T173947Z UID:5756-1697830200-1697830200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Caña Dulce y Caña Brava DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present\nCaña Dulce y Caña Brava\nfeaturing the folk music of Veracruz\, Mexico\nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to present Caña Dulce y Caña Brava coming to the Mary Seaton Room on Friday\, October 20\, 2023 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now to the public and start at $35.  Plus student tickets are available for only $15!  Music lovers can enjoy a 10% discount on the purchase of 4 or more tickets using code GROOVES at checkout. \nCaña Dulce y Caña Brava offers a performance which exhibits the music\, poetry\, dance and traditional attire of Veracruz\, Mexico\, interpreted by artists who are beneficiaries of the jarocho culture and noteworthy performers with years of experience on both national and international stages. The group stands out as an artistic project that highlights feminine poetry and voices. Creating an experience that connects the spectator with distinct emotions\, one is taken on voyage through multiple rhythms\, accompanied by traditional string instruments such as the harp and the jarana\, percussion and zapateado\, poetic improvisation in rhyme and the projection of visual effects. Offering an assortment of colors\, textures and images to diverse and multi-generational audiences\, the ensemble is defined by an original aesthetic concept that unites the traditional with the vanguard in a contemporary stage proposal. \n\n\n\n\n\nSince its formation in 2007\, the group has carried the seal of feminine strength and beauty within the traditionally masculine world of Mexican son. \nThe sounds of the strings interweave with the poetic messages written from a woman’s perspective\, creating a facet not before seen within this musical genre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe zapateado (percussive dance) on the tarima (wooden platform) accentuates the beat\, while the band’s colorful wardrobe embellishes their musicality. Appealing instrumental landscapes include the captivating vibrations of the horse jaw\, the profound and mystical harmonies of the harp\, the percussive atmosphere created by the jarana\, the robust rhythm of the guitarra grande\, and the renaissance-sounding bowed instruments created ex profeso for the group\, resurrecting extinct baroque instrumentation. \n \nThe tour for Caña Dulce y Caña Brava in the United States has been supported by the Mexican Minister of Culture and Ibermúsicas \nAbout Global Grooves \nThe Global Grooves music series\, aims to bridge cultures and ignite a shared passion for music.  Through captivating performances which highlight a variety of cultures\, it celebrates the rich tapestry of musical traditions from around the world\, fostering cross-cultural understanding\, appreciation\, and unity among the beautifully diverse community of WNY. Kleinhans’ commitment to artistic excellence and cultural exploration drove them to curate a concert experience that transcends boundaries and enriches the human spirit. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/cana-dulce-y-cana-brava/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cana-Dulce-y-Cana-Brava-SQUARE-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230911T153333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T181330Z UID:5846-1696964400-1696964400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Lyle Lovett and Leo Kottke DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall and Soul of Buffalo present\nLyle Lovett and Leo Kottke\nIn Conversation and Song\n\n\n\n\nJohn Hiatt who was originally scheduled to perform with Lyle Lovett at Kleinhans Music Hall recently suffered injuries from falling during a hike.  Consequenty he had to cancel his fall tour dates and will not be able to appear with Mr. Lovett for their planned performance at Kleinhans Music Hall.  Fortunately\, he is expected to make a full recovery. \nGiven the difficult situation\, Leo Kottke\, a legend of roots music guitar and song in his own right\, has gracious accepted Mr. Lovett’s invitation to join him for this intimate acoustic performance at Kleinhans Music Hall on Tuesday\, October 10th\, 2023. \nAll existing tickets will be honored\, but patrons who wish for a refund are encouraged to contact the Box Office via email at boxoffice@bpo.org or via phone at 716-885-5000. \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nLYLE LOVETT\nA singer\, composer\, and actor\, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling\, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country\, swing\, jazz\, folk\, gospel\, and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. \nWhether touring as a ‘Duo’ or with his ‘Acoustic Group’ or his ‘Large Band\,’ Lovett’s live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents\, but also the diversity of his influences\, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music. \nSince his self-titled debut in 1986\, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades\, besides the four Grammy Awards\, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award\, and was named Texas State Musician. \nHis works\, rich and eclectic\, are some of the most beloved of any artist working today. \nLEO KOTTKE\nAcoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens\, Georgia\, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states\, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child\, flirting with both violin and trombone\, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. \nKottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations; a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee; and a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from the U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/lylelovett/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Lovett-Kottke-sq-Website42.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230220T161030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T172330Z UID:5574-1687289400-1687289400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall presents\nChoir! Choir! Choir\nDon’t Stop Believin’ – An Epic 80s Singalong\nJune 20th\, 7:30 PM\nMary Seaton Room\, Kleinhans Music Hall\n“Choir! Choir! Choir! has fashioned a profound way for people to connect and interact” – The New Yorker \nDue to a family emergency Choir! Choir! Choir! originally scheduled for Wednesday\, May 17th at Kleinhans Music Hall has been postponed.  The concert will be rescheduled for June 20\, 2023.  All current tickets will be valid for the new date.  Patrons may contact the Box Office with any questions at (716) 885-5000. \nThe 80s are back! From Whitney to Wham – and everyone in between – we never get tired of the greatest decade in pop music. We’re so excited to be back on the road to sing with all of you. So tease that hair\, break out your acid wash jeans\, and get ready to Party! Party! Party! with Choir! Choir! Choir! 80s style as we sing-along to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'”! \nTickets are on sale now for this interactive\, non-traditional event where the audience is the choir! General Admission tickets are $38\, purchase online or for personalized service visit our Box Office at 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo or by phone at (716)885-5000. \nAbout Choir! Choir! Choir!\nChoir! Choir! Choir! is a Toronto-based singing group led by creative directors Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman. The duo takes a non-traditional approach; there are no auditions\, and the audience is the choir! Show up and they’ll teach you an original arrangement to a song you LOVE. \nFounded in 2011\, Choir! Choir! Choir! has amassed a dedicated and passionate community of singers and a thriving international fan base on YouTube amassing millions of views on some of their videos. \nThe group has performed with renowned artists such as Patti Smith\, David Byrne\, Rick Astley\, Tegan and Sara\, and Rufus Wainwright\, and onstage at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall with the likes of Debbie Harry and The Flaming Lips. They’ve created content for NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar with Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon. And they they’ve performed at the MET in New York for New York Pride and hosted their own float in Toronto Pride. They remembered Canadian music hero\, Gord Downie\, by performing Grace Too with the surviving members of the Tragically Hip to 10\,000 fans in Toronto. \nChoir! Choir! Choir! exists to celebrate music and push the boundaries between practice and performance\, artist and audience\, offering therapeutic benefits with the ultimate side effect: a powerful community. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/choir-choir-choir/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/CCC_Instagram_02.05.22_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230220T154826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T182134Z UID:5570-1686938400-1686949200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Rhythm & Brews DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall’s beloved annual fundraiser Rhythm and Brews returns on Friday\, June 16\, 2023 from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm in the Mary Seaton Room at the famed Buffalo venue. \nBuffalocal will again bring together a wide representation from the Western New York brewery scene including Britesmith Brewing\, Pressure Drop Brewing\, Community Beer Works\, Flying Bison Brewing Co.\, Southern Tier Brewing Co.\, Steelbound Brewery\, Ellicottville Brewing Co.\, Hamburg Brewing Co.\, 42 North Brewing Co.\, 12 Gates Brewing Co.\, Resurgence Brewing Co.\, BlackBird Cider Works\, and Big Ditch Brewing Co. In addition to selections from these breweries\, patrons will be able to taste high-end cuisine courtesy of Oliver’s\, Britesmith\, Creekview Restaurant\, and Marcato by Oliver’s\,  all part of the Schutte Hospitality Group. \nProceeds from the event will benefit Kleinhans Music Hall’s programming including the annual National Geographic Live Speakers Series and the upkeep of this National Historic Landmark building. All tickets include food and drink as well as a commemorative Belgian beer glass!  General admission event tickets are $45\, but a limited number of VIP tickets are available for $75\, including early admission at 5:00 pm\, first tasting of brews\, and reserved table seating. \nTrue to the very nature of the venue\, music will be provided by My Cousin Tone’ and The John Bacon Quintet.  \nMy Cousin Tone’ is a jazz band of talented and extraordinary musicians. The band plays classic jazz\, jazz blues\, hard bop\, and jazz soul from the era when Blue Note\, Prestige\, Verve\, and Riverside all produced a collection of jazz tunes that will live on forever. Our sets includes jazz vocals from the Great American Songbook. The band benefited from the fantastic guidance and arrangement talents of Dick Griffo \, the legendary alto sax player formerly with Woody Herman and now honors his memory along with the memory of Jim Kurzdorfer\, the great bassist and original member of Spyro Gyra who served as a mentor. Come and re-live the era of jazz greatness. \n Journeyman drummer and educator\, John Bacon Jr\, leads this quintet of young professionals. The John Bacon Quintet pays tribute to Buffalo’s musical legacy and gives its members an opportunity to share their own unique voices\, all while challenging the status quo of what it means to play jazz in Buffalo. This quintet is a do not miss! \n  \nTickets can be purchased at the Kleinhans Music Hall Box office\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo 14201\, by calling 715-885-5000 or online! \n  \n  \nThank you to our sponsors! URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/rhythm-brews-2023/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/02/Rhythm-and-Brews-Logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230501T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230501T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230201T171030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T205421Z UID:5518-1682969400-1682969400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Brit Floyd: 50 Years of The Dark Side DESCRIPTION:BPO Nation presents\nBrit Floyd: Celebrating 50 Years of The Dark Side of the Moon\nMay 1st\, 2023\, 7:30 PM\nKleinhans Music Hall\nTickets are on sale now and start at only $27.50\, plus handling and fees.  All price levels can upgrade for $100 to the VIP Soundcheck Package which includes an exclusive tour pass and lanyard\, early access to merchandise\, and a pre-concert private soundcheck experience. \n \n  \nBrit Floyd returns to the stage in 2023 to perform a brand-new production celebrating 50 years of the ground-breaking and iconic musical masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon. The show will feature classic tracks from the album such as Time\, Money\, Us and Them and The Great Gig in the Sky. \nThe 2 and a half hours plus set list will also include other highlights from Pink Floyd’s magnificent catalogue of albums\, including tracks from The Wall\, Wish You Were Here\, Animals\, The Division Bell\, Medal and much more. \nTaking to the stage to perform note for note renditions of all these classic Pink Floyd tracks will be the band of musicians that audiences have become familiar with worldwide over the years\, featuring long time guitarist/vocalist and musical director Damian Darlington\, who has played over 2500 Pink Floyd music related concerts throughout his career. \nThe band will also feature Ian Cattell\, Edo Scordo\, Eva Avila and all the other expert musicians that have joined the ranks of Brit Floyd over the course of the last decade. \nHaving performed over 1\,000 shows since its launch in Liverpool\, England in January 2011\, Brit Floyd have circled the world\, sold out tours across\, Europe\, North America\, South America and the Middle East\, and performed concerts at some of the world’s greatest venues\, including London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall; the awe inspiring Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver\, Colorado; the historic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles\, and ‘The Showplace of the Nation’\, NYC’s Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. \nThe Brit Floyd show has become a phenomenon\, widely regarded as the world’s greatest rock tribute show. Faithfully recreating the scale and pomp of the final 1994 Pink Floyd tour\, complete with a stunning light show\, iconic circular screen\, lasers\, inflatables and theatrics. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/brit-floyd-2023/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/BF-DSOTM50-NEW.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20221209T041435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T180441Z UID:5455-1679857200-1679857200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Brian Culbertson DESCRIPTION:SOUL OF BUFFALO PRESENTS\nBRIAN CULBERTSON: THE TRILOGY TOUR\nSUNDAY\, MARCH 26\, 2023\nKLEINHANS MUSIC HALL\nDOORS AT 6PM / SHOW AT 7PM\nRESERVED SEATING\nULTIMATE VIP PACKAGES ALSO AVAILABLE \nOver the course of crafting a 25-album catalog and architecting nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist\, songwriter and producer\, BRIAN CULBERTSON has charted his own unique course in music. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Call him an R&B artist and he drops an acoustic jazz trio collection. Brand him pop and he creates a 32-minute New Age opus. And you’d be hard pressed to name another instrumentalist of his ilk who can mount an elaborately designed concert production that will keep him on the road for three consecutive months. \nCulbertson burst onto the scene in 1994 with a chart-topping album that he recorded in his college apartment featuring keyboard-led contemporary jazz tracks. “Long Night Out” landed him a lengthy record deal and signaled that a star was born. \nHis upcoming nationwide tour kicks off in 2023\, with a stop in BUFFALO\, NY ON SUNDAY\, MARCH 26\, 2023 at KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL! Brian’s 2022 show at Buffalo State College was SOLD OUT! Get your tickets early! \nLimited Ultimate VIP Experience Packages are also available via the ticket link. \nDescription of package: \n\nOne (1) Ultimate Seat Location\nInvitation to Soundcheck Viewing\nOne (1) Signed Tour Poster\nCrowd-Free Merch Access\n\nFlash forward to present day\, Culbertson composed thirty songs that populate the three albums in “The Trilogy” that describes the three-part arc of a long-term relationship: the hot and steamy “falling in love” phase\, the rocky middle when perhaps they even break up for a bit\, and the couple reunites to live “happily ever after” phase. The Trilogy Tour will feature a mix of songs from The Trilogy Albums\, as well as the greatest hits from Brian Culbertson’s catalog.  \n“Hearing the three albums in a row provides the context. All the songs on ‘Red’ (October 2021) were clearly about passion and love. ‘Blue’ (January 2022) is melancholy and sad songs\, breakup songs and ‘losing people’ songs. Once you get to part three\, ‘White’ (May 2022) is all about songs that have an uplifting feel to them. Stylistically\, they all feel similar even though they are emotionally broad” said Culbertson.  \nPossessing style\, panache and a savvy business mind capable of moving the needle in music and beyond\, Culbertson founded and curates the annual Napa Valley and Chicago Jazz Getaways\, which have attracted guests from all over the globe to experience his premier events.  \nWhether you’re listening to music from “The Trilogy” on record or live in concert\, you’re hearing an eclectic\, entertaining and engaging set from an artist at the peak of his power. \nNOTICE: All VIP package elements will be rendered invalid if resold. Name changes will be issued at the sole discretion of 23/7 Global. VIP instructions will be sent via email no later than three days (3) prior to the concert. If you do not receive this email three days (3) prior please email info@237global.com. All packages and contents are non-transferable; no refunds or exchanges; all sales are final. All VIP package items and experiences are subject to change. Please note that the information provided at the time of purchase (e-mail and mailing address) is the same information that will be utilized for individual contact requirements where applicable. 23/7 Global\, the artist\, tour\, promoter\, ticketing company\, venue or any other affiliated parties are not responsible for outdated or inaccurate information provided by the consumer at the time of purchase. If you have any questions regarding your VIP package elements\, or have not received your package information within three days (3) of the concert date\, please email info@237global.com.  URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/brian-culbertson/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/BC-Promo-Headshot-1-crop-scaled.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20221219T145045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T220352Z UID:5447-1679774400-1679774400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Marcia Ball and Tinsley Ellis DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall presents\nAcoustic Songs & Stories\nFeaturing\nMarcia Ball and Tinsley Ellis\nMary Seaton Room\, Kleinhans Music Hall\nTinsley Ellis and Marcia Ball are excited to present an intimate evening of their music and memories called Acoustic Songs and Stories. They will each play a set of their own songs.  Tinsley\, an elder statesman of the Blues world\, will perform many of his most popular songs from his twenty albums\, plus some delta blues and classics on his National Steel and Martin acoustic guitars.  Marcia\, a five-time Grammy nominee\, will play the piano and sing her often raucous and sometimes touching original songs full of the characters and places that shaped her.  They will weave the music together with stories from their years on stage and on the road.  Finally\, they will come together as a duo to close the night playing songs together and swapping tales of their travels and travails.  \nAbout Marcia Ball\n“Fifty years have passed in a flash\,” says pianist\, songwriter\, and vocalist Marcia Ball of her long and storied career.  Ball\, the 2018 Texas State Musician Of The Year\, has won worldwide fame and countless fans for her ability to ignite a full-scale roadhouse party every time she takes the stage. Born in Orange\, Texas and raised in Vinton\, Louisiana\, her deep Acadian heritage and a lifetime of absorbing Gulf Coast rhythm and blues is evident in her original songs and the classics she chooses to cover.  This has made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music lovers all over the world.  With each new release\, her reputation as a profoundly soulful singer\, a boundlessly talented pianist and a courageous\, inventive songwriter continues to grow. Her love of the road has led to years of soul-satisfying performances at festivals\, concert halls and clubs. \nIn Marcia’s most recent album\, Shine Bright\, she has put together the most musically substantial\, hopeful and uplifting set of songs of her five-decade career.  Produced by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) and recorded in Texas and Louisiana\, Shine Bright contains twelve songs (including eight originals)\, ranging from the title track’s rousing appeal for public and private acts of courage to the upbeat call to action of Pots And Pans\, a song inspired by renowned Texas political writer and humorist Molly Ivins.  From the humorous advice of Life Of The Party to the poignantly optimistic World Full Of Love\, the intensity of Ball’s conviction never wavers while\, simultaneously\, the fun never stops.  “It is a ridiculously hopeful\, cheerful record\,” she says\, in light of some of the album’s more serious subject matter.  The secret\, according to Ball “is to set the political songs to a good dance beat.” \n“A welcome ray of sunshine…Ball is a killer pianist\, a great singer and songwriter. Potent blues\, sweet zydeco\, soulful\, fast and furious Texas boogie…heartfelt\, powerful and righteous.” – Billboard \nMarcia grew up in a family whose female members all played piano and she began taking lessons at age five\, playing old Tin Pan Alley and popular music tunes from her grandmother’s collection.  But it wasn’t until she was 13 that Marcia discovered the power of soul music.  One day in 1962\, she sat amazed as Irma Thomas performed on a show at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans and delivered the most spirited and moving performance the young teenager had ever seen.  A few years later she attended Louisiana State University and after dropping out to explore the brave new hippie world of the late 1960s\, she was invited to try out for a blues-based rock band called Gum.  She made the cut and her future was set. \nIn 1970\, Ball left Baton Rouge for San Francisco.  Her car broke down in Austin\, and while waiting for repairs she fell in love with the city and decided to stay.  It wasn’t long before she was performing in local clubs with a band called Freda And The Firedogs\, a group that pioneered the Progressive Country movement\, which attracted many musicians and significant media attention to Austin.   It was around this time that she discovered Professor Longhair\, the seminal New Orleans piano player.  “Once I found out about Professor Longhair\,” recalls Ball\, “I knew I had found my direction.” \n“Marcia Ball plays two-fisted New Orleans barrelhouse piano and sings in a husky\, knowing voice about all the trouble men and women can get into on the way to a good time.” – The New York Times \nWhen Freda And The Firedogs broke up in 1974\, Ball launched her solo career and began touring outside of Texas and Louisiana.  She signed with Capitol Records in 1977\, debuting with the country-rock album Circuit Queen.  As she created and honed her own sound\, she released six critically acclaimed titles on the Rounder Records label during the 1980s and 1990s.  In 1990\, Ball—collaborating with Angela Strehli and Lou Ann Barton—recorded the hugely successful Dreams Come True on the Antone’s label.  At the end of 1997\, Marcia finished work on a similar “three divas of the blues” project for Rounder\, this time in the distinguished company of Tracy Nelson and her longtime inspiration\, Irma Thomas.  The CD\, Sing It!\, was released in 1998 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. \nMarcia Ball has appeared many times on national television over the years\, including the PBS special In Performance At The White House along with B.B. King and Della Reese\, Austin City Limits and HBO’s Treme.  She performed in Piano Blues\, the film directed by Clint Eastwood included in Martin Scorsese’s The Blues series which aired on PBS television nationwide in 2003.  Marcia also appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman with The New Orleans Social Club\, where she not only reached millions of people\, but also helped to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.  In 2012\, she had a role in the independent film Angels Sing starring Harry Connick\, Jr.\, Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson.  In 2017 she performed on NPR’s A Jazz Piano Christmas\, live from The Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C. \nBall joined Alligator Records in 2001 with the release of the critically acclaimed Presumed Innocent.  The CD won the 2002 Blues Music Award for Blues Album Of The Year.  Her follow-up\, So Many Rivers\, was nominated for a Grammy Award\, and won the 2004 Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year as well as the coveted Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year award.  Her next release\, Live! Down The Road\, released in 2005\, also garnered a Grammy nomination\, as did 2008’s Peace\, Love & BBQ (the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart).  She holds eleven Blues Music Awards\, ten Living Blues Awards\, and five Grammy Award nominations.  2010’s Grammy-nominated Roadside Attractions and 2014’s The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man successfully grew her fan base even further. \nShe has been inducted into both the Gulf Coast Music Hall Of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.  The Texas State legislature named her the official 2018 Texas State Musician.  In 2018\, Marcia was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. \n“She’s as perfect as an artist can be.” – The Houston Chronicle \nSince March of 2020 and the onset of the COVID pandemic and subsequent lock-down\, Marcia has filled her time with work on a nonprofit organization she co-founded called HOME – Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers\, which pays rent and utilities for older musicians in the Austin area.  HOMEaustin.org.  She also improved her streaming and virtual performance abilities enough to participate in many on-line fundraising efforts throughout the year.  She put her domestic skills to work making masks.  She and her husband Gordon got a dog to replace their dear Lily.  She has written songs and  she is collaborating on a musical play which she hopes becomes a real live show in the near future. \nAnd she’s getting the band ready to get back out on the road.  “I still love the feel of the wheels rolling\,” she says\, “and the energy in a room full of people ready to go wherever it is we take them.” \n  \nAbout Tinsley Ellis\n Georgia troubadour Tinsley Ellis has been immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta 1957 and raised in southern Florida\, he acquired his first guitar at age seven\, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like many kids his age\, Ellis discovered the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds\, Cream and The Rolling Stones as well as Southern rockers like the Allman Brothers Band. 20 albums (and millions of miles traveled) later on record labels such as Alligator and Capricorn\, Ellis has become an elder statesman of the blues world. \nWith his new project Tinsley Ellis – Acoustic Songs And Stories\, Ellis performs many of his most popular songs (plus delta blues and classics by artists like Gregg Allman\, Bob Dylan and Leo Kottke) on his 1937 National Steel and 1969 Martin D-35. Ellis weaves the music together with interesting and sometimes ribald stories from over 40 years of a life spent on stages and in motels and truck stops. Ellis shows no signs of slowing down and is headed your way with his newest and perhaps most unique project. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/marcia-ball-and-tinsley-ellis/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/ball-and-ellis-L7-web2-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20230112T161458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T163540Z UID:5491-1673805600-1673805600@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:The Annual MLK Jr. Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday\, January 15th at 6 PM for a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Presented by The Concerned Citizens Following the Dream Committee\, this FREE event will feature music\, dance\, speakers and more! We hope to see you there! URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/the-annual-mlk-jr-celebration-2023/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/MLK-Celebration.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220809T210754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T155954Z UID:5284-1668713400-1668713400@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:CANCELED -- Habib Koité and Bamada DESCRIPTION:Due to the impending weather situation and the difficult travel conditions that may arise from it\, tonight’s concert at Kleinhans Music Hall featuring Habib Koité and Bamada has unfortunately been canceled. All tickets will be refunded in full. Please contact the Box Office with any questions at (716) 885-5000.\n\nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Habib Koité and Bamada\, with opening act the African American Cultural Center Dance and Drummer Company\, to the Mary Seaton Room on Thursday\, November 17th at 7:30 PM. \nOne of Africa’s most popular and recognized musicians\, Habib Koité is a modern troubadour with extraordinary appeal because Koité’s musicianship\, wit and wisdom translate across cultures. Hailing from the musically prolific West African nation of Mali\, the guitarist and composer has been named the biggest pop star of the region by Rolling Stone. Over the past decade\, his artistry and magnetic personality have made him an international star\, delighting audiences the world over\, and placing him firmly among the leading figures in contemporary world music. Bonnie Raitt proclaims\, “first there was Hendrix\, then Stevie Ray\, and now Habib.” \nHabib’s much-anticipated new release\, Kharifa\, was recorded entirely in Bamako. The sound of Mali\, its rich and diversified musical traditions\, and its instruments permeate the music of this superb project. It can be said that the Malian guitarist has matured\, evolved\, while once again successfully keeping one foot firmly anchored in the past. The original compositions and covers that form the backbone of this new album reflect the griot’s open spirit\, his willingness to travel through the rich Malian heritage while building the foundations of a resolutely modern music\, also influenced by Western rock and folk. \nOften compared to Eric Clapton\, the Malian reveals himself to be closer to a JJ Cale\, in his manner of occupying space with the guitar\, playing the note rather than notes\, allowing arpeggios to flow through the percussion\, caressing while directing with true virtuosity\, the rhythmic breath of each track on the album. \nHabib Koité takes his time. \nThis shows in his interest and involvement in everyday life in Bamako. Without ever denying the problems that plague his city and country – pollution\, poverty\, idleness\, insalubrity\, disease – Habib remains resolutely optimistic\, hopeful\, fighting against intolerance\, ignorance and obscurantism. While Mandé talks about reconciliation\, Kharifa calls for accountability of each individual. “Life is a daily struggle” he sings. \n  \nThanks to our Promotional Partner\, The African American Cultural Center. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/habib-koite-and-bamada/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Koite-web-L7-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220721T163019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T234840Z UID:5261-1667592000-1667592000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Maria Bamford DESCRIPTION:Maria Bamford\nFriday\, November 4th\, 8 PM\nMary Seaton Room\, Kleinhans Music Hall\nwith opening act Nicole Beatty \nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Maria Bamford with opening act Nicole Beatty to the Mary Seaton Room on Friday\, November 4th at 8 PM.  For personalized ticketing service\, please call our Box Office at (716)885-5000. \nMaria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She starred in the surreal\, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite\, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown\, and is the star of three unconventional hour-long stand-up specials: Weakness is the Brand\, Old Baby and Maria Bamford\, the special\, special\, special! Maria was the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and starred alongside Patton Oswalt\, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in the Comedy Central series The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. She also created and starred in the cult hit web series The Maria Bamford Show\, in which she plays all the characters. \nMaria is often recognized for her prolific voiceover work\, including characters on Big Mouth\, BoJack Horseman\, Summer Camp Island\, Adventure Time\, Talking Tom and Friends\, Bob’s Burgers\, Legend of Korra\, Puss in Boots\, CatDog and PBS’s Emmy-winning series Word Girl. She also stars as Tilly Mulch in Team Coco’s scripted podcast Frontier Tween. Maria played DeBrie Bardeaux on Netflix’s Arrested Development and recurred on the ABC hit series Fresh off the Boat. She is the 2014 winner of the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic. Maria’s late night appearances include CONAN\, The Tonight Show\, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/maria-bamford/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/bamford-maria-websq-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220328T162453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220711T190333Z UID:5047-1666987200-1666987200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Kevin James DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Kevin James to the main stage! \nKevin James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival\, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom. The King of Queens\, which premiered in 1998\, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing\, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The show concluded its run in 2007 but continues to air daily in syndication across the country and around the world. James also starred in\, and executive produced The Crew\, a sitcom set in the world of NASCAR and is currently developing a single camera comedy (both for Netflix). \nJames brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff\, a one- hour special for Comedy Central. Kevin James and Ray Romano executive produced and starred in the HBO Sports Special Making the Cut: The Road to Pebble Beach; a documentary about the Pebble Beach Pro Am Golf Tournament that was nominated for a Sports Emmy. His second comedy special Never Don’t Give Up premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim. \nJames was the producer\, co-writer\, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2\, Zookeeper\, and Here Comes The Boom. James made his feature film debut in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith\, and starred alongside Adam Sandler in Pixels\, Grown Ups\, Grown Ups 2\, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry\, and Hubie Halloween. He starred in the feature True Memoirs of an International Assassin for Netflix\, the independent action thriller Becky\, and starred in and produced Home Team for Netflix. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/kevin-james/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Kevin-James-1080x1080-website.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220705T215453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220729T163452Z UID:5194-1666296000-1666296000@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Martin Sexton DESCRIPTION:Martin Sexton\nThursday\, October 20th\, 2022\, 8 pm\nMary Seaton Room\, Kleinhans Music Hall\n“The real thing\, people.” -Billboard\n \nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Martin Sexton\, a beloved singer-songwriter who blends blues\, rock\, pop\, and folk into a soulful musical experience. \nIn 2020 American singer-songwriter Martin Sexton extends touring in support of his ninth studio release Mixtape of the Open Road. The Wall Street Journal and CMT premiered tracks from the album that since garnered much critical acclaim. “Outstanding taste in songwriting as well as a soul-marinated voice.” -Rollingstone \nSyracuse native Sexton got his start singing in the streets and subways of Boston in the early 90’s. Still fiercely independent and headlining venues from The Fillmore to Carnegie Hall\, he has influenced a generation of contemporary artists. His songs have appeared in television series such as Scrubs\, Parenthood\, Masters of Sex and in numerous films\, though it’s his incendiary live show\, honest lyrics\, and vocal prowess that keep fans coming back for more. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/martin-sexton/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/Martin-Sexton-2022-tour-admat-NO-TEXT.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221017T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220531T200350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T165847Z UID:5121-1666033200-1666033200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Alexander Malofeev in Recital DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome back classical pianist virtuoso Alexander Malofeev on October 17th\, 2022. This will mark his third visit to Kleinhans. Alexander made his US solo recital debut here last September\, followed by his US full orchestra debut with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the BPO in March ‘22. \nHarold J. & Sandra S. Whistler\, Sponsors \n\n\n\n\nAdults: $33\nStudents: $18\nPrices do not include Kleinhans Facility fee or handling charges.[vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][/vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\nProgram\nBEETHOVEN  Sonata No. 14 Op. 27\, No. 2 “Moonlight”\nBEETHOVEN  Sonata No. 17 Op. 31\, No. 2 “The Tempest”\nMEDTNER  Sonata in G minor\, Op. 22\nRACHMANINOFF  Etudes-tableaux Op. 33[vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][/vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\nAbout Alexander Malofeev \n“The latest phenomenon of the Russian piano school” (Corriere della Sera)\, “Alexander Malofeev manifests the piano mastery of the new millennium in itself” (Il Giornale) \nYoung “Russian genius” (Corriere della Sera) came to international prominence when\, in 2014\, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at age thirteen. “Contrary to what could be expected of a youngster …\, he demonstrated not only high technical accuracy but also an incredible maturity. Crystal clear sounds and perfect balance revealed his exceptional ability” (Amadeus). Malofeev has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. \nAlexander’s recent and appearances include a Asia tour with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala under Riccardo Chailly\, with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari under Mikhail Pletnev\, concerts in the UK with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits\, concerts in the Italy with RAI National Symphony Orchestra и Fabio Luis\, performances in Tonhalle Zurich\, Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano\, Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo\, USA)\, Teatro Petruzzelli (Italy) and Celebrity Series of Boston (USA). \nMaestro Riccardo Chailly said about the pianist: “I first heard Malofeev when Valery Gergiev performed with him at the Teatro alla Scala three years ago. He was only 14\, and he amazed me with his talent. Because that is not just a child prodigy: he is very young\, but already possesses depth and technical abilities\, and also musical and mnemonic\, which makes him an excellent interpreter of the 3rd Concert of Rachmaninov\, which is a problem for many pianists in the world.” (Corriere della Sera\, October 2019). \nAlexander was born in Moscow in October 2001. The pianist graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music in the class of Elena Berezkina. In 2019\, Alexander entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.\nHe studied under Professor Sergei Dorensky in 2019-2020. Since 2020\, Alexander has been studying with Professor Pavel Nersessian. \nAlexander Malofeev performs with the world’s best known orchestras\, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra\, Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia\, Lucerne Festival Orchestra\, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala\, RAI National Symphony Orchestra\, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra\, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra\, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra\, Russian National Orchestra\, State Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi”\, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra\, Baltic Sea Philharmonic orchestra\, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia\, Orchestre National de Lille and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. \nAlexander gives concerts in Amsterdam in Concertgebouw\, where he opened the 30th anniversary concert of the renowned Meester Pianists series\, Teatro alla Scala (Milan)\, Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany)\, Munich Herkulessaal (Germany)\, Philharmonie de Paris\, Theater of the Champs-Elysees (France)\, Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany)\, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Roma\, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Australia)\, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan\, Shanghai Oriental Art Center\, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)\, Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo\, USA) \, Mariinsky Theatre and Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. \nAlexander Malofeev regularly appears with the most distinguished conductors on a stage today\, including Riccardo Chailly\, Mikhail Pletnev\, Myung-Whun Chung\, Yannick Nézet-Séguin\, JoAnn Falletta\, Susanna Mälkki\, Lionel Bringuier\, Alondra de la Parra\, Marcelo Lehninger\, Finnegan Downie Dear\, Valery Gergiev\, Juraj Valcuha\, Kazuki Yamada\, Gábor Takács-Nagy\, Kristjan Jarvi\, Kirill Karabits\, Vladimir Spivakov\, Alexander Sladkovsky\, Vladimir Fedoseyev\, Vasily Petrenko and others. \nMalofeev is a guest of world famous music festivals such as International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron Festival\, La Folle Journée de Nantes and Chopin Festival in France\, Rheingau Music Festival (Germany)\, Merano Music Festival (Italy)\, Denis Matsuev’s «Crescendo» Festival\, Mikkeli Music Festival (Finland) \, Mariinsky International Piano Festival (St. Petersburg)\, Master Pianist Series (Amsterdam)\, «Stars on Baikal» International Music Festival\, International Winter Festival «Arts Square» directed by Yuri Temirkanov (St. Petersburg)\, Palermo Classica Festival in Italy\, Zaubersee Festival in Switzerland\, Eilat Chamber Music Festival in Israel\, International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo in Italy\, International Piano Series in Switzerland\, Celebrity Series of Boston in USA and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia. \nIn addition to his 1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians\, he has won numerous awards and prizes at international competitions and festivals\, including the Grand Prix of the I International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition\, the Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell’anno 2017 and Best Young Musician of 2017. Also in 2017\, Alexander became the first Young Yamaha Artist. In 2019\, he received a second prize at the I China International Music Competition. \nIn the spring of 2020\, the Sony Classical Label released the “Tchaikovsky 2020” box-set on the 180th anniversary of P. Tchaikovsky with the record of Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto performed by Alexander Malofeev with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky \nThis season sees Alexander performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony under baton of Michael Tilson Thomas\, with the Korean Symphony Orchestra and Finnegan Downie Dear\, Pasadena Symphony Orchestra and Rebecca Tong\, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta\, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Lionel Bringuier\, Russian National Orchestra and Vladimir Spivakov. \nHe performs concerts at Tanglewood Music Center in USA\, Orpheum Theater in Canada\, Seoul Arts Center and Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul\, Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman\, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, Teatro Malibran in Venice\, Grand Auditorium Philharmonie Luxembourg. \nAlexander Malofeev participates in international music festivals such Verbier Festival\, Aspen Music Festival\, Ravinia Festival\, Lucens Classique Festival\, Riga Jurmala Music Festival. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/alexander-malofeev-2022/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/18-22.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221009T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221009T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220318T132744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T183923Z UID:5020-1665343800-1665343800@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Bill Maher DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Bill Maher to the Kleinhans Music Hall stage on October 9\, 2022! Don’t miss this evening of savvy satire with the boundary-breaking Bill Maher. \nAbout Bill Maher\nFor more than twenty-five years\, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny\, political talk can go on American television. First on “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central\, ABC\, 1993- 2002)\, and for the last nineteen years on HBO’s “Real Time\,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series\, “VICE.” In October of 2008\, this same combination was on display in Maher’s uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion\, “Religulous\,” directed by Larry Charles (“Borat”). \nIn addition to his television program – which has featured such visitors as President Barack Obama\, Vice President Joseph Biden\, Bernie Sanders\, Elizabeth Warren\, Mayor Pete Buttigieg\, Howard Stern\, Barbra Streisand\, Kerry Washington\, Michael Steele\, Megyn Kelly\, Ronan Farrow\, Howard Dean\, Michael Moore\, Eva Longoria\, Rev. Jesse Jackson\, Jim Carrey\, Gen. Wesley Clark\, Susan Sarandon\, Gary Hart and Pat Buchanan – Maher has written five bestsellers: “True Story\,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits\,” “When You Ride Alone\, You Ride with Bin Laden\,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer\,” and\, “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass.” \nMaher started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1979\, and still performs at least fifty dates a year in Las Vegas and in sold out theaters all across the country. Four of his eleven stand-up specials for HBO – 2014’s “Bill Maher: Live from DC\,” 2007’s “The Decider\,” 2005’s “I’m Swiss\,” as well as the hilarious\, “Bill Maher … But I’m Not Wrong\,” – have been nominated for Emmy awards. \nMaher was born in New York City\, raised in River Vale\, N.J. and went to Cornell University. He now resides in Los Angeles. \nProduced by Metropolitan Entertainment. URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/bill-maher/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Bill-Maher-credit-David-Becker-WireImage-11.25.13-scaled.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20220714T184557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T153455Z UID:5239-1663527600-1663527600@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Walter Trout DESCRIPTION:Walter Trout\nThe Mary Seaton Room\nSeptember 18th\, 7 PM\nWith Opening Act: The Girls of Grosh \nKleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Walter Trout to the Mary Seaton Room on Sunday\, September 18th at 7 pm\, with opening act: the Girls of Grosh. \nWALTER TROUT has been nothing short of prolific over the course of his seven decades on this Earth.  He’s set to release his 29th solo album over a career that has spanned the globe\, and delivered notoriety as one of the great purveyors of the blues and blues rock.  Trout’s history is equal parts thriller\, romance\, suspense and horror. There are musical fireworks\, critical acclaim and fists-aloft triumph\, offset by wilderness years\, brushes with the jaws of narcotic oblivion\, and the survival of an organ transplant few come back from.  From 1973\, when he left his New Jersey home headed to Los Angeles\, he has followed a road that afforded him an opportunity to just play\, sharing the stage as a sideman with Jesse Ed Davis\, Big Mama Thornton\, John Lee Hooker\, Lowell Fulson\, Joe Tex\, and of course the great John Mayall (following a three-year tenure in Canned Heat).   \nWhen Trout walked away from the Bluesbreakers\, he embarked on a solo career that has yielded a catalogue that has established a deep legacy in the world of Blues\, Americana\, and the realm of revered singer-songwriters. While many would slow down as they approach their 70th birthday\, Trout continues to deliver inspired recordings\, performances\, and a voice that articulates relevant ideology and insights in to The World that inspires his deep perspective. There’s no autopilot emanating from Walter Trout\, but a true a sense of growing momentum\, elements of surprise\, and repertoire that continues to be more compelling with each new creation.  URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/walter-trout/ LOCATION:Mary Seaton Room\, 3 Symphony Circle\, Buffalo\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/trout-Web-square-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T054308 CREATED:20210630T211024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T152351Z UID:3758-1662667200-1662667200@kleinhansbuffalo.org SUMMARY:Last Podcast on the Left: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Tour DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Last Podcast on the Left show originally scheduled for April 28th at Kleinhans in Buffalo has been postponed to Thursday\, September 8th.  All tickets will be honored for the new date.  If you are unable to make the new date\, refunds are available until May 13th at noon by contacting the venue box office at boxoffice@bpo.org.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Last Podcast on the Left barrels headlong into all things horror — as hosts Ben Kissel\, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski cover dark subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer\, werewolves\, Jonestown\, iconic hauntings\, the history of war crimes\, and more. Whether it’s cults\, killers\, or cryptid encounters\, Last Podcast on the Left laughs into the abyss that is the dark side of humanity. \nVIP tickets include best seats in house\, a signed poster\, tour lanyard\, and a post-show Q&A.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/last-podcast-on-the-left/ LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \, Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/090822_Last-Podcast-On-The-Left_Buffalo_V2_Socials_IG.jpg GEO:42.9025038;-78.8817523 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle Buffalo NY 14201 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3 Symphony Circle:geo:-78.8817523,42.9025038 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR