NIGHTLIFE: Folk, Rock, Country, Blues, Jazz, Pop, Comedy
BY SHERI BAYNE
Special to The Press
ALLENTOWN FAIR
1850 Liberty St., Allentown. 610-433-7541, https://www.allentownfair.com
Stars Stripes Slams Wrestling, 7 p.m. Sept. 3
Warren Zeiders, 7 p.m. Sept. 4
Local Legends Live: The Aardvarks, Social Call, Common Bond, Stereotype, Strange Culture, Scott Marshall & The Highway Souls, 2 p.m. Sept. 6
ARCHER MUSIC HALL
939 Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-798-1466, https://www.archermusichall.com
Che, 8 p.m. May 2
The Felice Brothers, Nic Panken, 8 p.m. May 2, Arrow Hall
Dayseeker, Northlane, Wind Walkers, sace6, 6 p.m. May 5
Hit the Lights, Major League, Rematch, Public Works, 8 p.m. May 9, Arrow Hall
Southern Culture On the Skids, The Dracu-Las, 7 p.m. May 14
Punch Brothers, 7 p.m. May 15, Arrow Hall
Between the Buried and Me, Imperial Triumphant, 8 p.m. May 16
Failure, all under heaven, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longe ... , 7 p.m. May 16, Arrow Hall
Motion City Soundtrack, Carly Cosgrove, 7 p.m. May 17
Buckcherry, 7 p.m. May 19
Death Angel, Vio-lence, Incite, 6:30 p.m. May 22
Wage War, Nevertel, Orthodox, 6:30 p.m. May 23
Citizen Soldier, Adelitas Way, New Medicine, 6 p.m. May 26, Arrow Hall
Miles Minnick, Tommy Zuko, 7 p.m. May 31, Arrow Hall
FIESTA ON HAMILTON
Hamilton Street (Eighth Street to 12th Street), Allentown
Milly Quezada, Óptimo, Charlie Cruz, 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. May 17
GAS HOUSE DANCE HALL
311 Front St., Catasauqua. 610-443-0707
Slam Allen, BC Combo, 6 p.m. May 2
GODFREY DANIELS
7 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem. 610-867-2390, https://godfreydaniels.org/
One Man Dog: James Taylor Tribute, Ray Adkins and Band, 8 p.m. May 1
Marc Douglas Berardo, Louise Coombe, 8 p.m. May 2
Lucy Kaplansky, 3 p.m. May 3
Open Mic, 7 p.m. May 3, May 17
Carla Ulbrich, Mike Agranoff, 7 p.m. May 7
Pat Byrne, 8 p.m. May 8
Danny Schmidt, 8 p.m. May 9
Heather Aubrey Lloyd, Matt Nakoa, 8 p.m. May 15
Todd Albright, Arthur Terembula, 8 p.m. May 16
Tribute to John Prine: Ian Patrick Gallagher, William Melcher, Duane Beller, Jillian Dolan, 8 p.m. May 22
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Danielia Cotton, 7 p.m. May 23
Mike Guldin and Rollin’ and Tumblin’, 8 p.m. May 29
Claudia Schmidt, 7 p.m. May 30
The Druckenmillers, Norm Williams, 7 p.m. May 31
HOLLYWOOD CASINO
777 Hollywood Boulevard, Grantville. 717-469-2211, https://www.hollywoodpnrc.com/
Halestorm, Small Town Titans, Hinder, 5 p.m. May 16
Brad Paisley, The Band Perry, Tyler Nance, 6 p.m. May 23
KUTZTOWN FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY
St. Paul’s UCC, 47 S. Whiteoak St., Kutztown. 484-336-9639 https://www.kutztownfolkmusicsociety.org
David Cullen, 7:30 p.m. May 8
MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE
14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. 570-325-0249, https://www.mcohjt.com/
Free Range Folk, 8 p.m. May 1
Pet Sounds: Beach Boys Tribute, 8 p.m. May 2
Fast Fashion: The Depeche Mode Experience, 8 p.m. May 8
Bad Animals: The Heart Tribute, 8 p.m. May 9
The Breakers: Tribute to Tom Petty, 8 p.m. May 15, May 16
GA-20, 8 p.m. May 22
Get Poison’d: Tribute to Poison, 8 p.m. May 23
Boat House Row, 8 p.m. May 30
MILLER SYMPHONY HALL
23 N. Sixth St., Allentown. 610-432-6715, https://www.millersymphonyhall.org/
Clarice Assad Jazz Trio, 7:30 p.m. May 8, Rodale Community Room. “Jazz Upstairs”
MUSIKFEST
Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza, SteelStacks, Bethlehem, 610-332-1300, https://musikfest.org/event/
Grupo Niche, 7 p.m. July 30
Russell Dickerson, 7 p.m. July 31
John Mulaney: Mister Whatever, 7 p.m. Aug. 1
Third Eye Blind, 7 p.m. Aug. 2
Train, 7 p.m. Aug. 3
Weird Al Yankovic, 7 p.m. Aug. 4
T.I., DaBaby, 7 p.m. Aug. 5
Bailey Zimmerman, 7 p.m. Aug. 6
Parker McCollum, 6 p.m. Aug. 7
Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday, 7 p.m. Aug. 8
AJR, 7 p.m. Aug. 9
PENN’S PEAK
325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe. 866-605-7325, https://www.pennspeak.com
Live Dead & Brothers: Tribute to the Grateful Dead & The Allman Brothers Band, 8 p.m. May 1
Magical Mystery Doors, 8 p.m. May 2
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, 8 p.m. May 3
Cher impersonator Kara Chandler, 8 p.m. May 5
Iconic Women of Music Starring Rae Radick, 8 p.m. May 6
Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Band, 8 p.m. May 7
The Wallflowers, 8 p.m. May 8
Leonid & Friends, 8 p.m. May 9
Beatlemania Now, 1 p.m. May 12
ABBA-Mania: A Tribute to ABBA, 1 p.m. May 13
Live Wire: AC/DC Tribute, 8 p.m. May 15
Memories of Patsy: Patsy Cline Tribute, 1 p.m. May 19
Bill Haley Jr. & The Comets, 1 p.m. May 20
The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air, 8 p.m. May 29
PPL CENTER
701 Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-224-4625, https://www.pplcenter.com/
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 7 p.m. May 21, May 22, May 23; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. May 23; Noon, 4 p.m. May 24
Journey, 7:30 p.m. June 11
Luke Bryan, 7 p.m. June 25
RISING RIVER BREWING
1955 Willow Lane, Macungie. https://www.risingriverbrewing.com
Aaron Wolfe, Milton J, 6 p.m. May 16
SELLERSVILLE THEATER
24 W. Temple Avenue, Sellersville. 215-257-5808, https://www.st94.com
Melissa Manchester, 8 p.m. May 1
Blow Your Mind Experience, The Reflections, 2 p.m. May 2
Girl Named Tom, 8 p.m. May 2
Ottmar Liebert, Luna Negra, 8 p.m. May 3
Colin James, Matt Andersen, Terra Lightfoot, 8 p.m. May 5
The Machine Performs Pink Floyd, 8 p.m. May 6
BoDeans, 8 p.m. May 7
Graham Parker, 8 p.m. May 8
Fleetwood Mask, 6 p.m., 9 p.m. May 9
Ron Gartner: Bobby Darin Tribute, 2 p.m. May 10
Yacht Lobsters, 8 p.m. May 10
paris_monster, Dave Butler & Friends, 8 p.m. May 11
The Lone Bellow, 8 p.m. May 13
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, 8 p.m. May 14
Michael Martin Murphey, 8 p.m. May 15
Mullett, 8 p.m. May 16
Start Spreading The News: Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli Tribute, 2 p.m. May 17
Davina and The Vagabonds, 8 p.m. May 17
Indigenous, 8 p.m. May 20
The Nighthawks, 8 p.m. May 21
Tom DiMenna, 8 p.m. May 22
Dr. K’s Motown Revue, 8 p.m. May 23
Carl Cox and Tim Hutson, 7:30 p.m. May 24
Parker Barrow, 8 p.m. May 27
Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. May 28
Gary Louris, 8 p.m. May 29
Mario The Maker Magician, 1 p.m. May 30
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, 8 p.m. May 30
Dirk Quinn Band, Tim Farrell, 8 p.m. May 31
SHERMAN THEATER
524 Main St., Stroudsburg. 570-420-2808, https://shermantheater.com
King Kung, The Squanches, Witness Marker, My Last Wish, Stylish Nihilists, 7 p.m. May 1, “Sherman Showcase”
Box of Rain: Grateful Dead Tribute, 8 p.m. May 2
Grierfest Comedy Show, 8 p.m. May 9, “Sherman Showcase”
The HU, Apocalyptica, The Rasmus, 7 p.m. May 15
Lez Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin Tribute, 7 p.m. May 16
Eggy, 8 p.m. May 21
Fit For A King, 7 p.m. May 22
Lone Till Payday, Poliwhirl, .Lady White Rat, 7:30 p.m. May 22, “Sherman Showcase”
Taylor Simon King, 8 p.m. May 30
STATE THEATRE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
453 Northampton St., Easton. 1-800-999-78283, https://statetheatre.org
“Funny Women of a Certain Age,” 7:30 p.m. May 1
STEELSTACKS
101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 610-332-1300, https://www.steelstacks.org/
Sangriafest May 16
The Big Wahu Caribbean Band, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.
The Philadelphia Funk Authority, 2 p.m., 3:45 p.m.
Bethlehem Visitor Center
This is How We Roll: A D&D Themed Improv Show, 8 p.m. May 1
JBY’s Mom-Prom: A Mother’s Day Comedy Show, 8 p.m. May 2
Warm-Up Comedy Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. May 5, May 12
Sam Salem, 7:30 p.m. May 8, May 9
Improv House Teams, 9:30 p.m. May 9
Improv Jam-ber-EE, 7 p.m. May 11
Toasted: A Stand-up Showcase, 9 p.m. May 16
Levitt Pavillion
Enslow, 7:30 p.m. May 15
Lindsay Jordan & the Gypsies, 7:30 p.m. May 16
Ruben Moreno, Zydeco Re-evolution, 7:30 p.m. May 21
The Ruen Brothers, 7:30 p.m. May 22
Hot 8 Brass Band, 7:30 p.m. May 23
Sol Katana, 7:30 p.m. May 24
Lydia Von Hof, 7:30 p.m. May 28
Holy Roller, 7:30 p.m. May 29
Haus of Monsters: Lady Gaga Tribute, 7:30 p.m. May 30
Musikfest Cafe
The Kings of Queen: A Tribute to Queen, 7:30 p.m. May 3
Williams Brew Stage
Smooth Retsina Glow, 7 p.m. May 2
Jazz Jam, 7 p.m. May 7
Island Time Lite, 7 p.m. May 8
Ten Tiny Dances, 5 p.m. May 9
Rock Steady, 7 p.m. May 9
Open Mic, 7 p.m. May 14
THE GIN MILL AND GRILLE
1750 Main St., Northampton. 610-262-5486
Joe Harkum, Elephants Dancing, The Apostrophe S,’ 7 p.m. May 2
UNION TERRACE AMPHITHEATER
110 S. St. Elmo St., Allentown
Low Cut Connie, Slingshot Dakota, 6 p.m. May 22
WIND CREEK EVENT CENTER
77 Sands Boulevard, Bethlehem. 610-297-7414, https://windcreek.com
Jim Breuer, 8 p.m. May 7
Dethklok, Amon Amarth, Castle Rat, 7 p.m. May 14
Lorna Shore, 7 p.m. May 16
Night Ranger, 8 p.m. May 22
Kansas, 8 p.m. May 29
Don McLean, 8 p.m. May 30
OPEN JAMS, OPEN MICS
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, https://www.bapl.org/
Open Mic with Bill Medei, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. May 4, May 11, May 18
THE SHANTY ON 19TH
613 N. 19th St., Allentown. 610-841-0150, https://www.theshantyon19th.com
Open Jam with John Cannavo, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. May 3, May 10, May 17
Open Jam with The Benny Band, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. May 5, May 12, May 19
WEYERBACHER ALLENTOWN TAPROOM & BIERGARTEN
448 N. 17th St., Allentown. 484-545-5711, http://www.Weyerbacher.com
Open Mic with Shaun Lally, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. May 7, May 14, May 21
“Nightlife” is a listing of folk, rock, country, blues, jazz, pop and comedy concerts in the Lehigh Valley area. To request a listing, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com








