Bria Skonberg News

In May and June, experience Latin music pianist Eddie Palmieri, trailblazing trumpeter Bria Skonberg and global guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook at the South Orange Performing Arts Center.

In a time when the people that live on our planet can’t seem to agree on anything, being in a room where everyone was on the same page celebrating the importance and brilliance of American Popular Music and honoring some of it’s most talented artists was truly a joy.  

Spend spring and summer at the South Orange Performing Arts Center,  where you'll see “the most exacting of the Zeppelin tribute bands in existence,” the 85-year-old Madman of Salsa, “the poet laureate of Louisiana's fertile Roots music scene,” Bruce Springsteen's longtime drummer, “[the] millennial shaking up the Jazz world,” a co-founder of the Byrds and more. Visit SOPACnow.org for more information.

The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook is hosting its 2022 Benefactor Gala on Friday, April 29, at 6pm. 

The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook is hosting its 2022 Benefactor Gala on Friday, April 29, at 6 pm. This year's event will be held in a private mansion in Palm Beach and will honor three amazing musical talents.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is offering nearly two dozen amazing and audience-wowing shows and events during the month of March.

Universal Temple of the Arts will celebrate the life of Sajda Musawwir Ladner, Executive and Artistic Director and the founder of the Staten Island JAZZ Festival on Saturday, March 12, 2021, from 5pm-9pm at the historic St. George Theatre in her beloved community of Staten Island.

Celebrate Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, Jazz Appreciation Month (April) and more at SOPAC's upcoming Jazz, Rhythm & Blues concerts in The Jennifer & Tony Leitner Performance Hall. Experience a wide breadth of performers, such as New Orleans-influenced artists, Gospel powerhouse vocalists, Grammy winners and masterful instrumentalists.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center is once again hosting events in The Jennifer & Tony Leitner Performance Hall. In 2022, SOPAC is offering more than 40 mainstage shows across various genres.

Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick and music legends Dave Koz and David Foster as well as a Motown icon double bill of The Temptations and The Four Tops are just part of the magic this December at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway hits The Prom, Elf The Musical and Kinky Boots join the slate of spectacles and international hits featuring STOMP, Champions of Magic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, and Cirque Dreams Holidaze. 

Gold Coast Jazz Society (GCJZ) celebrates thirty years of respect and honor for the art form of jazz in their 2021- 2022 Season - Live! At the Amaturo.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center's 2021-2022 season boasts thirteen Jazz and Rhythm & Blues shows.

Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Plaza to celebrate the start of the 2021-22 season.

The Emelin Theatre has launched the Rise & Shine Campaign to prepare for, fund and celebrate its reopening scheduled for early October.  The Rise & Shine campaign will run throughout 2021 and lead into the 50th Anniversary Season of the Emelin in 2022.

With a line-up that features world-class artists in music, dance, comedy, top-touring Broadway hits and more, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts continues its tradition of offering a diverse season with something for everyone.

This weekend, you can take a voice lesson GRAMMY nominated vocalist Kurt Elling, a guitar lesson with former Tonight Show guitarist Kevin Eubanks, or sit in on an introspective webinar with Cecil McLorin Salvant and Rudresh Mahanthappa right in your living room!

Grammy award-winning vocalists and instrumentalists, studio musicians, top YouTube music creators and even a world-class tap dancer have all come together to raise funds for their fellow artists impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival wrapped a successful Opening Weekend featuring Edmontonian, Canadian, and international musicians including Andrew Glover, Funkford Family, Bria Skonberg, Julian Lage, Veronica Swift, Emmet Cohen, and the great Sheila Jordan, featured in an exclusive CKUA radio and online interview.

The TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival presents the 2020 Festival from the comfort of your home. Join us online starting opening weekend June 19-21 and every weekend until July 31 to enjoy free performances and interviews from musicians locally and around the world.

The first ever VIRTUAL TD JazzYYC International Jazz Days Festival continues online only until May 27, 2020. This new Festival is in partnership with Jazz Home Delivery. Today the Festival releases the final week of artists and announces a rare, very special Festival Exclusive interview with the legendary Kurt Elling.