Brian Setzer News

The Brian Setzer Orchestra, fronted by three-time Grammy Award-winner Brian Setzer, brings their 'Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour' to the Fox Theatre tonight, November 23 at 8 p.m.

Noted jewelry designer Norma Wellington, will present a one-woman jewelry show on Wednesday, December 5th, from 10 AM - 8:30 PM in the Drapkin Cabaret Room at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Purchases will not only add additional beauty to your life but a generous percentage of the proceeds from the Holiday sale will help provide scholarships to children for drama at The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC, which is a program that is near and dear to Norma's heart.

Beginning Nov. 26 and continuing throughout December, the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center will bring holiday performances the whole family will enjoy to downtown York. Performances include: The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour!! on Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; The Irish Tenors on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Canadian Brass on Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Tim Warfield's All-Star Jazzy Christmas on Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; and Wynonna & The Big Noise: A Simpler Christmas on Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Spend the holidays at the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)! The Theatre features a variety of holiday events for families young and old at prices to fit everyone's budget.

It's holiday time at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts and the roster of entertainment options is as culturally diverse and varied as the people the Center serves. As an integral part of Sonoma County's community and a premiere performing arts venue in the Bay Area, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa) features a wide range of holiday choices for everyone. At holiday time, tradition is frequently the theme. This year the Center presents seasonal favorites as well as introducing several new holiday events. Tickets and information for all Center shows are available through Wells Fargo Center for the Arts online at wellsfargocenterarts.org, by calling 707-546-3600, or in person at the ticket office at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa (open daily, noon to 6pm).

For over 30 years, Brian Setzer has seen success as a solo act, a member of the Stray Cats and as the leader of an 18-piece orchestra. He brings The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour to the State Theatre on Wednesday, December 4th.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced their November and December 2013 holiday lineup at the Orpheum, State, Pantages and New Century Theatres in downtown Minneapolis. Highlights include former Stray Cats' retro swing guitarist, and Minneapolis resident, Brian Setzer, the hilarious Minnesota spoof of the Charles Dickens' classic A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol, legendary country recording artist Martina McBride, the Grammy Award-winning harmonies of The Manhattan Transfer, the Emmy Award-winning quartet The Blenders, Broadway's Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Phantom of the Opera, the glittering Lorie Line, the Theater Latte Da/Cantus collaboration All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, and the witty, stylish holiday offerings ofJohn Trones with special guest, piano sensation Jim Brickman in Christmas in the City. Please see below for specific show information or visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are excited to welcome home San Francisco's own, legendary, award-winning, extraordinary performer Connie Champagne to Feinstein's at the Nikko for one performance only - Wednesday, December 18 at 8 p.m.

On Saturday night, those in the Kitchener area had the opportunity to spend the evening and share some laughs with a Tony, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy award-winning artist! Whoopi Goldberg was in town, performing some comedy for a full house at Centre in the Square, and she did not disappoint.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts welcomes the holiday season in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa) with a lineup of celebrated music, comedy, dance and family performances. The 2013-2014 season is well underway and continues with a performance featuring the talents of singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell with Richard Thompson (November 2), the classic vocals of nine-time Grammy award winner Natalie Cole (November 24) and rounds out 2013 with a celebration of the holiday season, including Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker (December 18 and 19) and The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour! (December 26). Since its reopening in August, after a $2.8 million renovation, the Ruth Finley Person Theater has showcased a variety of talent from Patti LaBelle to Lewis Black to The Beach Boys.

Today, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced six additional shows to be presented in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa) as part of their 2013-14 season. The new performances added to the already diverse season include Bryan Adams: Bare Bones Tour (Thursday, October 17), Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell with Richard Thompson (Saturday, November 2), An Evening with Foreigner (Thursday, November 8), So You Think You Can Dance Live! (Thursday, November 21), The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour! (Thursday, December 26), and Aimee Mann & Billy Collins: An Evening of Acoustic Music and Spoken Word (Friday, April 18). Tickets for the general public go on sale on Friday, August 23 and may be purchased by calling 707.546.3600, online at wellsfargocenterarts.org and in person at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa.

The Brian Setzer Orchestra, fronted by three-time Grammy Award-winner Brian Setzer, brings their 'Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour' to the Fox Theatre on Saturday, November 23 at 8 p.m.

The rockabilly singer-songwriter known as Jeremy Wayne has released his debut self-titled LP, "Jeremy Wayne."

Over 120 performances will be held on stage between July 2013 and June 2014. Highlights include a diverse theatre series featuring Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Tony-nominated BRING IT ON, Tony-Winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, ROCK OF AGES and Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT; contemporary performers such as Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Michael W. Smith and Clint Black; classical artists including Sarah Chang and Itzhak Perlman, comedians including Drew Carey, Joan Rivers, Jason Alexander and Jim Belushi, and many more (see schedule below).

As announced today by Associated Press, Glen Campbell will release a new album, See You There, on August 6.

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Caleb Chapman's Crescent Super Band, twenty-five extraordinarily talented young musicians from Utah, in their Carnegie Hall debut. An exhilarating phenomenon of youthful energy and inspired musicality, the Crescent Super Band has stunned audiences worldwide, from New York to the Netherlands, performing hip, intelligent arrangements of the American standards for thousands. On Tuesday, May 21 at 8:00pm at Carnegie Hall, the Crescent Super Band will perform a program from the Great American Songbook repertoire featuring music from legendary performances at Carnegie Hall. The boisterous night on one of the world's greatest stages will feature special guests, saxophonist David Sanborn, trumpet player Wayne Bergeron, the high energy jump swing of The Voodoo Orchestra and hot Latin jazz ensemble La Onda Caribeña, in a program featuring new music from John Clayton, Greg Yasinitsky, Russell Schmidt, Sam Cardon, and Greg Hansen.

Yoshi's San Francisco has announced newly-added shows fro March, April and June 2013, featuring Jeff Bradshaw, The Family Stone, DJ Afrika Bambaata, The Tubes feat. Fee Waybill, Dawn Richard, Freddie Jackson, Boca Do Rio, Marcus Johnson, Portland Cello Project Play Beck, Brubeck & Bach, Pharoah Sanders, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks and Catherine Russell. More details below.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party continues to dazzle packed houses of showbiz insiders and the folks who love them every Monday night at the historic music room, Birdland. This past week, Carol Woods, currently Mama Morton in Chicago on Broadway, delighted the audience with a soulful performance of 'God Bless The Child,' and her co-workers, Amra-Faye Wright (Velma Kelly) and Patrick Rinn led the applause. Scroll below for photos from the concert!

Englewood Fire Department and Bergen Performing Arts Center are teaming up again to collect TOYS for children in need Bergen County with bergenPAC's November 25th performance of kids show, ImaginOcean, and continuing through the holidays, bergenPAC will be collecting new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to area children. Toys will be collected at Jim Brickman (November 28th ), Video Games Live (November 29th), New Jersey Ballet's The Nutcracker performances(December 1st and 2nd), Brian Setzer Orchestra (December 5th ), Judy Collins with Jimmy Webb (December 8th), Audra Rox Live!(December 9th), and A Christmas Carol (December 15th) , Chef Robert Irvine" (December 16th) and Kenny Rogers with special guest Billy Dean (December 19th).