Tommy Dorsey

100 years to the day, Mayor Sokhary Chau and members of the Lowell City Council, and the Lowell Memorial Auditorium Board of Trustees will welcome the public to a Centennial Celebration and Rededication of the historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.

John Fogerty will kick off Lowell Memorial Auditorium’s Centennial Season on Thursday, September 8th at 7:30pm. Built shortly after the end of World War I to honor Lowell’s veterans of all wars, the Lowell Memorial Auditorium celebrates its centennial this fall, continuing a century-long tradition as a hub of arts and entertainment.

Built shortly after the end of World War I to honor Lowell's veterans of all wars, the Lowell Memorial Auditorium will celebrate its centennial this fall, continuing a century-long tradition as the hub of arts and entertainment in the Merrimack Valley. 

Programming has been announced for the 2022/2023 season at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum. Find out all of the shows in the season, how to get tickets & more. 

THE DJANGO will bring another month of stellar jazz by some of the field’s heroes alongside young, emerging artists.

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, and  Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, today revealed programming details of some of the  classical and jazz concerts for the 2022-23 season. The full season of more than 100 concerts, including  pop, world music, and new special series, will be released in June.  

New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler announced today that Encores! Music Director Rob Berman will step down following the 2022 Encores! season at New  York City Center. 

Today the Seattle Symphony announced its 2022/2023 season, which features a wide range of repertoire across its full series offerings and an exciting lineup of acclaimed guest artists and conductors joining the orchestra from around the world.

Swingin' big band music is always alive at the Hershey Area Playhouse, with an unforgettable performance from the Unforgettable Big Band on April 1 and 2, 2022. 

New York City's Broadway and Opera star N'Kenge returns to Whitefish with one of America's most electrifying tap dancers, DeWitt Fleming Jr, for a special Valentine's Day weekend performance of nostalgic big band music.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College presents Swingtime Big Band: Love Notes, February 13, 2022.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has announced the return of celebrated jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski for the return of VSO USA's annual Evening of Jazz live benefit concert and dinner, along with GRAMMY nominated guitarist Diego Figueiredo. The event will be held at 5:30 pm on Sunday, March 26th at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA.

On December 10, ZOHO Music, a latin, jazz, and rock indie CD label, is releasing the studio recorded CD version of My Ship: Songs From 1941, which Dawn Derow will celebrate with a One-Night-Only return of the award-winning show at New York's Green Room 42 on January 15, 2022 at 7 pm.

Finally, our favorite of the evening combining the old with the new was the aforementioned ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE with the magical vocals of Martina DaSilva and some of the most unexpected musical stylings within the arrangement.

On Wednesday, April 14, one of todays' leading jazz clarinetist, Ken Pelplowski, will perform at the Broward Center's Backlot Live at 7:30pm.

A live-streamed fund-raising concert set for Sunday, March 14, will be raising urgently needed money for Times Square and New York big band venue SWING46 in hopes of helping it pull through the devastating lockdowns of the past year.

Four exciting new events have been announced in the BackLot Live Series at the Broward Center where fans enjoy entertainment under the starts at the all-new outdoor stage in the Lillian S. Wells Backstage Plaza.

Percussionist Rick Costa has assembled some of the area’s best jazz musicians, including vocalist Walt Andrus, saxophonist Lew Del Gatto, trumpeter Dan Miller, bassist Don Mopsick and pianist Roy Gerson, for an afternoon of the best of Glenn Miller and the swinging sounds of the 40s.

The Ken Peplowski Quartet will host a Birdland Dinner with Glenn Zaleski, Martin Wind and Matt Wilson on December 3-4-5.

In the wake of the corona virus outbreak, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has postponed some of its remaining concerts originally scheduled from mid-March through April. The updated concert listing is below.