Ben Folds News

Discover the exciting 24/25 season of PENN LIVE ARTS, featuring world, U.S., and Philadelphia premieres. Learn how to purchase tickets.

After Core Theatre Group's heralded February 2024 production of Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's, The Last Five Years, they will present an Actors Equity Developmental Lab of their production May 7th through 10th at 2 pm at the Theatre at St. Clement's Main Stage for invited industry guests.

Regina Spektor, the acclaimed singer-songwriter, has announced a special series of performances set to grace stages this summer – An Evening with Regina Spektor. Produced by Live Nation, the eight city tour kicks off on July 24 at The Egg* in Albany, NY making stops across North America in Toronto, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Montclair, Boston, and Portland (Maine) before wrapping up in Stamford, CT at The Palace Stamford on August 3.

Pacific Symphony has announced its 2024-25 Pops Series. The season features seven not-to-be-missed pops concerts that include music from Broadway, festive holiday cheer, classic rock, and Latin flair—all enhanced by the “Hollywood” sound of the orchestra.

Westport Country Playhouse’s Family Festivities series will present “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!,” See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Emmy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling music artist Ben Folds has announced more summer shows are being added to the return of his popular “Paper Airplane Request Tour,” with new stops in all regions of the US.

The NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, a multi-year partnership and collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to spotlight critical contributions to the arts, returns to PBS with two new performance specials this April featuring indie music icon Ben Folds and renowned jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman.

Ben Folds will come to the Morrison Center this summer. The performance is set for July 30, 2024.

The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will return to the Cultural District, May 31-June 9, 2024. Learn more about the lineup here!

HANNAH FAIRLIGHT, known for her roles in Pitch Perfect 3 and Crazy Hearts: Nashville, returns with a bold sophomore album. Dive into the latest musical offering from this multi-talented artist. A regular at haunts like NYC's The Bitter End and Arlene's Grocery, Fairlight went on to grace stages across Europe, the UK, and Australia.

Featuring more than 100 performances covering a range of genres and styles, the Nashville Symphony has announced its 2024/25 season.

Renowned actor Jeffrey Wright gives an insightful address at the 35th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, discussing the importance and impact of arts in society.

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Emmy-nominated, multi-platinum selling music artist Ben Folds sets the return of his popular “Paper Airplane Request Tour,” performing solo shows. What initially began years ago as a request for songs as encores will once again be a central element in Folds' shows when he engages audiences to make their song requests via paper airplanes.

The Music Institute of Chicago will welcome back the boundary-defying, Emmy- and Grammy-winning musical trio Time for Three, with its uncommon blend of instruments and vocals, Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.

The New York Pops will honor the record industry's most innovative and influential executive Clive Davis at the orchestra’s 41st Birthday Gala, The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Tribute to the Legendary Clive Davis. Performers have been revealed!

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of 'UP A TREE' with Looper's Scott Twynholm Remix of 'Dave The Moon Man.' One-time Looper member Scott Twynholm, who co-wrote the original version, has reimagined “Dave The Moon Man” for the release. Listen to the textual electronics and delicate piano of his remix, opening into waves of layered orchestration.

The three-week performance series will feature music, theater, comedy and cabaret work from Matt Bovee, Scout Davis, Amy Jo Jackson, Dan Mills and Ben Thornewill, Kristin McCarthy Parker, Adam J. Rineer, and others, as well as the world premiere of Witches!? In Salem?! by Matt Cox (Puffs).

The San Francisco Symphony has announced two upcoming performances as part of the 2024 Summer with the Symphony season.  Learn more about both performances here!

GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning trio Time For Three (TF3) will appear with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) at performances the weekend of March 9-10.