Bob Marley News

91.9 WFPK presents An Evening With Citizen Cope on Saturday, February 5, 2022, 8:00 p.m. at Old Forester's Paristown Hall.

Award-winning performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah has been revealed as Storyhouse's artist in residence for 2021/22.

True to its mission, Synchronicity Theatre's 24th Anniversary Season will feature the voices of women playwrights and provide new opportunities to uplift the voices of women and girls. The 2021-2022 season includes Synchronicity's Bold Voices series (bold, contemporary plays for adults), the Family Series (compelling plays for children and families), and education and outreach events (curated new voices, events, and performances). True to its mission, Synchronicity Theatre's 24th Anniversary Season will feature the voices of women playwrights and provide new opportunities to uplift the voices of women and girls. The 2021-2022 season includes Synchronicity's Bold Voices series (bold, contemporary plays for adults), the Family Series (compelling plays for children and families), and education and outreach events (curated new voices, events, and performances). 

From the arrival in the city of Little Amal, a giant puppet who is travelling 8,000km in support of refugees, to a celebration of Sound System Culture, more events have been announced and will form part of the year-long festival that reflects Coventry as a diverse, modern city, with hundreds of ways for citizens and visitors to take part. 

As theatre comes roaring back, this autumn and winter see plenty of exciting new productions, including big West End musicals and intriguing plays. Here are the shows that we’re most looking forward to seeing.

After a brief delay due to weather, the FREEDOM CABARET opened at the Stratford Festival on Saturday night and it had the audience captivated from start to finish. The show may not have begun until the lightning passed, but the mood under the canopy was certainly electric. This cabaret offers an exploration and celebration of Black music and its undeniable contribution to the very fabric of the music industry and to culture in general. In addition to performing, Beau Dixon is the Curator, Director, and Music Director of this superb cabaret and he has assembled some incredible talent. From the vocalists to musicians, everyone has their moment to shine. 

Horizon Foundation Sounds of The City will present Third World on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Join in for a free outdoor concert starring reggae sensation Third World! Celebrating 45 years, Third World is one of the longest-running reggae bands of all time and one of Jamaica’s most consistently popular crossover acts.

Horizon Foundation Sounds of The City Presents Brass Against on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre will kick off their 2021-2022 Season at the Baker Park Bandshell with Bob Marley's Three Little Birds.

Join in for a free outdoor concert starring gospel singer Le’Andria Johnson. A struggling single mother in the midst of heartbreak and hardship, Le’Andria overcame every obstacle to win BET’s gospel competition show, Sunday Best, in 2010.

A favorite Orlando REP actor, Stephen Pugh, takes on multiple characters as he vividly takes us back to the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow, where stories of wonder and spookiness surround the legend of a headless horseman and schoolmaster Ichabod Crane. Derek G. Martin and Jesse M. Sullivan adapted this Washington Irving classic for the stage. 

The Obie Award-winning HERE has announced programming for its upcoming 2021/22 Season.

Horizon Foundation Sounds of The City Presents Hip Hop Icon RAKIM on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Join in for a free outdoor concert with hip hop icon & revolutionary emcee Rakim, with a special opening performance featuring NJPAC & Rutgers-Newark’s City Verses project and NJPAC Arts Education.

Newark will be filled with music again this summer as NJPAC’s much-loved free outdoor concert series, Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City, returns with in-person performances on the Arts Center’s Chambers Plaza starting July 15.

This new production celebrates the immense life and timely message of Jamaican soul rebel Bob Marley - from a life of poverty to visionary international superstar. Crucial fellow soul rebels in the cast include the sensational Rita Marley and the I Three and his inspiring brothers in arms, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Lee 'Scratch Perry'.

Mayo Performing Arts Center has announced a series of free summer Arts in the Community concerts and events at various locations in Morristown.

This year's concerts will span a variety of musical styles, feature returning favorites such as the jazz duo Acute Inflections as well as local artist Munah Hayes and introduce new and diverse artists to the community. Additional events may be added throughout the summer.

Kicking off with a performance of Smith's acclaimed solo show, Frederick Douglass Now, presented in partnership with the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association on Saturday, August 21 at 7:00pm ET, the one-night-only event takes place at Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, a National Historic Landmark on Martha's Vineyard.

Nottingham Playhouse today announces a packed Summer programme as the theatre reopens its doors to the public.  With an eclectic collection that welcomes both live and digital audiences, the shows and events on offer embrace musical, classical and contemporary work, both inside the theatre and outdoors, this celebration of live work includes something for everyone

Newark will be filled with music again this summer as NJPAC’s much-loved free outdoor concert series, Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City, returns with in-person performances on the Arts Center’s Chambers Plaza starting July 15.