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Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Jane Monheit, Meg Okura Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble, Bill Charlap Trio and Solo and Andy Farber Big Band. 

Below, you'll find details on all jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running April 18 - May 1. Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Cyrille Aimée, Ashley Pezzotti with the Birdland Big Band, Jane Monheit and Meg Okura Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble.

The Green Room 42 has announced their April line-up for in-person performances. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a festival of five one-acts by Tom Lavagnino, Natalina Lopez, Christian Missonak, Bara Swain, and Jonathon Ward. The limited run from May 19 through May 29, 2022, plays at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street.

The newly renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Jason Isbell with special guest S.G. Goodman on Friday, April 8, 2022, at 8pm.

Penguin Rep Theatre presents the world premiere of FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE, a concert presentation of the iconic songs from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF as reimagined by bandleader extraordinaire Paul Shapiro with a unique multicultural take.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this April with a full slate of nightly performances! 

Global independent music publisher Third Side Music has announced the company has re-signed award-winning composer, recording artist, songwriter and arranger Colin Stetson, who has been a major success story since signing with the company over a decade ago.

All formats of the new release offer newly remastered audio, while the vinyl, CD and digital editions feature four previously unreleased demos of “Mutual Head Club,” “Bike Scene,” “The Blue Channel,” and “Great Romances of the 20th Century”—the latter of which is available today across digital platforms.

Chamber Music Detroit presents the world premiere of a new work by Jeff Scott titled “Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers” whose poetry is based on collected writings of formerly incarcerated youth in Michigan’s prisons.  Performed by the Grammy Award-winning quintet Imani Winds, the performance also features pianist Cory Smythe, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and Detroit-based poet Robert Laidler, who composed the text.

San Diego Opera's 2021 2022 will close with the West Coast Premiere of Aging Magician a hybrid opera/theatre piece that combines singing, choral work, puppetry, and performance art to create an incredibly unique theatrical experience.

Robert Browning Associates, Lotus Music & Dance, and Roulette present virtuoso violinist returns to New York L. SHANKAR with ABHIJIT BANERJEE & ROHAN KRISHNAMURTHY in INDIAN MASTERS on Saturday April 2, 2022 at 8:00 PM. The event takes place at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn.

On March 3rd, the 35th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert went virtual for the second year in a row, offering viewers from around the world the unique opportunity to experience the warmth, sense of community, amazing music and extraordinary spoken word performances the evening has provided for so many years pre-pandemic at Carnegie Hall. 

Joe’s Pub is celebrating female performers for Women’s History Month with Sandra Bernhard, Bridget Everett, Julie Klausner, Priya Darshini, Kathryn Allison, Eleri Ward, Betty Buckley, Brooklyn Raga Massive Rāginī Festival (formerly known as the Women’s Raga Massive Festival), Ayodele Casel, Desaparecidas featuring Daphne Rubin Vega, and more.

“Big” John Harte, longtime bodyguard for iconic music artists including KISS, IRON MAIDEN, BILLY IDOL, and PRINCE, passed away on Friday, February 11 in Hollywood, Florida. He was 70 years old.

Joining Philip Glass will also be performers Keanu Reeves, Trey Anastasio, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Angélique Kidjo, Margo Price, Punch Brothers, The Fiery Furnaces, Tenzin Choegyal, Rubin Kodheli, The Scorchio Quartet as well as special greetings by Iggy Pop, Bernard Sumner and more!

Doune the Rabbit Hole, now the third biggest festival in Scotland, has today (Wednesday 26 January 2022) announced additions to a bumper 2022 lineup to mark its return this Summer.  

Special events coming to Theatre Royal Brighton in February 2022 have been announced! 

Today, Yot Club (the project of Ryan Kaiser) shares his brand new EP Santolina, out now via Nice Guys Records.

In 2021, PRC hosted more artist residencies than ever before, welcoming more than 80 artists to the Center, and will open applications for additional residency opportunities through its RETREAT & RESTORE program on December 7, 2021 for two March 2022 residencies.