Saturday,  April 5, 200
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The Commander Cody Band with special guest Pops Walker

listen : website : video

One of rock's true characters, the Commander and his band fuse rockabilly, blues, country and boogie-woogie, performing well-known hits like Hot Rod Lincoln and Smoke That Cigarette. Country rock doesn't get any better than this! Mix a few parts blues guitar whiz with many parts authentic vocal prowess, and you've got a tasty musical gumbo called Pops Walker.

Don't miss the exhibition of the Commander's paintings which will be on display in the Opera House Gallery.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$23 Advance / $28 Day of Show
 
Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Friday,  April 11, 2008

Girls Nite Out Comedy

Chris Rich, a comedienne from Philadelphia, was the recent Big Winner in the Bud Light "Ladies of Laughter" Comedy Contest in Atlantic City, judged by an ABC casting director and a producer from the Rosie O'Donnell show. Years of stage experience were the foundation for Chris' real goal: standup comedy.

Alex House attended Kutztown University in PA and shortly after graduating decided to move to New York to pursue her dream of stand-up comedy. She has performed at Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City and is a regular performer at Stand Up New York.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$18 Advance / $23 Day of Show
 
Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  April 12, 2008

Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Tribute

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Over forty years of classic hits are performed with the energy of an actual Stones concert performance. The show also includes an acoustic set of popular hits such as Angie and Wild Horses. All the big hits are here: Honky Tonk Women, Start Me Up and, of course, the band’s signature classic (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. This became the first Rolling Stones show to debut on the Las Vegas strip. The Las Vegas Sun writes "They have you in the aisles like Jumping Jack Flash!"
 

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$23 and $20 Advance / $28 Day of Show
 
Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  April 19, 2008

EARTH DAY CONCERT featuring

Natural Breakdown with special guest Cabinet

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Jim Thorpe celebrates it's annual Earth Day Festival with many environmentally-based attractions and musical events. The main event will featuring two great bands coming together for a remarkable evening of roots and jam music.

Headliner NATURAL BREAKDOWN: "Our goal is to raise consciousness through sound and word. To bring crowds to intense peaks, through a winding river of sound. Like nature breaks down rock over thousands of years, and how everything can be broken down to its base component, light: Natural Breakdown is a hopeful outlook and a call for change."

Cabinet's country and bluegrass roots shine through in their musical madness; "Home Now", "Mickey's Wink", "The Tower", and "Eleanor" are a few favorites among a growing catalog. Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" is one cover that the group covers regularly for the wanting ears of its audiences (vocal harmonies among all group members radiate best in this tune). But their set lists are wholly original collaborations.
 

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$15 advance / $18 Day of Show
 
Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249

 


Saturday,  April 26, 2008

Willy Porter

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Simply one of the most startlingly talented guitarists and vocalists you'll ever see, Willy Porter possesses amazing instrumental skill and almost limitless vocal range. He composes and performs his original tunes masterfully. Think Michael Hedges meets Dave Matthews.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$20 Advance / $25 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  May 10, 2008

Melissa Ferrick

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Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and real. The force of her vocal delivery and the disciplined fury of her musicianship connects her to her audience with confidence and grace.

She appeared at times to be channeling Bruce Springsteen and Rickie Lee Jones simultaneously..." - Boston Globe


Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$18 Advance / $23 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  May 17, 2008  (Jim Thorpe Birthday Celebration Weekend)

Bill Miller

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Two-time Grammy winner Bill Miller's music is artfully eclectic, in large part influenced by the traditional Native American songs he learned in his youth, but equally influenced by Dylan, Hendrix, Roy Orbison, and Pete Seeger. At times, it is even Beatlesque.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$25 Advance / $28 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  May 24, 2008  

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile

listen : website : NY Times review

From former Nickel Creek leader and mandolinist Chris Thile to a cast of some of the most in-demand players in the world of bluegrass and traditional music, the Punch Brothers are an exciting new group with endless possibilities. NPR’s Bob Boilen recently said “I’ve seen many musicians in my day, but my jaw dropped listening to and watching Thile play." Click here to see a recent NY Times review.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$25 Advance / $28 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  May 31, 2008  

Richie Havens

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Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music.  It’s a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993 -coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, "A Day In The Garden", in 1999. For over three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom - he continues to view his calling as a higher one.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$28 Advance / $31 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  June 7, 2008  

Pianist Dr. George Fiore
Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto, Grieg Piano Concerto, Chopin and Liszt Etudes and Impromptus
(For Complete Program Click Here)

A Mauch Chunk Historical Society Membership Event

Dr. Fiore has performed as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Bellevue Philharmonic, and the Cascade Symphony in all five Beethoven concertos, the 2 Chopin concertos, and the Schumann piano concerto. In his role as a conductor, Fiore has guest conducted the Seattle Symphony Choral in Verdi’s Requiem and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe. Complementing the brilliance of his playing is his ability to tell the stories of the composers whose music he performs.

Doors 7:00 / Show 8:00 
$20 Advance / $25 Day of Show


Presented by The Mauch Chunk Historical Society  (570) 325-4439
For tickets please call (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  June 14, 2008  

Eric Clapton Retrospective - Volume III

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Led by the premiere guitarist in the Lehigh Valley, the Craig Thatcher Band has put together the definitive Eric Clapton revue, covering all the creative phases of the great guitarist from his days with the Bluesbreakers, the Yardbirds, Cream through Derek and the Dominos and his Slowhand days. Voted the best blues band by the Lehigh Valley Music Awards for several years running, CTB beautifully delivers the gut-wrenching emotion and virtuosity of this great music.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249 


Saturday,  June 28, 2008  

Vicki Genfan with special guest Sonia from Disappear Fear

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The virtuosity that Vicki Genfan brings to the stage is a stunning thing to behold. Her dynamic style borrows as much from Michael Hedges and Pat Metheny as it does from James Taylor and Earth, Wind & Fire. Playing both original instrumentals and vocal based material, Genfan uses harmonic tapping, thumb slapping and alternate tunings in a style that is unmistakably her own.

Sonia Rutstein blends musical styles like a master chef blends ingredients to form a homogeneous creation filled with diverse flavors - folk, rock, blues, Latin - creating world-beat charms and spiritual thrust.
 

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$15 Advance / $18 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249

 

 


Saturday,  July 12, 2008  

Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband

listen : website : video

The first problem you have when you hear the music of Ryan Shupe is deciding what it is you're listening to. Is it country, pop, bluegrass, new age? Or is it, as Shupe likes to say, PostHeeHawFunkadelicHipHopNewGrass? It's good old American country bluegrass music with blues and rock. It's a mix between the Dave Matthews Band and Dixie Chicks, without the political agenda.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$23 and $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Friday,  July 18, 2008  

Ryan Montbleau Band

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Averaging over 200 gigs per year for the past few years, Ryan Montbleau Band has generated the kind of buzz that surrounds a talented artist on the verge. He's has been described as something of a Martin Sexton by way of Van Morrison and Stevie Wonder, full of Americana, folk, blues, ragtime and ’70’s R&B and soul, firmly anchored by Montbleau’s water-tight lyrics and unmistakable voice.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$18 Advance / $23 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Friday,  September 19, 2008

Chris Smither

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Derived from Lightnin' Hopkins' distinctive acoustic guitar style that sounds like two guitars playing at the same time, Smither's blues-drenched songs have received heaps of critical praise. His songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris and old friend Bonnie Raitt (who calls him "my Eric Clapton"), and have won him gold records.
 

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$22 Advance / $27 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Sunday,  September 28, 2008

The 2008 Historic House Tour

The Mauch Chunk Historical Society hosts the “Jim Thorpe Historic House Tour - The Homes of Old Mauch Chunk.” Fifteen homes and properties of note located within the Old Mauch Chunk National Register Historic District will be featured.  These homes are typically not open to the public, so participants will get an insider’s view of life in this remarkable town located along the Lehigh.

$15 Advance / $20 Day of Tour

Presented by the Mauch Chunk Historical Society  (570) 325-4439


 

Saturday,  October 25, 2008

The 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Show Revisited
by the
Brooks Tegler Orchestra

listen : website

Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall performance changed the musical landscape forever. In a brilliant recreation of this seminal event in jazz history, the Brooks Tegler Orchestra from Washington, DC delivers the unforgettable sound of Benny Goodman's big band, which also featured Gene Krupa. During his long tenure as the 'King of Swing' this was probably Benny Goodman's best-remembered event. Played with passion and precision, the Brooks Tegler Orchestra, composed of some of the finest jazz players in the east, presents an unforgettable show. Narrating is DC-area radio personality and noted jazz authority, John Tegler.

$35, $30, $25 Advance

Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249


Saturday,  November 1, 2008

Red Molly with Special Guest Christine Havrilla

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This hot trio plays a variety of stringed instruments, and sings tight 3-part harmony, creating their distinctive rootsy, Americana sound. Their live performances resonate with warmth, fun, infectious energy, and a love of great American music.

Philly-based Christine Havrilla singer-songwriter has a slew of outstanding reviews and a previous outstanding appearance at the Opera House to her credit.

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249

 


Saturday,  November 29, 2008

Philly Funk Authority

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Truly delivering what many bands only promise, the Philadelphia Funk Authority prides itself on being able to provide the ultimate party and dance experience, regardless of venue - from NYC, Philly and Atlantic City nightclubs to featured concerts and festivals. The best soul, R&B, funk, dance and party music from the past 40 years.
 

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:30 
$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show


Presented by JTAMS Productions  (570) 325-0249