Thursday, October 6
Price: $29-$39
Venue: Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling

Doors and Dinner: 6:00 pm | Show: 7:30 pm

$10 minimum on food and beverage for all table/bar seating.

Sunday, October 16
Price: $29 / $24 / $20
Venue: Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF LEHIGH VALLEY MUSICIANS PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES’

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES:
RICK MICHAELS/99.9 THE HAWK & A.J. FRITZ/91.3 WLVR

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:

MIKE DUGAN’S CLASSIC ROCK REVUE
LOU FRANCO PROJECT & JACQUI ARMBRUSTER
MATT ROMAN & THE HEARD w/THE DUTCH & REBECCA
THE SWINGTIME DOLLS w/JILLIAN ROSSI
BEYOND EDEN w/MOJO
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK/BANK STREET BAND
JIM STEAGER w/JUSTINE GARDNER & BRIAN BERLANDA
SCOTT ERICKSON
THE ERIN KELLY TRIO
JIM LEARY w/ASHLYN LEARY
THE LESSON CENTER w/SPECIAL GUESTS JAMES SUPRA/SARAH AYERS/LORI ROBERTS/JORDYN KENZIE/CHRIS EICHLIN
THE LVBS BAND GRANDE FINALE w/SPECIAL GUESTS SCOTT MARSHALL - ALLIE SANTOS – CONNIE EDINGER
PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT LOCAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS & MUSIC PROGRAMS

Kevin Griffin is a multi-platinum, Aria winning, 5-time BMI Pop award winning songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and artist who started and remains the front-man of seminole 90’s alternative rock band “Better Than Ezra”. He had early success with major alternative hits like “Good,” “In The Blood,” “Desperately Wanting,” “Extraordinary” and others. Kevin has had #1 hits writing songs like “Collide” for Howie Day, “Stuck Like Glue” for Sugarland, and “Scars” for Missy Higgins — he has also written songs with David Guetta, Taylor Swift, Christina Perri, James Blunt, Hot Chelle Rae, Train, Blondie, Boys Like Girls, Shinedown, Jennifer Nettles and others. Kevin is a truly versatile topline pop, rock, EDM and country songwriter and calls both Nashville and Los Angeles his home. Kevin is published by BMG Chrysalis for the world.

Saturday November 5, 2016
5:30 - 9:00pm
$35 Price| $30 Artsquest Members and Students with ID

Come our for an enjoyable and experiential evening at SteelStacks as we celebrate the photographic image and honor our winners of the PA Photographer's Exhibition and College Competition. Mix and mingle with other photographers, artists, collectors and art and music appreciators, as you enjoy delicious bits from the SteelStacks culinary team, a featured cocktail and cash bar. New this year, come test Olympus newest gear including cameras and lenses as you photograph various vignettes during the Pints and Pics Happy Hour. Test the cameras around the event and get to ask all the questions you want to of the Olympus representatives. We will be having a giveaway and a live photography contest, so get a ticket when you arrive and stay awhile. You might be the lucky winner.

November 13, 2016
Price: $49.95 | ArtsQuest Member $44.95
Venue: Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling

1:00 and 4:00 seating

4 course event

At "Yuengling, Bacon & Brats," attendees will enjoy four courses created especially for the event by ArtsQuest Center Executive Chef Michael Hoffman, with each dish featuring juicy brats, sizzling bacon or both. All four selections will be perfectly paired with a D.G. Yuengling & Son beer.

In addition, the afternoon feature live music, prize giveaways and football games shown on the Musikfest Cafe TV screens.

Named after a carton of artificial flowers spotted in a warehouse rehearsal space, The Large Flowerheads consist of Maureen “Moe” Jerant on drums, Greg Geist on rhythm guitar and mandolin, Billy Trexler on lead guitar and electric sitar, and John Harkins on keyboards and bass guitar. Their home is the Lehigh Valley, PA. Named after a carton of artificial flowers spotted in a warehouse rehearsal space, The Large Flowerheads consist of Maureen “Moe” Jerant on drums, Greg Geist on rhythm guitar and mandolin, Billy Trexler on lead guitar and electric sitar, and John Harkins on keyboards and bass guitar. Their home is the Lehigh Valley, PA.

Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who is a writer on Season 2 of HBO’S Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. His talent for smushing words together earned him work writing for Fuse TV’s Funny Or Die Presents: Billy On The Street, and then got him his position as Web Producer for Season 1 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where he wrote and managed digital content for The Daily Show alum’s new HBO show.

After incubating in Boston, Josh moved to New York City to bring his stand-up comedy to larger audiences. With years of experience as a preschool teacher and a pretty good guy, Josh charms audiences using his good-natured storytelling and cracks them up with his sharp, pointy wit. Onstage, Josh's first break came when he traveled to Atlanta for the inaugural Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, where he turned heads and captured first prize! He has also performed at the Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, CO, and headlined at the Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival in Asheville, NC. More recently he has appeared in the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and SF Sketchfest.

Outside of standup, Josh's writing has appeared in prestigious publications such as McSweeney's Internet Tendency, New York Magazine's The Cut blog, and Thought Catalog. He is the co-creator and co-author of the popular Modern Seinfeld Twitter account, and his own Twitter feed was named one of 2012's best by Paste Magazine. The Ellen Degeneres Show took notice of Josh's joke writing skill and featured him as part of their "Tweetly Roundup."

Josh's work has appeared on television other times as well, much to the delight of his grandmothers. They were thrilled to see him on television on G4's "Attack of the Show" and MavTV’s "Rooftop on the Road." Josh's debut standup comedy CD, "Everything’s The Best" was released in November of 2011 by Rooftop Comedy Productions.

Josh is pleased to meet you!

Directed and choreographed by Takehiro Ueyama, Somewhere Familiar Melodies explores how past events can be ignited by sense memories–-sights, scents, places, and sounds. With this work, Ueyama embraces a range of emotions sparked by memories of time spent with family and friends in Japan. In talking about Somewhere Familiar Melodies, Ueyama said, "After the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, I felt that my heart was torn apart by the tragedy and devastation to my country and my people. Wanting to reflect back on the memories in Japan that gave me joy, I found myself listening to the music that flooded my ears through records, radio, and television during the 70s and 80s. Nostalgic memories came rushing back with every song creating a window back into my childhood in Tokyo." Somewhere Familiar Melodies is set to these popular Japanese songs.

Named after Ukrainian nomads, Scythian (sith-ee-yin) plays immigrant rock with thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwriting, beckoning crowds into a barn-dance rock concert experience. Celebrating 10 years of getting people dancing all night, Scythian released their new album, Jump at the Sun, this summer, with new songs debuting at album release shows across the country. Ed Helms's The Bluegrass Situation has chimed in with praise, calling "Paint This Town" a 'shine-fueled, fiddle-flying hoedown' and "Built These Walls" a 'blue-collar ballad we can all get behind.' Nashville's Music City Roots says Scythian is 'what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling.' Scythian's "Immigrant Road Show" consists of Alexander Fedoryka, Josef Crosby, Danylo Fedoryka, Ben-David Warner, and Tim Hepburn and Larissa Fedoryka.

Lou Franco has been playing guitar since age 9 and has played professionally since age 12. Originally from the Phila area, Lou has performed with many top bands in the Phila and South Jersey club scene including "Don’t Call Me Francis" & "Robert Hazard". He was also a member of RCA recording artists AVIATOR featuring renowned guitarist Ernie White. AVIATOR also included Lehigh Valleys own Tommy Zito. Tommy is a former member of supergroup UPROAR and is known as the "Pianoman" performing all over the tri-state area. Adding to this Lou has also performed all over the US as a member of the pop group " Pretty Poison" who in 1987 scored a top 10 national hit with the song "Catch Me I’m Fallin". As a member of Pretty Poison Lou has played theatres and arenas all over the country. He has also performed on The Arsenio Hall Show, American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Top of the Pops and many other music TV shows. You can still see the "Catch Me I’m Fallin" video on VH-1 Classics ! Lou’s playing speaks for itself. You can hear all the greats in his style including Hendrix, Clapton, Page,Van Halen, SRV, Jeff Beck ….. need I say more ?

Grab your beach chair, your suntan oil, and your favorite drink, and get ready for a trip to the islands with the ultimate tribute to Jimmy Buffett. For more than 12 years, Jimmy and the Parrots have been playing to delighted crowds all over the United States as well as the Caribbean. The band's name was coined by Steve Tarkanish of STARS Productions, who was also instrumental in introducing Hal B. Selzer and Lance Hyland Stark to band leader Jimmy Maraventano in 2002, and the band really took off! Jimmy and the Parrots has been a featured act at the annual Meeting of the Minds Parrot Head conventions in Key West, Florida, for over 12 years.. Their Key West performances also included well-known venues such as the Rick’s Café, Sloppy Joe’s, Pat Croce’s Rum Barrel, Schooner Wharf, and Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. In January, 2005, over 80 fans traveled to Jamaica with the band for the first-ever "Yea Mon Tour" which included performances at Beaches Boscobel Resort as well as Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Ocho Rios. In February 2010, over 100 fans joined the band on their first-ever "Yeamon Cruise" which included performances on board the Carnival Pride as well as at Senor Frog’s in Nassau, Bahamas. In July 2010, the band was part of the National Flagship Celebration for the SS United States, and plans call for Jimmy Maraventano’s song about the ship—"Symbol of America" – to be included in the upcoming updated documentary "Lady in Waiting." In April 2011, they performed several times at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas. The band has two CDs of original tunes, "Better Than New" and "Back to the Bayou." In addition, they released (nationwide) a 30-song, three-CD set entitled "Island Jam," which has sold over 100,000 units to date. A second three-CD set entitled "Sun Jams," was released as a follow up to "Island Jam" which includes guest appearances by Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band member Doyle Grisham, the legendary Gary US Bonds, and other well-know trop-rock musicians. In March 2012, we once again set sail on Yeamon Cruise 2012 with over 100 fans joining the band on the Carnival Freedom where the band performed on board as well as at the Smokin’ Tuna Saloon in Key West, FL. In November of that same year, the band was named "Entertainer of the Year" at the Trop Rock Music Awards held in Key West, FL, and honor which was repeated in November of 2014. . Also in 2014, the band once again took over the high seas for "Yeamon Fun Cruise". The band performed on board the Carnival Splendor as well as in port at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. The band also traveled to the Four Seasons in Nevis, West Indies, in 2014 to perform for a corporate event.

Specializing in a rich mix of funk, soul, r&b, and ultimate party music, The Philadelphia Funk Authority authentically recreates the undeniable grooves and tunes of artists ranging from Stevie Wonder and Earth Wind & Fire, to Bruno Mars and beyond. Combining excellent musicianship with an infectious sense of fun, The Philadelphia Funk Authority is not to be missed!

In 1964, the first US arrival of four lads from Liverpool changed the course of music history, as well as world history - forever! Their mere presence in a room made adolescent hearts throb and traffic jam for hours in every major city they toured. We are talking about none other than The Beatles, whose contribution to music defined an era. They affected every area of life including fashion, hairstyles, politics, protests, war, religion, and yes, peace and love.

Most of us never got to see the Beatles in-person because we either couldn't afford to buy tickets, or were just too young to stay out past 8 pm, but we were able to cling to an old album cover or photograph, hoping one day to catch a real glimpse of the Fab Four. Well, today, "Strawberry Fields" is here, a look-alike, sound-alike Beatles tribute, dedicated to bringing you, the audience, as close to a real Beatles concert as you can get. The band features true look-alike performers, handpicked from hundreds of auditionees, who speak in Liverpudlian accents and play on the vintage musical instruments that Beatles fans have come to recognize.

"Strawberry Fields" will take you on a Magical Mystery Tour through the 1960s beginning with the year 1964 - complete with mop top hair, black suits and thin ties - and through the first four albums of great songs. Our next stop is 1967, featuring the psychedelic era of the "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album - with all of the costumes and jackets featured on the album cover, and singing all of your groovy favorites. Our last musical visit is to a place where their hair got longer and their music more politically involved, featuring music from the "White Album," "Abbey Road," and "Let It Be."

"Strawberry Fields" has been performing to audiences of all ages for over a decade and in the past has shared the stage with featured guests from the Broadway cast of "Beatlemania;" Steve Holly, drummer for Paul McCartney who was featured on his second solo album, "Back To The Egg;" Billy J. Kramer (one of Brian Epstein's original British Invasion stars); Tony Sheridan, who recorded an entire album with The Beatles, themselves; and Pete Best, who (in case you've been living under a rock for all these years) was, early in their careers, the drummer of The Beatles! We have enjoyed many press reviews from several acclaimed journals and raves from fans everywhere. We've most recently performed an exclusive engagement for "EMI" at "Ruby Foo's" in NYC, not to mention our 2005, one-time-only 40th anniversary recreation of The Beatles' historic 1965 concert at Shea Stadium… Shea Stadium! Wow!!!