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With downtown Wilmingtons 7,200-seat Riverfront Park Amphitheater set to open in July, Southeastern North Carolina is on the cusp of getting some of the biggest concert acts its ever seen. But, as some concert-goers are finding out, with bigger acts comes something less appealing, if not unexpected: higher ticket prices. Tickets to see Everyman comic Jim Gaffigan on Aug. 14 range from $108 to more than $250 if you want a seated view. Seated tickets for the pop band Glass Animals start at $100 a...

Widespread Panic returns to Mexico in January 2022 for the 10th anniversary installment of their Panic En La Playa destination event.

Do You Remember the Legendary Zootz Nightclub in Portland, Maine? Back in the 80s and early 90s, the coolest, hippest place to be in Portland was Zootz Nightclub. The club was at the top of Forest Avenue, downtown, and hosted all kinds of great bands and DJs. In fact, Zootz was one of the first clubs around where the DJs were headliners. Zootz had a super-inclusive vibe; it had an all-ages night every Friday night and was LGBTQ-friendly. Zootz had the magic-a place where you could let your frea...

By Jenny Callison, posted About 4 hours ago Jimmy Sullivan serves food to a table on the pier at Ocean Grill and Tiki Bar in Carolina Beach. Restaurants throughout the region are understaffed. (Photo by Michael Cline Spencer) "Now Hiring” signs dot the commercial landscape these days. After many months of a COVID-plagued economy that forced companies to furlough or lay off employees, a return to economic opportunities surely should be good news.     The hospitality industr...

In the meantime, this weekend, Goner will host a pair of live events in Memphis. On Saturday, the Goner-connected River Series concerts continue in Harbor Town. The show, which will take place at the amphitheater at the Maria Montessori School, will be headlined by Americana artists Amy LaVere and Will Sexton. Doors open at 5 p.m. and music starts at 6 p.m. Seated tickets for this event are $50.  At 5 p.m. Sunday, Chicago artist Derek Erdman will present a pop-up exhibition of his work outside...

Red Rocks Expands Capacity With Return To Full Capacity On June 21 May 18, 2021 Restrictions in many states and locales across the country put in place due to the pandemic are being lifted including limited capacity at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. A venue spokesperson told Denver’s KDVR that the capacity limit at Red Rocks has now been raised to 6,300 with full capacity set to begin on June 21. Additional tickets for a number of concerts originally expected to be ...

Colorado’s Comeback: Red Rocks Shares Date Of Full Capacity Concerts CBS Denver 2 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Denver MORRISON, Colo. (CBS4) – Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison has its sights set on June 21 when they’ll be able to host full-capacity concerts. On Monday, the venue’s capacity limit more than doubled, now 6,300 up from 2,800. The first act with the above capacity will be Mt. Joy on Saturday. Over the weekend, the venue and city of Denver hosted a po...

Daniel Hutchens, a prominent Athens musician known from the band Bloodkin, passed away on May 9. Hutchens was 56. Hutchens, a native of West Virginia, moved to Athens in 1986, with childhood friend and Bloodkin co-founder Eric Carter. Bloodkin, which is known for its Southern rock sound, made several songs that were later covered by the Athens group Widespread Panic, such as “Can’t Get High” and “Quarter Tank of Gasoline.” The band said in a statement posted on Instagra...

Daniel Hutchens, who with his musical partner and lifelong friend Eric Carter helped define Athens music history with their band Bloodkin, died Saturday after suffering a stroke on Friday. He was 56.  An West Virginia native, Hutchens (and his childhood friend Carter) spent parts of four decades in Athens and with Carter had recently released Bloodkin’s ninth album, “Black Market Tango,” the band’s first release since 2009’s “Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again.”   Bloodkin�...

Now, with the pandemic on the wane and concert announcements flying fast and furious — British pop band Glass Animals Sept. 5, beloved comic Jim Gaffigan at a to-be-determined date — that long-awaited future is suddenly at our doorstep. For Amy Beatty, who heads the city of Wilmingtons community services division, the nearing completion of the amphitheater marks the end, or at least another phase, of a journey that started back in 2013 when the city purchased the 6.6 acres of land the amp...