Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Underground Microphone is BACK for its 3rd Season! UGM is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more!
Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
$25.00 In Advance, $30.00 Day of Show | Grand Ballroom | General Admission
Winter Blues Guitarmageddon V
Headliner Vanessa Collier
“King” Solomon Hicks
The Gabe Stillman Band
Emceed by Chris “Bad News” Barnes
Tickets are $25.00 in Advance, $30.00 Day of Show
Light fare and a cash bar will be available for purchase.
Throughout the years, Winter Blues Guitarmageddon has evolved into a one-night mini festival showcase, each year offering a different flair. This year’s event, dubbed “Next Generation,” will feature three rising stars under the age of thirty who are instrumental in keeping the blues alive. Headliner, Vanessa Collier is a 2013 Berklee
College of Music graduate on an accelerated track in her career. She is a five-time Independent Blues Awards and three-time BMA (Blues Music Awards) nominee as well as recipient for Best Horn – “Instrumentalist” which is the equivalent to the ‘Blues Grammys.’ She has been promoting her Billboard Blues chart-topping album, “Honey
Up,” and will just be returning from an extensive world tour where she shared stages with blues legends like Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, George Thorogood and many more. Additionally, she has worked alongside Annie Lennox, Kathy Mattea and Willie Nelson. Woven by funk, gospel rock and
blues, her soulful sound is one of distinction as she trail blazes through a guitar-centric world of contemporary blues pushing boundaries all over the world.“We’re thrilled to have Vanessa on this bill and are very excited to have her here in Scranton for the first time,” says organizer, Maria Santomauro. “In fact, the entire lineup is super-impressive and all will be debuting here.
Plus, they are all great friends sharing a kinship that’s going to resonate on and off the stage. You can’t get more special than that.”Adding to the lineup hailing from Harlem, NY will be “King” Solomon Hicks, who at 13-years-old, began playing with the Cotton Club 17-piece band as lead guitarist and continues to perform there today. Known has “Lil BB,” Hicks has not only traveled the world playing festivals and clubs, but has also performed with Tony Bennett, The Destroyers (George Thorogood), Marcus King and Jimmy Vivino (Bandleader for Conan O’Brien), just to name a few. He performs regularly in NYC’s notable blues clubs and his first major release on Mascot Label Group will hit the streets in late Spring.
Completing the lineup is The Gabe Stillman Band – a three-piece machine that runs at full-tilt for every performance. While their sound is unmistakably rooted in the blues, the band draws from the deep well of all-American roots music. Based in Williamsport, Gabe Stillman, who is also a Berklee graduate, is known for his
high-energy, hard-stomping blues. In January 2019, Gabe and his band returned from the 35th International Blues Challenge, IBC, in Memphis TN, after landing in the final eight out of 101 starting entries. Additionally, Gabe’s command of the guitar earned him serious notice with the slate of judges and earned him top honors, winning the esteemed Gibson Guitar Award. He, too, is no stranger to celebrity stages and has had the privilege of playing alongside Buddy Guy. The Gabe Stillman Band also was a supporting act for George Thorogood; The Destroyers.
Scranton Native Chris “Bad News” Barnes will serve as the evening’s emcee. With three chart-topping albums, Barnes is hailed as one of the most exciting new live acts on the current Blues scene. He is a Blues Foundation Charter Member and serves on the International Blues Challenge Teen Program Board of Judges. Barnes started
his comedic blues career at 17-years-old, as the opening act at Terry Dunne’s legendary NYC Blues club, Tramps, where he would improvise original blues tunes based on audience suggestion with wild harmonica riffs.
Barnes opened for Legendary Blues Acts like Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Lightnin’; Hopkins. He went on to write for Jim Belushi on “Saturday Night Live” writing “Rappin Jimmy B” with Tom “Bones” Malone penning the music. Barnes then moved to Chicago to become a main-stage cast
member with the famed Second City Comedy Troupe.
Winter Blues Guitarmageddon V: Next Generation is sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories, UGI Utilities, Inc., Toyota of Scranton, Lackawanna Insurance Group, Community Bank NA, the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center and LT Verrastro. It is supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Underground Microphone is BACK for its 3rd Season! UGM is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more!
Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
Underground Microphone has been postponed for March 3rd, 2020. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please join us next week on March 10th for another great evening.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Underground Microphone is BACK for its 3rd Season! UGM is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more!
Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Underground Microphone has been postponed please check the calendar for new dates.
Underground Microphone has been postponed please check the calendar for new dates.
The String Fling concert at the Scranton Cultural Center March 27 has been rescheduled to Friday, October 30, 2020 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the original date will be honored on the new date. Click Here for More Information.
3rd Annual Steamtown String Fling!
Doors at 7:00 PM | Show at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show
Live from its Grand Ballroom, the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple is
proud to present the Third Annual Steamtown String Fling on Friday, March 27 at 7:00 PM! This year’s show features cherry-picked regional bluegrass and folk- Americana players, now back from touring national festivals. Don't miss this high-energy night of acoustic music in the Electric City!
FEATURING
Dave Brown and The Dishonest Fiddlers
WITH
Tyler Westcott (Folkfaces)
Milkweed
The Coal Cave Hollow Boys
and Chris Kearney, Emcee!
There will be no sitting still with a brand new star-studded lineup of regional bluegrass, folk and Americana pickers and grinners. This night of storytelling with mandolins, violins, upright bass, banjos and guitars will not disappoint!
The 3rd Annual Steamtown String Fling is sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories, UGI Utilities, Toyota of Scranton, Community Bank NA and The Hilton Scranton & Conference Center and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
Underground Microphone has been postponed please check the calendar for new dates.