(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Pianist and new-age music composer Robin Spielberg inaugurates the new on “On the Stage” series at the Colonial Theater with a concert on Sunday, November 15, at 2pm. Audience members will be seated onstage for performances in this series. Spielberg’s albums bring traditional, classical, original and popular music to life in piano…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Rock On Young Musicians Workshop celebrates its 10th anniversary with Play it Forward, a concert at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, October 19, 2012, to benefit the Rock On Scholarship fund. Headlining the show are guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Sib Hashian, former members of the band Boston. Goudreau and Hasian rocked…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Those who missed Sandra Bernhard’s fabulous, intimate gig at Club Helsinki Hudson in August get a second chance to see the brilliant commentator and witty observer of social mores and pop culture when the comedian and singer performs at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 8pm. Bernhard began her…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Comedian Sandra Bernhard, country singer Kenny Rogers, and folksinger Arlo Guthrie headline the fall season at the Colonial Theatre. The venue will also feature theatrical performances, family shows, jazz, rock, a Made in the Berkshires festival, and musical performances in its nightclub-style lobby, The Garage. Rogers, known for such hits as “The…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Bettye LaVette, a hard-working, distinctive R&B singer in the vein of Aretha Franklin and whose career stretches back to the early 1960s as a teen star, who then lost the spotlight for decades only to have it find her again in recent years, will perform at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, May…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Jazz legend Ahmad Jamal, who calls Sheffield, Mass., home, will be celebrating the release of his newest CD, Blue Moon, in concert at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 8pm. Comprised of brilliant new interpretations of songs from two of America’s most storied mediums of entertainment – classic films…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Classical/jazz fusion ensemble Turtle Island Quartet will celebrate the music of Jimi Hendrix with their dynamic Have You Ever Been…? program on Friday, February 17, 2012, at 8 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre. Through its exploration of jazz, classical, American vernacular and world music styles, the Turtle Island Quartet has taken its…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Vocalist-songwriter Natalie Merchant, the former frontwoman of 1980s folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, performs at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.. The concert is a benefit for WAMC Northeast Public Radio based in Albany, N.Y. Merchant has spent five years researching, writing, and recording a…
(PITTSFIELD and STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Country singer Travis Tritt, jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, soul singer Bettye LaVette, innovative classical-crossover ensemble Turtle Island Quartet, Americana rockers Tarbox Ramblers, Cajun stars BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, instrumental folk duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, and traditional Irish ensemble…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass,) – Renowned fiddler and Celtic musician Natalie MacMaster performs Christmas in Cape Breton at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at 7:30 pm. MacMaster’s Cape Breton-style fiddling has resonated with world audiences through 10 albums, multiple gold sales figures and a 27 year career. Her impressive musical lineage includes her uncle,…
