{"slides":[{"media_title":"Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country","media_tagline":"Presented by WNRN","event_body":"There are a lot of musical influences and sources that Daniel Donato has drawn on during his career and that inform his latest album, Horizon (Retrace Music), his second all-original album. But within those, Donato has carved out a unique and individualized spot for himself, one that speaks to the deep American music heritage that inspires him — and that he’s pushing towards the future with inspired, intentional vigor.\n\nHe calls it Cosmic Country, a moniker that’s both self-descriptive and a statement of purpose. It’s an organic rock band aesthetic with plenty of roadhouse twang; a showcase for Donato’s instrumental virtuosity and facility for melodically infectious songcraft. Bridging Nashville and the Great West, Kentucky and mid-60s northern California, tie-dye and plaid, it’s a world of his own, and a wide world of musical adventure at that.\n\nWhile growing up in Nashville his his father, who turned his young son on to music of all genres, suggested the fledgling and industriously minded (even at just 14) artist start busking in Nashville’s lower Broadway area and outside concerts, for eight hours at a time on the weekends. One night, the two happened by Robert’s Western World where legendary honky-tonk local mainstay the Don Kelly Band were performing. Donato eventually became a member of the band, playing four hours a night at Robert’s (464 shows in total).\n\nHorizons is the follow up to 2023’s Reflector, which received critical acclaim from a wide range of press, including No Depression, Glide Magazine, Magnet Magazine, and more. Donato the subject of features in Rolling Stone, UPROXX, Garden & Gun and Relix. Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country made their network television debut on CBS Saturday Morning and appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #LateShowMeMusic online series.\n\nThe whole package of player, singer, writer and band leader was in place. Three albums in, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, featuring Nathan “Sugarlegg” Aronowitz (keyboards\/guitars\/vocals), Will “Mustang” McGee (bass\/vocals) and Will “Bronco” Clark (drums, percussion\/vocals) are selling out venues throughout the country and bringing their brand of Cosmic Country to an ever growing, passionate fanbase\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/101526-Daniel-Donato-web-banner-f302c28bf4.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/daniel-donatos-cosmic-country-1","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 15<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/101526-Daniel-Donato-thumbnail-9e4ca94eaf.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers","media_tagline":"Indigo Park Tour","event_body":"Based out of Williamsburg, VA, Hornsby first rose to national prominence with The Way It Is, his 1986 Grammy-winning debut album with The Range. The title track became the most-played song on American radio in 1987 while Tupac Shakur’s timeless song “Changes” builds on “The Way It Is” and set the stage for many subsequent versions of the track. In 1991 Hornsby collaborated with Bonnie Raitt, playing on her iconic hit “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Additionally, Hornsby was a part-time member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, performing over 100 concerts in America and Europe. The 13-time Grammy nominee has also solidified his status as a highly sought-after collaborator. Hornsby’s own 23 albums have sold over 11 million copies worldwide, and he has appeared on over 100 records including releases with Bob Dylan, Don Henley, the Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Ricky Skaggs, Bob Seger, Chaka Khan, Bon Iver, Brandon Flowers, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Mavis Staples, Willie Nelson and more. Performances will feature material from throughout Hornsby’s storied career, in addition to new music from his forthcoming album, Indigo Park, arriving April 3rd, 2026.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/bruce-web-banner-2-d483d9c3e4.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/bruce-hornsby-the-noisemakers-indigo-park-tour","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 16<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/bruce-thumbnail-2-ba0e8acd50.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band","media_tagline":"with Tommy Prine","event_body":"Sitting at a corner café table, Benjamin Tod’s eyes light up when asked what it’s like to finally embrace happiness and accept love. With a slight grin, he sips his coffee and leans back, one arm draped casually and comfortably over the chair.\n\n“I’m kind of settling into my age, into allowing myself to be happy,” the 33-year-old says. “For years, I led myself and the people around me into a lot of unnecessary darkness. And now, I’ve learned how to give and receive affection — it’s helped heal a lot of parts of myself.”\n\nTod’s demeanor is a far cry from his usual stiff posture stance with arms folded, this permeating sense of trepidation and scrutiny for what trouble may be coming down the pike. The relaxed, calm aura is a sign of a human being who has overcome lifelong personal demons, one who has finally become liberated — not only in his personal life, but also his music.\n\n“This latest record is so unusual for what I do,” Tod says. “It’s almost a spite album, to prove what I can do as a writer in whatever medium I step into.”\n\nTitled Shooting Star, the album carves a fresh creative path for Tod, a storied singer-songwriter and frontman of Lost Dog Street Band. The self-proclaimed “proprietor of misery,” Tod finds himself transcending into a life of gratitude, patience, and stability.\n\n“People evolve and change. You’re growing as a person,” Tod says. “If you want to get healthier, you have to start intentionally behaving like a healthy person. You have to look around you and adapt to those things — if you don’t change your identity, it’s hard to change yourself.”\n\nFor this latest solo endeavor, Tod tapped some of Nashville’s finest to conjure country gold. Shifting from his signature somber tone of struggle and survival, Tod and his coal fire throat radiate a feeling of clarity and new beginnings in the face of adversity. The result is this intrinsic, musical crossroads — more Hank Williams than Bob Wills, more Marty Stuart than George Jones.\n\n“Most of my career has been laser-focused on poetic, piercing songwriting in mainly a folk tradition.” Tod says. “I wanted to prove to myself and the industry that I could write an elite country record with ease. Either way, if I didn’t accomplish that goal, I sure as hell came closer than anyone on pop country radio.”\n\nThe inspiration for the project struck in the summer of 2022, with Tod penning the opening track\n\n“I Ain’t The Man.” From there, it became this unrelenting, internal thirst for Tod to begin\n\n“imagining what all I could do within a genre slightly outside my comfort zone.”\n\nWith a thick thread of honkytonk woven into it, the album leaves fingerprints on seemingly every style of country, from outlaw to red dirt, folk to indie, the culmination of which being a happily welcomed challenge for Tod — the ethos of his life and career at this juncture howling loudly\n\n“obstacles are opportunities.”\n\nShooting Star is also a full-circle moment for Tod. Coming of age in Music City, he found himself squarely in the midst of rough-n-tumble Lower Broadway. Busking on street corners playing Woody Guthrie and Jim Ringer tunes for spare change. And getting kicked out of Robert’s Western World or Layla’s Honky Tonk “more times than most regulars had been before the age of 20.”\n\n“Growing up on Lower Broad, the influences that I received kind of came later in life,” Tod says. “That sound was always on the tip of my tongue, but it wasn’t until about five or six years ago when I started getting back into my roots, really listening to country again and enjoying honkytonk — this record feels like a homecoming.”\n\nTod views Shooting Star as a rebuttal to the current state of affairs, for good or ill, of his native Nashville and of the music industry itself. The 10-song LP harkens to the golden era of country music. It’s taking “three chords and the truth” and actually holding yourself to those standards of vulnerability and authenticity.\n\n“I want to make music that helps people on a personal basis, to work through their own trauma and problems, to better serve their families, themselves, and their communities,” Tod says. “As a society, we need to reform back to our spirit. And my intent is to direct people back to their spirit — mind, body, and soul.”\n\nIn reflection of the long, arduous road to where he firmly stands today, Tod acknowledges his whirlwind, volatile past. But, the troubadour does so with pure intent, pushing headlong into this unwritten chapter of possibility and purpose.\n\n“Right now, I’m very excited for the future, and very thankful,” Tod says. “I’ve worked incredibly hard and made changes in my life — I’m becoming the person I’ve longed to become for years.”\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1017-Benjamin-Tod-web-banner-0a7f7a4db0.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/benjamin-tod-and-the-inline-six-2026-tour","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 17<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1017-Benjamin-Tod-thumbnail-83a53a4881.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Big Something + Kendall Street Company","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Hailing from the North Carolina countryside, or “The Middle of Nowhere,” as it’s proudly dubbed on their debut album, the 6 headed musical monster known as 'Big Something' has steadily become one of the most unique and exciting rock bands to emerge from the Southeast. Their musical alchemy is deeply rooted in the strong bond of its members—Nick MacDaniels [lead vocals, guitar], Jesse Hensley [lead guitar, vocals], Casey Cranford [saxophone, E.W.I. “Electronic Wind Instrument”], Ben Vinograd [drums], Josh Kagel [keys, trumpet], and Matt Laird [bass].\n\n \n\nAfter over a decade of touring together with 7 full-length studio albums and even their own Summer music festival The Big What?, Big Something has emerged as a grassroots phenomenon in the live music community.\n\n“I’m proud that we’ve stuck together through all of this,” notes Nick. “We have our own unique thing as a group, and I’m very excited about where it’s always been going.”\n\nThe band has progressively evolved their catalog with each subsequent release. From their debut album Stories from the Middle of Nowhere in 2010, through fan favorites a la Big Something [2013], Truth Serum [2014], Tumbleweed [2017], The Otherside [2018], and Escape [2020], they have constantly pushed the boundaries of their sound. Among many highlights, “Song For Us” and “Love Generator” have accumulated millions of Spotify streams, while their performances at Sweetwater 420 Fest, Lock’n, Electric Forest, Peach Music Festival, Summer Camp, High Sierra and 10 years of their own festival, The Big What? have further solidified their place as luminaries of progressive improvisational rock.\n\nTheir seventh studio album, Headspace [out 11\/17 on Truth Serum Records], is significant for the band in many ways. Featuring a collection of songs written over the past few years as the world emerged from a strange moment in history, Headspace was inspired in large part by the ongoing conversations surrounding mental health. As the band releases each new single, they will also spotlight several non-profit organizations focused on helping people navigate mental health and wellness. Headspace will also mark the band’s last studio release with founding members Doug Marshall (bass) and Josh Kagel (keys\/trumpet), both of whom announced their retirement from touring in 2023.\n\nFor the new album, Big Something journeyed to Cannon Falls, MN to track at the legendary Pachyderm Recording Studios— birthplace of Nirvana’s In Utero, where they lived together in a guest house overlooking a serene trout stream tucked away into nature. \n\n“We cooked dinner together every night, recorded all day, and really enjoyed a special moment in time making this album,” Nick goes on. “It was such a cool bonding experience. We really locked in together musically and tried to tap into the special energy at Pachyderm.”\n\nThat palpable energy surges through the album’s lead track and first single, “The Mountain.” The six minute-plus epic sinks its teeth in and clenches its jaw, twisting and turning through organ-laden fuzz towards a rapturous refrain. “The Mountain” carries deeper meaning for the tight-knit group, and the lyrics pay homage to Nick’s lifelong best friend and frequent collaborator Paul Interdonato, who wrote a majority of Big Something’s lyrics before his tragic passing in 2017.\n\n“‘The Mountain’ started with one of the last lyrics I have written down in a journal from Paul,” Nick goes on. “Coming up the mountain, I can see it all again - the chorus is a metaphor for getting over trauma.”\n\nInterdonato’s struggle also inspired the theme of the single “Clouds”.  A collaboration with Andy Frasco and Justin Osborne of SUSTO, the gripping work delves into dark subject matter over a blissful cloud of catchy sounds. Musically, this is perhaps the most salient display of the breadth of Big Something’s jaw-dropping musicianship and genre fluency. The slinky earworm isn’t easily forgotten, and showcases head-nodding bass, slick guitars, and keys locked into a funky intergalactic strut, giving way to a distortion-boosted refrain and synth solo.\n\n“I went to write with Andy in Denver and played him a rough recording of the instrumental,” recalls Nick. “It didn’t have any lyrics yet, so he was helping me think of ideas. We landed on the thought of ‘living in the clouds’ as a metaphor for addiction. And the character in the song is a close friend who may never come back down.”\n\nBig Something leaned into collaboration yet again on “Bob and Weave,” a track originally penned by another close friend and frequent collaborator, Josh Phillips from Asheville, NC. The buoyant track sees otherworldly electronics wheeze as the riff slinks beneath swaggering verses and an uplifting chorus.\n\n“Getting to know Josh has been so much fun. He’s an incredible singer-songwriter and reminds me a lot of Paul in certain ways. From what I can tell, ‘Bob and Weave’ is basically about waking up and trying to get through the anxiety of life with the help of friendship — and maybe some cannabis,” MacDaniels added.\n\nThen, there’s “Algorithm,” a track that serves as a spiritual predecessor to fan favorite “Love Generator.”\n\n“It's sort of like a prequel or counterpoint to ‘Love Generator’ which takes place in a distant future where machines learn to love and become human. In ‘Algorithm,’ humans are shutting down and turning into machines,” he elaborates.\n\nRounding out the album, the band brought everything full circle with a final nod to Paul by re-recording the first Big Something song ever written, “Amanda Lynn.” Originally released on their 2010 debut album Stories From The Middle of Nowhere, “Amanda Lynn” features the first lyrics that Interdonato contributed to the band.\n \n\n“We thought it was a cool way to connect everything to the roots of our story,” MacDaniels explained.\n\nIn the end, Big Something's tale is a testament to the power of friendship and that bond burns brighter now than ever as the band prepares to journey across the US for their recently announced HEADSPACE Tour - their biggest headlining tour to date.  \n\n“This started out as a group of friends, and it’s turned into a family over the years. I love this music and this band and what we do and I hope people can hear and feel that in what we create.”\n\n\nVirginia’s Kendall Street Company are no strangers to having a wild time. What started as casual songwriting and jam sessions among five young lads a decade ago has evolved into a super-tight, prolific touring machine. Including elements of crowd participation, off-the-cuff comedy, haphazard choreography, musical improvisation, and surprise guests, every Kendall Street Company performance is an experience unlike any other. Some genre purists might classify them as a jam band; their shows and albums are all over the place. While this is great for their collective artistic expression as five young creatives with a myriad of ideas and influences, it is sometimes difficult to convey their exact sound to the uninitiated. You’ll just have to come see it for yourself. If you like space operas, heartfelt love ballads, songs about misfit sea creatures, soaring guitar and saxophone solos, folksy songwriting, heady jams, or just having a lot of fun, KSC might just have something for you. They even have a cute little mascot named Lenny the Lemon. He has a PhD. All hail Lenny!\n\n \n\nThe Company is relentlessly active in the studio as well as on the road, and in mid-2026 released two singles produced by Dave Schools of Widespread Panic: a cover of Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place” in the spirit of Col. Bruce Hampton, and the original tune “So Will The Robots Be.” Their eighth studio record (you read that right!), Yodeling Astroman, mixed and co-produced by Scott Gordon (Ringo Starr, Alanis Morissette) will be released on October 23rd, 2026 through Gitcha Records. Fans can also take a deep dive into their massive live vault on nugs.net or on their own self-run website subscription, which features multitrack recordings of otherwise unreleased jams and wildly varied covers, ranging from rock staples like the Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Talking Heads, and ZZ Top to modern acts of all genres: Billie Strings, Soulja Boy, Cake, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish, just to name a few. Live in ‘25, a compilation released in early 2026 and available on all major streaming services, is a great place to start.\n\n \n\nKendall Street Company is: Louis Smith [Rhythm Guitar\/Lead Vox], Brian Roy [Bass], Ryan Wood [Drums], Ben Laderberg [Lead Guitar], and Jake Vanaman [Saxophone\/Keys]. For such a young band, their live resume is stacked: they’ve graced festival stages at Summer Camp, Jam Cruise, LOCKN’, High Sierra, Resonance, Floydfest, Hulaween, Peach Fest, Northlands, and Rooster Walk. Along the way, they’ve shared the stage with Goose, Umphrey's McGee, Papadosio, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Leftover Salmon, Andy Frasco, The Infamous Stringdusters, Big Something, and Melvin Seals & JGB, while featuring quite the rotation of special guests, including Keller Williams, Ron Holloway, Andy Thorn, Andy Hall, and Sawborg Destructo of GWAR\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1023-KSC-Big-Something-web-banner-b3f5d79ea1.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/big-something-kendall-street-company","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 23<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1023-KSC-big-something-thumbnail-57bfb50dcc.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"The Ultimate 80\u2019s Halloween Party with The Legwarmers","media_tagline":"Presented by 102.3 The Hook ","event_body":"If there is something strange in your neighborhood, it's just The Legwarmers: The Ultimate 80's Tribute! No tricks. All treats. Just pure 80's magic. The ghosts bring the scares, the Legwarmers bring the hits! Dress in your best Halloween costume and channel ghosts, ghouls, and glam for our live costume contest.  \n\n\nRemember the Eighties? Sure, we all do...but the Legwarmers don't just remember the Eighties - they relive them. From the Simmons electronic drum kit to the checkered vans and skinny ties - the Legwarmers are the Eighties you remember. Fans have reported leaving shows trapped in character, blaming the Legwarmers for their ill-fated attempts at dancing on the ceiling and their inability to drive 55. The Legwarmers do the songs the way they were meant to be done - with a wink, a smile, and a sound that gels like Aqua Net.\n\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1024-The-Legwarmers-web-banner-c4d6599ac8.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/the-legwarmers-the-ultimate-80s-tribute-11","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 24<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1024-The-Legwarmers-thumbnail-258f897cb7.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"GWAR","media_tagline":"Gor Gor Must Die \u2022 with Midnight, Mac Sabbath, X-Cops","event_body":"The story of GWAR is carved across the history of this hopeless planet, but GWAR themselves are not of this world…Their story begins far past Uranus, in the deepest reaches of space, where the beings known as GWAR were warriors in the Scumdogs of the Universe, an elite fighting force in the army of the Master of All Reality. But GWAR proved too reckless and powerful, and after a series of tragic but hilarious blunders, they were banished to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, with orders to conquer an insignificant backwater prehistoric mudball known as the planet Earth. Once here, GWAR, the original Ancient Aliens, shaped the face of the globe, wiping out the dinosaurs, and mating with apes to create the human race. Having accidentally given rise to all human history, the Master of All Reality froze them in Antarctic ice where they could do no more harm. It was there they were discovered by a shady entrepreneur known as Sleazy P Martini, who sat the band down in front of professional wrestling, late-night horror movies, heavy metal music, and a steady diet of crack cocaine until GWAR became the cultural force they are today!\n\n\nMIDNIGHT has been slaying the metal\/punk underground with their own addictive brand of lust, grime, and sleaze dating back to the band's inception. Filthy, belligerent, and obnoxious, MIDNIGHT makes music to start fights to. Blabbermouth once lauded a sound that's, “sleazy and at times a little icky, but is also incredibly catchy,” while Distorted Sound observed, “Part of the reason why MIDNIGHT’s output is so fantastic is that it is supremely digestible. You know exactly what it is you’re going to be subjected to across the next 40-or-so minutes and that is always the audible equivalent of being repeatedly punched in the face by a large man with an anchor tattoo on his hairy forearm." Invisible Oranges concurred hailing a simple but effective formula of, “maximum riffs, darkness and filth, no bullshit.”\n\n\nMAC SABBATH is more than a Rock Band, MAC SABBATH is more than an arena size theatrical\n\nstage show packed into a club size stage. MAC SABBATH is more than a comedy, magic act, fast food\n\nbashing, off Broadway play set to the music of the masters or mystical Metal. Ronald Osborne and his\n\nband of Monsanto mutants Slayer MacCheeze, Grimalice and the Cat Burglar are an anti-industry tour\n\ndeforce. Not only are they battling the food industry one Black Sabbath parody song at a time, but\n\nsticking it to the music industry as well by breaking all the rules. When corporations churn out pre\n\npackaged auto tune pop fluff… Mac travels back to the psychedelic land of eye and ear melting vinyl\n\nrecords wrapped in coloring books and even pop-up books! A tangible tangerine feast for the senses!\n\nMAC SABBATH puts on a multimedia stage show complete with a smoking grill, laser-eyed clowns,\n\nbouncing burgers and many more magical surprises! Open your ears, eyes and your mouth and taste the natural flavor sensations and organic licks of these prophetic pranksters that are MAC SABBATH.\n\n\nThe X-Cops are back! After 25 years on the lam, the original Bad Boys of Law Enforcement have returned, bringing their unique brand of heavy metal with them. The world has never been more in need of the message they bring; “respect authority, or else!”, and they have the riffs and the fire power to back it up! Rumors about the identities of these uniformed thugs are rampant, with some even going as far as to say that they are made up of members of such legendary bands as GWAR, Rigor Mortis, and Darkest Hour, but the truth is they are actually former police officers who have banded together to beat the world into submission, force feed the public their own brand of Justice, and spread the word that All Cops Are Beautiful!\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1027-Gwar-web-banner-9b2639f39f.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/gwar-1","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 27<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"7:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1027-Gwar-thumbnail-8339c05faa.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Hot in Herre 2000's Dance Party \u2014 Halloween Edition (18+)","media_tagline":"Presented by Hot 101.9","event_body":"\n\nHot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party. 2000s bangers only.\n\nYour favorite songs across every genre. Pop · Hip-Hop · Indie · R&B · Emo · And everything in between.\n\nHot In Herre brings all your favorite music of the Y2K era back to the dance floor. Dope DJs behind the decks and era-defining visuals will transport you to the days of away messages. blinged-out flip phones and trucker hats.  \n\nYou'll hear all the bangers from the first decade of the millennium. And we mean ALL. We’re running through the entire almanac from Akon to Zombie Nation. Artists like Nelly, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Usher, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Panic! At The Disco, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Pitbull, Paramore, Missy Elliott, Miley Cyrus, Outkast, 50 Cent, Kesha, T-Pain, Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson, Lil Jon, Justin Timberlake, Pink, Shakira, Sean Paul, The Killers, and so many more.  Wear your best 2000s-era gear! We're talking fuzzy pink Juicy Couture sweats, stunner shades, Ed Hardy shirts, loooow-rise jeans, UGG boots, crop tops… you name it, just wear it!  \n\nWe're taking song requests all night too. Dust off those old iPod playlists and have your faves ready to go.  \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1030-HIH-web-banner-d6e91eaa84.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/hot-in-herre-2000s-dance-party-halloween-edition","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 30<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"9:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1030-HIH-thumbnail-new-464a1f792f.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Gasolina Halloween Party (18+)","media_tagline":"","event_body":"This event is 18 & over only. No exceptions.\n\nGasolina is dedicated to creating a community within the reggaetón and latin-music scene across the United States through exciting and innovative events. From throwing shows at small clubs in Los Angeles to large-scale events in New York & beyond, Gasolina is bringing together the reggaetón community from coast-to-coast. Serving as both a legendary perreo and a platform to showcase up-and-coming talent in the reggaetón and Latinx scenes, the collective is determined to break the boundaries of latin music and push the culture forward.\n\nGasolina has held events with artists such as Nina Sky, DannyLux, Tornillo, Vice Menta, Izzy La Reina, BRRAY, Tomasa Del Real, Ir-Sais, ECKO, Jen Morell, Fuego and beyond in venues such as Avalon Hollywood, House of Blues, and more.\n\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1031-Gasolina-Halloween-web-banner-8d03d2f26a.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/gasolina-halloween-party-18","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 31<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"9:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1031-Gasolina-Halloween-thumbnail-e8650b7a6e.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Suzanne Vega - Flying With Angels","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Suzanne Vega will perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “Tom’s Diner”, “Luka”, “Marlene On The Wall”, and many more, plus songs from her latest album, Flying with Angels, which was released in May 2025 to critical acclaim. She will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie fame), and cellist Stephanie Winters. \n\n\n\n \n\nFLYING WITH ANGELS REVIEWS \n\n"Suzanne Vega retains her knack for lucid reflections and crisp music to match... Her voice remains both knowing and observant.” \n\n- Rolling Stone\n\n \n\n"Veteran Alt-rocker Suzanne Vega is still making great music... It's not an exaggeration to call her a straight-up legend." \n\n- Stereogum \n\n \n\nLIVE REVIEWS 2025 \n\n"Vega’s performance was nothing short of mesmerizing, weaving tales through her soulful songs in a cozy setting that allowed for a deep connection with the audience." \n\n- Finding Connecticut \n\n \n\n"Suzanne Vega wove a spell of light and shadow, blending classics and new material with intimate stories for a memorable night.” \n\n- Patch \n\n \n\nABOUT SUZANNE VEGA \n\nWidely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Vega sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career. Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 40 years ago.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1104-Suzanne-Vega-web-banner-19b33735b1.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/suzanne-vega-flying-with-angels","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 4<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1104-Suzanne-Vega-thumbnail-84cc009ccf.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Emo Orchestra ft. The Spill Canvas","media_tagline":"with Greywind ","event_body":"This is a reserved seated show. \n\nFor emo music lovers and orchestra aficionados alike, Emo Orchestra is a new live experience that brings some of the most beloved emo songs of your youth to the theater stage with a full orchestra arrangement.\n\nThis Spring, Emo Orchestra welcomes THE SPILL CANVAS as the featured guest.  Fans will hear THE SPILL CANVAS perform their own hits as well as songs by Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, A Day to Remember, The Used and many more.\n \n\n\nA musical endeavor born on the Great Plains of South Dakota, The Spill Canvas has endured for over two decades because of the fans who provide the lifeblood to keep this machine running. \n\n \n\nListing more accolades and successes here feels lame and overdone. \n\nAt its heart, the purpose of the band remains the same as when it began – to write songs that move people and to connect with them via the powerful universal language of music.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/110526-Emo-Orchestra-web-banner-938805c433.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/emo-orchestra-with-the-spill-canvas-an-evening-of-emo","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 5<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/110526-Emo-Orchestra-thumbnail-e6711910f6.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Dan Tyminski Band","media_tagline":"","event_body":"This is a reserved seated show. \n\nDan Tyminski was six years old when his parents began taking him to fiddle\ncontests, square dances, and bluegrass festivals across New England. For a young\nmusician who would later become one of the biggest names in modern-day\nbluegrass, those early experiences were life changing.\n\n"Watching live music always spoke to me much louder than sitting in front of my\nrecord player," he remembers. "I loved it. Wherever music was being played, I\nwanted to go watch. Years later, I still feel that way."\n\nThroughout his 30+ year career, Tyminski has left his mark in every corner of modern\nmusic. His voice famously accompanies George Clooney’s performance of the\nStanley Brothers’ classic song, “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow,” in the film, Oh\nBrother, Where Art Thou? and his vocal collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii on the\nsong “Hey Brother” was a global smash, having been streamed more than a billion\ntimes to date. His diverse solo projects and years of work with Alison Krauss and\nUnion Station have yielded troves of award-winning music.\n\nIn recent years, Tyminski’s live shows with the Dan Tyminski Band have become\nbluegrass fan favorites and are regularly on the must-see lists among music fans of\nany genre.\n\nWith his newest album release – the Grammy-nominated 2024 concert album Dan\nTyminski: Live From The Ryman – he captures the magic of those live shows, while\nalso proving that he still has the same passion for live music as he did when he was\ngrowing up.\n\nHis earliest touring and recording work was as a part of the band, Green Mountain\nBluegrass. He later joined the influential bluegrass group, Lonesome River Band,\nbefore embarking on his three decades of work with Alison Krauss and Union\nStation.\n\nThe first album that Tyminski recorded as a solo artist was the soul-stirring Carry Me Across the Mountain (2000), followed by the Grammy-nominated Wheels (2008) which was named the 2009 Album of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. His work with the EDM artist, Avicii, inspired Dan to create the genre-defying Southern Gothic album, released in 2017 to much critical acclaim. Tyminski would then showcase again his heart for bluegrass with the 2022 EP tribute to Tony Rice, One More Time Before You Go, which included guest performances by Molly Tuttle, Sam Bush, Dailey & Vincent, and Billy Strings. The following year saw the release of the full-length bluegrass album, God Fearing Heathen, which quickly hit #1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart.\n\nOver the course of his career, Tyminski has also evolved into a prolific songwriter, penning songs with Monty Criswell, Phillip Lammonds, Kristian Bush, Ashley Monroe, Chris Stapleton and many others.\n\nDan has been honored with 14 Grammy Awards and is a four-time Male Vocalist of the Year honoree by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He has also recorded instrumental or vocal harmony contributions for projects by Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Joan Osborne, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, and Charlie Haden, to name a few. Tyminski certainly represents the pinnacle of modern bluegrass music.\n\nWhile Dan enjoys a good conversation and a good cigar, he can often be found participating in charitable Pro-Am golf tournaments, as well as competing regularly in the Foosball tournament circuit.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1106-Dan-Tyminski-web-banner-4efa33d1c7.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/dan-tyminski","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 6<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1106-Dan-Tyminski-thumbnail-2e1beb6efb.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Parachute","media_tagline":"The Way it Was: 15 Year Anniversary \u2022 With Caroline Spence","event_body":"There's always been a subtle power to the music of Parachute, the Charlottesville-bred pop\/rock band behind such hits as the platinum-selling, chart-topping "She Is Love." With their open-hearted songwriting and indelible melodies, the band revealed a rare ability to pack deep layers of feeling inside the most immediately catchy pop track. That dynamic was never more apparent than on their sophomore album The Way It Was, a batch of songs that explored everything from love and loss to hope and regret, handling each with extraordinary attention to life's most nuanced moments and intricate details.\n\nThat intimacy echoes the earliest days of the band, which formed when Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, and Kit French were still in high school. After spending nearly every afternoon in Anderson's basement, dreaming up songs showing an intense affinity for classic pop and heartfelt rock and tuneful blue-eyed soul, the band began landing gigs locally and soon gained a following at the nearby University of Virginia. As their inaugural release under the name Parachute, 2009's Losing Sleep debuted at #2 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart and climbed to #40 on the Billboard 200. Over the next few years, along with releasing The Way It Was and Overnight (which shot to the #3 spot on iTunes), Parachute toured with such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Gavin DeGraw, and Mat Kearney, and completed three sold-out headlining tours.\n\nNow, in celebration of the 15th anniversary of The Way It Was, Parachute will be releasing the album on vinyl for the first time and performing 4 shows featuring the album and their other biggest hits.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111026-Parachute-web-banner-0f0aad4f82.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/parachute-5","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 9<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111026-Parachute-thumbnail-097e8fe794.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Parachute","media_tagline":"The Way it Was: 15 Year Anniversary \u2022 With Caroline Spence","event_body":"There's always been a subtle power to the music of Parachute, the Charlottesville-bred pop\/rock band behind such hits as the platinum-selling, chart-topping "She Is Love." With their open-hearted songwriting and indelible melodies, the band revealed a rare ability to pack deep layers of feeling inside the most immediately catchy pop track. That dynamic was never more apparent than on their sophomore album The Way It Was, a batch of songs that explored everything from love and loss to hope and regret, handling each with extraordinary attention to life's most nuanced moments and intricate details.\n\nThat intimacy echoes the earliest days of the band, which formed when Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, and Kit French were still in high school. After spending nearly every afternoon in Anderson's basement, dreaming up songs showing an intense affinity for classic pop and heartfelt rock and tuneful blue-eyed soul, the band began landing gigs locally and soon gained a following at the nearby University of Virginia. As their inaugural release under the name Parachute, 2009's Losing Sleep debuted at #2 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart and climbed to #40 on the Billboard 200. Over the next few years, along with releasing The Way It Was and Overnight (which shot to the #3 spot on iTunes), Parachute toured with such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Gavin DeGraw, and Mat Kearney, and completed three sold-out headlining tours.\n\nNow, in celebration of the 15th anniversary of The Way It Was, Parachute will be releasing the album on vinyl for the first time and performing 4 shows featuring the album and their other biggest hits.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111026-Parachute-web-banner-0f0aad4f82.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/parachute-4","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 10<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111026-Parachute-thumbnail-097e8fe794.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"The Wood Brothers","media_tagline":"with Amelia Day","event_body":"The Wood Brothers have partnered with American Friends of Canadian Conservation so that $1 per ticket will support The Nature Trust of British Columbia (NTBC) in their efforts to conserve ecologically-rich wetlands and protect irreplaceable land from development. Every $1 donated will be matched by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with $2 so more endangered wetlands can be saved. If you’d like to learn more, please visit this link. \n\n\nIf you’re searching for insights into the state of the human condition in 2025, look no further than Puff of Smoke (Honey Jar\/Thirty Tigers), the ninth album of original music from Grammy-nominated progressive Americana trio The Wood Brothers.\n\nLess a literal soundtrack to uncertain times or a roadmap showing how to live through them, Puff of Smoke posits a happily contrarian outlook: Life can turn on a dime, and all we truly have is the moment at hand. And that’s perfectly fine. “We're not in control,” says guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Oliver Wood, “and that can be good news.”\n\nBetween the poetic observations of Oliver and his brother, bassist and vocalist Chris Wood — with percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix completing the trio — Puff of Smoke is an 11-song collection brimming with joy in the face of challenges, delivering lyrical wisdom with the winking subtlety of John Prine and the musical hive mind of a seasoned group with two decades of shared experiences.\n\nFans who have hopped aboard at waypoints along the journey that began with their now classic 2006 debut Ways Not to Lose already know to expect a new drop from The Wood Brothers will bring inventive songwriting, a grounded lyrical wit, and an adventurous sweep of sonic avenues. Unpredictability is part of the listening experience.\n\n“This album is a little bit schizophrenic and eclectic, and it goes in a few different directions,” says Oliver.\n\n“There's a lot to unpack musically in this band, and it's been this evolutionary process over the years and on each record,” Chris continues. “Over time, the diversity of things we can do has all become part of our language.”\n\nLargely recorded at The Studio Nashville, a creative space in the Sylvan Heights neighborhood that has become an essential companion to the band’s evolution, Puff of Smoke distills the trio’s curious musical minds, voracious appetite for the creative process, and love of spontaneity.\n\n“When you're writing or performing, the hope is that your subconscious handles everything and your conscious, thinking, judging mind gets out of the way,” Chris says. “Because your subconscious is the most true, authentic piece of you. You're not judging yourself when your subconscious is speaking. That's how the best art comes about.”\n\nAlways looking to find new sounds to express in their music, the album’s opening track “Witness” dives deeper than ever into the pan-American songbook for inspiration, garnishing its groove with blasts of back-alley New Orleans brass. On “The Trick,” Jano found the song’s signature sound, an overdriven synth that sounds like it could be Clavinet, but is actually a Fender Rhodes pushed through distortion and octave pedals. He also manipulated an analog synth to conjure the underwater-calliope sounds on “Above All Others.” To perform the piano’s centerpiece melody on “Pray God Listens,” he played keys with one hand while reaching inside the piano with his other hand to mute the strings.\n\n“What's really fun about making a record with this band is that we actually have no idea how we're going to arrange a song, or what instruments we're going to play, when we get to a recording session,” says Chris, whose years as a member of Medeski, Martin and Wood primed him for the ego-stripped musical collaborations that are a hallmark of The Wood Brothers. “That's why first takes are often the best. You don't have any ideas about the song yet.”\n\nWith only a general idea of the song structures — often limited to lyrics and basic chords — their improvisational recording process yielded plenty of first-take gold. The loose, front-stoop  feel of “Slow Rise (To the Middle)” and “You Choose Me” are genuine; the final versions that made the album were actually the first times the trio played them together in full. As the band was working out the arrangements for the Cachito-Cuban groove of “Pray God Listens,” with all its Tom Waits whimsy, and the rolling, brass-accented “Witness,” co-producer Brook Sutton liked what he heard so much, he simply brought the microphones to them, not wanting to disturb any piece of the puzzle.\n\nThe group also finds inspiration in a shared focus on meditation and mindfulness. “Ways not to go crazy, basically,” Oliver admits. “Songs like ‘The Trick’ and even ‘Puff of Smoke’ and ‘Witness’ are very much about mindfulness,” he says. “‘The trick is not to give a damn’ — so, that’s detachment — or, ‘I'm just a witness’ —  I'm just watching things happen. I'm not gonna be my feelings. I'm gonna watch 'em float by.\n\n“Even a song like ‘Pray God Listens,’ which is a little bit humorous and cynical, ultimately it's a song of compassion and humility,” Oliver says. “It's meant to be light, but it's ambiguous enough that you can draw your own conclusion. You can take the cynicism part and the humor, or you can go a little deeper and find the compassion.”\n\nPuff of Smoke is a reminder that life is both precious and precarious — a sentiment underscored by our current geopolitical moment and the unpredictable nature of life itself — and The Wood Brothers invite you to join the ride.\n\n“Creativity is a winding road, not a straight path,” Jano says, before adding the essential caveat at the heart of the group’s ethos: “If you’re open to it.”\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111126-TWB-web-banner-32da85a78c.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/the-wood-brothers-5","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 11<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111126-TWB-thumbnail-fe78afa954.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"George Clanton","media_tagline":"with Ryan Hemsworth","event_body":"George Clanton doesn’t just produce gleaming electronic pop, he produces nostalgia too. The Los Angeles artist’s process involves tweaking synthesizer presets, but beyond searching for the right melodies and textures, he’s hoping to come upon a sound that strikes a spiritual chord. “I'm looking for something that triggers a memory or an emotion,” he says. His lyrics are direct transmissions from his soul: raw, often off-the-cuff, evocative. When you pair those words with the gauzy textures Clanton’s become known for, his music feels like a dreamy filter you can put over your own memories. Every moment feels a little more colorful, a little more comforting.\n\nYou can hear the impact of this approach in his upcoming third album—take fuzz-pop anthem “Fucking Up My Life.” The track is both raucous and soothing, and as Clanton’s distorted croons echo across swelling synths and crushing breakbeats, he offers a mantra: “It feels alright.”\n\nIt’s a fitting return for an artist who’s spent the last decade cutting through the noise. In addition to making music, he runs the 100% Electronica record label with his fellow pop mutator and wife Negative Gemini. He also spearheads events, including weekly livestreams on Twitch. Being extremely online has allowed Clanton’s fans access to the depths of his personality, to connect with his work more deeply. “I think of myself as the ultimate DIY person,” he says. “Working the George Clanton way has made for a really unique career that hasn’t yet been fully recognized.”\n\nGrowing up, Clanton knew he wanted to be an entertainer, but he didn’t know how. His hometown of Ridgeway, Virginia, had a NASCAR track but no concert venues or record stores. So MTV was his primary education: videos by artists like 311, The Prodigy, and the Bad Boy Records crew taught the art of showmanship. He downloaded a lot of music from Limewire. During one session, a mislabeled download of what he thought was Oasis turned out to be shoegaze band Brian Jonestown Massacre, opening him up to the vast world of underground music on the internet, which led him to help form the scene that would dream up vaporwave.\n\nUnder the monikers ESPRIT \u7a7a\u60f3 and Mirror Kisses, Clanton became a key figure of the early vaporwave scene through his meditative lo-fi productions. The genre was then known primarily for its use of samples, but his 2014 album virtua.zip was a landmark: the first of its kind to be built entirely from original compositions. He also started singing on his tracks back then, adding a human touch and another layer of emotional involvement to the developing genre. In 2015, he dropped both aliases in favor of his given name, a symbolic shedding of creative restraints.\n\nIn order to reproduce his internet success offline, Clanton hustled harder. Moving to Brooklyn in 2015, where he worked a day job and made music at night, provided that motivation. Seeking a label but unwilling to compromise, he started his own. The label and his first album under his birth name would share the same moniker: 100% Electronica. His 2018 follow-up, Slide, further revealed his gift for deeply moving pop. One of the album’s most powerful tracks, “You Lost Me There,” was inspired by Negative Gemini leaving for work. The mild melancholy of missing your person for a few hours started to feel like the end of the world: “I just didn't want to be alone because the house was empty,” Clanton says. “I try to find the extreme in the mundane.”\n\nClanton has also curated a tightly knit roster of artists ( Negative Gemini, Satin Sheets, Small Black, et al.) who continue to push the boundaries of vaporwave, internet music, and pop. He considers 100% Electronica his biggest achievement, pointing to the dedicated fans that see themselves in the music. “I feel like we've created a cultural identity out of thin air,” he says.\n\nClanton expanded upon that in 2019 with 100% ElectroniCON, the first vaporwave music festival, to give the community a physical space in which to interact. When live events were paused in 2020, he stayed connected through Virtual Utopia concerts, where artists perform in panoramic virtual reality environments, and weekly VR talk show THE BIG STREAM. Even though he had no framework for programming, Clanton taught himself to code using Python and C# languages in order to make these shows. He found a way to stay busy musically too. In a full-circle moment, he got to team up with one of his childhood inspirations, working with 311 frontman Nick Hexum on their psychedelic album George Clanton & Nick Hexum (2020), which landed Clanton on the Billboard charts for the first time (Top 100 Current Album Sales).\n\nAfter a year spreading out across a number of projects, Clanton is now focusing on delivering a powerful sequel to Slide. Started almost immediately after Slide’s release, the new album finds him both musically and personally matured. It’s an elegant merging of all his past musical selves—of stirring rock, sweeping shoegaze, and niche electronics—augmented with more complex layers and physical instruments. It’s also a journey inwards as Clanton emphasizes personal reflection and self-improvement—themes he’s held close his whole career. “It's definitely something that I need to get out,” he says of the music. “I want people to know that George Clanton is better than ever and something amazing is coming just around the corner.”\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111226-George-Clanton-web-banner-31bff42b77.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/george-clanton-1","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 12<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/111226-George-Clanton-thumbnail-18f099de97.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"The Gringos","media_tagline":"with John Wood Band","event_body":"About The Gringos:\nIndie Rock band from Athens, GA. That’s it.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1113-The-Gringos-web-banner-8bdd661626.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/the-gringos","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 13<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1113-The-Gringos-thumbnail-b790e8f7e0.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute","media_tagline":"with Here Comes Your Band (Pixies Tribute)","event_body":"The music of Talking Heads has excited, inspired, and healed folks worldwide since their first show at CBGB’s in 1975. If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. Start Making Sense celebrates the entire Talking Heads’ catalog with a seven-piece band meticulously executing the sounds and iconic live visual elements in every performance. Together these skilled and dedicated musicians enjoy bringing the unique, infectious energy of a Talking Heads live show that you know and love to the stage. In addition to an amazing tribute show they have created specialty shows including tours with horns for which they scored the Heads' catalog themselves, international group trips with fans, and other special nights that have kept audiences energized and returning year after year.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1114-Start-Making-Sense-web-banner-bfde69fb73.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/start-making-sense-talking-heads-tribute","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 14<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1114-Start-Making-Sense-thumbnail-7524aaa409.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Frost Children","media_tagline":"with Olswel","event_body":"For Angel and Lulu Prost, the sibling duo behind Frost Children, home has always sounded like dance music. The St. Louis-born musicians grew up steeped in the sleek catharsis of golden-age EDM: huddling over YouTube videos of 2010s festival staples like Zedd, Skrillex, and Krewella; watching rapt as Virtual Riot commanded a headline show at their neighborhood outdoor amphitheater; digging through their eldest brother’s dubstep collection.\n\nThe duo’s third album SISTER, out September 12th via True Panther\/Dirty Hit, is an exhilarating return to those first sounds that moved them, echoing with the reverence and refinement of two formidable artists crafting exactly what they want to hear. But it’s also a striking portrait of Frost Children’s singular creative partnership: as bandmates, as roommates, as symbiotic savants practicing the art of what Angel calls “twin telepathy.”\n\nBoldly revitalizing and revolutionizing a too-often-devalued subgenre, Frost Children have delivered their most forthright and full-bodied identity statement yet. As Lulu puts it: “This is so confidently what we love, and what we breathe.”\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1115-Frost-Children-web-banner-a003e1926f.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/frost-children","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 15<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1115-Frost-Children-thumbnail-639497795f.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Paula Cole","media_tagline":"THIS FIRE: 30 \u2022 with Rett Madison","event_body":"This is a fully reserved seated show.\n\nPaula Cole returns to the stage with THIS FIRE: 30—a special anniversary tour celebrating three decades of This Fire.   A Grammy-winning singer-songwriter known for her fearless writing and genre-blending sound, Cole broke boundaries with songs that were both deeply personal and universally resonant.\n\nOn THIS FIRE: 30, Paula will perform This Fire in its entirety—revisiting the era-defining music that sparked a generation and bringing new life, nuance, and power to the songs fans have carried with them for decades. Expect an intimate, emotionally charged performance that honors the original spirit of the album while showcasing the artistry and perspective she’s continued to evolve.\n\nSpanning 50+ markets across the US, the UK, and Europe, THIS FIRE: 30 marks a major touring moment for Paula Cole—one of her most far-reaching runs in years—celebrating a classic album and the enduring connection it created with listeners around the world.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/Paula-Cole-WEB-BANNER-4073bc5e6d.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/paula-cole-this-fire-30","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 17<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/Paula-Cole-WEB-TN-e7a7ffc01e.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Tiny Habits","media_tagline":"presented by WNRN","event_body":"Tiny Habits were still students in Boston when they began gaining recognition for the harmony-focused song covers recorded in their dorm stairwell and posted to millions of listeners on TikTok. They released their first EP of original songs, Tiny Things, in April 2023 and soon earned a spot opening for Gracie Abrams on her ‘Good Riddance Tour’ in North American and Australia. Later that year they hit the road again supporting Noah Kahan in Europe on the 'Stick Season Tour'. \n\nSince their debut they have toured with music legends like James Taylor, Sarah McLachlan, Lake Street Dive, and Vance Joy. They performed with Lizzy McAlpine on her Tiny Desk concert, harmonized with Kacey Musgraves, Marcus Mumford, Matty Healy, and Laufey among many others. The band were recently profiled in The New Yorker which touted them “The Prodigies of Harmonies,” and count fans from the late great David Crosby to Phoebe Bridgers and Elton John, who called them “delicious.” Ann Powers of NPR Music exclaimed “Can’t wait for this vocal trio’s debut album to take the world by storm.” \n\nThe Habits released their debut album 'All For Something' via Mom+Pop records in May of 2024. The record has garnered over 50 million streams across all streaming platforms. They closed the album era with a collaboration featuring Lizzy McAlpine on the emotional track ‘For Sale Sign' . The band just returned from performing at Noah Kahan’s ‘Out of the Blue Fest’ in Cancun and are heading into the studio to work on their highly anticipated sophomore record.\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/WNRN-banner-b4991358e0.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/tiny-habits","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 18<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1118-Tiny-Habits-WEB-TN-2c4a8dc1f3.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Futurebirds","media_tagline":" Far Out Country Tour with Wes Parker | presented by WNRN","event_body":"Futurebirds, Far Out Country\n\n \n\nFuturebirds have spent nearly two decades in flight, building their audience show by show, forever rediscovering themselves in a swirl of rock & roll and cosmic Americana. For Carter King, Thomas Johnson, and Daniel Womack — the band's three frontmen, with voices distinct enough to anchor their own songs and unified enough to sound like one band — being in Futurebirds has often meant being gone. They've traveled America's highways and backroads. They've seen its dive bar stages and amphitheater bleachers. With Far Out Country, though, they stop focusing on the horizon ahead of them and boldly live in the present. They’re no longer rushing toward the next destination. Far Out Country IS the destination.\n\n \n\nA two-volume collection of 18 songs, Far Out Country casts the widest net of the band's career. Amplified anthems like "Sleepless in the Cage" — a loud, lovely tangle of electric guitar and harmonized voices — rub shoulders with the gentle acoustics of "Sienna Life." Rootsy rockers like "Sober Somewhere" give way to the atmospheric quiet of "All I Want." There are songs for daytime road trips and songs for nighttime campfires. Songs for sun-streaked landscapes of rolling green hills and songs for darkening skies of blue-black clouds. For a band that once drew praise from USA Today for "mixing Neil & Crazy Horse with My Morning Jacket," Futurebirds have never sounded so singular, making music that nods to their country-rock heroes while proudly avoiding classification altogether. As Johnson explains, "the longer we play together, the less our music sounds like it belongs to a genre, and the more it just sounds like Futurebirds."\n\n \n\nWith Far Out Country, it's not just about the music. It's about conversation. Since forming the band as students at the University of Georgia, Futurebirds have grown up together, making the transition from hometown heroes to national headliners. They're not undergrads anymore; they're fathers and family men, caught halfway between their growing responsibilities at home and their duties on the road. Far Out Country finds them talking honestly about life's moving targets and the evolving bonds that hold them together. "This is the sound of three people in genuine dialogue, giving their perspectives on similar stages in life," Johnson adds. "It feels like a conversation in a bar, late at night, or at somebody's house over drinks."\n\n \n\n"There's a line from the song 'Featherbed' that talks about 'being in a constant state of becoming,'" says Womack. "That's important to us. We're adventurous people who want to create, and the best way to do that is to constantly discover yourself over the course of your entire life. A constant state of becoming yourself."\n\n \n\nReleased two years after the critically-acclaimed Easy Company, Far Out Country reunites the band with Grammy-winning producer Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Bon Iver). Half of the album's tracks were recorded at Sonic Ranch in the Texas borderlands. There, the band focused on live-in-the-studio performances that showcased the wild, sweaty spirit of their beloved stage shows — the same gigs that prompted Rolling Stone to call them "the most captivating rock act touring today." The other nine songs were recorded piece-by-piece in much smaller studios, with the band’s own Tom Myers producing four tracks. This was a different approach that required the bandmates to be methodical and deliberate with each layer of sound they added, and Futurebirds welcomed the challenge of fitting both recording styles into a congruent whole.\n\n \n\n"We wanted to complete the story with Brad," King explains. "There was unfinished business, so it felt right to work with him again. It was a continuation of what we'd been doing, and a bit of starting from scratch, too."\n\n \n\nIt felt right to try new things, too. On previous albums, each of Futurebirds' three songwriters would typically sing lead vocals on his own material. This time, the guys bent those self-imposed rules. "Carter wrote the title track," Womack notes, "but I wound up singing it. We've never really done that before, and it opened us up, creatively."\n\n \n\nOld habits have remained, too. Futurebirds are still "masters of reverb-steeped country rock infused with Southern charm," as The New Yorker once gushed, and longtime fans will find plenty to recognize in these songs. The pedal steel guitar still drifts skyward, its gorgeous textures gradually disappearing into the ether. Bassist Brannen Miles and drummer Tom Myers still offer a blend of pastoral punch, loping groove, and loud bash 'n' crash. The three frontmen still harmonize like lifelong friends, their drawling voices blending into one, their distinct personalities coalescing into something rich and cohesive. Far Out Country doesn't showcase a rebranded group as much as a reenergized one, and Futurebirds have never defined themselves so clearly before.\n\n \n\n"If you spend your present moment too wrapped up in the future, or the past, you'll miss what's right in front of you," says King. "This record is us trying to take an honest look at ourselves, and where we’ve been – and asking if the beliefs we’ve carried along the way are still serving us, where we are right now.”\n\n \n\nSequenced into two stylistically-distinct halves — Volume 1, also known as The Day World, and Volume II, also known as The Night World — Far Out Country is a soundtrack to self-discovery. Futurebirds aren't afraid to ask themselves the hard questions, even if their songwriting makes it all sound easy. Here, they invite us into their world: a place where the jukebox is great and the conversation never lags. They encourage their audience to completely immerse themselves in the experience, too, unveiling the full project as a double-vinyl release months before uploading Far Out Country’s second half to streaming platforms. For those craving the full record, the physical vinyl is the only way to hear the entire album early.\n\n \n\n"It's an inside joke amongst us that with each album, we think it's our best work yet," says Womack. "And the other side of the joke is, we're always right! We're lucky to be able to say that."\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1119-Futurebirds-web-banner-WNRN-e10c0f57bc.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/futurebirds-2","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 19<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1119-Futurebirds-thumbnail-18c1476f82.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"2000\u2019s Rave (18 & Up)","media_tagline":"","event_body":"This event is 18 & over only. No exceptions.\n\nCALLING ALL 90s BABIES: We're throwing a 2000s rave! Come experience a night of limewire classics remixed for the dancefloor by the hottest artists in EDM. Party like it's 2003!\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1120-2000s-rave-web-banner-63ea89000f.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/2000s-rave-18-up","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 20<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"9:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1120-2000s-rave-sq-57b4c9a6df.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Carbon Leaf","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Carbon Leaf’s fifteenth studio album, Time is the Playground is both a call to action and an embrace of the moment. Marrying nostalgic storytelling to nuanced, folk-infused indie rock, the Richmond, Virginia band embroiders heartfelt melody and harmony with acoustic and electric instrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time, love and personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiphany and contented exhalation. \n\n“Everybody says people don’t listen to albums anymore,” mulled Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett, holed up in a coastal cottage. “So, the challenge for us was to make something that felt good to get through from beginning to end … to listen to like a story.”\n\nOriginally formed as a college cover band in 1992 and with over 3,500 famously enthused live shows together, Carbon Leaf helped to define the aughts indie rock that they ultimately outgrew and outlasted. They first earned national recognition with “The Boxer,” a song that won the American Music Awards 2002 New Music Award and made Carbon Leaf the first unsigned band to perform before millions on the AMAs. \n\n“The Boxer” entered regular radio rotation, Carbon Leaf’s tours grew bigger and better, and within a couple of years they quit their day jobs and inked a record deal. The band’s fanbase snowballed, drawn to their infectious spirit of commitment, empathy, communion, and selfreliance – not to mention supremely crafted songs with ultra-relatable, thought-provoking lyrics.\n\nAfter a trio of charting albums for Vanguard Records, multiple songwriting awards and headlining shows, Carbon Leaf opted to return to the complete creative control of their indie roots. Guitarist Terry Clark, who co-founded the band with Privett and multi-instrumentalist Carter Gravatt, converted his garage into the band’s Two-Car Studio, where they’ve recorded releases for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever since. Carbon Leaf’s DIY spirit even extended to re-recording their three Vanguard albums in order to regain the rights.\n\nDue in September, Time is the Playground is Carbon Leaf’s first full-length album in a decade, during which they released two EPS and a 27-song live performance album and Blu-ray. Time is the Playground gathers the best of songs written, in fits and starts, over 15 years, alongside brand new ideas. Privett dusted off old demos and shut himself away for months to finish their stories, while also honing recent compositions. With Clark engineering, Carbon Leaf – completed by longtime bassist Jon Markel and drummer Jesse Humphrey – spent a year and a half recording and mixing the resulting songs.\n\n“Thinking about these disparate pieces of music, I began ruminating on time itself,” Privett recalled. “The band’s been together a long time. You mature a bit and see yourself in place on the timeline … rolling around the scenes of love and growth.”\n\nMasterfully melding saturated AC\/DC guitar and squelchy Cars synth, “Backmask 1983” is a fun flipbook of evocative era emblems – Farah Fawcett, “Satanic Panic,” Time Life Books, Bigfoot and more – that traverses the simultaneous nexus of Privett’s childhood\/adolescence and the world’s analog\/digital ages. It’s about morphing into a new person and a new planet with wideeyed wonder and a longing to believe. “Without a whole lot of information, the mystery of things felt so heightened,” recalled Privett of growing up pre-Internet. “I wanted to capture some of that but also have fun with it.”\n\n“I want what we create to resonate with ourselves, to the level that we want to play it for a long time to come, and where we want others to hear it and experience it,” Privett concluded. “Hopefully, listeners can glean the pieces from it that they identify with.”\n\nTime is the Playground will be accompanied by the tireless touring almost synonymous with Carbon Leaf, who’ve become a model for self-managing bands in the digital landscape.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/112626-Carbon-Leaf-web-banner-bc4271bd36.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/carbon-leaf-7","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 21<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/112626-Carbon-Leaf-thumbnail-0468052bba.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Thankful Dead ft. 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Winners will be announced on the night of show. \n\n\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1125-Thankful-Dead-web-banner-b55c23f508.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/thankful-dead-ft-thankful-dead-allstars-mama-tried","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 25<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1125-Thankful-Dead-Web-Thumbnail-78f3163d9f.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Tab Benoit w\/ Bonerama","media_tagline":"Blues and Brass Winter Tour","event_body":"Tab Benoit is a 4x Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. \n\n \n\nAfter a 13-year hiatus, Tab is back with his latest effort, I Hear Thunder, on his own label, Whiskey Bayou Records. The new album was his first #1 in the Billboard charts in over 30 years. Read more about it in Billboard here.. Benoit's 2013 release, Medicine, was co-produced with Anders Osborne for Concord International, and garnered three Blues Music Awards. Following this notable success, Benoit took a step away from music, taking a 13-year sabbatical from recording and entering a period of creative exile. \n\n \n\nTab's accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. The notoriety achieved by his success provided him with a mouthpiece to promote his growing concern for the Louisiana Wetlands and coastal erosion from the region he calls home. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor's Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit has also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands. \n\n \n\nBenoit has recorded and\/or performed with Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musslewhite, Kenny Neal, Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne, and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few.  \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1205-Tab-Benoit-web-banner-c6c1c3a8ed.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/tab-benoit-w-bonerama","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 5<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1205-Tab-Benoit-thumbnail-f003fdcf1b.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Shakey Graves","media_tagline":"Fondness, Etc. Tour \u2022 Presented by WNRN \u2022 with Jobi Riccio","event_body":"Shakey Graves has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and their work providing emergency financial assistance and other forms of support to career musicians, road crew and anyone who makes the majority of their income in the music business.\n\n \n\n \n\nAcross his career, Shakey Graves—a.k.a. the performance moniker of Austin, Texas-born Alejandro Rose-Garcia—has intentionally created thrilling musical adventures tailored to each fan: burning CDs and putting them in personalized decorated bags; building intricate scavenger hunts that send fans in search of unique tapes; and Bandcamp-exclusive releases.\n\n \n\n"The fans and musicians that really resonate with me—and the inexplicable ways that I find things that I like—are usually entirely through randomness and chaos and accident," Rose-Garcia says. "I've always been on this quest to make people feel like my own music is a choose your own adventure." \n\n \n\nIn 2024 Rose-Garcia celebrated the ten year anniversary of his And The War Came album with a special 10 Year Anniversary Edition release featuring never before heard demos and b-sides from the recording process and inviting fans to enter the long-since abandoned Music House. \n\n \n\nHis story continues to unfold, but Shakey Graves Is Still A Gentleman From Texas.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1207-Shakey-Graves-web-banner-42bb24efc7.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/shakey-graves-fondness-etc-tour","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 7<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/shagraves180-9c511a83cd.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Dexter & The Moonrocks","media_tagline":"with High June","event_body":"Dexter and The Moonrocks didn’t set out to change rock music - but that’s exactly what they’re doing. A fry cook, an oil field operator, a  concrete surface decorator, and a kids’ baseball coach came together in West Texas, blending the country and western of their childhoods with the grunge they fell in  love with as teenagers. That fusion became Western Space Grunge—a genre of their own making that turned them from a grassroots phenomenon into a force to be reckoned with.\n\nThey first broke through in 2021 with "Couch," a melancholy slow-burn that  resonated deeply with fans and set the foundation for what was to come. That early momentum  caught the attention of Severance Records, an imprint of Big Loud Rock, looking to make a statement with its first signing. Together, they released "Western Space Grunge" in July 2024, solidifying the band’s identity and introducing their most defining songs  yet. The breakout single "Sad in Carolina" took them from small-town bars to seven weeks at No. 1 on U.S. Alternative radio, proving their DIY grit and fearless sound could go head-to-head with the biggest names in rock.\n\nNow, with “Ritalin”—a stadium-ready anthem already climbing the charts—the record captures a band fully coming into their own. From viral covers to festival stages, they’re proving they’re not just next up: they’re inevitable.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1210-Dexter-web-banner-10294ddc80.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/dexter-the-moonrocks","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 10<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1210-Dexter-thumbnail-fd79d29abd.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Thievery Corporation ","media_tagline":"","event_body":" \n\nTwenty-five years into their genre-defying electronic music career, Thievery Corporation's founding principles of D.I.Y. and inclusion have become key themes in mainstream social conversation. After a dozen highly acclaimed full-length albums, remix LPs, concert recordings, and over two decades of incendiary live performances that have thrilled audiences worldwide, Thievery Corporation's music and message is more relevant and important now than ever.\n\nThat lack of filter enabled Garza and Hilton to mine their musical inspirations and create one of the most unique bodies of work in electronic music, respectfully incorporating tastes of international cultural styles, without ever falling into the trap of cultural appropriation. "We always wondered: with so much incredible music in the world, why would anyone limit themselves to one genre? Well, we found out — it's far easier to stay in one lane than to genre hop!" laughs Hilton. Garza elaborates: "When we started, we were influenced by music from all over the world, flipping through bins in second hand record stores for LP's from Brazil, India, Iran, Jamaica, jazz records…..we wanted to make music where you didn't know whether it was recorded today or a decade ago." Thievery Corporation's music has always looked toward the future while paying homage to the past, starting with their groundbreaking debut LP, 1996's "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi," which both introduced the world to Garza and Hilton as producers and set their course as pioneers of song-based electronic music with wildly diverse vocalists.\n\nThe band's legendary D.C. headquarters, the Eighteenth Street Lounge, became an epicenter for a diverse group of people and staff from all over the world, which in turn had a profound influence on their musical output. "D.C. was very cosmopolitan, lots of places to see international live music and jazz," says Garza. "We'd run into people from all over the world and invite them to play with us — so Thievery became an extension of that, both on our records and in our live performances." Indeed, Hilton and Garza's "Outernational" approach created a world reflected by the artist's ideals of diversity and acceptance. "25 years after we started, it seems like the world is catching up," Garza opines. "Social consciousness is more mainstream, awareness of the importance of inclusivity…it's so encouraging to see so many people working towards these goals in America." Hilton agrees. "Thievery is a reflection of who we are, it evolved from our musical tastes. Artists who were for the people, like The Clash, Fela Kuti, Manu Chao were so important to us, and engaging in social ideas has always been a part of what we've tried to do." People don't refer to Thievery Corporation as "World Music," but it's safe to say that their music and ethos is global in its scope and ahead of its time at every turn.\n\nIn a live setting, Thievery Corporation avoids any electronic dance music tropes. Yes, you'll dance, sweat and put your hands in the air….but their concerts are true performances, with a killer band of players and an array of vocalists from diverse global cultures. No two shows feel the same. "Our shows are VERY live, lots of energy, the com-bination of multiple instruments and singers that take you on a musical journey," says Garza. "We have a sitar player, songs are in different languages — it's a multicultural experience, people connect to the band and to each other, it's beautiful." With a world cautiously beginning to emerge from isolation and towards communal events, Garza is eager to return Thievery Corporation to live performance. "I feel like people have been waiting to celebrate together after being forced apart for too long. We're all craving that."\n\nEric Hilton's presence at Thievery gigs, however, has become an increasingly rare event. "I never really embraced touring; some of the world tours were interesting, seeing new places and cultures," he says. "For me, touring was tourism. The creative process of making music is more my thing." And Thievery Corporation have brought the sounds of the world to listeners throughout each of their albums. "There are so many highlights for me. 2014's Saudade is my favorite record that we've done, a real creative stretch for us. Quiet music is hard to make! Symphonik also. To hear our music done with an orchestra was incredible." Hilton concedes that over time live performance influenced the studio records. "After Cosmic Game (2011), we orchestrated jam sessions and built the records from those. For Temple of I and I (2014), we went to Jamaica to jam and record, which gave that record a different feel and authenticity."\n\nLooking back over their career, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton acknowledge that what drives each of them may be different, but the mashup of personalities, sounds, cultures and experiences birthed something wholly unique. "We love all kinds of music, which is why Thievery Corporation sounds the way it does," the founding partners agree. "We couldn't possibly incorporate all our tastes into the music, but we do it more than most." By not following trends or the whims of major labels, and embracing the cultural diversities that make the world such a wondrous place, Thievery Corporation has created a legacy that runs deep and continues to expand.\n\n"Over 25 years, we've left nothing undone. We far exceeded what we thought we would do," Hilton and Garza agree. And Thievery Corporation's music will continue on to reverberate and influence the next generation of listeners with an ear toward a global musical experience.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1216-Thievery-Corporation-web-banner-8196027872.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/thievery-corp-2026","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 16<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1216-Thievery-Corporation-thumbnail-f38622a5f3.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Both Sides Now: A Joni Mitchell & Leonard Cohen Story Concert","media_tagline":"","event_body":"“Two singer-songwriters sit on the edge of a cliff…”\n\n \n\nWith these words, we are drawn into the world of Both Sides Now - a theatrical concert that explores the music and lives of long-time friends and one-time lovers, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Created by, and starring Robbie Schaefer and Danielle Wertz, the cabaret-style performance traverses decades alongside songs such as A Case of You, Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and many more. Both Sides Now is at once a piece of the 60’s and 70’s, and of right now -- offering us a story about the messiness of being human, of lives persistently lived at the edge of growth, and of finding the courage to turn toward one another, again and again.\n\n \n\nArtist Bios:\n\n \n\nRobbie Schaefer\n\nRobbie is a rabbi, singer-songwriter and theatre\/film artist. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has several solo releases as well, including the 2023 single Under the Sun.\n\n \n\nHe is the founder of Lamplighters, an online community that cultivates small-batch, relationship-driven, inclusive Judaism.\n\n \n\nHe is also the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization was active from 2011-2023 and completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel.\n\n \n\nRobbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, which explores his relationship with his father, a Holocaust survivor, saw its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018. The musical is now a feature film entitled Burst The Silence (Rolling Pictures), which is due for release on streaming platforms in 2026.\n\n \n\nHe is currently at work on a new musical, The Blue Poppy, an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes, and Songs From The Wilderness, a new album of Jewish musical midrash (interpretation), due for release in early 2027.\n\n \n\nAlso, he likes olives. A lot.\n\n \n\nDanielle Wertz\n\nDanielle is a vocalist, jazz musician, composer and arranger whose happy place lies where art song, folk and jazz converge. With her latest album, Silent Course, winning the 2026 GRAMMY® Award for Best Instrumental Composition, and a voice described as “remarkably intimate, expressive and poignant” (DownBeat Magazine), Danielle has quickly earned an international following as a jazz artist and a growing recognition across disciplines.\n\n \n\n\u200bWertz began her career deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, gaining early acclaim as the youngest semi-finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition and runner-up in the 2017 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition. After releasing two small ensemble albums as a bandleader and a third with Denmark’s Nordkraft Big Band, Danielle has affirmed her singular voice in contemporary vocal jazz and continues to expand her presence in genre-blurring large ensemble work.\n\n \n\nAfter completing her first European tour as a bandleader in the fall, Danielle remains an avid collaborator internationally and at home in the NYC creative music scene. She is looking forward to being the featured artist on two major interdisciplinary projects in 2026 and 2027: a Harriet Steinke modern opera commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, and a crossover jazz opera composed by Ben Morris with a libretto by Gina Stevensen.\n\n \n\nAlso, she loves chocolate. A lot.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/121726-BSN-WEB-BANNER-975ed5b77a.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/both-sides-now-a-joni-mitchell-leonard-cohen-story-concert","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 17<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1217-BSN-WEB-TN-f83d763ab4.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Skip Castro Band","media_tagline":"","event_body":"It began a long time ago. 1978 to be exact. Four musicians, out of work at the same time got together because honestly, they liked to play music. Thus, the Skip Castro Band was born. A mutual love of rhythm 'n blues, swing, boogie woogie and rock 'n roll became the foundation.\n\nOver the next ten years, Skip Castro would become staples on the East Coast between Boston and Atlanta playing every bar, club, music hall, and college in between. All the while having a great time. Called one of the best party bands ever, Skip Castro brings the party every time they take the stage.\n\nAnd who haven’t they played with? Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Yardbirds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, the Nighthawks, the Kinks, Kenny Loggins and a host of others....\n\nFast forward 45 years and the same four guys are still playing together. Why? Because even though they stopped playing full time a while back, there's a unique groove and spirit that exists when Skip plays. They've played with other musicians, but the greatest satisfaction comes when these four get together.\n\nWho are these guys anyhow? Undoubtedly, you've been asked that countless times. Well, here's everything you ever wanted to know about them!\n\nDanny Beirne, Vocals\/Keyboards: Was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and raised to the sounds of the Four Seasons and other Jersey bands. He migrated to Charlottesville at age 17 to play bass with his brother’s band and has played music professionally since that day. His machine gun piano attack and manic stage personality always kicks things into overdrive. His favorite movie is Goodfellas.\n\nCharlie Pastorfield, Vocals\/Bass: Came to the University of Virginia from the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has played guitar and bass in a long list of Charlottesville bands including The Believers, Mama Tried, Alligator, and The Gladstones. His favorite movie is Ikiru.\n\nCorky Schoonover, Drums: Started a band with Charlie when they both arrived at UVa . He spent some time at the Berklee School of Music, returned to Cville to join The AllStars, and then started the Skip Castro Band. He is a successful fantasy football league owner, and his favorite movie is The Godfather\n\nBo Randall, Vocals\/Guitar: Chose the University of Virginia for a great education, but fate had something different in mind. He joined local legends Captain Tunes and his Fabulous Noteguns in 1974, immediately blowing away audiences with his incendiary guitar playing. He loves playing golf, and his favorite movie is Almost Famous.\n\nWhat else is there to say?\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1218-Skip-Castro-web-banne-4cc3355d1f.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/skip-castro-band","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 18<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1218-Skip-Castro-thumbnail-84554d08ff.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Love Canon","media_tagline":"","event_body":"About Love Canon:\nLove Canon doesn't cover the music of the '80s as much as kidnap it and take it on a bluegrass-tinged joyride. It's a general rule of American culture that it takes 20-40 years for a decade to shed its stale stench and get its groove back. There's no shortage of clever musical re-enactors giving the first generation of MTV an ironic makeover: a fool's errand, given that the music already was soaked in postmodern irony. \n\nThe musicians, led by guitarist Jesse Harper, are seasoned virtuoso string players of which Style Weekly says, “LOVE CANON doesn’t cover the music of the ’80s as much as kidnap it and take it on a bluegrass-tinged joyride. It’s a general rule of American culture that it takes 20-40 years for a decade to shed its stale stench and get its groove back… LOVE CANON refreshes and extends the originals with affectionate humor and effortless virtuosity. The players… add layers of depth to the still-appealing pop hooks.” \n\nLOVE CANON has been touring the mid-Atlantic since 2010 bringing their own raucous blend of bluegrass to the masses. The band’s diehard fans are music lovers first and foremost, drawn to the beautiful high-lonesome stylings of Jesse Harper’s guitar and vocals paired with banjo master Adam Larrabee, mandolin pickin’ by Andy Thacker with Darrell Muller holding down the low-end on standup bass. The band is augmented with the sweet sounds of resonator guitar king Jay Starling on the Beard MA-6. \n\nLOVE CANON and its individual members have shared the stage and studio with many notable acts over the years. Harper and Muller were members of acoustic supergroup Old School Freight Train and they performed shows with David Grisman (who also produced one of their albums), Ricky Skaggs, and Merle Haggard. As a band, LOVE CANON was the backing band for Keb Mo and Jason Mraz at SPARC performance LIVE ART event in Richmond and they also performed as the house band at the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam a couple of years in a row with sits in from Bruce Hornsby and Warren Haynes among others. They’ve toured with Josh Ritter, Keller Williams, and The Infamous Stringdusters and have played festivals around the country including LOCKN’, Jam Cruise, FloydFest, Bourbon and Beyond (as part of Bluegrass Situation Stage) and Gathering of the Vibes as well as having performed live on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and RTE radio (Raidió Teilifís Éirean – Irish Public-service Broadcasting). Individual members have made their rounds on the music scene and have performed with KD Lang, Emmylou Harris, Sara Bareilles, John C. Reilly, Madeleine Peyroux, Colbie Caillat, among others. \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1219-Love-Canon-web-banner-5e07873965.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/love-canon-7","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 19<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/1219-Love-Canon-thumbnail-adc4eda11b.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"James Tamelcoff ","media_tagline":"with Jacob Paul Allen and the Flood","event_body":"Country artist James Tamelcoff is bringing a fresh voice to modern country music. Building momentum with his first two country radio singles “Love on a Two Lane” and “Cowgirl at Heart,” Tamelcoff continues to connect with listeners with heartfelt songwriting and a nostalgic neotraditional sound, influenced by legends like George Strait, Keith Whitley, and Brooks & Dunn. \n\nBlending traditional country influences with a modern edge, James captures themes of love, honky tonk, and heartbreak in his music. His upcoming debut studio album is set to release on Friday, August 7th, 2026. \n\nWith an expanding fanbase and increasing radio attention, James Tamelcoff is quickly establishing himself as an emerging artist to watch in today’s country music scene.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0116-James-Tamelcoff-web-banner-223e20ef87.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/james-tamelcoff-1","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Jan<\/span> 16<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0116-James-Tamelcoff-thumbnail-1dad44f9d5.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Tophouse","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Fast-paced, high-energy foot stompers. Ballads that'll make you cry. It's kind of like a rock band married old-fashioned bluegrass and had a little baby. And named it TopHouse.\n\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0127-Tophouse-web-banner-e38c7a8c66.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/tophouse-1","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Jan<\/span> 27<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0127-Tophouse-thumbnail-048f6d0d65.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Indecision ft. Stanley Jordan","media_tagline":"","event_body":"In 1984, well before the explosion of extended instrumental concerts, an improvisational band playing original music named Indecision emerged out of Charlottesville, Virginia. Drawing from a wide variety of influences, including The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, The Band, Steely Dan, and Little Feat, as well as the more complex rhythmic and harmonic structure of many jazz artists, Indecision forged a unique sound in the relatively new movement of improvisational music known today as the jam band scene.\n\n\nIn a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works-solo or with a group-Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.\n\nKey to Jordan's fast-track acclaim was his mastery of a special technique on the guitar's fretboard. Instead of conventional strumming and picking, Jordan's innovative "touch technique" is an advanced form of two-handed tapping. While a handful of other players were using similar techniques, Stanley's fluid, multi-layered textures and sheer virtuosity raised the bar for excellence. But his technique, though impressive, is always a means to a musical end. His music is imbued with a warmth and sensitivity that has captured the imagination of listeners worldwide. A classically trained pianist before playing guitar, Jordan wanted greater freedom in voicing chords on his guitar, so he applied piano principles to do so. Jordan's touch technique allows the guitarist to play melody and chords simultaneously with an unprecedented level of independence. It also allows Jordan to play simultaneously on two different guitars, or even on guitar and piano. He says that "I think of it as a single instrument, but one with a wide range of tonal colors-that's why I do it."\n\nTo date Jordan has performed in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He has performed at many festivals, including the Kool Jazz Festival, the Concord Jazz Festival, and the Montreaux International Jazz Festival. During the 1980s he collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including performances with Art Blakey and Richie Cole and recordings with Stanley Clarke and Kenny Rogers. The track with Rogers, "Morning Desire", became America's #1 country song in 1986. Later Jordan became a frequent guest with Les Paul during Paul's legendary Monday nights at Iridium in New York. Today Jordan performs frequently as a soloist and with his band, as well as collaborating with other guitarists such as Kevin Eubanks, Sharon Isbin and Muriel Anderson. He's also a frequent guest with jam bands such as the Dave Matthews Band, the String Cheese Incident, Phil Lesh, Moe and Umphrey's McGee.\n\nJordan has received four Grammy nominations. His most recent album "Friends" was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote, "Genius is a word often tossed around in musical circles, but it has been rightfully applied to Stanley Jordan."\nStanley Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his music career at age six studying piano, then shifting his focus to guitar at age eleven. He then began playing in rock and soul bands. In 1976, while still in high school, Jordan performed with Quincy Jones and tied for first place as a soloist at the Reno International Jazz Festival. In 1981 he earned a BA in music from Princeton University, where he studied theory and composition with composer Milton Babbitt and computer music with composer Paul Lansky. While still at Princeton, Jordan performed with Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie.\n\nJordan came to prominence with the release of his 1985 album Magic Touch, a revolutionary project that placed him at the forefront of re-launching legendary Blue Note Records into a contemporary entity in jazz and beyond, as also established the then-twenty-something Jordan as among the most distinctive and refreshing new voices of the electric guitar. Jordan had begun applying his unique technique to his already exemplary traditional playing ten years prior to the Magic Touch album. Though Jordan showcased the technique in a variety of musical styles from swing to rock, it was smooth jazz radio support for his singular versions of "The Lady in My Life" (first recorded by Michael Jackson) and the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" that sent Magic Touch to the top of Billboard's jazz chart for a stunning and record-breaking 51 weeks. The album became a gold-seller (over 500,000 sold in the U.S. alone) - outstanding for any jazz or instrumental CD.\n\nSubsequent albums found Jordan ushering his audience into deeper levels of his artistry and stretching his music beyond stylistic boundaries. These projects included a solo guitar album titled Standards Volume 1 (1986) where Stanley made the bold statement that songs by the likes of Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix deserved recognition as standards just as much as older chestnuts like Hoagy Charmichael's "Georgia On My Mind." He followed that with the dance-pop album Flying Home (1988) and the especially edgy Cornucopia (1990), which spanned the gamut from straight-ahead jazz recorded live to multi-dimensional originals recorded in the studio. Still later in 1994 after a move to Arista Records (then helmed by pop music maverick Clive Davis), he recorded the bracingly eclectic Bolero album, featuring covers of Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon," Jimi Hendrix's "Drifting," his original "Plato's Blues" and the CD's centerpiece, a 17-minute arrangement of Ravel's "Bolero", which flowed seamlessly between rock, African, Latin, "groove" and "industrial" sections. During this era, Jordan also made history by creating the seminal "startup" sound for the first generation of Power Macintosh computers.\n\nIn 2002, Stanley released the album Dreams of Peace with the Italian band Novecento. It was remixed and re-released in the USA in 2004 on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. Independently, he recorded two CDs: Ragas (a collaboration with musicians from India featuring Jay Kishor on sitar) and Relaxing Music for Difficult Situations Volume 1, an audio extension of his interest in music therapy. In 2007 Jordan signed with Mack Avenue Records and released State of Nature in 2008 and Friends in 2011. For Friends, he invited musical guests including guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli, Mike Stern, Russell Malone and Charlie Hunter; violinist Regina Carter; saxophonists Kenny Garrett and Ronnie Laws; trumpeter Nicholas Payton; bassists Christian McBride and Charnett Moffett; and drummer Kenwood Dennard. The results proved truly outstanding on numbers ranging from a Bela Bartok piece to a Katy Perry pop smash, a heady original blues and three jazz classics spanning swing, cool, samba and modern.\n\nJordan has been known to TV and film audiences as well. In 1987 he made a cameo appearance in the Blake Edwards movie Blind Date, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger. In the tribute film, Les Paul: He Changed the Music Jordan performed with a guitar supergroup including Les Paul himself, Eddie Van Halen, BB King, Steve Miller, David Gilmour, and Brian Setzer. In 1995 Jordan created the score for the short film One Red Rose, starring Hill Harper and Victoria Rowell, directed by Charlie Jordan. In 1996 he created the score for an ABC afternoon TV special Daddy's Girl, directed by Diane Wynter. Since the mid 80s he has performed on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The David Letterman Show and the Grammy Awards. One notable appearance was a duet on the Tonight Show with the late rock superstar Robert Palmer.\n\nStanley is committed to music as an artistic, spiritual, and even health-promoting endeavor. He has been immersed for more than a decade in music therapy, towards which he is now working for a master's degree at Arizona State University. His involvement with music therapy leads him to do outreach in schools, hospitals and other venues wherever he tours. He is an artist-spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association, and he has done numerous lectures and demonstrations on the healing applications of music.\n\nJordan has maintained an extensive and consistent international touring schedule. In between tour stops he is now at work on his next highly anticipated album from Mack Avenue Records, for release next year.\n\nJordan is currently a resident of Sedona, Arizona. He has one daughter, Julia. Julia Jordan is a singer\/songwriter living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania who sometimes collaborates with her dad.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0130-Indecision-web-banner-056a513f07.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/indecision-ft-stanley-jordan","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Jan<\/span> 30<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0130-Indecision-thumbnail-f9fe6f6b4f.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Zoso - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience","media_tagline":"","event_body":"This show is General Admission standing on the floor and reserved balcony.  \n \n\nZoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience\n\n Celebrating 31 years of touring in 2026, Zoso has become one of the most iconic and respected Led Zeppelin tribute experiences in the world, having played over 4,900 shows in all 50 states and internationally. Known for their unparalleled dedication to faithfully recreating the legendary band's live performances, Zoso has earned accolades from both critics and fans alike. Zoso’s live performances focus on the raw energy and intricate musicality of Led Zeppelin’s best-known hits and deeper tracks, with a particular emphasis on recreating their live show experience. The band’s commitment to authenticity has earned them praise from major outlets, with the LA Times calling them “head and shoulders above all other Led Zeppelin tributes,” and the St. Petersburg Times describing them as “the most exacting of all the Led Zeppelin tributes.”\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/020627-Zoso-web-banner-c64a495122.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/zoso-the-ultimate-led-zeppelin-experience-6","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Feb<\/span> 6<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/020627-Zoso-thumbnail-e06d7b38dc.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Shovels & Rope: Bare Bones","media_tagline":"","event_body":"SOMETHING IS WORKING UP ABOVE MY HEAD  \n\nOne night in the middle of the night there were a series of noises coming from above which lead to a series of thoughts.  It sounded like something was working.  Building something..  A nest for its family?  A trap for its prey?  This led to more thoughts about unseen things at work.  A God?  A voice in your head?  It all feels kind of made up until someone responds to it.   \n\nLess means more.  That’s kind of always how it’s been with us.  This time the rules were simple:   we can only use what we work with live and whatever we put down on tape must be accomplishable on a stage in a live setting.  That’s always seemed to be when we’re at our best.  Or most twitchy.  Many times we’ve made records that we loved and then, after figuring out how we’d perform it live, we end up falling in love with the live arrangement because being a 2 piece band it took some real risk and struggle which led to innovation which gave it a whole new life.  (Consider the tortured grape.)  So with this one we just started there and worked backwards.  The result encapsulates, more than anything we’ve done before, the sound of our live performance.  Resulting in what one might consider by definition, a definitive album.   \n\nThe summer and fall leading up to recording we spent writing songs, hanging out with family in Colorado and playing shows opening for The Wood Brothers and Gregory Alan Isokov, both of whom have large audiences.  So each night we were playing in front of a lot of people, many of whom had never heard of us.  We decided to take those opportunities to rattle our comfort zone cage and try out a bunch of brand new, just written songs and basically learn how to play them in front a few thousand people.  The songs would grow and change show to show, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.  Maybe we go down in flames?  Maybe something beautiful happens while it’s burning?  We happily embraced the chaos.  That’s kind of always how it’s been with us.   \n\nWe had a new song that initially neither of us thought that much of called ‘Love Song From A Dog’.  During one of the first nights of the Isakov run we decided, on stage, mid set, to try it out because the show was going well and the audience was warm.  To our surprise, it kind of killed and became a fan favorite moment of our set each night.  And honestly in all the years of doing this we’ve never had so many people send us messages or reach out about any one specific song as they did this one..  It just goes to show us that we don’t know anything.  When it came time to record it we thought it’d be fitting and a nice touch to have Greg sing on it since it was his audience who basically fostered it into being by giving us the confidence and encouragement we needed to see it the way they did.  He generously obliged and the song was instantly elevated by the sincerity and richness of mood that colors his voice.   \n\nThe two of us can’t help but be obsessed with duality.  The song ‘Two Wolves’ is a meditation about two conflicting energies competing for power.  The first time we ever played it was on New Years Eve at Rupp Arena opening for Tyler Childers in front of 15k or so country music fans who surely were like “what the hell is this” but to us it seemed 100 percent appropriate because, if we have a song made for an arena, this is probably it.  A fuzzy, thick riffed stomper with a hypnotic head bob refrain.  It was a big show on a big stage and we were feeling our saltiest rock n roll consummate professional selves in that moment, so we went wide open with it off the rip because well, we had to.   \n\nFor those who are new here we’ve spent the last decade or so bouncing around in the ‘Americana’ realm quite a bit.  Getting branded into that world was admittedly a bit of a shoulder shrug for us as we’ve always identified more as  messy, misfit, folk songwriters and electric yarn spinners who’s harmonies land somewhere between sweet and spit..  But the people were paying attention and we were building a fan base so we kind of felt like “who were we to tell them who we weren’t?”  But when you go all the way to Europe and are standing on a stage in front of a few hundred Scandinavians who are dressed in head to toe denim and cowboy hats expecting something a little more specific, we can’t help but feel like we’re about to confuse some people.  We will often find ourselves playing an outdoor, ‘free in the park’ type of concert series where a Male and Female with 2 guitars and beautiful harmonies will be booked as the opener and then we’ll take the stage and proceed to be a little louder and maybe a little more brash than was anticipated..  It’s always kind of been this way with us.  The joke in our camp when this happens goes something like:  And for tonight’s entertainment we have for you “The What We Thought They Were’s” followed by the “Louder Than We Thoughts”!   Recently we did a gig where the spokesperson said to us just before we went on ‘so maybe don’t come out with your heaviest guitar stuff and your 808 bass bullshit right off the rip..  there are kids and old people here and they’ll leave” (he was trying to be helpful).  We politely told him “Don’t worry, we have a plan”..  and then again opened with Two Wolves, with its loud guitar stuff and its 808 bullshit, followed by a dynamic set where we touched on all the different things we do and everyone proceeded to have a great time.  That’s kind of always how it’s been with us.    \n\nSomething Is Working Up Above My Head is a catalog of vulnerable characters with sweet and sordid narratives.\n\n‘Colorado River’ is a song about a boy and his Dad disposing of bodies in various ways as the water level recedes and dark surprises surface.  The hot dog bun line was initially supposed to be a place holder because it sounded funny and it rhymed, but then we sang it sooo many times over the summer that it built a little hot dog shack and moved in forever.  I still think it’s kind of dumb but it’s also kind of great.  For those who pay attention it's a pretty obvious John Prine nod.  I’d like to think he handed us the hot dog bun like a relay baton on his way to the great mystery.  Macabre pairs well with a side of humor.   \n\n‘Piranhanana’ is about a boy growing up in a house of sex workers and being fine with it with a little meditation, while his sister struggles to find her zen.  ‘I’d be lying’ is about navigating a crisis with a long time friend.  ‘Double Lines’ follows the journey of a young woman thru pregnancy tests, covid tests and various other forms of duality and two-ness.   \n\n‘Something is Working’ and ‘Dass Hymn’ (referring to Ram Dass) were the last 2 songs written and added to this collection of songs.  They book end the record with questions about what, if anything, is pulling the strings?  In the closing moments of the last song, 3 generations of our family all sing together about how nobody knows what happens at the end.  And in all the not knowing, it’s comforting to sing with 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Combining elements of confessional pop, folk, progressive bluegrass, and formal vocal music, The Arcadian Wild offer up songs of invitation; calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, to journey and wonder, to laugh and cry, to share joy and community and sing along.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0225-Arcadian-Wild-web-banner-85f981e24c.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/the-arcadian-wild-make-it-out-alive-tour","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Feb<\/span> 25<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0225-Arcadian-Wild-thumbnail-f098e182d9.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Clay Aiken","media_tagline":"","event_body":"America first fell in love with Clay Aiken's extraordinary voice and undeniable charisma on the second season of American Idol. His journey on the show became a cultural phenomenon, drawing nearly 40 million viewers to the finale—one of the highest-rated live television broadcasts of the 21st century—and launching one of the most successful recording careers to emerge from the series.\n\n \n\nAiken's first single, “This Is The Night,” made history as the first track by a brand-new artist to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1, selling nearly 400,000 copies in its opening week. The follow-up, “Invisible,” became a defining early-2000s pop hit, climbing to No. 37 on the Hot 100 and earning RIAA Gold certification. His debut album, Measure of a Man, then entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 and went multi-platinum, cementing him as one of pop music's biggest new artists. Among his early highlights was the chart-topping holiday album Merry Christmas with Love, which still holds the record for the largest debut week ever for a holiday album in the SoundScan era.\n\n \n\nDuring the first seven years of his recording career, Aiken sold more than six million albums worldwide while becoming a fixture on television and one of the most successful touring artists to emerge from the early 2000s pop era. His rich tenor voice, emotional delivery, and ability to effortlessly move between contemporary pop, adult contemporary, inspirational music, and timeless standards have earned him a loyal, multi-generational audience.\n\n \n\nAiken’s career has extended well beyond the recording studio, including a Broadway run in Monty Python’s Spamalot and a reunion with Ruben Studdard in 2018 for Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show, which The New York Times hailed as “a Christmas miracle.” The pair reunited once again in 2023 for a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark American Idol season before competing together on Fox’s The Masked Singer in 2024 as The Beets.\n\n \n\nBeyond his music, Aiken has long been an advocate for children with disabilities. Drawing on his pre-fame experience as a special education teacher, he co-founded the National Inclusion Project in 2003, which has since helped thousands of kids with disabilities take part in camps, after-school programs, and community activities in more than 40 states. He also spent a decade as a UNICEF ambassador, traveling to Afghanistan, Somalia, Indonesia, Mexico, Uganda, and Kenya to advocate for children's protection and education.\n\n \n\nIn 2026, Aiken began an exciting new musical chapter with the release of his first new music in eighteen years. His single "Rewind," written by Colton Avery and Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Dave Audé and produced by Audé, marked both a return to recording and a fresh creative direction. The release coincided with Aiken's homecoming to the American Idol stage, where he debuted the song during the season finale.\n\n \n\nAs he reintroduces himself to longtime fans and new listeners alike, Aiken is once again focused on what has always defined his career: exceptional songs, unforgettable performances, and one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. "Rewind" is the first offering from a new full-length studio album, due September 25, 2026, his first in nearly two decades.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0309-Clay-Aiken-web-banner-f078a0d395.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/clay-aiken","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Mar<\/span> 9<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0309-Clay-Aiken-thumbnail-fb973987f1.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Alaska Thunderf*ck: The Revolution Tour","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is an extraterrestrial phenomenon from the planet Glamtr0n. After crash-landing on Earth, she found herself on the fifth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” where she finished in the final 3 before returning to take the crown as the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 2.\n\n \n\nBeginning September 19, Alaska will star as Mary Todd Lincoln in the National Tour of Cole Escola’s acclaimed Broadway hit “Oh, Mary!”, running through January 17, 2027.\n\n \n\nAlongside Tomas Costanza and Ash Gordon, Alaska co-wrote and starred in the Off-Broadway hit “Drag: The Musical,” winning an Outer Critics Circle award for outstanding new Off-Broadway musical, and receiving 2 Drama League Award nominations, 3 Dorian Theater World Award nominations, 6 Lucille Lortel Award nominations, and winning the Queerty and the Glam Award during its celebrated Off-Broadway run.\n\n \n\nShe has released five career-defining studio albums, “Anus,” “Poundcake,” “Vagina,” “Red 4 Filth,” and “The Brunette Album,” with Rolling Stone magazine spotlighting two of her songs, “Hieeee” & “Read You Wrote You” in their 2024 “20 Best Songs By Drag Queens” profile.\n\n \n\nAlaska also co-hosts the wildly popular podcast "Race Chaser" with Willam, with whom she co-founded the LGBTQ+ "Moguls of Media" Podcast Network.\n\n \n\nHer YouTube videos boast over 60 million views with 15 million views alone (and counting) for 2017's "The T." She has over 1.8 million Instagram followers and over 1.2 million Twitter & Facebook followers. Her message to humankind? "Anus-thing is possible".\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/Alaska_660x340-c04dd83ba4.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/alaska-thunderfck-the-revolution-tour","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Mar<\/span> 20<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/Alaska_180x180-7c607dbf43.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"Hazlett ","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Hazlett is back and bringing his band to town for ‘The Comeback Tour’ this coming spring. \n\nAfter abrupt hiatus due to vocal surgery he is on the mend and cleared to hit the road in the new year. Bringing the feels from past albums and some unreleased music to those that have tickets for the evening. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date.  In the event you are unable to attend the rescheduled date, refund information will be available in the event details of your Ticketmaster order.  Any available refunds would only be processed for the original purchaser.\n\n \n\nSweden-based, Australian-born Hazlett returns to the road following the success of his latest full-length album, "last night you said you missed me".  Hazlett divulges: "When I started this whole thing I wanted anyone who starts to listen to feel like they’re part of this whole thing with me—growing and finding ourselves along the way.” Over the past several years, Hazlett and his unique brand of Indie Folk have quietly built a devoted following through his heartfelt songwriting and captivating live performances. Whether it's an intimate clubs, historic theatre, or on festival stages around the world, his ability to create genuine connection with audiences continues to set him apart. From lush acoustic textures to stripped-back ballads, anchored by songs like “doing my best”, “Blame The Moon” and “queen of the season, each piece unfolds like a page from a well-worn journal, exploring themes of self-preservation, distance, yearning, and quiet hope. For the restless hearts, the gentle souls, and the dreamers, the live show and albums it gravitates around are both a confession and a cathartic hug. It reminds us that home is not always a place. Sometimes, it’s a song that stays a while.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0420-Hazlett-web-banner-dae8ba3182.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/events\/detail\/hazlett","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Apr<\/span> 20<\/span>, 2027<\/span>","promos":"home featured just-announced","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.jeffersontheater.com\/assets\/img\/0420-Hazlett-thumbnail-94f43609f9.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}}]}