Winston-salem, NC

If you thought the Oscars were star-studded, then you would have loved the 2024 International Black Theatre Festival’s (IBTF) gala. Fashionably-dressed attendees (some honored celebrities) adorned in tuxedos, ball gowns, and African-cultural attire graced the Benton Convention Center, in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The ballroom was saturated in purple decorations, the color that symbolizes royalty, in honor of the founders, Larry Leon Hamlin and Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin. After a scrumptious dinner, the festivities kicked-off with melodious beats of African drums, the entrance of the traditional “person-on-stilts”, followed by exotic African dancers. This cultural rendition set the stage for the Parade of Stars that ushered in the honorees of this year’s award gala.

Review: THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL'S STAR-STUDDED GALA

THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS is headed to BJCC Concert Hall in December. Performances will run December 3 - 4, 2024. Celebrate the holidays with the entire family at The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays, a mind-blowing showcase featuring jaw-dropping talents of the most incredible illusionists on earth.

THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS Comes to BJCC Concert Hall in December

Music bands often have complex dynamics and things can sometimes go wrong. Tensions and disagreements often lead to changes in the line-up. Here, we look at five founding members who, despite being instrumental in starting their bands, were asked to leave. 1. Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) Brian Jones was...

5 Founding Member Who Were Kicked Out of Their Own Bands

1 Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Sydney Green on THE GOSPEL OF JOAN (CRAWFORD) Choreographer and dancer Mufutau Yusuf makes his London premiere in Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio with his new work Impasse on Thursday 14 & Friday 15 November 2024. The piece premiered at Dublin Dance Festival 2024 and goes to Dance Base from 13 – 25 August as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mufutau Yusuf's New Work IMPASSE Premieres in Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio in London This Autumn

1 Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Sydney Green on THE GOSPEL OF JOAN (CRAWFORD) The Base Greenham, the visual arts centre on Greenham Business Park, has now opened OTTOPIA, a spectacular monochrome installation created by Bristol-based OTTER Produces. Open daily from 10am – 5pm from now until Thursday 29 August, offering a playful black and white adventure for families of all ages during the summer holidays.

OTTOPIA is Now Open at the Base Greenham

Gregg Allman’s solo career will be commemorated this fall through the release of Gregg Allman Band – Uncle Sam’s, a full-length concert recording that also serves as the inaugural drop from the late guitarist’s personal archive on his posthumous label, Sawrite Records. The impending capture presents one of rock-and-roll’s most significant players alongside his eponymous band as they launch what will go down in history as the start of a chart-topping solo career for Allman. A first-time live release of the aforementioned show has been shared as a preview. Listen to the classic “Midnight Rider.”

Gregg Allman’s Legacy to be Celebrated with Inaugural Concert Release From Personal Archive, Listen: “Midnight Rider”

Paige Davis (TLC’s “Trading Spaces,” Chicago, Sweet Charity) will join the cast of Sound Mind, Sound Heart: A Benefit Concert for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, one week before the cast takes the stage. Davis has previously spoken on the topic of depression on her blog, where she also shared her husband Patrick Page’s open letter to BroadwayWorld on the same topic. In her blog post, she urges readers to not suffer in silence, but rather talk about these things. Sound Mind, Sound Heart is a benefit concert with the same goal: opening up the conversation on the difficult topic of depression and suicide prevention.

Paige Davis Joins SOUND MIND, SOUND HEART: A BENEFIT CONCERT at 54 Below

Clad in an orange lab coat, silver googles and a superhero Kaboom t-shirt, David Epley, plays Doktor Kaboom, a scientist-comedian. Kaboom returns to the EdFringe for a third run, with an honourable mission of making science accessible to all, by educating using child-friendly experiments. We begin with Kaboom’s splendid audience...

Edinburgh 2024 Review: DOKTOR KABOOM: MAN OF SCIENCE! Pleasance Courtyard

Detroit, MI

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg will perform at BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre for one night only on Thursday, September 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, August 16 at 10 a.m. PT. at www.broadwaysf.com. Detroit rapper 42 Dugg found his calling during an especially dark...

Hip-Hop Artist 42 Dugg Comes to the Curran Theatre

Alaska State

Judy Collins is headed to Alaska PAC next month. The performance is on September 15 at the Discovery Theatre. In her 50-plus years in music, Judy Collins has always exhibited impeccable taste in songcraft. On her landmark 1967album, Wildflowers, she curated a stunning collection featuring originals alongside songs by not-yet household names such as Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, and adventurous selections by Jacques Brel and Francesco Landini. Her discerning palette, and her literary gifts, have enabled her to evolve into a poetic, storyteller songwriter. Now, in her 6th decade as a singer and songwriter, Judy is experiencing a profound level of growth and prolific creativity.

Judy Collins Comes to Alaska PAC

Los Angeles, CA

Mountain View, CA

Composer and California icon Danny Elfman will play two Golden State concerts showcasing his career highlights. The performances — Nov. 2 at the Hollywood Bowl and Nov. 3 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View — are his only remaining U.S. performances in 2024. Elfman will be backed by...

Danny Elfman To Play 2 Career-Spanning California Concerts

Jaffrey, NH

The famed magician and illusionist Harry Houdini will be honored at Jaffrey’s Park Theatre this Friday, August 16. As part of his performance, magician Ben Pratt will feature the famous straightjacket trick Houdini first performed in 1908. Unlike other performers, Houdini wrestled out of the straightjacket in full sight of the audience. Other magicians would go behind a curtain and remove the jacket. Pratt’s performance of this trick is always an audience pleaser among his many other illusions and tricks.

Houdini's Famous Trick Will Be Performed By Magician Ben Pratt at Park Theatre

John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 13-Biennale Musica Venezia [#9313]. John Zorn: New Masada Quartet, Volume Three [#9315]. Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM: Medietas [#4052-3]

New and Upcoming Releases From Tzadik

With more artists to be announced soon. Cocoon is set to make a triumphant return to the White Isle for its 25th anniversary celebration. The event is scheduled for September 25th, 2024, at 528 Ibiza. This milestone event marks Cocoon’s first return to Ibiza since 2009, featuring a lineup headlined...

Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin to headline Cocoon’s 25th anniversary

The song is taken from his first new album in nine years. “Dark And Velvet Nights” is the new single from David Gilmour’s forthcoming album, Luck and Strange, which will be released on September 6th via Sony Music. The single is available to stream and the music video,...

David Gilmour shares ‘Dark and Velvet Nights’

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

K-pop group B.D.U are headed to Jersey City's White Eagle Hall this weekend! The group, best known from Mnet's reality competition program Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survival, on which they were formed, will perform on Friday, August 16. The New Jersey date is just one stop on the group's...

K-Pop Group B.D.U Will Perform in Jersey City This Weekend

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	Trance fans rejoice, and prepare to open your wallets. Friday Dance Music Guide: The Week's Best New Tracks From Chase & Status and Stormzy, Loud Luxury and Bobby Shmurda & More




	On Monday (Aug. 12), 12-inch vinyl editions of more than 50 classic trance tracks and albums are going up for auction via Amplifyd, the online auction platforms that specializes in music collections and experiences and has previously hosted auctions for artists like Danny Tenaglia and events including EDC Las Vegas.




	This latest auction includes all-time classics like Tiësto’s 2004 remix of “Silence” by Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan, Sasha’s 1999 Xpander EP,...

Vinyl Editions of Trance Classics by Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Sasha & More Being Auctioned for Charity

Fontaines D.C. have a new album called Romance arriving later this month. The Irish post-punks have shared a few singles from it, including “Starburster,” “Favourite” (which you voted as one of 2024’s Songs Of The Summer), and “Here’s The Thing” (which we named one of the Best Songs Of The Week). Safe to say there’s a lot of excitement surrounding this new record.

Watch Fontaines D.C. Debut New Song “Death Kink” At Haldern Pop Festival


				













	As the summer season begins to wind down, why not heat up your playlists with some new tunes from your favorite queer artists? Billboard Pride is proud to present the latest edition of Queer Jams of the Week, our roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists.Kehlani Opens Up About Embracing Their Non-Binary Identity: 'I'm Going to Exist Loudly'




	From Beabadoobee’s new album to Kali Uchis’ extended version of her 2024 masterpiece, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below:



	
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	Beabadoobee is taking the reins on her newest album. This Is How Tomorrow...

Queer Jams of the Week: New Music from Beabadoobee, Kali Uchis, Remi Wolf & More

What is there to be said about the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra that hasn’t already been said? For twenty-five years it has united Arab and Israeli musicians under the baton of Jewish co-founder Daniel Barenboim (late Palestinian Critical Theorist Edward Said is the other co-founder); their declaration of unity and of humanity, in the face of growing global darkness echoes heart-warmingly loud as they return to the Royal Albert Hall with a sensuous romantic double bill of Brahms’ "Violin Concerto in D major" and Franz Schubert’s "Symphony No. 9".

Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 31: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER PLAYS BRAHMS, Royal Albert Hall

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Dublin Theatre Festival Will Open With the World Premiere of Teaċ Daṁsa's NOBODADDY

DTF 2024 will welcome back Teaċ Daṁsa for our opening production, Nobodaddy, a feast of dance, music and theatre created by Michael Keegan-Dolan in collaboration with...

Dublin Theatre Festival Will Open With the World Premiere of Teaċ Daṁsa's NOBODADDY

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