Category: Event
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Dancing with the Thrill Kill Kult: A Night of Industrial Disco
How I joined a Kult and danced with the devil under the glow of neon lights. Thursday, November 6th – It was an early evening at the Reverb Nightclub (one of Reading PA’s premier rock venues). A line of people were gathered outside, ready to make their way in. The doors were open for a…
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Legendary Heavy-Metal Heavyweights Help Kickoff the Opening Nighy of Downtown Allentown’s Newest Music Venue
Saturday, March 8th – It’s been ten-years since Allentown’s longtime music venue, the Crocodile Rock Cafe, shuttered their doors. Other venues have stepped up to take its place. These include the PP&L Arena in Allentown, Wind Creek Event Center in South Side Bethlehem, and the now defunct One Center Square in Easton. Despite these efforts,…
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Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company’s 11th Anniversary Party and an Interview with Nuno of A Wilhelm Scream
The Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company celebrated their 11th anniversary on a perfect day with with food trucks, tattoos, VHS, guitar effects pedals and, of course, brews. Extra shoutout to The Plate Club and some of the best corn fritters I’ve ever had.’ The highlight, though, was the bands and the lineup was inspired. From New Jersey,…
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Meet The All-Female Team Behind Scranton, PA’s CAMP PUNKSYLVANIA Music & Camping Festival
Anticipation is building for this year’s CAMP PUNKSYLVANIAMUSIC & CAMPING FESTIVAL, taking place in Scranton, PASeptember 1-3, 2023, with a stacked lineup that includes such punk rock luminaries as The Suicide Machines, A Wilhelm Scream, Tsunami Bomb, Bad Cop Bad Cop, War On Women, The Dollyrots, The Bar Stool Preachers, Belvedere, Mikey Ergand more. Founded in 2019 and run by the all-female team…
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FOUR CHORD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 Lineup Announced: Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday, Andrew McMahon, Waterparks, The Maine, Gaslight Anthem, The Interrupters, Alkaline Trio and More!
Four Chord Music Festival returns to Western, Pennsylvania’s Wild Things Park on August 12 and 13, 2023!! The ninth iteration of the two-day, 100% DIY festival offers fans a fully stacked lineup of superstars from across the punk rock spectrum, including Yellowcard (performing ‘Ocean Avenue’ in full), Taking Back Sunday, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Gaslight Anthem, The Interrupters, Alkaline Trio, Waterparks, The Maine, Streetlight…
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CAMP PUNKSYLVANIA Music & Camping Festival Returns!!
Camp Punksylvania Music & Camping Festival has announced the full lineup of artists set to perform at the highly anticipated 3rd annual event. Pennsylvania’s first DIY music & camping festival, Camp Punksylvania takes place September 1-3, 2023 at the legendary Circle Drive-In Theater. The festival features three stages and one-of-a-kind events that showcase and uplift the voices and talents of those in marginalized communities, as well as…
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Warped 25 Years: Locations Announced
Following the announcement that 2018 would be the last cross-country run, the Vans Warped Tour headed out for a final summer of music, philanthropy, and community. Looking back on it now, Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman shares, “It was truly an honor to do a final cross-country run of Warped in 2018; to see fans…
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Warped Final Thoughts
I was late to the Warped Tour party: my first one wasn’t until 2012. No particular reason but I had been perfectly content going to club shows to see 2 or 3 bands at a time. Baking in the hot sun for 10 hours to see abbreviated sets didn’t really interest me. I finally relented and saw…
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Vans Warped Tour 2018: The End of an Era
For the last 24yrs, the Vans Warped Tour has been been the largest traveling music festival in the United States plus the longest-running touring music festival in North America. Criss-crossing through the US (and the occasional parts of the UK and Australia), It’s been nicknamed the “punk rock summer camp” for veteran bands and those…
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Punk In Drublic Festival: Philly + Interview with The Last Gang (Ep 83)
Punk isn’t for kids anymore. Sure, they may have been teens when they heard their first punk records but we all grow up and adulthood claims us all. When the Punk In Drublic festival came to Philadelphia’s Festival Pier on Mother’s Day, it brought out the 21 and way up crowd to let loose and…
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