Performances at Sunoco Performance Theater
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September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 | April 2011
Brian Culbertson
Thursday, September 9, 7:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $42 and $32
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Smooth jazz
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Recommended if you like: Boney James, David Sanborn, George Benson, Rick Braun
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
XPN Welcomes
Spoon
Saturday, September 11, 7:30pm
Whitaker Center Presents at the Forum
Tickets are $35 and $30.
Student tickets are $30 and $25 in person/by phone.
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Performing songs from their hit album Transference and more.
With special guest The Shackeltons
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Recommended if you like: Vampire Weekend, Broken Bells, Phoenix, My Morning Jacket
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Please note: Certain seats in sections 202, 209, 302, and 308 may incur an obstructed view.
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Sunday, September 26, 7:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $35 and $29.50
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Critically acclaimed Irish fiddler stops at Whitaker Center as part of her international tour.
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Recommended if you like: Abigail Washburn, The Chieftains, Sting, Tracy Chapman, and Emmylou Harris
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
XPN Welcomes
Brandi Carlile
Thursday, October 7, 8pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $39.50 and $27.50
Performing fresh, rootsy tunes from her latest album, Give Up The Ghost and more.
With special guest Katie Herzig
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Recommended if you like: Patty Griffin, Indigo Girls, Ingrid Michaelson, and Sheryl Crow
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Trio Solisti
Saturday, October 9, 8pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $30. Seniors are $25. College students are $5. School-age students are free.
This outstanding violin-cello-piano ensemble returns to Harrisburg to play Trios by Dvorak, Bernstein, Moravec, Rachmaninoff, and Piazzola.
Concert Sponsor: Lois Lehrman Grass
Honoring the memory of Dr. Robert E. Dye.
Presented by Market Square Concerts.
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
An evening with
The Max Weinberg Big Band
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $35, $45, and $75 for meet-and-greet
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien bandleader and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band member comes to Harrisburg.
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Recommended if you like: Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie
Presented by Point Entertainment and Greenbelt Events in association with Whitaker Center.
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
100th Anniversary Concert for the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind
Thursday, October 14, 8:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $25
Featuring American Idol finalist - Scott MacIntyre
Doors open at 7:30pm
All proceeds benefit the blind and visually impaired community.
Sponsored by Cambria County Association for the Blind & Handicapped
Presented by Pennsylvania Association for the Blind
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Hansel and Gretel
Saturday, October 23, 1pm & 5pm
Sunday, October 24, 2pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $16 – Adult; $12 – Child (12 and under).
Hineline’s adaptation of the Grimms’ fairy tale is filled with a multitude of choreographic twists and turns. Perfect for introducing children and their families to dance and theatre.
Presented by Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
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Los Lonely Boys
Sunday, October 24, 8pm
Whitaker Center Presents at the Forum
Tickets are $45 (gold circle), $35 and $25
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The Grammy® Award-winning trio brings rock, blues and Tejano to Harrisburg.
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Recommended if you like: Gov't Mule, Tom Petty, Joe Bonamassa, and Alejandro Escovedo
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Please note: Certain seats in sections 202, 209, 302, and 308 may incur an obstructed view.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Wednesday, October 27, 7:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $38.50 and $29.50
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New Orleans' own jazz pioneers
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Recommended if you like: Louis Armstrong, Harry Connick, Jr., King Oliver
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
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Terri Clark
Unplugged and Alone
Friday, October 29, 7:30pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $35 and $28.50
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New music from one of Country’s top selling artists.
With special guest Lauren Lucas
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Recommended if you like: Miranda Lambert, Gretchen Wilson, Chely Wright, Sugarland
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Procol Harum
Thursday, November 4, 8pm
Whitaker Center Presents at the Forum
Tickets are $59.50, $49.50 and $39.50
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'60s prog-rock from the group that penned A Whiter Shade of Pale
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Recommended if you like: Cream, The Small Faces, Jefferson Airplane, The Moody Blues
Presented by Point Entertainment and Greenbelt Events in association with Whitaker Center.
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Please note: Certain seats in sections 202, 209, 302, and 308 may incur an obstructed view.
Camelot
Thursday, November 4 & 18, 7:30pm
Friday, November 5, 12 & 19, 8pm
Saturday, November 6, 13 & 20, 8pm
Sunday, November 7, 14 & 21, 2pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $32, $28, $17, $15 and $12.
The beloved musical tale of the legendary enchanted kingdom, Lancelot, Guenevere, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Presented by Theatre Harrisburg
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Bret Michaels
Roses & Thorns World Tour 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 8pm
Whitaker Center Presents at the Forum
Tickets are $75 (gold circle), $55, and $40
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Rock out to new music from the multi-platinum selling artist.
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Recommended if you like: Poison, Vince Neil, Saving Able, and Ozzy Osbourne
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
All pre-purchased tickets to the original performance date will be honored. Current ticket holders, who cannot attend the November 10 concert, are asked to return the tickets in person to Whitaker Center’s box office for a full refund by September 30
Please note: Certain seats in sections 202, 209, 302, and 308 may incur an obstructed view.
The Machine
Wednesday, November 24, 8pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $34 and $29
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The ultimate Pink Floyd recreation.
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Recommended if you like: The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Who, King Crimson
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Class Act Featuring Rita
with special guest Buddy King of the Magnificent Men
Saturday, November 27, 8pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $40
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Classic R&B
Recommended if you like: Tymes, The Skyliners, Nat King Cole, and The Duprees
Presented by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Harp-Felt Christmas
Sunday, November 28, 2pm & 5pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $18, $25 and $30
Presented by Harrisburg Harp Orchestra
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™
Saturday, December 11, 1pm & 5pm
Sunday, December 12, 2pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Ticket prices vary.
Take a magical journey with George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.™ A holiday tradition sure to warm your spirit.
Presented by Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Pianist Ching-Yun Hu
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 8pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $30. Seniors are $25. College students are $5. School-age students are free.
This 2009 winner of the Concert Artists Guild competition plays a recital featuring Beethoven, Liszt, Ravel, Schubert and Australian composer Carl Vine. She comes to Harrisburg immediately before her Carnegie Hall debut.
Presented by Market Square Concerts.
Photo: Christian Steiner
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Jonathan Biss, Pianist and Miriam Fried, Violinist
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 6pm
Sunoco Performance Theater
Tickets are $30. Seniors are $25. College students are $5. School-age students are free.
This outstanding son-mother violin-piano duo comes to Harrisburg to play an all Beethoven sonata.
Presented by Market Square Concerts.
Buy Tickets or call 717-214-ARTS (2787).
Whitaker Center receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the arts, a federal agency.
Established in January 2007 by the business leaders of Central Pennsylvania, the Cultural Enrichment Fund serves as the region's united fund for local arts and culture.
