The preeminent jam band led by guitarist Trey Anastasio — who grew up in Princeton — will kick off its fall 2026 tour with three nights at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on October 2-4.
The Vermont-born band, which also includes bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboard player Page McConnell, have a long history at the Jersey Shore resort town.
Twice before, in 2010 and 2013, the band did three-night Boardwalk Hall stands in October, with each of those including one of the band’s trademark surprise Halloween sets. Also, in 2012, the quartet played three outdoor shows at Bader Field. In 2021 and 2022, the band did three shows on the Atlantic City beach.
In general, Phish doesn’t play Philadelphia the years it plays in Atlantic City. It played in Philadelphia for three nights at the Mann in 2013 and 2015, and in 2024 changed things up with a trio of shows at its own Mondegreen Festival in Dover, Del.
Fans pack the beach near the stage as Phish performs a beach concert in Atlantic City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. At right is Caesars Casino. VERNON OGRODNEK / For The InquirerVERNON OGRODNEK / For The Inquirer
Other high profile non-casino bookings this year included a stop on Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” World Tour at Boardwalk Hall last month and the beach show with Australian electronic band Rüfüs Du Sol on Aug. 29.
Phish posted ticket instructions for the Atlantic City shows on Tuesday. A fan club ticket request period at tickets.phish.com is now underway and continues until noon Monday, Aug. 10.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. Also, a limited number of travel packages for Atlantic City will go on sale Wednesday at noon at https://phishfall.100xhospitality.com/.
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter who fronted the Frames and won a best song Oscar for “Failing Slowly” from the 2007 film Once, is being mourned worldwide after his death at 56 in a motorcycle crash in Dublin this week.
Bruce Springsteen paid tribute, saying Hansard was “always nothing but a great musician, a good friend and a generous and gracious man.” Ed Sheeran called him “an incredible human, an incredible force.” U2’s Bono said he was “a choir of angels in one man.”
Hansard’s loss is being felt particularly keenly in Philadelphia where he established deep connections in the music community in recent years.
Beginning in 2025, and continuing this past winter, Hansard spent weeks working on an album with producer Charlie Hall of the War on Drugs.
The sessions, which included Philly musicians, such as guitarist Kevin Hanson, pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly, and drummer Nazir Ebo, as well as Drugs bassist Dave Hartley and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, were held at Elm Street Studios in Conshohocken, which is owned by Rob Hyman of the Hooters.
Hansard’s Philadelphia story included a gig at the Non-Commvention in 2015 when the singer, who began his career as a busker on the streets of Dublin, played World Cafe Live accompanied by two young violinists he saw playing for tips on Walnut Street.
“Unforgettable gig all around,” said promotor Jeffrey Ziga of R5 Productions. “The church show was supposed to be a small and intimate thing before that new record came out and he was going to come back around. It’s so sad.”
From left: Glen Hansard, Nels Cline, and Charlie Hall at Elm Street Studios in Conshohocken in January. Irish singer-songwriter Hansard, who died Jul 29 in a motorcycle crash in Dublin, was working on an album of new music produced by Hall, who plays drums in the War on Drugs and produced the Philly Specials holiday albums.James Farrell
Hall and Hansard met in 2023, when the War on Drugs played Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival in California.
“Glen came into my life like a tsunami of love and affection,” Hall said of Hansard, who was raised in the household of an alcoholic father and left home as a teenager to sing on the streets.
“My dad was quiet, angry, shut down,” Hansard told the New York Times in 2012, “so my thing is: I express everything that’s there. I want to get it all out.”
“We were just instantly friends,” Hall said. “He just led with total honesty and put himself out there. He was the most compassionate person I’ve ever known. He was just always concerned with those without.”
“He said, ‘We can go anywhere you want,’” recalled Hall, who spoke on the phone while sitting on the stoop of the St. Albans Street house in the Devil’s Pocket neighborhood where Hansard would stay while in town.
“And I was like, ‘Come to Philly. It’s beautiful here, and you’re gonna love it.’ I just surrounded him with all my favorite people. And I knew instantly that what we were doing was special.”
Hansard first came to Elm Street to work with Hall and his crew in March 2025 and then again in January this year.
“He was here for that biblical snowstorm,” said Hall, and Hansard had never shoveled snow before. “He just took a shovel and was shoveling everybody’s stoops on St. Albans Street. It was just, ‘Oh my God, this is too funny.’”
Philadelphia music producer and the War on Drugs drummer Charlie Hall (left) and Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard in Asbury Park in April. Hansard, 56, died on in a motorcycle accident in Dublin on July 29.Danny Clinch
“I was like a fly on the wall,” Hyman said. “Glen came out, and Charlie brought in a bunch of musicians to experiment and jam.”
Hansard, who this year released the career-spanning Don’t Settle collections, Transmissions East, Vol. 1 and Transmissions West, Vol. 2, had an abundance of creative ideas, Hyman said.
“Glen was constantly writing and had a bag full of notes and songs. He’s just one of those guys who made everybody feel super important and interesting, and he himself was just nonstop storytelling. He had met everyone and done it all but was just very down to earth.
“A rugged guy but with a very sweet and friendly side. I’m just reading these tributes and everybody is saying these same things about him, and they’re all true. It’s the same guy we got to know and love.”
Cline, who has his own long history with Philadelphia, came to Conshohocken to work with Hansard. “What a marvelous experience it was,” he said in a Facebook post. “I’m pretty sure everyone who came into contact with this man felt his warmth, passion and massive talent. I sure did.”
For Hansard, who is survived by his wife, Maire Saaritsa, and their son, Christy, 3, the holy trinity of songwriters was Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Van Morrison. His priceless pinch-me story about being invited to Morrison’s 50th birthday party is easily found on the internet.
Snacktime first met Hansard when its members were hanging around backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in July 2025.
“We all had our horns out,” said sousaphonist Sam Gellerstein. “And Glen walked by and asked us if we knew Van Morrison’s ‘Into The Mystic.’”
They did.
Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard appear after performing during the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2008. Mark J. Terrill
“We hopped up with him. It went super well. So then he was like, ‘Hey, I’m playing Philly, let’s do it again. Here’s a handful of songs.’
“And then he started sending me more and more. Basically after the set was over, we had improvised an entire set of music. We were making up arrangements as we went along. It was magical. You don’t often meet people in this industry that are so beautiful and generous and genuine.”
The music that Hansard made at Elm Street is essentially finished, Hall said, though when he spoke to the singer last weekend, Hansard was eager to return to do more recording.
“He loved it here,” said Hall. “I mean, he wanted to call [the album] Philadelphia, first of all. I don’t know if that’s what it will be. But that’s what he always called it.”
The album, which also includes vocal contributions recorded remotely from k.d. lang, Sharon Van Etten, and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, “is devotional music,” Hall said. “It’s soulful and burning with a sort of quiet fire.”
It’s not clear when it will be released, but “it’s beautiful and I hope his fans get to hear it because he worked really hard on it.”
Hall is heartbroken at the loss of a friend and musical partner.
“But it’s everybody’s loss,” he said. “The thing about Glen is that he made everybody he came in contact with feel heard. So that connection that I feel with him is not unique. He made everybody feel that way.”
Glen Hansard’s funeral will be held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 1:30 p.m. That’s 8:30 a.m. Philadelphia time. It will be livestreamed at RIP.IE.
LONDON — Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Academy Award for the 2007 film Once, died in a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. He was 56.
ATC Management told broadcaster RTE that Mr. Hansard’s family was “deeply shocked and heartbroken.”
News of his death brought tributes from fellow musicians including Bruce Springsteen, who said on Instagram he was “heartbroken” at the loss of “a great musician, a good friend and a generous and gracious man.”
Irish police said a man in his 50s died in single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Lucan, on the western outskirts of the Irish capital, before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The man, who they did not name, was treated at the scene but pronounced dead a short time later.
Mr. Hansard combined acting and a musical career. He played a member of a Dublin soul band in the hit 1991 movie The Commitments and won an Oscar in 2008 for the song “Falling Slowly,” which he co-wrote for the indie musical Once with co-star Markéta Irglová.
Once, a love story about two struggling musicians, was later adapted for Broadway, again with songs by Mr. Hansard and Irglová. It won eight Tony Awards in 2012, including best musical.
Mr. Hansard was long-serving front man for rock band The Frames, half of rock duo The Swell Season with Irglová, and released solo albums including Didn’t He Ramble, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2016.
Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly said he was one of Ireland’s great singer-songwriters.
“Glen was one of the vital driving influences of the Irish music world, bringing people together in the sharing of live music,” Connolly said. ”He will be sorely missed by all who knew him or experienced his work.”
Actor-comedian Chris O’Dowd said Mr. Hansard’s “energizing melodies and soulful, searching voice made the tough times more manageable, the stagnant times more beautiful, and the joyful times even more memorable.”
Mr. Hansard started out as a busker on the streets of Dublin. He became famous for leading the Christmas Eve busk outside Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, where members of the public gathered to see famous Irish musicians perform in aid of a homelessness charity.
Former Irish president Michael D. Higgins said Mr. Hansard was a “wonderful musician and performer” who also “placed great emphasis throughout his life to the importance of tackling the problems of society.”
At the funeral of The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023, Mr. Hansard performed a rousing version of The Pogues’ song “Fairytale Of New York” with Irish singer Lisa O’Neill that had the congregation dancing in the aisles of the church.
Mr. Hansard is survived by his wife, Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa, and their 3-year-old son, Christy.
This week in Philly music features the biggest country music tour of the summer for two nights in South Philly, the Chicks in Atlantic City, PJ Morton in Fishtown, a bluegrass fest in Wind Gap, Pa., Lyle Lovett kicking off a three-night stand at City Winery, and two all-time great music legends born with the name Herbert playing on the same night.
Wednesday, July 29
Herbie Hancock
A giant with a history that includes fruitful years playing with Miles Davis in the 1960s, funk and fusion innovation with Headhunters in the 1970s, and even a breakout MTV hit with “Rockit” in the 1980s. Herbie Hancock is the rare jazz artist who can — at age 85 — headline a room as big as the Met. For this tour, the pianist and keyboard player’s band includes trumpeter Terence Blanchard and guitarist Lionel Loueke. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com
Wayne Hancock
Pop country stars pay lip service to the legacy of the late great Hank Williams. But few if any embody Williams’ unvarnished honky tonk than Wayne “The Train” Hancock. Particularly in this extreme weather season, “Thunderstorms & Neon Signs” is a classic. 8 p.m., Nikki Lopez, 3014 South St., instagram.com/nikkilopezphilly.
Herb Alpert plays Wilmington on Wednesday, New Brunswick on Thursday and York on Friday.Dewey Nicks
Herb Alpert
Trumpeter, bandleader, and visionary businessperson — he founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss in 1962 — Herb Alpert has had a career of remarkable duration. The 91-year-old entertainer, whose instrumental hits include “A Taste of Honey,” “The Lonely Bull,” and “Rise,” released his 50th album, 50, in 2024 and celebrated the 60th anniversary of his iconic 1965 album, Whipped Cream & Other Delights, last year. He’s touring with a new version of his longtime ensemble, the Tijuana Brass. After his show in Delaware, he has dates in New Brunswick, N.J., on Thursday and York, Pa., on Friday. 8 p.m., The Grand, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, thegrandwilmington.org
Thursday, July 30
Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Band
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Keifer led Cinderella, the Philly band formed in Clifton Heights, which was the leading light of the hair metal scene at Empire Rock Club in Northeast Philly. The band scored with hit albums Night Songs in 1986 and Long Cold Winter in 1988. 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 S. Keswick Ave., Glenside, keswicktheatre.com.
Emily Moales, Louise Sullivan, and Sam Sullivan hang out inside the Historic NJ studio in South Philadelphia on Friday, July 10, 2026. The Sullivans play the Foundry at the Fillmore on Tursday, opening for Baba Rainbow.Aidan T. Gallo / Staff Photographer
Babe Rainbow / Sam and Louise Sullivan
Australian psychedelic rock band Babe Rainbow — formed in the surfers’ home of Rainbow Bay — is touring behind its seventh album, Acid and Honey. Just added to the bill are Sam and Louise Sullivan, the sibling duo who are part of the South Philly-based Historic NJ collective, and has just released their terrific third album, Love & Devotion. 8 p.m., Foundry at the Fillmore, 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com
South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini is a composer, educator, producer, and sangoma, or spiritual healer. The Myth We Chose is his lovely, calming new album on Blue Note Records. Makhathini cites John Coltrane’s quartet with McCoy Tyner as a prime influence. 8 p.m., Solar Myth, 1131 S. Broad St., solarmythbar.com
Thursday July 30-Sunday Aug. 2
Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Festival
This four-day fest in Wind Gap, Pa. — an hour and a half north of Philly in Northampton County — looks like fun to me, with a slew of serious pickers and fiddlers. Bands include the Grascals, Henhouse Prowlers, the Coal Fired Rounders, Martha Spencer, and Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass. Thursday-Sunday, Mountain View Park, 206 E. Mountain Rd., Wind Gap, abfawindgap.org
Te Vista play Free at Noon at World Stage on Friday. Courtesy of the Artist
Friday, July 31
Te Vista
Jangly power pop-plus South Jersey band Te Vista’s bittersweet and catchy album House would surely be on a list of the best Philly-area releases in 2026 … if its release date of Dec. 26, 2025, had been a week later. Free. Noon, World Stage, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org
PJ Morton
Partying happens on Saturday, and praying commences on Sunday. That age-old chronology is explored on Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, the new album from keyboard player and singer PJ Morton, who is also a member of Maroon 5. It’s half R&B (and pop, with a little reggae), and half gospel. 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy becomes a nonagenarian on Thursday, and the Chicago bluesman who remains a thrilling guitarist will be in Atlantic City the following evening. His “Buddy Guy 90 tour” then comes to the Keswick Theatre in Glenside on Sunday. 8 p.m., Ovation Hall at Ocean Resort, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, theoceanac.com.
The Chicks performing at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, Friday, July 8, 2022.STEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer
The Chicks
The Texas trio of Natalie Maines and sisters Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire is on tour for the 20th anniversary of Taking the Long Way, the 2006 album that won five Grammys. It was the first album to be released after the band became a culture war flashpoint after it was essentially banned from country radio due to Maines’ comments criticizing the George W. Bush administration’s war in Iraq. There are no Philly dates, so this is the only date in the area in 2026. 8 p.m., Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, casino.hardrock.com/atlantic-city
Ella Langley plays Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, the second of Morgan Wallen’s “Still the Problem” tour dates in Philly.Columbia Records
Friday and Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1
Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley
Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley are not only the two biggest country stars in America in 2026 — they’re the biggest sellers in any genre. Wallen’s 37-song I’m the Problem, which came out in May 2025, is the biggest-selling album of 2026, with just over 2 million units, according to Luminate Data. Langley’s Dandelion is second, with 1.6 million.
And with 15 straight weeks at #1, Langley’s single “Choosin’ Texas” has surpassed Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” and Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” as the longest chart topper by a woman that’s not a holiday song. (Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” held the spot for 22 weeks.)
Wallen’s “Still the Problem” final two dates are in South Philly, with Brooks & Dunn opening Friday and Langley on Saturday. 5:30 p.m., Lincoln Financial Field, One Lincoln Financial Way, lincolnfinancialfield.com.
Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, and Kamasi Washington of Dinner Party play Union Transfer on Sunday.Courtesy of Dinner Party
Saturday, Aug. 1
Mitch-A-Palooza
Retro City Studios Room B owner Mitch Beer is hosting a benefit concert for Philly Music Fest and the locally based Music Media Collective. The lineup is headed up by Stereo League, whose Alex Savoth just released a rock-solid solo album, Midnight Sun. Also on the bill, the Commission, Brian LaPenn, Bo Rains, and the Sharpness, which is Beer’s family band with his wife, Bo Rains, and their 6-year-old son, Levi. 8 p.m. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com
Buddy Guy poses for a portrait at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The blues great plays Atlantic City and Glenside this week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Nam Y. Huh
Sunday, Aug. 2
Dinner Party
The new album by Dinner Party, that’s due Aug. 7, has a cute question in its title: Whatchu Bringing? In a show that’s been moved from Heuser Park in King of Prussia, the quartet of saxophonist Kamasi Washington, pianist Robert Glasper, rapper-producer Terrace Martin, and DJ-producer 9th Wonder will be bringing an improvisational jazz-soul-funk-hip-hop stew that’s likely to result in one of the tastiest shows of the summer. 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., utphilly.com
Lyle Lovett performs at the Lansdowne Theater in Lansdowne, Pa., on Thursday, March 12, 2026.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett is a funny storyteller and a gifted musician and songwriter, as well a natty dresser. In 2022, he did a run of shows at City Winery with his Large Band, and in March, he played in Landsdowne with John Hiatt. Now, he’s coming back to City Winery solo for three shows, beginning Tuesday. 8 p.m., City Winey, 990 Filbert St., citywinery.com/philadelphia
No texting, no photos, no distractions. With mobile devices locked away in Yondr pouches, Jill Scott’s four-night stand at the Met Philly is a phone-free experience.
In her run of sold-out shows at the Broad Street opera house that kicked off Friday and — with a couple of days off in between — finishes Wednesday night, there’s no intermediary technology to separate Jilly from Philly.
Which really is “The Way” — the title of one of her signature hits, from her 2000 debut Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 — it should be.
When it comes to building community, Scott is up there with the best. Her staunchly loyal following has lived through trials and tribulations with the singer-songwriter-poet-rapper-and-actress from just ‘round the way at 23rd and Lehigh in North Philly for a quarter-century.
At Monday night’s 2-hour, 23-song show, that bond was evident from the get-go.
Following an opening set by Camden trumpeter and bandleader Arnetta Johnson, who is also scheduled to perform Wednesday, Scott opened with five straight tracks fromTo Whom This May Concern, her sixth album, which came out in February and is her first in 11 years.
The first, “Dope S—,” featured a prerecorded spoken word piece by poet Maha Adachi Earth that offered a taste of what was to come: “I been manifesting visions, oh chile, I been making them all come true … I make love, I be good, I do dope s—.”
That was followed by “Be Great,” a horn-fired banger cowritten with Adam Blackstone and Trombone Shorty that featured video screen images of HBCU marching bands while sousaphonist Adam Smith II — who otherwise played guitar — prowled the stage.
That song threw down a challenge, to her audience, and to Scott herself: “All my life I want to do good, wanted to be good, to feel free of a history that made me cry,” she sang over a rugged funk groove.
Then, she gave it a second thought: “I’ma go ahead and be great. Why not?”
The new songs were warmly received by an audience that has grown up with Scott, 54, since she emerged from the turn-of-the-century neo-soul scene at the Black Lily nights at Old City club the Five Spot.
The crowd was approximately 70% female, and as almost entirely Black as, for instance, the crowds at Connor Barwin’s Make the World Better concerts this past weekend at the Dell Music Center were almost entirely white.
Jill Scott at One Philly: Unity Concert for America on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4. Scott performed at the Met Philly on Monday, July 27, on her tour for her new album “To Whom This May Concern,” but no photography was permitted. She will return to the Met for one more show on Wednesday, July 29. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
To Whom is a jam-packed, musically diverse return from Scott, of which she is justifiably proud. She wove 14 of the album’s 19 tracks into her set.
“Liftin’ Me Up,” which included a snippet of Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” was one To Whom highlight.
Another was “Pay U on Tuesday,” in which Scott, who now lives outside of Nashville, Tenn., excoriated deadbeats — “You in jail again this weekend? You ain’t got your child support, for real? — in the style of 1920s blues belters like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey.
Scott keeps up a lively, theatrical but heartfelt rapport with her people, about love, loss, self-care, and finding the way to fulfillment. And the audience is happy to talk back.
At different junctures, the video screen depicted a house with boxes of troubles outside labeled “Self Doubt” and “Ugliness,” packed up to be disposed.
On “The Math,” the screen showed algebraic equations while Scott sang about behavior that does not add up to equal self-esteem. “Do the math, Jill!” a woman standing behind me enthusiastically shouted out. “Do the math!”
As well as Scott’s new music went over, the crowd-pleasers came from the benchmark albums that kicked off her career. All night long, she was in excellent voice, not only singing, but rapping on “Norf Side” and “BPOTY.”
She had plenty of help from fans who rose from their seats and joined in full-throated unison on the neighborhood stroll of “A Long Walk” and tender “The Way” from her debut, and “Cross My Mind” and “Golden” from 2002’s Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2.
FILE 3/28/00 Photography by Peter Tobia Black Lily, the soul-rap club event that showcases female artist held at the Five Spot in Center City. Jill Scott, pop soul singer, delights the crowd with wonderful vocals.Peter Tobia / Staff Photographer
Scott’s 10-member band is of the highest caliber. The three male backup vocalists known as the Pipes supported her ably throughout. When the star left for a costume change — from one blue gown to another, with an ankle-length poofy white coat added for the second half — the trio kept the vibe alive with a winning version of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”
“This is live music!” Scott intermittently stated throughout the evening, reminding the room that nothing they were hearing was canned. “This is live music!”
She added, before “He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat),” that “Philadelphia keeps music alive.” The city continues to produce the world’s best musicians, said the singer, who grew up less than three miles away from the Met, on the 2300 block of Oakdale St. Other artists come to her shows to lure players away for their own bands, she added, “but they always come back.”
With that, she introduced pianist Eric Wortham II, who has also toured with Adele and Jazmine Sullivan. He played a delicate intro to “He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat),” which came to a close with Scott’s showstopping operatic vocal flourishes.
Special praise at the end of the show was reserved for bass player Duane “DW” Wright, with whom the singer shares music director duties. Scott was sexually frank throughout the evening, but she got down got and dirty during the finale when DW was spotlighted.
Album cover of Jill Scott’s sixth studio “To Whom This May Concern” is a portrait of Jill Scott by muralist Marcellous LovelaceMarcellous Lovelace
She called him a “whisperer” with a specialty in women’s sexuality. Wright laid down a deliciously provocative groove just to prove her right, and the audience leaned in, paying particularly close attention.
Jill Scott with Arnetta Johnson and Freebird at the Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday July 29, themetphilly.com.
Set list for Jill Scott at the Met Philadelphia, July 27, 2026
Ever been throwing back a white tea shot (or four) at Drinker’s Pub at 19th and Chestnut Streets and found yourself wondering: “You know what would make this better? A slender strawberry-blonde ghost.”
Well, apparently, you wouldn’t be the only one. At an onstage Q&A in a respite from performing, singer-songwriter Audrey Hobert was asked: “If you could haunt any place, just some place, for the rest of your life, what would you choose?”
As she gripped a plastic water bottle sitting in front of a large speaker, Hobert, who grew up in L.A., smiled and contemplated.
“Such a great question,” responded Hobert, in a lime green zip-up and gym shorts. “I would probably haunt this bar in Philly which is where, during my song ‘Silver Jubilee,’ it’s like based on a real weekend in Philly in my life and that’s where we spent most of the weekend so I’d probably haunt that bar. It’s the best bar I’ve ever been to.”
The video capturing the moment was posted Sunday on TikTok and labeled as “audrey q+a in columbus.” It has since amassed more than 130,000 views.
Hobert didn’t go into detail about what made the experience so memorable other than spending time with friends and family and a mysterious man from Spain. But almost two years later, the neighborhood haunt (pun somewhat intended) still clearly holds a special place in her heart.
The “Sue Me” singer is in the midst of her “The Staircase to Stardom Tour,” which stopped in Philadelphia on June 10 at the Met.
Philly band Snacktime made its presence felt in a big way at the Newport Folk Festival over the weekend.
The 215 septet, which got its start busking in Rittenhouse Square during the pandemic, was all over the prestigious Rhode Island boutique festival, most notably guesting with Ms. Lauryn Hill.
It’s the band’s second straight year playing the fest that’s, of course, known for being where Bob Dylan went electric in 1965 and also for its smartly curated lineups and surprise mashups of artists.
On Friday, the band members — wearing their trademark black faux Sixers jerseys — joined Hill as the Fugees singer’s horn section, on “Doo Wop (That Thing),” from her 1998 classic album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which was released on Conshohocken’s Ruffhouse Records.
That day, they also played with Quinn of Mt. Joy — which has a date at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden on Sept. 25. On Saturday morning, the band played with Trousdale. Then later in the day, Snacktime joined Gilfillian for part of his “Sea to Shining Sea” music and storytelling initiative which the Morton, Pa., native put together with Newport Festival Foundation executive director Jay Sweet.
“Wow …. Unreal weekend. We don’t know what to say other than WE LOVE YOU ALL!!! Thank you @newportfolkfest for one of the best weekends of our lives,” the band said in an Instagram post showing a stage-eye view of a performance of its song “Together,” while heads nodded in the crowd and boats bobbed on Narragansett Bay.
As part of its busy weekend, the band members also posted an AI-generated photo of LeBron James wearing a Snacktime Sixers jersey.
Next, Snacktime is Chicago bound to play the Lollapalooza Festival (July 30 to Aug. 2), alongside acts like Charli XCX, Olivia Dean, and Lorde. They’ll also be joining Gilfillian on tour for dates around the U.S. in September and October.
The final night of Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition” played out like a quasi-religious experience for 15,000 or so ecstatic date-night — and girls-night-out — fans at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday.
And the two-hour, 25-song performance by the irrepressibly dynamic Colombian entertainer on the short list of the biggest pop stars in the world came with its own 10 Commandments.
The 10 Commandments of the She-Wolf, that is.
That list of lupine words to live by was counted down as the singer hustled off for what was maybe her 10th costume change of the night — I lost count — after she had completed her pre-encore set.
It followed not one but two official World Cup anthems in “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” from 2010 and this year’s “Dai Dai,” a collaboration with Nigerian singer Burna Boy, which they performed together during the halftime show World Cup Final in East Rutherford, N.J., last weekend.
Shakira performs at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., in June. The Colombian pop star played the final show on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night.Chris Polk
(For those seeking a deeper experience of “Dai Dai” — which is an Italian slang expression meaning “Come on” — a cocktail by that name made of tequila, Sprite, and pineapple was available on the concourse for $19 or in a supersized mason jar for $29.)
But back to the She-Wolf. “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” translates from Spanish to English — both of which Shakira sang in and used to address the crowd on Saturday — as “women no longer cry.”
The 2024 album that the tour is named for was largely inspired by the end of Shakira’s relationship with Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué.
And during the South Jersey La Lloran tour date, she repeated themes of female solidarity. Early in the evening she wore a metallic She-Wolf breastplate designed by Gaurav Gupta while singing an acoustic “Acróstica,” speaking of emerging post-breakup “a little bit wiser, a little bit stronger.”
Shakira performs at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., in June. The Colombian pop star played the final show on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night.Chris Polk
But that turned out to be only a teaser of the She-Wolf to come.
For the encore, first the commandments were revealed, including “Do not suppress your wild nature,” “Howl, for no one can silence you,” and “Protect and care for your pack above all else.”
Then, a giant inflatable and impressively lifelike wolf named Isabel emerged on stage, as a physical manifestation of the spirit animal of the headlining dynamo, who is 5 feet 2.
Isabel stood approximately 10 times that height, fitting comfortably beneath the 137-foot barrel-vaulted ceiling at the nearly 100-year-old Boardwalk Hall — a great place to see a show, and an intimate one by the standards of Shakira, who usually plays ginormous outdoor stadiums — shooting blue laser lights from her eyes into the crowd.
Shakira performs at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., in June. The Colombian pop star played the final show on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night.Chris Polk
Meanwhile, Shakira moved about the room in a shimmery bodysuit with her six-woman dance team. (She also had four male dancers who, among other things, dressed as furry tigers and wore pink shorts to accompany her on “Zoo,” from the 2016 Disney animated movie Zootopia, in which she played the pop star Gazelle. She introduced that song, asking: “Are you ready for some surrealism?“)
When Shakira works a room, it’s with more intensity than most. The encore included both her 2009 disco hit “She Wolf” and “BZRP Music Session #53,” her 2023 single with Argentine producer Bizarrap.
The singer and dancer moved up and down the aisles of Boardwalk Hall, fearlessly pressing the flesh with fans, taking selfies, and in one case kissing a baby who, thankfully, was outfitted with giant noise-canceling headphones. When it was all said and done, customized confetti fell from the sky: faux $100 bills, with Shakira’s face on them.
Phew! It’s tiring just to write about how much energy Shakira puts into her show. Over the course of the evening, fronting a five-piece band that seemed to rely on triggering prerecorded parts at many junctures in recreating reggaeton or Afro-pop beats, she played acoustic and electric guitar. She also briefly got behind the drum kit on “Can’t Remember to Forget You.”
And of course, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer shimmies, shakes, twerks, and gyrates on a level that is unparalleled among aerobic pop performers. A friend of mine commented online: “As my wife said, she moved parts of her body I didn’t even know existed!”
Shakira performs at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., in June. The Colombian pop star played the final show on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night.Chris Polk
And indeed, with a runway extending halfway out onto the Boardwalk Hall floor, Shakira had ample opportunity to strut her stuff. At one point, there was pole dancing onstage, and also an odd pas de deux with a robot lover.
But while Shakira is certainly sexy, the crowd-pleasing presentation comes across as more wholesome than erotic. Even during the extended belly dancing on her 1998 hit “Ojos Asi” in which the singer — whose father is of Lebanese heritage — celebrated her Arabic roots, she nodded and winked to the audience, keeping the mood more lighthearted and playful than sultry.
That vibe carried through the evening, from when she first appeared in a shiny silver spacesuit that was soon discarded to an interlude when a mermaid iteration of the singer on a giant video screen appeared to pound on the glass of a fish tank in an effort to break through and free herself. Of course, she succeeded, because nothing can stop Shakira.
Shakira performs at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., in June. The Colombian pop star played the final show on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour: World Cup Edition at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night.Chris Polk
Between them, artists on the Historic New Jersey record label — which, despite its name, is headquartered in South Philadelphia — have released dozens of full-length albums and EPs since the start of the decade.
That’s a whole lot of indie music in a wide range of styles coming out of a South Philly basement studio, all demonstrating an old-school dedication to craft that prizes first-class songwriting above all else.
And it’s all being created by a small group of close friends who moved to Philadelphia as adults. They all contribute to one another’s records and play in one another’s bands.
The Historic NJ collective core consists of just five musicians, four of whom gathered in their subterranean studio for an interview on a recent summer day.
Emily Moales records as Star Moles — a self-described “sci-fi DIY Wi-Fi band.” She has a new album with a cheeky title that nods to AC/DC called Highway To Hell. It’s one of the most acclaimed releases of the year.
Kevin Basko is super prolific as Rubber Band Gun, and is the label’s founder and producer. He also teams with his housemate Moales in the brash Hot Machine, which he compares to Gorillaz, “like a fake band, something we can have a little more fun with.”
And siblings Sam and Louise Sullivan are a folk-pop duo whose third album, Love & Devotion, released this week. It moved pop culture magazine Paste to call them “the next great family band.”
Drummer and comedian Jem Seidel, who keeps the Historic NJ beat in the studio and onstage, is the fifth core member of the collective.
Musician Emily Moales, who records as Star Moles, inside the Historic NJ studio in South Philadelphia on July 10.Aidan T. Gallo / Staff Photographer
‘The song comes first’
Moales, 27, is a New Hampshire native who started making music with Basko — a Berklee College of Music grad who has toured as a member of indie band Foxygen — after they met online in 2017.
Basko, 34, grew up in Monmouth County in Central Jersey, where he came up with the Historic NJ moniker.
He was intrigued by Moales’ imaginative ‘70s style folk rock. “She reminded me of Stevie Nicks,” he says and admits he initially clicked on her Twitter profile because she used a Barbra Streisand photo as her profile picture.
“There was an instant sense that we were on the same page,” Moales recalls. It took only a week to record their first work together, the Star Moles album Camelot, in 2018. Two weeks before the pandemic began in 2020, Moales and Basko moved to Philly, a city where he had made friends while working as a touring musician.
The cover image to Star Moles’ album “Highway To Hell.”Historic New Jersey
The Sullivans grew up in Portland, Ore., and New York, raised by music loving parents who schooled them in Woody Guthrie, Richard and Linda Thompson, and traditional Irish music.
Sam Sullivan, 35, who lives in Germantown, moved to Philly in 2016 to take a job teaching English literature at Germantown Friends School, where he still works. His sister, 30, followed a few years later and has also taught at GFS, but is now focused on music and her ceramics business.
In 2022, Basko messaged the Sullivans on Instagram after seeing a video of the siblings performing in a West Philly backyard. They soon joined the Historic NJ song-making family.
“We all share a philosophy, you know?” said Moales, who’s worked retail and food service jobs since moving to the city, including at sustainable general store Good Buy Supply. “All of us here, we’re just truly songwriters at heart. We hold the song as holy, above everything.”
“The vibe comes later,” Basko said. “The song comes first.”
Once assembled, the Historic NJ crew began quietly — and quickly — making music under the radar.
The Sullivans’ debut album Papier Mâché, which includes “Holy Philly,” an ode to their adopted hometown, came out in 2023. Star Moles’ Snack Monster, inspired by Andreas Capellanus’ 12th-century treatise Rules of Courtly Love, was released last year.
Basko makes music at a dizzying pace. The multi-instrumentalist who cites Todd Rundgren as a “musician producer” role model has a staggering 84 releases available on his Bandcamp page. Listeners are truthfully advised: “There’s something here for everyone.”
He’s also made music for TV shows like Walker and Superman & Lois. And he welcomes clients like Brooklyn violinist Marji Shemanski, who was due in for a session later the day of the interview.
Kevin Basko, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer, sits with his dog Jones, 5, inside the Historic NJ studio in South Philadelphia. Basko and Moales were both collaborators for Louise and Sam Sullivan’s newest release “Love & Devotion.”Aidan T. Gallo / Staff Photographer
People are getting hip
“There’s all this great stuff happening, with people getting hip to what we’ve been doing, said Basko, speaking while sitting cross-legged in front of a control board with a custom made big red button that he presses to start recording sessions with dramatic flair.
Jones, his pint-size Boston terrier, sits in his lap. The carpeted room is full of old-school analog recording equipment, with a kitschy guitar-shaped lamp illuminating posters from three Muppets movies.
“But there’s no greater feeling when a second ago we didn’t have it, and a minute later, we do. Prince talks about that. People don’t know what they’re missing when they don’t have that experience of creation,” Basko said.
People are definitely getting hip to Historic NJ. Highway To Hell is a unanimous best-of-2026 pick by taste-making sites like Stereogum and Brooklyn Vegan. The album, which came out in February, will be rereleased by a larger, yet-to-be-announced indie label this fall.
“Emily’s leading the pack in terms of pure industry success,” said Basko. “I keep making the joke that she’s falling into the volcano in a ceremonial way, into an industry that isn’t always kind. It’s like [Indiana Jones and the] Temple of Doom.”
The artwork for Sam and Louise Sullivan’s new album “Love & Devotion.”Historic New Jersey
The spotlight is also shining on the Sullivans, who have sung together all their lives.
“Our dad really loved music,” Louise Sullivan said. “He wanted his family to play music. They would give us a song to learn and we would sing it at the end of dinner.”
“Like Pete Seeger songs, or the Watersons, or ‘Here We Come A-wassailing,’” said Sam.
“Or Kirsty MacColl,” added Louise. “Sam would play mandolin and I would sing.”
Sam Sullivan calls himself “a failed poet.” He had never written songs before moving to Philadelphia. But while planning to work on graphic arts projects, he played guitar instead and started putting words to music.
“Sam is one of the most brilliant songwriters I’ve ever heard,” said Basko. “I’ve been trying to be a songwriter my whole life. So for Sam to be just ‘Oh I started just a few years ago’ is mind-boggling.”
“I’m not really a musician,” said Sam Sullivan.
Kevin Basko clicks his big red record button inside the Historic NJ studio in South Philadelphia.Aidan T. Gallo / Staff Photographer
That led to a high profile gig at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Mass., last month, which turned into a coming-out party for the collective.
The Sullivans played a stripped-down set inside Mass MoCA, the contemporary art museum where the festival is held, as well as a crowd pleasing outdoor show, backed by their Historic NJ compadres.
“It went great,” said Louise Sullivan. “We rocked our little hearts out,” her brother added.
An elusive band
Opportunities to see the Historic NJ groups perform live are scarce. In May, the whole crew banded together and played a two hour show at Johnny Brenda’s.
Star Moles’ last solo show was on Friday, opening for Hannah Cohen at 118 North in Wayne. And the Sullivans have one gig that requires a road trip: opening for Iron & Wine in Lowell, Mass., on Aug. 7.
The siblings would love to become a touring band, but will have to wait, probably till next year when Sam has the summer off from teaching.
Emily Moales (center), known as Star Moles, passes a guitar to long-time collaborator Kevin Basko inside the Historic NJ studio in South Philadelphia. Louise Sullivan is on the right.Aidan T. Gallo / Staff Photographer
Meantime, there’s music to be made.
On a whiteboard in the Historic NJ studio, Basko and Moales worked out the track listing for the next Rubber Band Gun album, due next month. And Sam Sullivan was working up songs for another release with his sister, which they hope to release by year’s end.
“We want to play shows,” said Louise Sullivan. “But you have to make music to play shows, and I feel like that’s the thing we love to do.”
Everyone nods in agreement.
“We want to make the next thing already. That’s what’s invigorating. That’s what’s going to last.”
Philly music this week features Connor Barwin’s Make the World Better Concert Weekend at the Dell, four nights with Jill Scott at the Met, Tim McGraw in Camden, Shakira in Atlantic City, the Disco Biscuits in King of Prussia, and Shinedown in South Philly. And more.
Thursday, July 23
Man Man
Philly-born and Los Angeles-based experimental rock band Man Man — fronted by Ryan Kattner, who performs as Honus Honus — is playing a hometown show. Man Man’s most recent album, Carrot on Strings, came out in 2024, but the band has a new single, “So It Goes,” that found its audience through the video game Cyberpunk 2077. Also, Kattner — who has two children with Crazy Rich Asians actress Constance Wu — plays an undead bass player in the AMC series The Vampire Chronicles. Death Valley Girls opens. 8:30 p.m., Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., undergroundarts.org
Tim McGraw is playing the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden on Thursday.Courtesy of the Artist
Tim McGraw
Did Tim McGraw perform at Taylor Swift’s wedding? And if he did, did he sing “Tim McGraw”? We don’t know because, remarkably, the omertà code of silence remains intact about what happened during the Swift-Travis Kelce nuptials. We do know, however, that the country star will be singing in Camden, and along with including his recent singles “Pawn Shop Guitar” and “Song for America,” he will probably wear a Phillies jersey in honor of his famous father, Tug. 8 p.m., Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, 1 Harbour Place, Camden, freedommortgagepavilion.com.
Brent Smith and Zach Meyers of Shinedown perform during the Pierre Robert Show of Life concert on Dec. 17, 2025, at the Fillmore. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/CAIN IMAGES for WMMR)William Thomas Cain/CAIN IMAGES for WMMR
Shinedown
Shinedown singer Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers performed as a duo in December at the Fillmore memorial concert for Pierre Robert. So now that they’re coming back with their bandmates Barry Kerch and Eric Bass on tour for their new album, Eight, expect a tribute to the beloved Philly DJ. Coheed and Cambria, From Ashes to New, and DJ Rock Feed open. 8 p.m., Xfinity Mobile Arena, 3601 S. Broad St., xfinitymobilearena.com
Anthony Hamilton
Before the Make the World Better Concert Weekend rolls in to the Dell, one of the highlights of the Strawberry Mansion venue’s R&B series arrives. Rough-and-ready North Carolina vocalist Anthony Hamilton was raised in the Black church and has brought spiritual ardor to his secular music over a 30-year career. Joe and Jon B open. 7 p.m., Dell Music Center, 2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive, dellmusiccenter.com
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Under the direction of Philly-connected sousaphonist Ben Jaffe, New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings the bon temps while always respecting Crescent City tradition. Expect this show to be a lively tribute to Ronell Johnson, the band’s trombonist who died in June at age 49. Meters bassist George Porter & the Runnin’ Pardners and John Papa Gros opening. 6 p.m., Concerts Under the Stars, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, concertsunderthestarskop.com
Hannah Cohen plays Free at Noon on Friday at World Stage and 118 North in Wayne that evening.Courtesy of the Aritist
Friday, July 24
Corey Hanson
The singer of the Los Angeles psychedelic rock band Wand has moved away from garage rock to a piano and strings sound on his not-entirely-tongue-in-cheek titled fourth solo album, I Love People. Microgoblet opens. 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., JohnnyBrendas.com
Hannah Cohen
Earthstar Mountain, Hannah Cohen’s 2025 album, is a dreamy, pastoral collection that conjures 1970s Fleetwood Mac dreams with a touch of Brazilian bossa nova, and Sufjan Stevens and Clairo as guests. Emily Moales, the pianist and songwriter who records as Star Moles and is part of the South Philly-based Historic New Jersey collective, is the opening act. 118 North, 118 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne, 118NorthWayne.com.
Philly alt-rock star Kurt Vile outside Silk City Diner on May 24, 2026, in Philadelphia.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25
Connor Barwin’s Make the World Better Concert Weekend
The former All-Pro Eagle’s fundraising concerts for the MTWB foundation, which rebuilds Philly parks and rec centers, are back at the Dell after one year in FDR Park. Slanted and Enchanted Stephen Malkmus-led indie avatars Pavement — the subject of Bryn Mawr native Alex Ross Perry’s 2024 meta movie Pavements — headlines Friday, with Ratboys opening. Local heroes Kurt Vile & the Violators top the bill Saturday, with They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Twisted Teens. 7:30 p.m., Dell Music Center, 2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive, dellmusiccenter.com
Friday, July 24; Saturday, July 25; Monday, July 27; and Wednesday, July 29
Jill Scott takes to the stage for One Philly: Unity Concert for America on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4, 2026. The first of her four shows at the Met Philly is Friday.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Jill Scott
Jill Scott performed her entire set at the July 4 One Philly: Unity Concert for America on the Ben Franklin Parkway before the skies opened and caused a four-hour delay. For her festival-length set, she was in fine form and her band sounded fantastic. Now it’s time for four full-length shows at the Met in support of her new album, To Whom This May Concern. 7:30 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., themetphilly.com
Saturday, July 25
Shakira
Shakira and New Jersey: Perfect together. Last weekend, the Colombian superstar performed her global hit “Dai Dai” with Burna Boy at the FIFA World Cup final at Met Life Stadium. On Saturday, she’ll be in Atlantic City in a room that’s smaller than the vast venues she’s accustomed to playing around the world. 8:30 p.m., Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, boardwalkhall.com
Dave P. at the Making Waves festival on the Atlantic City beach in August 2025.Dan DeLuca
Making Waves
The big Making Time ∞ blowout happens at Fort Mifflin in September, but the prelude will be staged this weekend in Atlantic City. Now in its second year, electronic music impresario David Pianka’s Making Waves day at the beach runs from 2 to 11 p.m. on the Atlantic Ocean side on the boardwalk at New York Avenue with DJ sets by VTSS, Detroit in Effect, Baalti, DJ Python, Fundido, and Universal Cave, then moves inside for an Anchor Rock Club after-party, with Curses, ADAAB, Jewelsea, and Dave. P himself. 2 p.m., Anchor Rock Club, 247 S. New York Ave., Atlantic City, makingtimeisrad.com/making-waves
Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26
Disco Biscuits
University of Pennsylvania-born electronic jam band Disco Biscuits is doing two nights in King of Prussia. Longtime drummer Allen Aucoin and the band parted ways last fall after more than 20 years, and these shows will be with new drummer Marlon B. Lewis. DJ Marb Menthols of Goose opens both shows, with Eggy playing the first night and Lespecial the second. Note the early start. 4:30 p.m., Heuser Park, 694 West Beidler Road, King of Prussia, concertsunderthestarskop.com
Sunday, July 26
Toto, Christopher Cross & the Romantics
1980s nostalgia in full effect. Toto guitarist Steve Lukather has been a regular visitor to Philly stages in recent years, singing his band’s hits “Africa” and “Hold the Line” on dates with Ringo Starr’s All Star Band. Now he gets to do it with his own band. Christopher Cross is iconic in Yacht Rock circles for his hit “Sailing,” which came out in 1979. He’s also a great storyteller, as evident on a recent episode of The Questlove Show podcast. The Romantics have at least two songs you know in “What I Like About You” and “Talking in Your Sleep.” 6:45 p.m., TD Pavilion at the Highmark Mann, 5201 Parkside Ave., highmarkmann.org
Bruce Hornsby performs during the Bourbon and Beyond music festival in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 20, 2024. He plays Ocean City Music Pier on Monday. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)Amy Harris
Monday, July 27
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
Fun facts about piano-playing “The Way It Is” hitmaker Bruce Hornsby: He’s toured with the Grateful Dead, I once saw him play accordion and sing Christmas songs with Bruce Springsteen, and the 6-foot-4 Virginian once beat his friend Allen Iverson in a game of one-on-one. He also has a freewheeling new album called Indigo Park that features guest appearances from Bonnie Raitt, Ezra Koenig, and the late Bob Weir. 7 p.m., Ocean City Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, N.J., ocnj.us.
