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Detroit MI.- Woodbridge Pub | Unlimited Sky Production | Preservation of Jazz Jazzy Sundays Outside Summer Music Series, Concert & Jam Session. This weekly event will be Hosted and featured by multi-Detroit Music Award recipient Sky Covington Ft. Club Crescendo Terrance Neal on Drums, Phil Hale on Keys and Ibrahim Jones on Bass. The jam session starts on the second set.

Woodbridge Pub has a great menu… cash bar and a great staff. Also, excited to announce the new performance stage and outside ambience across the street from the Pub. Enjoy Jazz, cocktails and dinner under the stars. Although table and benches are available, feel free to bring your own lawn chairs

Sky Covington (skycovington.net) will also be collecting backpacks and school supplies all summer. Feel free to donate every Sunday night from 12 p - 12 a. Simply drop off your backpacks, school supplies and school uniforms in the Hug Detroit Day Drive box at the front entrance.

Broadway, jazz, and movies — America’s most iconic sounds in the Northwoods.
From the dazzling lights of Broadway to the glamour of Hollywood’s silver screens, join Adam Rothenberg and The Broadway Strings on a musical road trip through the sounds that define America’s cultural landscape.

The centerpiece of the evening is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, a masterwork that embodies the jazz-infused vibrancy of early 20th-century New York. Accompanying this landmark piece are compositions by Dimitri Shostakovich and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, two European composers who left an indelible mark on American music.

Sprinkled through the evening you’ll hear newly-arranged suites of beloved musicals and film scores, including Chicago, Pirates of the Caribbean, Schindler’s List, Downton Abbey, Fiddler on the Roof, Waitress, and Mamma Mia.

You don’t want to miss this rare evening to hear musicians straight from Broadway in your own backyard. Between the five musicians on stage, The Broadway Strings claim 110 Broadway shows and 26 Off-Broadway shows (including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular) to their credits! The quintet won our hearts over last summer with their beautiful playing, but also their hilarious stories and anecdotes from behind the scenes of New York’s most famous theaters.

One Letter. Five Composers. Timeless Masterpieces.
Experience the final cadences of Emberlight’s monumental 5th anniversary season with an evening devoted to five of the most legendary composers in history — each united by the letter ‘B’ — Johann Sebastian Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Jason Robert Brown.

As only The Broadway Strings can, our final concert will span 300 years of music. The first half of the concert weaves through Bach’s mastery in counterpoint, to Brown’s soaring Broadway melodies, to a movement from Beethoven’s first string quartet, to Bernstein’s unforgettable melodies in West Side Story.

The last cadence of our 2025 season will be one of the masterpieces of the 19th century: Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34. Often hailed as the crown of his chamber music, its creation was itself a journey of transformation. Brahms first conceived the work in 1862 as a string quintet for two violins, viola, and two cellos. Dissatisfied with the purely string sonority, he recast it as a sonata for two pianos, before finally uniting piano and strings to achieve the Quintet’s definitive form. Clara Schumann, upon hearing the two-piano version, sensed the music’s symphonic breadth and urged Brahms to remodel it, famously remarking that it was “so full of ideas that it requires an orchestra.”

You don’t want to miss this rare evening to hear musicians straight from Broadway in your own backyard. Between the five musicians on stage, The Broadway Strings claim 110 Broadway shows and 26 Off-Broadway shows (including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular) to their credits! The quintet won our hearts over last summer with their beautiful playing, but also their hilarious stories and anecdotes from behind the scenes of New York’s most famous theaters.

Detroit MI.- Woodbridge Pub | Unlimited Sky Production | Preservation of Jazz Jazzy Sundays Outside Summer Music Series, Concert & Jam Session. This weekly event will be Hosted and featured by multi-Detroit Music Award recipient Sky Covington Ft. Club Crescendo Terrance Neal on Drums, Phil Hale on Keys and Ibrahim Jones on Bass. The jam session starts on the second set.

Woodbridge Pub has a great menu… cash bar and a great staff. Also, excited to announce the new performance stage and outside ambience across the street from the Pub. Enjoy Jazz, cocktails and dinner under the stars. Although table and benches are available, feel free to bring your own lawn chairs

Sky Covington (skycovington.net) will also be collecting backpacks and school supplies all summer. Feel free to donate every Sunday night from 12 p - 12 a. Simply drop off your backpacks, school supplies and school uniforms in the Hug Detroit Day Drive box at the front entrance.

Kidz Bop Live Certified BOP Tour comes to DeVos Performance Hall on August 28, 2025 at 6:00PM.

The #1 music brand for kids will bring their Kidz Bop Live Certified BOP Tour to Grand Rapids. The ultimate pop concert for kids is back for 2025. The tour comes on the heels of the release of Kidz Bop 50, a milestone album for the brand. The KIDZ BOP Kids - Aleah, Cliff, Matty and Shila - will take the stage to perform the biggest BOPs from the album including, "espresso" and "HOT TO GO!" as well as KIDZ BOP classics. The show features eye-popping new stage designs and interactive elements kids will love, as well as the return of the popular (and hilarious) Daddy Dance Off.

Spin Master's fantasy adventure children's franchise, Unicorn Academy, returns as an official partner of KIDZ BOP LIVE, following a successful 2024 partnership. The collaboration will feature on-screen content and 15 pop-up activations in select cities, where fans can experience the magic of Unicorn Academy through exclusive experiences, such as prizes, photo ops and more.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 14th at 10:00AM. *Please note the box office will not be open for this on sale.

Tickets may be purchased at the box office or on-line at Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are subject to change. For current ticket prices, visit Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices may vary, as market pricing applies to all tickets. Prices may fluctuate based on supply and demand.

Detroit MI.- Woodbridge Pub | Unlimited Sky Production | Preservation of Jazz Jazzy Sundays Outside Summer Music Series, Concert & Jam Session. This weekly event will be Hosted and featured by multi-Detroit Music Award recipient Sky Covington Ft. Club Crescendo Terrance Neal on Drums, Phil Hale on Keys and Ibrahim Jones on Bass. The jam session starts on the second set.

Woodbridge Pub has a great menu… cash bar and a great staff. Also, excited to announce the new performance stage and outside ambience across the street from the Pub. Enjoy Jazz, cocktails and dinner under the stars. Although table and benches are available, feel free to bring your own lawn chairs

Sky Covington (skycovington.net) will also be collecting backpacks and school supplies all summer. Feel free to donate every Sunday night from 12 p - 12 a. Simply drop off your backpacks, school supplies and school uniforms in the Hug Detroit Day Drive box at the front entrance.

Marshall Charloff & Purple xPeRIeNCE is the most celebrated tribute to Prince in the world. The group was co-founded by Marshall and Matt “Doctor” Fink (keyboardist from Prince & The Revolution) in 2011, an era where Prince closely monitored the use of his art. Their vision was to deliver Prince’s music on the highest level, played live and untracked by skilled musicians, while paying respectful visual homage through costuming and likeness.

Immediately met with success and adoration from discerning Prince devotees, the band has now been touring for over a decade, nationwide and internationally, and has performed for over 500,000 fans. In 2021, Marshall Charloff & The Purple xPeRIeNCE were selected by the US Department of State to be featured in the USA Pavilion of the World Expo in Dubai.

The band continues to hold the unique distinction of playing the show 100% live, completely untracked–paying true homage to the greatest musician of our time–Prince–with real musicianship.

Jon Pardi brings his Honkytonk Hollywood Tour to Van Andel Arena on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 7:00PM.

With special guests Jake Worthington & Colby Acuff.

Jon Pardi has four top 5 albums including 2016's platinum #1 album, California Sunrise. Pardi has a reputation for punchy, against the wind bravado and is leading the charge to modernize honky tonk with roaring guitars and a roaring good time spirit.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 18th at 10:00AM. *Please note the box office will not be open for this on sale.

Ticket prices are subject to change. For current ticket prices visit Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices may vary, as market pricing applies to all tickets. Prices may fluctuate based on supply and demand. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or on-line at Ticketmaster.com.

A portion of ticket sale proceeds from the tour benefit the newly established Starlight Fund. Founded with his wife Summer Pardi, the Starlight Fund supports organizations dedicated to providing opportunities and resources specific to young people in need that are pursuing a path in the trades, agriculture and construction. To learn more about the Starlight Foundation, visit www.cfmt.org/starlight.

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11.

SCHEDULE
6:30 PM | Doors Open
7:00 PM | Royce Auditorium Doors Open
7:30 PM | Concert Begins
9:00 PM | Post Concert Reception

Sierra Hull is widely regarded to be a master of her instrument; A two-time Grammy Nominated artist and songwriter, recognized for both her most recent projects, 25 Trips (2020) and Weighted Mind (2016), she is also the 6x recipient of International Bluegrass Music Association’s Mandolin Player of the Year, the first woman to ever receive this distinction.

SCHEDULE
6:30 PM | Doors Open
7:00 PM | Royce Auditorium Doors Open
7:30 PM | Concert Begins
9:00 PM | Post Concert Reception