The Colonial Theatre’s 13th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament gets underway with a Shotgun Tee Off at 1 p.m.
Awards include a hole-in-one Grand Prize donated by Littleton Chevrolet, a great raffle, Chef Joe’s catered meal, and a cash bar beginning at 5:30 p.m. Family members and friends are invited to attend the dinner, awards and participate in the raffle (nonplayer meals are $16).
FOUR PERSON SCRAMBLE TEAM: $75 per player (foursomes only)
Registration Fee includes: Greens Fee, Cart, Goodie Bag, BBQ, Prizes and more. Register here.
The benefit tournament raises funds to support programming and improvements to The Colonial.
Every July and August The Colonial’s Summer Children’s Series provides a weekly dose of music, mayhem, magic and more and is anchored on alternate weeks by The Weathervane Theatre’s Patchwork Players. Come enjoy the fun!
WEDNESDAYS at 11 AM. All tickets $6 at the door. Group discounts available, please call for information.
Patchwork Players: Alice in Wonderland
Book, Music and Lyrics by Joe Burns and Rick Edinger Lewis. Help Alice uncover the secrets of Wonderland, enjoy teatime with the Mad Hatter, and be put on trial by the Queen of Hearts.
Whether seen on HBO’s Treme or at their legendary Tuesday night gig at The Maple Leaf, Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band is a true New Orleans institution. While committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands, they’ve also extended themselves into the realms of funk and hip-hop to create their signature sound. “Rebirth can be precise whenever it wants to,” says The New York Times, “but it’s more like a party than a machine. It’s a working model of the New Orleans musical ethos: as long as everybody knows what they’re doing, anyone can cut loose.”
Every July and August The Colonial’s Summer Children’s Series provides a weekly dose of music, mayhem, magic and more. Come enjoy the fun!
WEDNESDAYS at 11 AM. All tickets $6 at the door. Group discounts available, please call for information.
Leland Faulkner – World of Wonder
A live performance that transports audiences into their imagination. Leland Faulkner is a master theatre artist, and his program, World of Wonder, shares engaging stories full of magic and imagination that leap off the stage.
Devon Gilfillian fires twin barrels of gospel-blues and Southern soul. Fueled by groove, guitar, and the powerful punch of Gilfillian’s voice with his four-piece band, his songs shine a light on a young songwriter who grew up outside of Philadelphia, absorbing everything from the R&B swagger of Al Green and Ray Charles to the rock & roll heroics of Jimi Hendrix.
Raised by a musical family, Gilfillian grew up singing. He took up the electric guitar at 14 years old, kickstarting a fascination with classic rock and other sounds from an older generation. By the time college rolled around, Gilfillian was playing three-hour shows in a local cover band, performing songs by the Meters one minute and the Beatles the next. The gigs allowed him to explore the full range of his influences, but Gilfillian wanted to play his own music, too. With that in mind, he moved to Nashville, eager to chase down his own muse.
Released in May 2016, the self-titled Devon Gilfillian finds him stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist. Equal parts swampy, funky, and enthralling, the record finds Gilfillian planting one foot in the classic sound of his influences, with the other foot pointing somewhere new and uncharted. After all, he’s no revivalist. No nostalgia act. No retro wannabe. Instead, Gilfillian is a classic artist for the modern age, discovering new life in soulful sounds that have been making people dance for decades.
Every July and August The Colonial’s Summer Children’s Series provides a weekly dose of music, mayhem, magic and more and is anchored on alternate weeks by The Weathervane Theatre’s Patchwork Players. Come enjoy the fun!
WEDNESDAYS at 11 AM. All tickets $6 at the door. Group discounts available, please call for information.
Aladdin: Book, Music and Lyrics by Miles Burns.
Are you ready to rock? Aladdin, a Genie and a Magic Carpet are off on a high-flying adventure to rescue Qaseem, Aladdin’s estranged and thieving father.
Between those Texas Twin Fiddles and Boogie Piano, you can bet you’ll be dancin’ down the aisles and swingin’ all night long when the Wheel rolls into town!
Ray Benson founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia 48 years ago. Now based in Austin, the band holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums and 20 singles on the Billboard country charts. The Grammy Award-winning Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys is the band’s most recent release (2015) and marks their third full-length Bob Wills tribute album. Featuring 22 acclaimed collaborations, the all-star lineup includes legends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and George Strait and newcomers like The Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show and many other fine talents.
Asleep at the Wheel is bringing a fresh look, sound and New Album in 2018. With recent additions Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) Connor Forsyth (keyboard, vocals) and Josh Hoag (Bass) Asleep at the Wheel’s newest members have given a newfound energy and their own unique style within the band. Asleep at the Wheel veterans David Sanger (Drums) Eddie Rivers (Steel Guitar) and Jay Reynolds (Saxophone and Clarinet) round out the now 8 piece band.
The Rural Route Film Festival was created to highlight works that deal with unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city. Whether it be a fictional backpacking drama set in the Peruvian Andes, a personal/experimental work about life in a Kazakh village, or a documentary about an organic Appalachian turnip farm, the festival screens work about rare people and cultures normally overlooked by the mainstream media. The 13th annual Rural Route Film Festival is centered around ‘Singer-Songwriters (…in Suspense)! Each film contains live music performances of original and traditional songs…as well as some element of suspense.
Tickets: $10 / $8 members
Make Music Day brings music makers of all ages and experiences out to the sidewalks, parks, porches and public places of Bethlehem on June 21, 2018, the first day of summer — a free celebration of music-making that takes place on the same day in more than 120 countries and 800 cities across the globe. On June 21st, the summer solstice and longest day of the year, NH musicians of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels will be empowered to perform from several indoor and outdoor public spaces in a celebration of music like no other.
Highlights include:
The Jason Spooner Band onstage at 7 p.m. at The Colonial; the Barnyard Pimps; The Jowas; live music at The Maia Papaya; live music at Rek.Lis Brewing; poolside stage at 42 Maple; and Bucket Sessions — impromtu drumming sessions through town on 5-gallon buckets!
More info here: https://bethlehemevents.org/make-music-bethlehem/
One of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Artists You Need To Know” – “Modern-day Buddy Holly plus Dwight Yoakam divided by the Mavericks… Think-y, soulful lyrics paired with a beat you can dance to.” —ROLLING STONE
A mix of old school country, early rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and country rock. Inspiration is taken from Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton classics. Girls Guns & Glory are electric and captivating with a high-energy stage presence that immediately gets people up on their feet and moving. With lyrics of heart-ache and cleverly hopeful perspective, backed by dynamic & impressive drums, bass and lead guitar, GGG become an outfit matched perfectly.
Tickets: $18, $15
