OK, so if we’re being honest, we’re a little jealous. This is a pretty sweet ride to a show at the Levitt!
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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Here are three things you might not know about singer and guitarist LeRoy Bell: he’s written songs for Elton John, he’s competed on The X Factor and he’s brought his own special blend of rock and soul to TWO Levitt venues (Levitt Pavilion Pasadena & Levitt Pavilion Arlington). Hear from LeRoy and catch a couple of his tunes in this new Meet the Artist video!
Happy Earth Day!
Record Store Day just seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
Started in April 2007, Record Store Day (RSD) encourages music fans everywhere to support their friendly, local, independent record stores. On the third Saturday of April (that’s tomorrow, April 19!), record stores around the world hold special events like concerts and listening parties, and labels and artists release short-run vinyl and cassettes to commemorate the occasion. Continue reading
The Polyphonic Spree looked mighty groovy on the Levitt Pavilion Arlington stage last summer. We can’t help it—the paisley just spoke to us!
You just know that summer’s right around the corner when the free concert season at the Levitt is announced! While some sneak peeks of shows were unveiled this past March, Levitt Shell Memphis and Levitt Arlington just released their full summer concert series, both jam packed with revered, award-winning musicians as well as local favorites. Continue reading
Behind every great show at the Levitt is an equally great audio engineer like John Rupp. John is the man behind the control board night after night at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pa., ensuring that the concerts sound their best.
“The most rewarding thing about my job,” John says, smiling, “is watching people have a good time.” When he’s not at the Levitt, John is on the road touring in one of his many bands.
Learn more about John in this new Faces of Levitt video!
This tent-sized umbrella looks ready to protect these friends through wind and rain, sun and snow and loose beach balls on the lawn. Love it!
Levitt Shell Memphis recently provided a sneak peek of their free summer concert series to local alt-weekly, Commercial Appeal. Kicking off the summer series on May 23 will be a special all-star symphonic performance of Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers led by the band’s sole original living member, Jody Stephens.
And at this point, you may be asking yourself, “who?” You’re not alone.
Big Star may arguably be the most important band you’ve never heard of. The Memphis-based power pop group released three studio albums in the 1970s—#1 Record, Radio City and Third—to commercial disappointment yet enormous critical praise. Continue reading
Inaugural Levitt National Cat Park Tour will feature a Keyboard Cat tribute band
A cat at a Levitt venue in greater Los Angeles. In his natural habitat, a cat is free to enjoy green space, picnic scraps and behind-the-ear scratching, just like his dog counterparts.
Inspired by visionary leader Amy Schumer’s passionate plea for cats and cat owners everywhere, Levitt Pavilions will be opening up cat parks across the country through an unprecedented $20 million initiative.
40 sites across the country will each receive an initial $500,000 of seed funding to build a cat park in a local community. The sites will be chosen through a groundbreaking system of online voting, one which is only accessible by cat paw recognition software. This will ensure that only cat owners and the cats themselves can vote in the initial selection process. Continue reading