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Wheat Williams

Wheat Williams

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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will open their season Saturday, Oct. 7, in their new home in Auer Performance Hall at Purdue University Fort Wayne with Gil Shaham and Pictures at an Exhibition.

The Phil plans masterful season

As autumn takes hold, it’s time for fine arts groups to start their 2023-24 seasons.  This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra. Musical Director Andrew […]
Addison Agen will perform Friday, Sept. 29, at Baker Street Centre.

Addison Agen back for Baker Street Centre show

Everybody in Fort Wayne knows Addison Agen. She’s the northeast Indiana girl who was the runner-up in season 13 of NBC’s singing competition series The Voice in 2017 when she […]
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will play the music of Fleetwood Mac with the band Jean ’n Classics on Sept. 23 at Sweetwater Performance Pavilion.

The Phil to play show of your ‘Dreams’

On Saturday, Sept. 23, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic will celebrate the first day of fall with Never Break the Chain: The Music of Fleetwood Mac at Sweetwater Performance Pavilion.  This […]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will bring their unique style of swing to The Clyde Theatre on Friday, Sept. 22.

Big Bad Voodoo still in the swing of things

The Fort Wayne audience know and love Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.  The latter-day hipsters from Ventura, California, got started in 1993 and are still playing their unique take on swing, […]
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers will be at The Clyde Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 17. From left are J.T. Thomas, Bruce Hornsby, J.V. Collier, Gibb Droll, John Mailander, and Chad Wright.

Noisemakers join Hornsby on Clyde stage

Bruce Hornsby is an enviable musician.  Breaking out in 1986, he sold millions of albums and had huge hit records as a singer-songwriter. He went on to collaborate with a […]
Chia-Hsuan Lin will take over conducting duties when the Fort Wayne Philharmonic supplies music for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Foellinger Theatre.

The Phil takes you to galaxy far away

In early 1980, Star Wars was not yet the sprawling cinematic universe we know today. It was only one movie released in 1977. But it was apparent the second installment […]
The Old Fort will be one of many attractions during Be a Tourist In Your Own Hometown on Sept. 10.

Be a Tourist has city residents’ stamp of approval

It’s time once again for Fort Wayne’s unique event: Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown.  You and your family can visit 21 of the most interesting places in Fort […]
ProgJect: The Ultimate Prog Experience will be at Sweetwater Sound on Thursday, Sept. 7.

ProgJect pays tribute to genre at Sweetwater

In 2015, Rolling Stone polled their journalists and published “The 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time.” Forty-one were released between 1969 and 1977, 10 of those within the […]
From getting your portrait done to listening to local musicians, there’s sure to be something for you at Taste of the Arts, which returns downtown on Saturday, Aug. 26.

Fill up on local arts scene at Taste of the Arts

It’s time once again for the largest annual arts event in Fort Wayne, featuring a full day of the city’s best in the visual arts, music, dance, theater, comedy, restaurants […]