The following events are planned for the upcoming week throughout the region:
• Sellersville Theater celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a concert by the Celtic rock band Barleyjuice on Thursday at 8 p.m. Barleyjuice is a nationally-known band from the Philadelphia area. The brainchild of singer-songwriter Kyf Brewer, Barleyjuice has been on the Celtic rock scene for more than 20 years, recording eight albums. Besides rocking up Irish traditionals with gravelly authenticity, Brewer pens the majority of the group’s originals and covers lead vocals, guitar, accordion, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki, piano and bagpipes. Also on tap this weekend at Sellersville are Steve Forbert on Friday at 8 p.m., Wishbone Ash on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Spyro Gyra on Sunday at 3 and 8 p.m. And on Tuesday, prog-rock pioneers Nektar will perform. For tickets and more information, visit st94.com.
• The I’m So Fancy Fridays drag show at the Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with “It Ain’t Easy Being Green!” on Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and are sold through Simpletix.com. The St. Patrick’s Day celebration continues at the Colonial with the Irish Comedy Tour on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The group re-creates the atmosphere of a Dublin pub with a cast of comedians and musicians whose ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle. They tear apart as well as validate all of the Irish myths and stereotypes. Tickets range from $25 to $35 at thecolonialtheatre.com.
• The Tartan Terrors headline a concert Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College. The Celtic outfit blends the energy of a rock show with humor and stepdancing. With a distinctive sound featuring bagpipes and fiddle, driving drum tones and signature guitar styles, and a proud tradition of making Celtic music fun and accessible to any audience, the Terrors have played big stages across North America. Tickets are $39 at millercenter.racc.edu.
• The Bally Hotel, Route 100, Bally, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with its annual Irish Wake from Thursday through Saturday. In addition to a full menu of Irish specialties, the hotel will offer live music nightly at 7 under a heated tent, featuring the Fuzz Mob on Thursday, Mike Greer & Co. on Friday and Punkabillys on Saturday.
• The Upper Bucks Celtic Fest is scheduled for Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Perkasie. The free event will feature Irish music and dance, a beer tent, children’s crafts, food and art vendors, and a kilt contest. Scheduled to perform starting at 11:30 are Miss Cindy’s School of Dance, the Brooklyn Bards, Dancing on Eire School of Irish Dance, Aisling Mor Academy of Irish Dance, Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance and the Punkabillys. For more information, see ubcc.org/celticfest.
• Winter Jam, Christian music’s biggest multi-artist tour, returns to Santander Arena, Reading, on Thursday at 7 p.m. with headliners Skillet and Tauren Wells, plus many other artists. Skillet, best known for songs like “Whispers in the Dark”, “Hero” and “Monster,” is touring in support of its new album, “Dominion.” Wells is coming off his hit single “Famous For” winning Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Music Awards. Other performers will include KB, Colton Dixon, I Am They and NewSong. Shane Pruitt will preach the gospel while Abby Robertson and Bayside Worship lead the pre-jam. Tickets cost $10 at the door. For more information, visit 2022.jamtour.com.
• The Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading, presents concerts by Postmodern Jukebox on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Eaglemania and Tusk on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. New York City pianist Scott Bradlee created Postmodern Jukebox out of a basement in Queens, N.Y., in 2011 with the goal to remake current pop hits into the classic sounds of the legends of yesterday. Miley Cyrus became the Platters. Bruno Mars became Frank Sinatra. The Spice Girls became the Andrews Sisters. Guns N’ Roses became Bessie Smith. The group has become a pop culture mainstay, having played over 1,000 shows on six continents, including acclaimed venues like Radio City Music Hall, Sydney Opera House and Red Rocks Amphitheater. Eaglemania and Tusk will pay tribute to the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, respectively. With sets that include state of the art LED, high-definition screens and multimedia content, RAIN will bring the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album to life in note-for-note renditions. For tickets and more information, visit santander-arena.com.
• The Just Between Friends Spring/Summer Sale runs through Sunday at Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks. Consignors will offer new and gently-used children’s and maternity merchandise including clothing, toys, baby equipment, strollers, high chairs, cribs, joggers, nursery gear, maternity wear, baby carriers, play yards, play sets, coats, shoes and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, see phillyexpocenter.com.
• Simple Gifts will perform Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Phoenixville. This award-winning duo of Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon performs on an array of instruments, including two violins, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, recorders and guitar, plus some more unusual instruments like the bowed psaltery, baritone fiddle, banjolin, guitjo and doumbek. They perform a variety of ethnic folk music, including everything from Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer freilachs, haunting Gypsy melodies and exotic Balkan dance tunes. Throughout their performances, they put their own distinctive stamp on traditional tunes, blending styles from diverse cultures with their American roots.
• The Reading Community Players will present Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery “The Mousetrap,” under the direction of Randy Miller and co-director Nicole Genest, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the George Baer Chapel, 45 S. Sixth St., Reading. “The Mousetrap” opened in London’s West End in 1952 and ran continuously until March 2020, when it was discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Britton and Brian Miller star as Mollie and Giles Ralston, who are new to the country inn scene and are opening Monkswell Manor to their first guests. A winter storm is moving in, threatening to make all the guests snowbound. In addition, the radio broadcaster announces the London police are looking for a murderer who slipped their dragnet after killing an older woman. After the guests have arrived, including a late unexpected arrival, the tension rises as personalities collide. The following day, a police sergeant arrives and begins to interrogate the guests suspecting that one of them is the person who had slipped the hunt in London. Tickets are available at www.readingcommplayers.com.
• Chris Roach headlines SoulJoel’s Comedy Club on Friday at 7 p.m. at its pop-up location at the Westover Golf Club, Jeffersonville. Roach is a comedian and actor who has brought his unique sense of humor to some of the biggest and best-known stages in the country, such as Gotham Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live NYC, The Borgata in Atlantic City and The Paramount in Huntington, N.Y. He is best known for his major recurring role of Mott in the hit CBS sitcom “Kevin Can Wait.” Tickets are $20 for general admission and $30 for VIP at souljoels.com.
• Bear Creek Mountain Resort, Longswamp Township, Berks County, presents live music in its rock garden on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Performing Saturday is the alt-country band Frog Holler, and on Sunday it’s the Grateful Dead tribute band Dead Friends. For more information, visit bcmountainresort.com.
• The Keswick Theatre, Glenside, presents Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox on Thursday at 8 p.m., the Bruce Springsteen tribute band Bruce in the U.S.A. on Friday at 8 p.m. and comedian John Crist on Sunday at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit keswicktheatre.com.
• Ardmore Music Hall kicks off its weekend with the Steal Your Peach performing a 50th anniversary tribute to the Allman Brothers Band’s “Eat a Peach” and the Grateful Dead’s “Europe ’72” albums. Both albums will be performed in their entirety. On Friday, the Smithereens featuring Marshall Crenshaw will headline an 8 p.m. show, with the Pawnshop Roses opening. On Saturday, it’s Satsang with Tim Snider and Wolfgang Timber at 8 p.m., followed by the Outlaws with the Miners on Sunday at 7 p.m., Oz Noy Trio featuring Dennis Chambers and Jimmy Haslip at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Cassadee Pope with Doublecamp at 8 p.m. Wednesday. For tickets and more information, visit ardmoremusichall.com.
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