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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH -- 8PMVIP DOORS at 6:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION DOORS at 7PM
SHOW at 8PM
TICKETS
VIP: $25 + admission tax & processing fee
GENERAL ADMISSION: $20 + admission tax & processing fee
DOS: $25 + admission tax & processing fee
ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL
IMPORTANT INFO
This is an all-seated event in the main theater
GENERAL ADMISSION - arrive early for best choice of seating
This show is ALL AGES
FOOD & BEVERAGE available for purchase
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THE NIGHTHAWKS
The Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner’s brain long before he was able to
implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington, D.C., he did not
know there were rules against mixing blues, R&B, honky-tonk country, doo-wop, gospel
and rockabilly into one delicious stew.
In 1972, Mark, then 23, returned to his hometown after a New York City band apprenticeship, eager to start a real, work-every-night band based on American roots music. He found a receptive local scene. Washington has long been a musical melting-
pot of the kind that made Memphis the source point for the evolution of American music in the second half of the 20 th Century. It just never had a Stax or Sun record label to tell
the world. As the city exploded with an influx of people from all the surrounding states during the Great Depression and World War II, Washington became a hotbed of musical cross-fertilization. When Bill Haley first brought his wacky Pennsylvania mix of hillbilly music and rhythm and blues to D.C. in 1952, people got it. And white kids like Mark found the Howard Theater – now recently restored and part of the historic top tier of the
Chitlin’ Circuit that included Baltimore’s Royal, Chicago’s Regal and New York’s Apollo– just a 25-cent bus ride away from the suburbs.
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Bright Box (Winchester, VA), 19 N Loudoun St, Winchester, VA 22601, United States
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