Catch two musical star performances at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, New Jersey when Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Ballard take the stage on Thursday, June 5, and former Glee celeb Lea Michele on Thursday, June 26.
Both performances start at 7 p.m. and tickets go on sale Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster or by calling the bergenPAC box office: 201-227-1030, bergenPAC said.
Tickets for the June 5 Gipsy Kings show cost $49-$129 and feature virtuoso guitarist and founding member Baliardo.
Gipsy Kings
France’s most successful musical group of all time, Gipsy Kings released its ninth studio album and first in six years. It’s also the first album the band wrote and produced entirely on its own.
Gipsy Kings partnered with Knitting Factory Records but band members are free to pursue solo projects.
“Music has always been a passion,” lead guitarist Baliardo said. “Even after all this time, after all these years of touring and working. It has given us so much. We have matured, we have developed in music, and it has been so good for us.”
New Jersey’s Lea Michele
Tenafly, New Jersey native Lea Michele headlines bergenPAC on June 26, offering up “fiery flamenco and Latin rhythms.” Tickets range $89-$159.
An actor and singer, Michele is best known for her role as Rachel Berry in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee (2009-15) and will perform favorites from Broadway, Glee, and more. She was a child actress on Broadway and also starred in numerous television shows, including the horror-comedy series Scream Queens.
Tickets for both shows are available at: www.ticketmaster.com or by calling the bergenPAC Box Office (201) 227-1030.
About bergenPAC
Originally opened as the Englewood Plaza movie theater on Nov. 22, 1926, the Bergen Performing Arts Center, (bergenPAC) is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life through the arts, stimulating a culture of equity, and fostering future talent.
The nonprofit’s underlying mission is to make live performing arts and arts education accessible to its diverse community by building a creative home for artists and teachers of excellence who entertain, enlighten, inspire and inform audiences and students.
Founded in 2003, the center continues to attract world-class entertainment at its 1,367-seat historic art deco-style theater. The space has one of the best acoustic halls in the country, bergenPAC said.
About the Performing Arts School at bergenPAC
The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC offers programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals.
The Performing Arts School and bergenPAC are not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporations. The school reaches over 30,000 students and community youth every year from age 2 months to 21 years. It offers an original “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals.
About bergenPAC
In the fall of 2004, the 1,367 seat Bergen Performing Arts Center reopened the doors of the former John Harms Center in Englewood, New Jersey.
bergenPAC’s mission is to make live performing arts and arts education accessible to its diverse community by building a creative home for artists and teachers of excellence who entertain, enlighten, inspire and inform audiences and students.