Live Music Lights Up Weekends on City’s Lovering Avenue
The weekends have gotten livelier lately on Wilmington’s Lovering Avenue.
This month at Gallucio’s sees Friday nights energized by the sounds of Edgewater Ave (12/6), Bad Avenue (12/13), and Too Tall Slim (12/20) — with the wild guys from Delta Cosmonauts wrapping up the month on Friday the 27th.
Next door on Saturday nights at Finnegan’s Pub, you can catch Paddy O’Furniture (12/7), Just A Bit Outside (12/14), Jackie Browne (12/21) and Dickens and Ballsworth (12/28).
— Visit Gallucios-DE.com & FinnegansPub302.com
Elvis Costello Returns for Grand Encore
Regaled in The Spectator as “the most fascinating songwriter Britain has produced in the past 50 years,” Elvis Costello will bring along his immense catalog of hits when he returns to The Grand on Saturday, February 22.
As part of a 15-date tour, Costello will also be bringing along Steve Nieve, the keyboardist he performed with in the Attractions starting back in 1977. Since then, the two musicians have appeared together on more than 25 recordings. Likewise, both have earned a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
In 2014, Costello performed solo at The Grand for a two-hour show that included four encores. He was 60 at the time, and the tour was playfully named after his song, “The Last Year of My Youth.”
— Visit TheGrandWilmington.org
Big Acts Coming to Kelly’s Logan House
Early 2025 sees three impressive touring acts coming to Kelly’s Logan House. On Saturday, January 4, Deadheads will rejoice when guitarist John Kaldecik brings his solo act to the second-floor stage in Trolley Square. Kaldecik presently performs with Melvin Seals & JGB, an honor he earned being a founding member of Dark Star Orchestra and a member of Further with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir from 2009 to 2014.
The following Saturday, January 11, DOOM DOGS take the stage featuring guitarist Reeves Gabrels, who has played with David Bowie and presently plays with The Cure. The band also includes Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (Machine Gun, Embryo, Sun Ra Arkestra) on bass and Jonathan Kane (February, Swans) on drums.
Then on Saturday, February 1, Panama Dead rolls through, a side-project of New Riders of The Purple Sage bassist and soloist Ronnie Penque.
— Visit LoganHouse.com
Runnin’ Late Brings the Holidays to the Queen
Area cover band Runnin’ Late performs its annual Holiday Rock Show on Friday, December 13, upstairs at The Queen.
Fans of classic rock hits can look forward to a stocking stuffed full of holiday favorites from the likes of Springsteen, the Kinks, the Eagles, U2, Billy Squier and more. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. and will include a few original songs as well towards the end of the night.
— Visit TheQueenWilmington.com
Ramble On with J.D. Webb and Friends
Yorklyn will be hopping the Saturday night before Christmas as J.D. Webb and The Good God Damn bring their first Yuletide Ramble to Dew Point Brewing Co.
With plenty of “heart-thumping anthems to backwoods ballads,” Webb says he hopes the celebration of music and the season will be “served up with enough grit and soul to shake off the winter chill.”
Adding to the festive merriment will be Katie Dill and members of New Sweden and Mad Sweet Pangs.
The fun begins at 7pm on Saturday, December 21.
— Visit DewPointBrewing.com
Shine A Light to Announce New Show Concept
Expect something different at Shine A Light next year.
The benefit concert will take place on Saturday, March 1, at the historic Queen Theater per usual, but the theme will change. Whereas past Shine A Light concerts have paid tribute to a specific year (last year’s concert focused on music from 1984, for example) — event organizers are unveiling an exciting new theme for this year’s concert.
Details of the new theme will be announced concurrent with the tickets-on-sale date of December 15.
Shine A Light is not just a concert, it’s a celebration of music’s power to inspire positive change; all proceeds from the event directly fund music education programs for Delaware’s underserved youth. In 2024, the event was able to provide grants totaling over $65,000 to seven area organizations that specialize in youth music programs.
— Visit LightUpTheQueen.org
