ARCA 2025 Season Opener
ARCA presents, John Burgh ALL STARS, vocalist Lisa Bleil.
Fall in Love All Over Again with a cabaret evening of romantic music and glittery candlelight as long-time ARCA favorites - keyboardist John Burgh, vocalist Lisa Bleil and clarinetist/saxophonist Benny Benack II - return by popular demand with Grammy winner saxophonist Eric DeFade to open ARCA’s 20th Anniversary in a fabulous night of entertainment and dancing at the back of Lincoln Hall on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM. Reservations required for cabaret table seating – enjoying a complimentary charcuterie board, with wine and beer for sale.
Take a spin on the dance floor at the back of Lincoln Hall – or enjoy entertainment at your table as versatile vocalist Lisa Bleil and John Burgh serenade you with some of Pittsburgh’s premiere, blazing instrumentalists – Benny Benack II on clarinet and sax, Eric DeFade on sax, Robert Insko on bass, and Joey Waslousky, drums.
With overtones of a “big band”, performing romantic ballads and swinging tunes from The Great American Songbook, smooth jazz, contemporary favorites and Rock n Roll, Lisa and the phenomenal musicians will perform some of the most beloved Songs of Love!
Limited table seating requires reservations or advance online purchase.
Adults $35 with complimentary charcuterie board. Beer and Wine sold.
Call to Reserve 724 659-3153 – and pay by cash or check at the door. Buy online at alleghenyriverstone.org.
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts is grateful for the very generous gift of Tom and Nancy Hovis, ARCA’s Vice President and President respectively, sponsoring the Valentine’s Cabaret featuring their longtime friend John Burgh.
ARCA fans will remember that John Burgh ALL STARS with Lisa Bleil headlined ARCA’s outdoor concerts for two years at RiverStone Estate and wowed ARCA’s audience in Lincoln Hall with Benny Benack Benack II and Benny Benack III and in last year’s Valentine’s Cabaret.
Lisa Bleil has performed with both the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra and is known for her performances on the Emmy-winning PBS series “Live From Studio A” and can be seen on the nationally televised PBS specials.
Saxophonist Benny Benack, II is a legend in the Pittsburgh jazz scene – a musician well known for his virtuosic musicianship and charismatic audience appeal who has dazzled Lincoln Hall audiences with John Burgh and his son, Benny III.
Wailing on sax will be in-demand performing artist and studio musician, Eric DeFade, who has toured internationally with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and the Artie Shaw Big Band. Eric is a two-time Grammy Award winner for performances on Nancy Wilson’s jazz albums.
JOHN BURGH was first introduced to the Pittsburgh music scene in 1982 with the Harold Betters Band and played for many years with the Billy Price Band, touring Europe in 2003. He has played and recorded 5 albums with the rock group Gathering Field and was a long-time member of the 18-piece Balcony Big Band.
“Put a little love in your heart” as ARCA opens its 2025 season with a romantic cabaret evening with twinkling candlelight and the glorious music of the John Burgh ALL STARS in our beautiful Allegheny River valley. It’s “Love, Sweet Love!”
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