As a dedicated concert-goer, Hal Real had become increasingly disenchanted over the years with the smoky rooms, lousy sight lines, tinny acoustics and inadequate seating that have become the standard live music experience.
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Events:
Pierre Bensusan
Some guitarists have become fluent in the musical language of their time and place. Of these men and women, there are some who take in music from beyond their own surroundings and give birth to new mu...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-11 19:30:00
Estradasphere
Estradasphere dedicates their art to interpreting and developing the underlying musical currents of time and place. Rather than shamelessly showcasing their instrumental prowess, the six-piece (rock?!...
Category: Music, 21:30:00, 2007-04-11 21:30:00
Hothouse Flowers
With the pressure long gone off the band as Irelands next big thing, Liam, Fiachna, Peter OToole, bassist, and drummer Dave Clarke can get on with the more enjoyable task of making albums according to...
Category: Other, 19:30:00, 2007-04-14 19:30:00
Bob Schneider
Bob Schneider is a fixture on the Austin scene, having kicked around for years in various bands before embarking on a solo career in 1999. Schneider's musical approach as a solo artist has pro...
Category: Music, 22:00:00, 2007-04-14 22:00:00
e.s.t. - Esbjorn Svensson Trio
e.s.t. is a phenomenon: a jazz trio, which sees itself as a pop band that plays jazz, which broke with the tradition of leader and sidemen in favour of equality within it's members, which not ...
Category: Other, 19:00:00, 2007-04-15 19:00:00
Ropeadope Digital Launch Party with Burndown Allstars, Elect...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Doors 6PM / Show 7:30PM
Tickets
Advance: $10 + $4 processing fee*
*Save money! Processing fee is only $1 when you purchase with CASH at the box office BEFORE day of show!
Gener...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-17 19:30:00
Edwin McCain Band
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-18 19:30:00
Braddigan (of Dispatch) & Friends: A Benefit for WXPN's Musi...
He rode the waves with the independent band Dispatch for nine years until July 2004 when the band played its epic finale in Boston. "The Last Dispatch," drew an estimated 110,000 peo...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-19 19:30:00
Clean Air Council Earth Day Benefit with Adam Monaco, The SE...
EARLY SHOW!!!
Celebrate the Clean Air Council's 40th Anniversary and the 26th Anniversary of our annual Run for Clean Air with this post-run benefit.
Featuring musical performances by :
Adam M...
Category: Music, 12:00:00, 2007-04-21 12:00:00
African Song / New Contexts - 2 shows!!
Downstairs Live
Saturday, April 21, 2007
EARLY FAMILY SHOW
Doors 6pm / Show 7pm
LATE SHOW
Doors 8:30pm / Show 9pm
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-04-21 19:00:00
Balkan Beat Box
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-22 19:30:00
Kristin Hersh
Monday, April 23, 2007
Doors 6PM / Show 7:30PM
Tickets
Advance: $15 + $4 processing fee
Day of Show: $20 + $4 processing fee
Save money! Processing fee is only $1 when you purchase with CASH at the bo...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-23 19:30:00
Ozomatli
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Doors 6PM / Show 7:30PM
Tickets
Advance: $18 + $5 processing fee
Day of Show: $20 + $5 processing fee
Save money! Processing fee is only $1 when you purchase with CASH at the b...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-24 19:30:00
XPN Welcomes Brandi Carlile
ON SALE SAT, 2/17 AT NOON.
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-25 19:30:00
Michael Penn
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-27 19:30:00
Syd FULL BAND - CD RELEASE
full band - cd release
ALL AGES - $7
Upstairs w/ special guests
www.worldcafelive.com
www.myspace.com/syd
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-04-28 19:00:00
The Knitters (JohnDoe/Exene Cervenka/Dave Alvin/DJ Bonebrake...
Monday, April 30, 2007
Doors 6pm / Show 7:30pm
Advance Tickets
Standing Floor & Bar: $25 + $4 processing fee
Loge & Mezzanine: $35 + $4 processing fee*
Price includes a $10 Premium Se...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-30 19:30:00
Colin Hay (of Men at Work)
Colin Hay's wit and warmth that defined the now-classic Men at Work albums is now reaching an audience that may be too young to remember cassette tapes or the electric slide. Hay’s “I Just...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-05-01 19:30:00
Brainclaw at the World Cafe Live Philadelphia
May, 1 2007 at World Cafe Live Philadelphia
3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Cost : $10.00 suggested donation
Brainclaw's first show of 2007! A fundraiser for musician vict...
Category: Other, 21:00:00, 2007-05-01 21:00:00
Konono no. 1
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-03 20:00:00
Asylum Street Spankers
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-09 20:00:00
Laura Brereton in Philadelphia
This is my first time playing in Philadelphia so come out for a nice dinner at the World Cafe and see a great early set!
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-05-10 19:00:00
Gustafer Yellowgold
Peanut Butter and Jams Series
Category: , 11:30:00, 2007-05-12 11:30:00
Y-Rock on XPN Welcomes Sloan
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Doors 6pm / Show 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 + $5 processing fee*
*Save money! Processing fee is only $1 when you purchase with CASH at the box office BEFORE day of show!
Standing Room ...
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-05-12 19:30:00
Paddy Keenan @ Upstairs Live!
Piper Paddy Keenan was born in Ireland to a travelling family steeped in traditional music; both Paddy's father and grandfather were uilleann pipers. Paddy himself took up the pipes at the age...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-12 20:00:00
The Rigbees
Category: Music, 21:00:00, 2007-05-18 21:00:00
Seth Kallen & The Reaction with The Lightyears
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-20 20:00:00
Alo Brasil
Tickets
Standing Floor
$18 + $5 Processing fee
Student discount : $14 + $5 processing fee (must show student ID for discount)
* $1 Processing fee when purchasing with cash in advance *
Alô Brasil, co...
Category: Music, 21:00:00, 2007-05-26 21:00:00
Los Straitjackets starring Big Sandy with The Iguanas
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-05-31 19:30:00
Melody Gardot
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-31 20:00:00
Keren Ann
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-06-03 19:30:00
Kruno Spisic - Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Krunoslav "Kruno" Spisic began his musical training at the age of 10. His first instrument was of Eastern European decent called the Tambura, a four tone mandolin from modern day Cro...
Category: Music, 21:00:00, 2007-06-09 21:00:00
The Section Quartet
This conservatory-trained ensemble performs pop and rock songs from their generation.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-14 20:00:00
Will Hoge, Juliette Lewis and the Licks
In a more traditional singer/songwriter vein, Will Hoge is a standout. More like Pete Yorn than John Mayer, Hoge's songs don't get mired in the maudlin. His major label debut is &#...
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-11-15 19:30:00
The Gourds
The Gourds are a good time, honky tonkin' band with enough quirk and underground appeal to alt-country crowds.
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-11-16 19:30:00
Dukes of Destiny, Mr Ray
The Dukes of Destiny play hot, funky and exciting blues and roots music. A Philadelphia tradition, the Dukes have been performing their smokin' shows for over 25 years.
Mr. Ray (Ray Andersen) ...
Category: , 21:00:00, 2007-11-17 21:00:00
In the Dead of Winter - Canadian Music Showcase
This concert features performances by Jill Barber, David Myles, Jenn Grant, Tanya Davis, Amelia Curran, Royal Wood, Old Man Luedecke and Catherine MacLellan.
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-11-18 19:00:00
Willy Porter
Willy Porter combines blues, acoustic pop, grooving rock and soulful sounds with great ease.
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-11-18 19:00:00
Mike Doughty
His music isn't quite folk, but rather what he terms "small rock," and it's found a growing audience. Since 2000, former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty has been ...
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-11-19 19:30:00
Alela Diane
Accompanied mostly by her acoustic guitar, newcomer Alela Diane Menig sings stark, ghostly folk. (Spin Magazine, December 2006)
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-20 20:00:00
Enter the Haggis, Agent Moosehead
Enter the Haggis has built an international touring and recording career based on its unique approach to Celtic-based music and high-energy performances.
Agent Moosehead is a jazz/rock combo that play...
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-11-21 19:30:00
Delaware Rag
Delaware Rag is a four-piece band whose music varies in genre, bluegrass at base but with flavors of rock, folk, jazz and pop. Downtown Harvest is made up of Tom Moore, Bob Cahill, Drew Reid and Chris...
Category: , 21:00:00, 2007-11-23 21:00:00
Kruno Spisic Caravan
Croatian guitarist Kruno Spisic formed the gypsy jazz trio, Caravan back in 2002. Caravan explores a new branch of gypsy jazz by fusing Eastern European folk traditions with Django Reinhardt swing. Th...
Category: , 21:00:00, 2007-11-24 21:00:00
Eddi Lambert Axis - A Jimi Hendrix Review
Led by the incredibly talented frontman, Eddi Lambert, the Axis band offers audiences of today a glimpse of what it would've been like to have seen the great Jimi Hendrix live.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-27 20:00:00
Jon Regen
Jon Regen has distinguished himself throughout the world as a singer, songwriter and pianist of unparalleled depth. Following a distinguished career in jazz as both a sideman, (Jimmy Scott, Kyle Eastw...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-28 20:00:00
The Sippy Cups
The Sippy Cups are a cool, pop-rock band that combines circus performing, large-scale puppets and hits form the '60s.
Category: , 15:00:00, 2007-11-30 15:00:00
Tom Rush
Tom Rush first introduced the world to the songs of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and James Taylor over 35 years ago, and has been captivating audiences throughout the country ever since with his eve...
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-12-01 19:30:00
Darren Hayes
Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes exhibits dynamic vocal range and impressive electronic melodies.
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-12-04 19:30:00
Beat Caper
'Beat Caper: will be taking place on Wednesday Dec. 5, upstairs at World Café Live. Presented by Freshout and Grimace Federation, Beat Caper will be featuring opening acts of SeaTrio and Bod...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-12-05 20:00:00
WXPN Philly Local Musicians on Call Concert
Sharon Little, Scot Sax, Matt Duke and Cheers Elephant perform.
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-12-06 19:30:00
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren is undoubtedly a gifted pop songwriter, but at his core Rundgren is a rock and roll maverick.
Category: , 19:30:00, 2007-12-09 19:30:00
Donna Jean & the Tricksters
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Category: Music, 12:00:00, 2008-02-22 12:00:00