Harland Williams: Harland Williams will be performing his stand-up comedy routine at the Improv theater in West Palm Beach June 13th-16th. His show starts at 8pm and it will be anywhere from $20-$25 to get in.
Williams hails from Canada and has been in major movies such as Half Baked, Freddy Got Fingered, and There’s Something About Mary to name a few. He also hosts the Comedy Central’s stand-up show Premium Blend.
For more information on Harland Williams go to: www.harlandwilliams.com
For more information about the Improv call: 561/833-1812
Jewel: Poet and Singer-Songwriter Jewel will be performing on Saturday June 15th at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The concert starts at 8pm and tickets are anywhere from $35.50-$45.50. For tickets and box office information call 954/462-0222 or 954/523-3309 or go to www.ticketmaster.com .
Opening for Jewel will be M2M, a Norwegian duo best known for their hit song /Don’t Say You Love Me/ which was featured in Pokemon: The First Movie.
For more information on Jewel go to: www.jeweljk.com
For more information on M2M go to: www.m2monline.com
KMFDM: The German rock band KMFDM will be performing Saturday June 15th at The Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. The show starts at 8pm and it’s $22 to get in. For tickets call 954/523-3309.
KMFDM is best known for albums like Symbols (1997), Nihil (1995) and their new release Attak (2002). They have an aggressive industrial style with a very creepy feel. KMFDM also tends to use sounds that are more common to the techno genre which can be a very good mix.
For more information on KMFDM go to: www.kmfdm.net
The 17th Annual Mango Festival: Deerfield Beach is holding this two day festival starting Saturday June 15. It will be held at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between Hillsboro Blvd & 10th street. It will be $5 for adults and $3 for children.
The festival celebrates Black Music Month and mangos. There will be two stages of live entertainment including The Isley Brothers and Gospel Groups such as Mighty Clouds of Joy and Vickie Winans. There will also be local musicians and of course plenty of mangos.
For more information on the 17th Annual Mango Festival call 954/480-4480
Brooks & Dunn: This country music duo will be performing at Mars Music Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on Friday June 21st. The show starts at 3pm and it’ll cost anywhere from $20-$45.50 to get in. For ticket or box office information call 561/795-8883 or 954/523-3309.
This show is part of Brooks and Dunn’s Neon Cirlce and Wild West Show 2002 tour. It will be featuring other country music stars such as Dwight Yokam, Gary Allen and Chris Cagle.
For more information on Brooks & Dunn go to: www.brooks-dunn.com
For more information on Brooks & Dunn’s Neon Circle and Wild West Show 2002 go to: www.ksux.com/neon.cfm
Ellen DeGeneres: Stand-up Comedian Ellen DeGeneres will be performing at the Broward Center of Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, June 22nd. The show starts at 8pm and the tickets go from anywhere between $32-$45. For ticket information call 954/462-0222 or 954/523-3309.
Ellen has helped pave the way for the acceptance of gays and lesbians when she came out on her self titled network tv show in 1997. Since then she has been: performing her stand-up routine all over, acted in Disney World movies (for some of the rides), in guest spots on tv shows and in 1996 even put out a cd called Taste This.