A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
Join Josh DeCerbo and the Family Band as they play some contemporary and classic pop and vocal music. The vocal selections will star a host of families from Norfolk, so come on out and enjoy listening. Expect anything and everything, from some jazz songs to the Beatles, Lady Gaga and everything in between. Music on […]
Come hear Jasmine Road, the musical creation of Christina and Patrick Pate. They'll be performing folk/pop songs, both covers and originals.
Andy Styles brings his own special brand of music to Robertson Plaza during Weekend in Norfolk. Originally a New York musician, he has played guitar, bass and harmonica in various bands over the years, lending his style to rock, southern rock, bluegrass, country and folk and developing a large repertoire of original songs. Music on […]
Bill Berloni has had a long and successful career training rescued animals to perform in shows on and off Broadway, for national tours, in regional theaters, for special events, the New York City Ballet, motion pictures, and television and commercials. He and some of his animals will present his story in "Broadway Tails." This event […]
Join Don Lowe for the final hours of WIN's musical summer afternoons. Don has been featured in venues of all types across the eastern corridor and has opened for national acts such as Tom Rush, the Little River Band, Livingston Taylor, the Dana Fuchs Band and many others. His brand of Americana music explores life […]
Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms, […]
Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms, […]
Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was in February, when he played at the Manor House with Trina Hamlin.
The Norfolk Library presents a reading of "Alabama Story," a drama about censorship, book banning and civil rights. The play introduces the little-known true story of a librarian who was persecuted by politicians for protecting a controversial children’s picture book, “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” in the Jim Crow South. Politicians and citizens in Alabama wanted the […]
The Blue Yodels—Felicia Michael (vocals) and Bob Brophy (guitar, vocals)—will be on Robertson Plaza to brighten up Saturday morning and get it started off with their own special mix of rock, country, folk and pop. Come enjoy! The Blue Yodels are sponsored by the Norfolk Farmers Market. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the […]
Join Josh DeCerbo and the Family Band as they play some contemporary and classic pop and vocal music. The vocal selections will star a host of families from Norfolk, so come on out and enjoy listening. Expect anything and everything, from some jazz songs to the Beatles, Lady Gaga and everything in between. Music on […]
A special treat—the music of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone and a tuba—is coming to Robertson Plaza thanks to the kindness of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music. Expect to hear a variety of pieces for brass quintet, ranging from classical to completely contemporary. The group features Eric […]
Don Lowe can not appear. Watch this space for an announcement. Join Don Lowe for some light-hearted music on this summer afternoon. Don has been featured in venues of all types across the eastern corridor and has opened for national acts such as Tom Rush, the Little River Band, Livingston Taylor, the Dana Fuchs Band […]
Hear eight different musical acts from around the area, in an open mic session emcee'd by Norfolk's own Andy Styles. We don't know who they'll be—participation is first-come, first-served—but we're sure you'll enjoy listening! Click here to find out how to participate. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the National Iron Bank. Click here […]
Come revel in live music on Robertson Plaza, with Michael Cobb, just back from Spain, singing and playing guitar and harmonica. Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was […]
Another chance to revel in music by the Grantville Dawgs! The group—Bob Britton, Tom Calcinari, Grant Mudge, Kristin Mudge and Dale Savage—enjoys playing the rock music that they like to listen to themselves. Most of their music originally came out in the 60s, 70s and 80s. They will also be playing Friday, August 2, from […]
The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival makes an all-too-brief return to town in the form of this live concert by fellows from last summer’s Festival. Click here for a downloadable program. The performers are: Michael Huerta, flute Annie Winkelman, oboe Nicole Martin, clarinet Darius Farhoumand, bassoon Gretchen Berendt, horn
Come enjoy listening to Michael Cobb. Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., he sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana, but mixes in some Spanish songs in honor of his wife, Martiña. He plays regularly at Weekend in Norfolk.
Come hear Seth Hagymasi singing and playing a great mix of folk, bluegrass and old-time country music on acoustic guitar and mandolin.
Garet&Co presents an in-the-round dance performance, "From All Angles." This is the troupe's third annual performance in the glorious space of Battell Chapel. Click here to buy tickets.
Garet&Co presents an in-the-round dance performance, "From All Angles." This is the troupe's third annual performance in the glorious space of Battell Chapel. Click here and select "different date" to buy tickets.
Come hear Seth Hagymasi singing and playing a great mix of folk, bluegrass and old-time country music on acoustic guitar and mandolin.
Andy Styles brings his own special brand of music to Robertson Plaza during Weekend in Norfolk. He has played guitar, bass and harmonica in various bands over the years, lending his style to a variety of music and developing a large repertoire of original songs. Sing-along and dancing encouraged!
Carol Leven and Nick Moran have been playing together since 2014. Both loved jazz standards and had been revisiting/rediscovering them through lyrics, melody and rhythm. With a seven-string guitar and a live looper, Nick sounds like two guitars and a bass. Bringing brushes and snare, shakers, frame drum and bongos into the mix, Carol sounds […]
Come revel in live music by the Grantville Dawgs at the peak of their talent! This high-energy group of friends typically enjoys playing rock, funk, soul and popular music from the 60s, 70s and later. They are loosely based out of the Grantville section of Norfolk in the southeastern part of town and hope you […]
This show features the timeless songs of Neil Young, the Beatles, Van Morrison, the Rolling Stones, John Denver, the Eagles, CSN, Bob Seger, Billy Joel, Cat Stevens, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, the Band, Kenny Rogers, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Buffett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead and more. The music is […]
Acclaimed pianist and composer Matan Porat performs live, improvised soundtracks for three silent era gems including Florence Turner’s 1914 Daisy Doodad’s Dial, Oskar Fischinger’s 1938 Optical Poem, and Sherlock Jr., the great Buster Keaton’s 1924 whodunnit. Buy Gala or concert-only tickets here.
Come let your feet tap and your spirit soar to the sound of bluegrass and folk music by Elias Neuman-Donihue. Robertson Plaza is the perfect place to dance! And be sure to check out the offerings at Sidewalk Sunday, our afternoon street fair right next to the plaza.
Julia Autumn Ford has been playing professionally since she was a teenager. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and, as a member of Belle of the Fall, an indie folk duo comprised of JAF and Tracy Walton, she has released 3 critically acclaimed albums: Earthbound, Rise Up and The Bending of Light. This is […]
Come revel in live music with Michael Cobb, just back from Spain, singing and playing guitar and harmonica. Mike will be joined on Robertson Plaza by his band, the Crevulators, who play eclectic Americana by classic artists from the 1960s onward like Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival.