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International Guitar Night

Tickets: $32 general, $30 senior, $20 youth
Sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran through the Kent Community Foundation, and Curran
Law Firm
International Guitar Night is North America’s premier traveling guitar festival. Each tour, IGN
founder Brian Gore assembles a new cast of guitar luminaries that come together for a special
evening of solos, duets, and quartets that highlight the virtuosity and diversity within the world
of acoustic guitar. For International Guitar Night's 25th year, featured guitarists include an IGN
favorite and three exciting newcomers.
Friday, February 7 • 7:30 p.m. Lulo Reinhardt (Germany) is well known to IGN audiences. The grandnephew of legendary
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center Django Rainhardt, Lulo plays Latin Swing music, a combination of Gypsy Swing with Latin
rhythms. Alexandra Whittingham (England) is a dynamic classical guitarist with a repertoire
ranging from the classics to contemporary composers. Niwel Tsumbu (Ireland) has kept his
unique Congolese percussive style alive over the past 25 years living in Ireland. Soenke Meinen
(Germany) is a leading contemporary fingerstyle guitarist, mixing the incredible dexterity of his
high-speed compositions with sensitive ballads.

Karla Bonoff

Tickets: $32 general, $30 senior, $20 youth
Karla Bonoff has been described as one of the finest singer-songwriters of her generation,
and that description is not hyperbole. She has enjoyed critical acclaim, commercial success,
enduring popularity, and the unwavering respect of her peers. Her songs have been hits for
Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, and Linda Ronstadt, and many of Bonoff’s ballads are classics.
Karla records and tours extensively, playing sold-out shows around the world. Hearing Karla’s
moving vocals on her rich, expressive songs is refreshing, exhilarating, and restorative. Fans
and critics agree that Bonoff’s songs are timeless as are her recordings, and many prefer her
Friday, March 14 • 7:30 p.m. versions, live with instrumentation that is clean and spare, giving Bonoff’s voice room to
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center
work its emotional magic.

Lúnasa

Tickets: $30 general, $28 senior, $20 youth
Sponsored by the Pete and Pat Curran Family and co-sponsored by The Haffner
Family

Formed in 1997, Lúnasa has long been one of contemporary Irish music’s leading voices.
Named after an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, the group that
Folk Roots magazine once called an “Irish music dream team” was formed from members
of some of Ireland’s greatest bands. Over the years, Lúnasa has proven its mettle time and
Friday, March 21 • 7:30 p.m.
Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center time again, having sold over a quarter of a million records, and boasting collaborations with
notable artists outside the tradition such as Natalie Merchant and Mary-Chapin Carpenter.
They have performed more than 2,000 shows across 36 countries including high-profile
concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, National Concert Hall (Dublin),
and many leading festivals.

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