Tickets on sale Friday for Bob Thompson’s annual holiday jazz celebration, ‘Joy to the World’
PRESS RELEASE:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Bob Thompson’s annual holiday jazz celebration is back. For thirty-two years, Joy to the World has been delighting audiences on radio, television, and in person with old and new holiday favorites. The event is at the Culture Center Theater on Thursday, Dec. 12 and Friday, Dec. 13, and is presented by West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and the show will begin at 8pm. All tickets are general admission and are available online at Eventbrite or at mountainstage.org.
December 12 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1043087190867?aff=oddtdtcreator
*This event will be filmed for video broadcast
December 13 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1043145956637?aff=oddtdtcreator
*Recording for radio broadcast only
“To say that we are excitedly looking forward to this year’s edition of Joy to the World is really an understatement,” shares Bob Thompson. “Our special guest will be the fabulous Judith Owen. Judith is a truly dynamic performer, and a wonderful jazz vocalist who, true to her Welsh heritage, really loves Christmas. She is also a fine songwriter and plans to include a couple of her original Christmas songs in this show.
Judith is bringing New Orleans-based saxophonist, Ricardo Pascal along with her. Ricardo will be joining our guest trumpet player, James Moore. And as always, you will hear Ryan Kennedy on guitar, John Inghram on bass, and Tim Courts on drums. I’ll be playing piano, otherwise, I’d definitely buy a ticket to this show. Hope to see you there!”
Early Bird Tickets on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. $25 (Sales end on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 10 a.m.)
General Admission Tickets on sale Thursday, Nov. 26 at 10 a.m. $30
Day of Show Tickets: $35
The world-renowned jazz pianist Bob Thompson is the Mountain State’s best-loved musician and ambassador of jazz. Since 1991, he has been a pianist, and regularly featured artist, on WVPB’s nationally syndicated radio show, Mountain Stage, distributed by NPR Music. For 32 years, he has also been co-producer and host of Joy to the World, a holiday jazz show broadcast on public radio stations nationwide. In October 2015, Thompson was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. He makes his home in Charleston, West Virginia, and has enjoyed a long and active career as a performer, composer, arranger, and educator. Learn more about his work at colortones.com.
Watch and listen for last season’s show coming to WVPB in December on WVPB radio and television. More info coming soon to wvpublic.org/joy
About West Virginia Public Broadcasting:
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