UPCOMING EVENTS
HORSE LORDS w/ Magic Tuber Stringband
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Horse Lords were founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010; they evolved from the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and began as a trio with drummer Sam Haberman, guitarist Owen Gardner, and bassist Max Eilbacher, soon adding alto saxophonist Andrew Bernstein to the core ensemble. Though Horse Lords grew out of the fertile Baltimore noise and leftfield rock scene, a storied environment for artists and weirdos that has nurtured many an influential outsider band (Lungfish, Matmos), their approach is more omnivorous than the stippled rhythms of instrumental electric rock would indicate.
Across sixteen years of frequent touring, Horse Lords have released ten studio, live, and collaboration albums in addition to a split EP with fellow Baltimoreans Lower Dens, a handful of singles and compilation tracks. For RVNG’s FRKWYS series, the band collaborated with Berlin-based composer Arnold Dreyblatt, a onetime student of La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros whose just intonation chamber music was a crucial part of the post-Fluxus Downtown New York City environment.
With the relocation of three of the four members to Germany beginning in 2021, the potential for more further creative exploration, and performance opportunities including the Moers Festival (with an 11-piece lineup, interpreting Julius Eastman’s music as well as their own), the interdisciplinary phases of the band’s music was poised for fascinating new directions. The band observes “We are always trying to balance working within the limitations of the quartet and pushing beyond them.
OPEN DECKS!
Open decks returns to Manny’s! This is a chance for novice and experienced DJs alike to play tunes on Manny’s sound system for a crowd of fellow jockeys and music heads. We welcome all levels, backgrounds, and musical styles.
Come to DJ or come to hang and dance!
DJs sign up when you arrive; the next DJ is drawn from a hat; 20 minute slots. Bring your thumb drive because this will be a digital only event. Everyone must play on the venue’s Pioneer XDJ-XZ.
Reach out with any questions, technical or otherwise!
SECRET PLANET // ALASH ENSEMBLE
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$25 Advance // $30 Day of Show
Alash is a group of master musicians from Tuva, a republic in southern Siberia, known for their deep knowledge and practice of traditional Tuvan throat singing (khöömei). Their music is rooted in the nomadic culture of the region, where sound is closely tied to the natural world—wind, water, animals, and the vast steppe. Using instruments like the igil (horsehead fiddle) and doshpuluur (two-string lute), Alash creates layered, overtone-rich vocal music that can evoke multiple pitches at once, blending melody, rhythm, and environment into a single voice.
What makes Alash especially compelling is their ability to honor tradition while remaining open and collaborative. They are deeply committed to preserving Tuvan cultural heritage, but also engage with contemporary audiences through thoughtful arrangements and cross-cultural exchange. Whether performing in concert halls, intimate spaces, or alongside musicians from other traditions, their work offers a rare and immersive listening experience—one that connects ancient practices to the present moment in a powerful, resonant way.
Suburban Downgrade, The Wasted, Owned By Assholes, The Whatleys
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July 18th! We will be RETURNING to Manny's Live Performance Space for our 2nd to last stop on the tour... where we will be recording a double LIVE ALBUM with The Wasted!!! / Fool Records
We want to pack this place for it!
Joining us for the evening are our good friends Owned By Assholes and the legends themselves, The Whatleys!!!
SECRET PLANET // L'ECLAIR (Switzerland)
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Growing up in Bulgaria in the late 1990s, brothers Stef and Yavor Lilov were shaped in a myriad of unseen ways by the centuries-old folk music that filtered through their daily lives. It helped mold their creative spirit and inspired them to begin making noise together at a young age, and that unique and intuitive creative alchemy has been a foundation of guitarist/keyboardist Stef and drummer Yavor’s band L’Eclair since they formed it in their adopted home of Switzerland a decade ago.
After spending the past two years meticulously crafting Cloud Drifter, their fourth album and debut for revered U.S. label Innovative Leisure, L’Eclair is for the first time now led by the Lilov siblings. The result is an album seamlessly melding modernity with nostalgia and played with a robotic tightness that remains deeply human. Indeed, Cloud Drifter will move the body as much as it does the brain.
“We really wanted to finally be able to capture in the studio the feeling that people had listening to us live,” says Yavor. “Part of that involved really taking the time to polish the music between recording and mixing. Can we make this more impactful? How can we make it more attention-grabbing? Putting in that work and really dissecting the production helped us achieve the sonic result we were looking for.”
L’Eclair has built an international fanbase thanks to its impressive command of rhythm, dynamics and electro/acoustic alchemy, which has nodded equally to vocal-free titans such as Can and Tortoise, expansive, spacey and blissed-out jams ((2021’s Confusions) and more stripped-down, feel-good and genre-jumping destinations (the 2018 debut Polymood). Two live sessions for KEXP have accumulated nearly 900,000 views combined, beaming L’Eclair onto the playlists of adventurous listeners around the world.
SECRET PLANET // ROMPERAYO SOUNDSYSTEM (COLOMBIA)
DOORS 7PM
DJ GORINTO 7PM
ROMPERAYO SOUNDSYTEM 8PM
Save the date because this is an special night of "alta rumba" high quality party with the amazing company and friends from Colombia @pedritojeda @romperayo sound system
FRANK HURRICANE, JOE LEVI , TARA TOMS
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Frank Hurricane is a songwriter, storyteller, wanderer, and one of the great American folk artists operating today. His songs are full of humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom, drawing from years spent traveling the country, busking on street corners, hopping freight trains, and connecting with people wherever he lands. Whether performing a song, telling a story, or drifting between the two, Frank has a rare ability to make a room feel smaller and more human. His recordings have become beloved within underground folk circles, but it's his live performances—unpredictable, generous, and deeply personal—that have made him something of a legend among those lucky enough to experience them~
Raised in an old English hamlet with a population of just 50 people, and fed on a diet of the weird and wonderful, mythology and magick, Levi now calls New York City home, having taken his unique blend of psychedelic folk and baroque pop to audiences across the world. His most recent, self-titled, album is a raw and intimate affair made using limited instrumentation and vintage cassette recorders.
Tara Toms an experimental and process-based composer, she has focused primarily on graphic scoring and text-based works for choirs. As an improviser, she works with automatic speech, glossolalia, visualization, playfulness, and altered dream states. Her written work focuses on semiotic density and language games - she is currently developing a 3-dimensional poem. She also writes simple country songs about god and heartbreak.
SECRET PLANET // SRUTI AND SUMESH
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Sruti | Sumesh - two young masters of the Carnatic tradition join forces for their first US tour as a duo. They play an intimate yet electrifying set. In their musical dialogue, traditional melodies meet contemporary grooves and spontaneous improvisation. Sumesh (mrdangam--two-headed Carnatic drum) is a visiting artist from Chennai in South India, and Sruti (Carnatic violin) was raised as a diaspora kid in the Bay Area. Experience their energetic and imaginative approach to Carnatic instrumental music.
BARK CULTURE (PHILLY)
Bark Culture is a Philadelphia-based trio led by vibraphonist Victor Vieira-Branco, featuring Joey Sullivan on drums and John Moran on bass. The band is touring their new record The Giant is Awkward set for release on June 5th, 2026.
The Giant is Awkward is the second album by vibraphonist and composer Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture. The ensemble—featuring John Moran (double bass) and Joey Sullivan (drums)—is joined by pianist and composer Sam Yulsman for five pieces that mirror the prismatic nature of a sound Vieira-Branco has been tirelessly crafting with the group since 2021. With the addition of Yulsman, the group reveals, as Peter Margasak states, “a heightened sensitivity and grace, with increased harmonic splendor thanks to the added chordal voice. The record also marks the vibraphonist’s clear growth as a composer.”
The band’s 2024 debut, Warm Wisdom, received high praise, with New York Times jazz critic Hank Shteamer listing it among his top debuts of 2024, as well as landing a spot on Bandcamp’s Best of Jazz for September 2024. Since then, Vieira-Branco has joined Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra and the Chad Taylor Quintet, the former of which released the album Smokeshifter, featuring three pieces penned by the vibraphonist. The core trio of Bark Culture was also heavily involved in Rob Mazurek’s score for Kelly Reichardt’s 2025 film The Mastermind.
SECRET PLANET // SABABA 5
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Sababa 5 are a Paris-based band known for their hypnotic blend of Middle Eastern psychedelia, Mediterranean funk, and analog groove. Their sound fuses swirling organs, surf guitars, and irresistible rhythms into a style that feels both nostalgic and forward-looking — rooted in vintage tones, but always evolving.
After gaining global attention with the single “Tokyo Midnight / Nasnusa,” featuring Japanese singer Yurika, the band continued to explore new directions through collaborations and live performances across Europe. Their self-titled debut album and follow-up, Aspan, deepened their signature sound: a rich instrumental fusion of funk, disco, and Eastern melodies.
In recent years, Sababa 5 have expanded their palette through projects with vocalists including Shiran Tzfira, Inbal Nur Dekel, Yurika Hanashima, Canay Doğan, and Sophia Solomon, balancing analog depth with cross-cultural energy.
Known for their captivating live shows, Sababa 5 bring an immersive experience that blends groove, improvisation, and vibrant sonic textures, connecting with audiences across Europe and beyond.
In 2025, they unveiled Nadir, their fourth and most ambitious album to date. Marking a new creative high, Nadir dives deeper into emotion, texture, and groove — the sound of a band unafraid to move forward. This journey continues into early 2026 with the release of their fifth album, Ca Va Ca Va, embracing a celebratory Hafla sound — a Middle Eastern party spirit — fully supported by an extensive European tour.
ELEPHANT STONE (Canada)
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At the center of Montreal’s Elephant Stone is Rishi Dhir, a songwriter and sitarist who has spent twenty years blurring the lines between Western psych-pop and Indian classical tradition. What began in 2006 as a quest for transcendental sound has evolved into a singular, self-contained vision. Operating out of his Montreal home studio, Sacred Sound, Dhir has emerged as a true studio auteur—producing, engineering, and mixing the band’s increasingly complex and cinematic output.
While the band’s reputation was built on airtight pop craftsmanship and spiritual exploration, their recent work—anchored by longtime members Miles Dupire, Robbie MacArthur, and Jason Kent—possesses a new, raw intensity. It is a sound forged through Dhir’s deep collaborative history with icons like The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Beck, as well as his role in the psych-supergroup MIEN.
With a discography spanning 10 acclaimed releases, Elephant Stone remains at the forefront of the modern movement, constantly deconstructing the past to find something visceral, haunting, and undeniably human in the present.
SECRET PLANET // ROGÊ (BRAZIL)
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Latin Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rogê is one of Brazil’s most vibrant contemporary voices, blending samba, soul, funk, and MPB into a warm, groove-driven sound. Born in Rio de Janeiro and now based in Los Angeles, he has built a growing international audience through dynamic touring across North America and Europe.
His recent albums Curyman (2023) and Curyman II (2024), featuring legendary arranger Arthur Verocai, mark a defining new chapter in his career. In 2026, Rogê continues touring Curyman II, joins Verocai for special performances, appears at the Greek Theatre with Thee Sacred Souls, and performs at Grand Performances after receiving the City of Los Angeles COLA Artist Fellowship.
Known for his joyful, high-energy shows and soulful voice, Rogê carries the spirit of Brazilian music to audiences worldwide.
Hana Stretton & Helena Deland
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British/Australian composer, singer, and producer Hana Stretton has quickly become one of the most quietly celebrated voices in contemporary independent music. Her 2023 debut album, Soon, was reissued by Phil Elverum through PW Elverum & Sun in 2024, helping introduce her spacious, deeply atmospheric songwriting to a wider audience. Her forthcoming album tiarn expands on that vision, incorporating subtle classical and electronic elements while remaining rooted in the natural world that informs much of her work.
Joining her is Montreal songwriter Helena Deland, whose acclaimed albums Someone New and Goodnight Summerland have established her as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary indie music. In addition to her solo work, Deland is known for her collaborative project Hildegard with Ouri and has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, sharing stages with artists including Weyes Blood, Andy Shauf, Soccer Mommy, and Iggy Pop.
SECRET PLANET // LAS AÑEZ (COLOMBIA)
Las Áñez (Valentina and Juanita Áñez Rothmann ) -Performing as a quintet- is led by twin sisters from Bogotá who compose original songs deeply rooted in the folk music of Colombia and perform them in a polished and unique way. Their trademark style combines tight vocals with unusual instrumental accompaniments, which can range from gaming soundtrack sounds to acoustic pianos and disembodied vocals.
They have charmed audiences in Latin America and Europe because of their spontaneity, versatility, and for their dedication to mixing folklore with contemporary music. They have released four award-winning albums on which they have collaborated with iconic Colombian rock singer Andrea Echeverri (Aterciopelados), and Grammy winner Marta Gómez, among others. They have received numerous awards for their songs and videos in Colombia and Europe.
Their music has been used in films in Colombia and they participated in the soundtrack of the Netflix series One Hundred Years of Solitude and the Amazon series La Liberación. In their songwriting, Las Áñez are deeply reflexive, playfully poetic and meticulously tight, as well as connected to traditional music. The songs on their 2020 album Reflexión address time, religion, emotions, and music itself through clever, witty fables delivered primarily through the simplicity of two female voices. Their careful arrangements and characteristically minimal production and instrumentation draw listeners into a world of traditional storytelling, tricks, and games. The sisters studied jazz vocals at Universidad Javeriana and participated in several student ensembles. In 2010 they founded Bituin, a quartet dedicated to experimental Latin American music with another pair of siblings, Santiago and Daniel de Mendoza and they released their debut album a year later. Juanita and Valentina launched their solo project to develop original repertoire in 2014.
Their embrace of avant-garde music was quickly recognized within the Latin American musical world, garnering endorsements from stars such as Julieta Venegas and Kevin Johansen. They have performed in leading festivals and stages in Colombia, Uruguay, Germany, and Estonia.
Secret Planet // Las Guaracheras + Nevaris Project
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LAS GUARACHERAS 7:45 PM
NEVARIS PROJECT 9:45 PM
As part of @cpartsfestival and the “Arts Fest After Dark” series, Manny’s Live Performance Space welcomes back the unstoppable force that is Las Guaracheras, joined by a special opening set from the Nevaris Project on Saturday, July 11.
Straight out of Cali, Colombia, @lasguaracheras deliver an explosive mix of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, salsa dura, and Latin jazz that transforms any room into a dance floor. The all-female sextet is known for high-energy performances driven by powerful percussion, vibrant horns, and commanding vocals, creating a sound that feels both deeply rooted and fully alive in the moment.
The @nevarisproject sets things in motion with a heavy, groove-forward blend of funk, dub, and Afro-Latin rhythms. Led by Agustín Nevaris, the group features former Fela Kuti drummer Jojo Kuo alongside breakbeat specialist Lockatron, moving between tight rhythmic interplay and expansive textures. Drawing from a catalog that includes the Bill Laswell-produced Reverberations, the set is built to lock in early and carry through the night.
Doors 7PM
Las Guaracheras 7:30PM
Nevaris Project 9:15PM
BAILEY POPE (COMEDY X ROCK N' ROLL)
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7:15PM SKYLYND // 8PM WEEKNIGHT, PENNSYLVANIA // 8:30PM SASHA DIDKOVSKY // 9:00PM THE WHATLEYS // 9:45PM BAILEY POPE // 10:30PM JAY VEIL
We're welcoming New York comedian Bailey Pope to Manny's during Arts Fest weekend.
Bailey's debut album AKA premiered at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts, and she's been featured on Prime Video, SiriusXM, Roku Comedy Network, and festivals including New York Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, and World Comedy Expo. She's quickly become one of the most exciting young comedians working today, with a style that's smart, understated, and consistently hilarious.
Dope night of comedy X rock and roll at Manny's during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
Noche De Baile : Salsa, Bachata, y Mas
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Join us for an evening of salsa, bachata, cumbia, merengue, and more with resident instructor Jorge Ballinas. We’ll have beginner-friendly lessons at 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM, with open dancing in between and after. Perfect if it’s your first time or for those who are out dancing every week!
Doors at 7 PM
Lessons: 7:30 PM & 9:00 PM
$10 Cover
All Ages
Full Bar
Manny’s has become one of Central Pennsylvania’s homes for Latin music and dance, bringing together people from across the region for nights like these.
Come join us! 2 days later, July 11 we are hosting Las Guaracheras, the all female sextet from Cali Colombia, who brings hard hitting salsa to Manny’s ! Info on website - buy tickets early we are expecting it to sell out ! 💃
Orquesta Mi Amor (Raising Funds for Venezuela Relief Efforts)
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This is a Fundraiser for Venezuelan Relief Efforts // There will be ways to contribute at the event.
Orquesta Mi Amor (formerly Ady’s Latin Band) brings together the best musicians in and around State College to play classic and electrifying dance music from across Latin America: salsa, cumbia, joropo, boleros, son, and more.
Lead singer Ady Martinez has been performing with these world-class musicians in various arrangements for the last decade, and this current manifestation of Ady’s Latin Band is a hot new project that offers up the lively flavors of Latin music to dancing and listening audiences across central Pennsylvania.
FRED FRITH w/ Teiku
A founding member of the legendary avant-rock group Henry Cow, Fred Frith has spent more than five decades redefining the possibilities of the guitar. Through improvisation, composition, prepared instruments, and a seemingly limitless curiosity, he has become one of the most influential figures in experimental music, collaborating with artists including Brian Eno, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and countless others across the worlds of jazz, rock, contemporary classical music, film, and dance.
Opening the evening will be @teikumusic , a project founded by Chicago pianist @joshdimension and Detroit percussionist @jonathanbarahaltaylor . The group reframes their respective families’ unique Passover melodies as conduits for spontaneous musical expression. Their self-titled debut, released in 2024, was a meditation on shared history and a tribute to the aurally transmitted ancestral melodies they grew up singing.
Their sophomore album, Klang, expands on this concept by drawing source material from the wider community, rare manuscripts, voice recordings, and memories of late-night ritual chants. Five of the album’s six tracks are based on the same liturgical Passover text, each reflecting a different regional or family melody passed down through generations.
Drawing from these variations, Teiku transforms traditional melodies through improvisation, deconstruction, and collective exploration. Joined on recordings by bass clarinetist @jasonstein33 (Natural Information Society) and bassist Jaribu Shahid (Sun Ra Arkestra, Art Ensemble of Chicago), the group creates music that honors tradition while opening it to new possibilities.
SECRET PLANET // THEE MARLOES (Indonesia) w/ Elijah Snyder
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Thee Marloes are a rising soul trio from Surabaya, Indonesia, bringing a fresh global perspective to classic soul music. At first listen their sound may feel familiar—warm crooning guitar, deep-pocket drums, and heartfelt vocals about love and longing—but what sets them apart is the place and spirit it comes from. Soul music from Indonesia is rare, and Thee Marloes have carved out their own lane.
The band features vocalist and keyboardist Natassya Sianturi, guitarist Sinatrya “Raka” Dharaka, and drummer Tommy Satwick. Drawing inspiration from classic soul, American hip-hop, rocksteady, and lovers rock reggae, the trio developed their sound organically through late-night songwriting sessions and local gigs across Southeast Asia. The group truly came into focus when Raka and Tommy discovered Natassya’s powerful voice at a local performance—her church-trained vocals and wide musical influences adding emotional depth to the project.
Recording in their home studio, the trio crafted a raw and authentic soul sound that eventually caught the attention of Big Crown Records. Their debut album Perak blends funk-driven grooves, soulful ballads, and Indonesian-language lyrics into a style that feels both timeless and entirely new—proof that great soul music can come from anywhere in the world.
What About This Love Monthly Dance Party
What About This Love?, Manny's monthly disco, house, and dance party, returns with resident DJs Dana See and DJ Elbow Knee Knee. Join us on the checkered dance ~> disco classics, house favorites, and genre hopping selections pulled from deep in the crates.
Official Claire (Chicago) w/ Weird Dream and Josué
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Official Claire is one of her generation's finest songwriters. The Chicago Reader praised her combination of “sensitivity and straight talk.” Former Wilco member LeRoy Bach says, “Official Claire is my favorite new songwriter. Her songs possess deep wit, and mischief, and all those swaying hooks!” Her live band includes Bach, as well as Brooks Palmer and drummer Quin Kirchner.
Claire is also a calm shredder of guitar. The Singleman Affair called her a “stunning bliss/drone sorceress.” On her most recent release, Midnight Dickbiter, Claire played and engineered the majority of instruments. The beautiful collection maintains a celebration amid darkness, and generosity amid the mundane.
Claire grew up in the Chicagoland area, where she’s played the main stage at the Old Town School’s acclaimed Square Roots festival, and a Lollapalooza after-party with Slow Pulp. She’s currently en route to perform at Wilco’s curated Solid Sound Festival and is also featured at this year’s Chicago standout festival, Sound and Gravity.
Support from State College’s Weird Dream — poetic soundscapes that somehow turn into catchy, strange songs. Revealing and restrained in the best way.
JOHNNY MULLENAX W/ MA’AM
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Johnny Mullenax, a Tulsa native, grew up in a musical family and started playing guitar at age 5.
In his teens, he followed his family to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. In typical Johnny fashion, he showed up with just a guitar and ended up sleeping in a stand-up bass case.
At 18, he used a friend’s ID to get into a club, where he became part of a live hip hop band backing rappers.
According to Johnny, “Life is too short to play one style of music, and if you have an opportunity to try something different, then you should give it a shot.”
Claiming wide-ranging influences from AC/DC and The Ramones to John Coltrane and Parliament, Johnny calls his genre-bending sound a funky country bluegrass good time!
SECRET PLANET // GITKIN w/ Andy Tolins
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An intoxicating gumbo of global soul, surf noir, and psychedelic funk — all filtered through a vintage analog haze. Listening to Gitkin feels like stumbling across a forgotten reel-to-reel in a dusty Havana pawn shop or a smoky Marseilles speakeasy. There’s a deep sense of wanderlust baked into every groove — part spaghetti western, part funk exotica — with twangy guitars that slither like snakes through a desert bazaar.
New Orleans-based Gitkin, also known as Brian J Gitkin, is a Grammy-nominated artist and producer renowned for his work with Cedric Burnside, Bab L’ Bluz, Bernard Purdie, and Cyril Neville, and as the mastermind behind the internationally beloved funk ensemble Pimps Of Joytime. What began as a passion project has grown into a global phenomenon. With monthly streams surpassing 300,000, Gitkin’s self-produced studio albums have resonated deeply across continents.
In 2022, fueled by mounting streaming momentum and international demand, he assembled a live touring trio featuring Palestinian multi-instrumentalist Simon Moushabeck (keys, accordion, percussion) and Cuban-American drummer Washington Duke. Together, the three create a spacious yet explosive live dynamic — weaving hypnotic grooves, desert-tinged melodies, and deep rhythmic interplay into something both transportive and visceral. Since forming, the trio has toured extensively across the United States, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands, France, and Austria, selling out multiple headline shows and supporting acts such as Steel Pulse, Say She She, The Altons, and Thee Sinseers.
After years of crafting vocal-driven productions, Gitkin embraced the freedom of letting the guitar speak. “With Gitkin, I bring my love for African, Middle Eastern, and South American music into dialogue with American blues and funk,” he explains. “Performing as a trio leaves space for what I call ‘expensive moments’ — those times when something intangible takes over the room and everyone feels it.”
Forrester Grey, James Macpherson , James Judas
@jamesmacphersonofficial returns to State College on our tour stop at @mannysstatecollege. Did you order one James…? TOO BAD! Double James with local support from @jamesjudasmusic 💕
Jokes aside come on out, it’s a Tuesday. Support @jamesmacphersonofficial and my records 💿👍
Poster: @ghosthuntingg
#statecollege #diytour #indierock #localshow
Salsa Dancing @ Manny's (W/ Lessons)
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Baile de Noche: Bachata, Salsa y Más
All skills welcome, all ages. Come dance, hang, and learn something new.
Lessons with resident instructor Jorge Ballinas at 7:30PM and 9:00PM.
Doors at 7PM
Baile de Noche: Bachata, Salsa y Más
Todos los niveles bienvenidos, para todas las edades. Ven a bailar, pasar el rato y aprender algo nuevo.
Clases con el instructor residente Jorge Ballinas a las 7:30PM y 9:00PM.
Puertas abren a las 7PM
SECRET PLANET/ GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE (FREE!)
FREE // ALL AGES // AT THE EAST END SOCIAL PARK OUTSIDE OF MANNY’S!
FREE EVENT // FAMILY FRIENDLY !
5:30 PM - 9:30PM
7:00PM Garifuna Collective
Before and after : DJ Elbow Knee Knee Spinning records from around the world
Party in the street at the East End Social brought to you by the Downtown Improvement District and Comet Properties!
Craft Beverages from Boal City Brewing , Big Spring Spirits, and The Press Cider.
The Garifuna Collective has performed in over 30 countries in 5 continents and have been part of the most celebrated Garifuna albums of all time, including the critically acclaimed Wátina, recipient of the Womex and BBC World Music Award and voted by Amazon as the Number One World Music Album of All Time.
They are a seasoned collective of musicians from across different generations, with a dynamic that comes from of playing and traveling the world together, sharing their music and stories with global audiences. Their performances spark the history and soul of Garifuna culture into vivid life. While their recordings dip into the massive well of Garifuna songs to create new compositions — some of the singers in the band know hundreds of songs!
Secret Planet State College is Central Pennsylvania’s branch of a broader East Coast network of community-minded presenters dedicated to bringing adventurous international and culturally rooted artists to smaller American markets. Operating through a Community Supported Music model, the series helps offset the financial risk of touring while giving local audiences access to globally respected performers they would rarely encounter otherwise. Curated by Gorinto Productions and anchored largely at Manny’s Live Performance Space, Secret Planet State College has become a consistent platform for borderless live music, artist exchange, workshops, and collaborative community events that connect rural Pennsylvania to a much wider cultural conversation
BAR OPEN (NO COVER)
Bar open. Lights low. Chili hot. Tamales steady AF. Choice music all night.
Road To Rhoneymeade Fest (@Boal City Brewing)
Road to Rhoneymeade Fest (Annual Pre-Party + Fundraiser)
Join us as we gear up for Rhoneymeade Fest (June 4–7) with our annual Road to Rhoneymeade gathering. We’ll be previewing what’s ahead for this year’s festival while DJ Elbow Knee Knee keeps things moving with a deep selection of vinyl all night.
We’re also raising funds to help bring the fest to life—featuring a Vinyl Bake Sale with a killer selection of donated records. Grab something special and know that every dollar goes directly toward supporting this year’s festival.
Huge thanks to Boal City Brewing for hosting again, supporting the festival, and keeping the beers flowing all weekend.
Support the fest here: CLICK HERE
SECRET PLANET // YEISON LANDERO (COLOMBIA) W/ NEVARIS PROJECT (FEAT JOJO KUO)
Presale $22 GA // $15 Student
Day Of Show $25 GA // $18 Student
Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar); that is to say, in the very heart of the mountains of María of our Colombian Caribbean. He carries in his soul a cumbiambero heart inherited from his grandfather Andrés Landero: a musician recognized as the king of cumbia nationally and internationally.
Nevaris is a band from NYC led by percussionist Agustín Nevaris, who relocated to State College in 2021. The band brings funk, dub, and Afro-Latin grooves to the stage, with former Fela Kuti drummer Jojo Kuo behind the kit, alongside breakbeat specialist Lockatron. Agustin Nevaris provides vocals, congas, and keys, pulling from a catalog of four studio albums, including 2023’s “Reverberations,” produced by Bill Laswell and described by Carlos Santana as “supreme creativity”.
SUBURBAN DOWNGRADE, THE BSXPRESS, TONY-TWO KNIVES AND THE BRASS-KNUCKLES, KEVO CAN'T DANCE
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May 16th, at Manny's Performance Space! We have a night of loud and nasty punk rock with Lock Haven's SUBURBAN DOWNGRADE, and friends in THE BSXPRESS from Alttoona, TONY-TWO KNIVES AND THE BRASS-KNUCKLES hailing from York, and KEVO CAN'T DANCE coming from Huntingdon to open up this night of music and chaos! This is an ALL AGES EVENT! Doors at 6pm Music starts at 7pm $10 in advance $15 day of show at the door!
I love these people, I love this venue! Come the fuck out!”
SECRET PLANET // NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY w/ JVJ
Doors 7PM . JVJ 7:30PM . NIS 8:00PM
GA // $25 PRESALE / $30 DOS
STUDENTS // $15 PRESALE/ $20 DOS
Formed in 2010 by composer and harmonium player Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society (NIS) creates long-form, immersive sound environments informed by jazz, minimalism, and traditional musics. Through Abrams’ orchestration of traditional and contemporary instrumentation, the group builds patient, psychedelic music that unfolds slowly and deliberately — music that rewards deep listening.
In 2019, Eremite Records released Mandatory Reality, further expanding the group’s singular approach to rhythm, repetition, and collective focus. Over the years, NIS has featured an ever-evolving cast of collaborators including Lisa Alvarado, Hamid Drake, Ben Lamar Gay, Jeff Parker, Jason Adasiewicz, Chad Taylor, and many more. In 2015, the group collaborated with Bitchin Bajas on Automaginary (Drag City).
“It’s patient, layered music that’s always heading somewhere, sometimes spare and sometimes complex and shimmering.”
— Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
“Abrams discovers new levels of mood and tone; his pieces seem to escape time completely.”
— Pitchfork
“It feels startlingly new… primal, body-centered, essential.”
— The Wire
Presented by Secret Planet & Gorinto Productions
SECRET PLANET // PUULUUP (ESTONIA) W/ THE WILD SHOATS (DOUBLE BILL!)
Doors 6PM /// The Wild Shoats 6:30PM // Puuluup 7:45PM
Known for blending ancient sounds with modern flair. Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson discuss their journey, from reviving the talharpa—a traditional string instrument—to incorporating global musical influences and surrealistic flair into their performances.
They share insights into their creative process, drawing inspiration from a wide array of sources, including Vormsi island's leiks, Finnish jouhikko music, Sahel blues, and more, all while infusing their work with personal memories and improvisation. Witness how Puuluup crafts a unique sonic experience that bridges the past with the present, making ancient traditions resonate with today's audience. Explore their musical adventures and the spontaneous emergence of their signature choreographic performances, a testament to their dynamic and exploratory spirit.
Emerging from the in-between realms of Morgantown, WV, and Millheim, PA, The Wild Shoats write an alt-folk soundtrack to the strange times they find themselves in. Characterized by the plaintive sound of fiddles and mountain singing, The Wild Shoats call on their collective background of Appalachian old-time fiddling, folk songs, and the high-lonesome to reimagine the songs and sounds of their home. The Wild Shoats won the Appalachian String Band Music Festival’s Neo-Traditional Band Competition in 2023, just a few months after the band’s formation, and they released their debut album, Yell In The Shoats, in early 2025. The band is comprised of brothers Gus and Huck Tritsch (Millheim, PA), Mary Linscheid (Morgantown, WV), and Alex Heflin (Morgantown, WV).
GRADUATION DAY! ALL VINYL DJS- NO COVER
Celebrate Graduation day at the old Saloon, now Manny's. We will be spinning all the right tunes on wax all day into the night- No Cover- All Ages
SECRET PLANET // MARIPOSAS GALACTICAS
Las Mariposas Galácticas is an 8-piece Cumbia Klezmer Punk band and cultural project based in Philadelphia, PA. Combining band members’ South American and Jewish ancestries, the band creates a unique diasporic sound that gets audiences everywhere dancing with rebellious joy. By honoring their Indigenous Andean musical ancestries, blended together with punkified ancient Jewish melodies, the band plays a mixture of original and classic tunes that span different languages, cultures, and genres. Las Mariposas have toured the east coast and collaborated with international acts such as the renowned Mexican rock band Los Cogelones and Argentinian Tropi-punk group Kumbia Queers. They have headlined the L.A.T.I.N. PunkFest in Philadelphia and NYC and continue to accompany their communities’ struggle for liberation everywhere from prominent stages to cultural, activist and community spaces.
YR KNIVES (FEATURING MEMBERS OF TORTOISE) w/ Whale Mouth and Ms. Elanius-Danish
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WHALE MOUTH 7:30 // MS. ELANIUS DANISH 8:15PM // YR KNIVES 9PM
YR KNIVES is a new band made up of some well known Chicago regulars. Quin Kirchner is an in demand drummer who has played with the entirety of Chicago’s jazz and improvising community as well as the rock band Wild Bell and as a leader in his own groups. Douglas McCombs plays in the groups Tortoise and Eleventh Dream Day and a whole slew of others as a leader, collaborator, or sideman, depending. McCombs plays bass in this group. Guitarist Brian Sulpizio is known for his long running project Health and Beauty as well as various sideman work including Ryley Walker and as a recording, mixing, and mastering engineer. Andrew Trim is a respected first call guitarist and leader/member of the groups Hanami and Retroreflector.
None of the above does much to describe the music of YR KNIVES, a sort of difficult task. Diverse and dynamic, the music could be described as adventurous and eclectic guitar music.
Sun of Goldfinger (Tim Berne, Ches Smith, David Torn) w/ Bob Hart and Daryl Branford Duo
TIM BERNE
CHES SMITH
DAVID TORN
SAXOPHONIST TIM BERNE, DRUMMER CHES SMITH, AND GUITARIST DAVID TORN PUSH FAR BEYOND JAZZ’S KNOWN BOUNDARIES IN SUN OF GOLDFINGER. THE MERCURIAL TRIO EXPLORES THE EDGES OF THE GENRE, INFUSING IT WITH PERSPECTIVES RANGING FROM THE MINIMALIST TO THE CINEMATIC TO THE METALLIC. THE IMPROVISATION-BASED GROUP EFFORTLESSLY AND SEAMLESSLY SHIFTS FROM ATMOSPHERES INTO SHATTERING MAYHEM TO THRILLING EFFECT.
ALL THREE MUSICIANS ARE RENOWNED BAND LEADERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, WITH CURRENT SOLO RECORDINGS ON THE PRESTIGIOUS ECM LABEL. BERNE HAS FORGED A SINGULAR PATH ACROSS DOZENS OF EXPANSIVE, DIVERSE ALBUMS FEATURING INTRICATELY DETAILED, HARMONY-DRIVEN WORKS. TORN’S INFLUENCE AS A GUITARIST, COMPOSER, AND MUSIC TECHNOLOGIST IS EPIC. WITH SOUNDS RANGING FROM THE SEARING AND SOARING TO LIQUID LOOPS TO FULL-ON SHREDDING, HE HAS REINVENTED CONVENTIONAL DEFINITIONS OF GUITAR. SMITH HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER PERCUSSIONISTS, COMBINING ACOUSTIC INVENTION WITH ELECTRONICS TO BOTH PROPEL AND EXTEND HIS MYRIAD MUSICAL SURROUNDINGS.
TOGETHER, THESE LEADERS AND FRIENDS COMBINE AS A DEMOCRATIC UNIT, DETERMINED TO TAKE AUDIENCES ON A SINGULAR JOURNEY THROUGH PROVOCATIVE SONIC TERRITORY, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF JAZZ. THIS IS SUN OF GOLDFINGER.
SECRET PLANET // MDOU MOCTAR (SOLO
TICKETS
DOORS 7PM // LOTAN YAISH 7:30PM // MDOU MOCTAR 8:30PM
PRESALE $25 // DAY OF SHOW $30
Mdou Moctar – or the Hendrix of the Sahara as he is sometimes called – constructed his first instrument out of scrap wood and bicycle parts. His musical talent has endured family disapproval, religious backlash and a sparse upbringing in the desert. “To my parents, becoming a musician would mean I was a delinquent, a terrible person drinking beer and taking drugs. I never told them I wanted to play the guitar, I didn’t dare. So I made one.” He is one of the most innovative champions of Saharan music, bringing the rich sound of desert strings to the masses
Mdou Moctar – or the Hendrix of the Sahara as he is sometimes called – constructed his first instrument out of scrap wood and bicycle parts. His musical talent has endured family disapproval, religious backlash and a sparse upbringing in the desert. “To my parents, becoming a musician would mean I was a delinquent, a terrible person drinking beer and taking drugs. I never told them I wanted to play the guitar, I didn’t dare. So I made one.” He is one of the most innovative champions of Saharan music, bringing the rich sound of desert strings to the masses
Opulence Drag Show!
Nerds🤓. But make it opulent. 👑
Come join Opulence this Friday, May 1st at Manny’s in State College! It’s $5 to get in. Doors open at 8:00 PM
#revengeofthenerds #psuopulence #DragClub #opulence
Secret Planet // Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna (Chile)
Hailing from Valparaíso, Chile, Pascuala Ilabaca is a singular and celebrated voice in Latin American and global music. Over the past decade, she has released multiple acclaimed albums, toured extensively across the world, and earned a reputation for flamboyant, joyful, and deeply rooted live performances. Blending tradition with contemporary vision, Ilabaca first gained international attention with Pascuala Canta a Violeta, her 2008 tribute to legendary Chilean songwriter Violeta Parra, and quickly followed with major awards, European tours, and festival appearances. With her band Fauna, she has been recognized by the Independent Music Awards, performed at leading festivals such as WOMAD, Shambala, Pirineos Sur, and WOMEX, and received Chile’s prestigious Pulsar Prize, alongside international recognition from Songlines Magazine.
Since then, Ilabaca has continued to expand her global presence with releases that push folkloric music forward while honoring its roots. She has toured widely across Europe, the Americas, and the United States, appeared on major stages including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza Chile, and the Pan American Games closing ceremonies, and maintained a strong commitment to education and collaboration, even during the pandemic. Recently named a Spotify EQUAL Artist and featured internationally from Times Square to Chinese National Television, Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna are currently signed to Warner Music Chile, with recent albums Lucero (2022) and Alegriste and Porteña (2023), affirming her place as one of the most vital and forward-looking artists of her generation.
BOYSCOTT
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Punctuating wistful, daydreamy indie rock with surfy guitar hooks, Boyscott approaches their songs from a hazy, lighthearted perspective as gentle as ocean breezes. The project first took shape in college dorm rooms and grew into a loose collective. Boyscott finished recording their whimsically drawn 2015 debut Goose Bumps before ever playing live, and continued developing their upbeat, nautical sound on 2024's Spellbound.
