Bringing a showcase of flair and funkadelic rock to The Orpheum Theatre, singer/songwriter and bassist extraordinaire Nik West will take the stage this coming summer. West has worked with artists that range from Prince, John Mayer, Dave Stewart and Glee. She's described as having an "explosive stage presence", "singing, dancing and slapping the hell out of her bass guitar." Fender guitar company took notice of West early in her career and offered her an artist endorsement. She was also one of the first musicians to play Fender's first 6-string bass. She is now the face of a new line of basses called the Dimension Bass and the Elite Bass that Fender came out within 2017 Nik West will take the Orpheum Theatre Stage on Tuesday, June 27th at 7 p.m. and tickets are on sale now for $20. Tickets can be purchased at the Orpheum Box Office via phone (309.342.2299) or in-person at 57 S. Kellogg Street in Downtown Galesburg during operating hours of 10am-2pm, Tuesday
Last year, a small ensemble of performers took the stage at The Orpheum to perform portions of an original musical called 1619: The Journey of a People as part of the Galesburg Public Library's Big Read celebration. Now on Feb. 3, the full musical will be performed at The Orpheum, featuring the writer and producer Ted Williams III. Orpheum Executive Director Erin Glasnovich says she was "positively blown away by the performance" the last time Williams was in town. Glasnovich says, "the sheer talent of the performers, the incredibly important stories of American history being told, and the raw heart and soul" could be felt in the room. 1619 packs generations of history into a two-hour musical theatre experience, from enslaved Africans arriving in Jamestown, Virginia to the Civil Rights era.. Using various musical forms including hip-hop and jazz, this production takes audiences on a journey that illuminates the past while also tackling important contemporary iss
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