Celia Cruz All Stars, The Weight and Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Coming Up at bergenPAC

New show on sale at bergenPAC: Celia Cruz All Stars on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 at 8 p.m.; The Weight Band: Members of the Band, The Levon Helm Band & The Rick Danko Group on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at 8 p.m.; An Evening With Herb Alpert & Lani Hall on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 at 11 AM at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at (201) 227-1030.

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Celia Cruz All Stars

The Celia Cruz All Stars brings celebrate the Queen of Salsa's repertory, with classic songs like "La Negra Tiene Tumbao," "Quimbara," "Usted Abusó," "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" and "Bemba Colora."

Celia Cruz delighted audiences around the world with her talent, happiness and unmistakable voice for more than 50 years. Her musical legacy, along with her distinct voice travels daily throughout all continents of the world through hundreds of recordings that she popularized during her unprecedented career.

Celia Cruz All Stars was created with a group of young, talented musicians that gathered together to pay a tribute to the hits that the Guarachera de Cuba immortalized. With each show the Celia Cruz All Stars contribute to the "Celia Cruz Foundation," which grants musical scholarships to needy children.

The Weight Band: Members of The Band, The Levon Helm Band & The Rick Danko Group

Performing songs of The Band, The Weight Band is keeping the spirit and the music alive that helped define an era. Members of The Weight were either in The Band, or are directly and deeply connected to their legacy.

The group features Jim Weider from The Band, Brian Mitchell of the Levon Helm Band, Marty Grebb, who wrote for The Band and worked with Rick Danko and Richard Manuel, and Albert Rogers, who shared the stage with Levon Helm and Garth Hudson in The Jim Weider Band. Michael Bram, the newest member of The Weight, played with Jason Mraz.

Expect an unforgettable performance with enjoy timeless hits like "The Weight," "Up On Cripple Creek," "Ophelia," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Rag Mama Rag" and so many others.

An Evening with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Legendary jazz musician Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, original lead singer for Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, will perform songs from their third album together, Steppin Out, with their band, Michael Shapiro on drums and percussion, Hussain Jiffry on bass and Bill Cantos on keyboards and vocals. The program will include a jazz set sprinkled with Brasilian flavors and songbook favorites such as "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Moondance," "Let's Face the Music & Dance," "Fever" and "La Vie en Rose."

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Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling the Box Office at (201) 227-1030. bergenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631. Visit www.bergenpac.org for more information.

Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, is the area's cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC - the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, "hands-on" training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.

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