Come celebrate Live Wire THEN, NOW, and EVERYTHING in-between with a packed
line-up of immense talent! It all takes place Saturday, March 16 at Revolution Hall!
Our Roots: Show Bar at Revolution Hall
3-4:30 pm: Luke Burbank interviews early host and head writer Courtenay Hameister alongside founders Kate Sokoloff and Robyn Tenenbaum! Expect great storytelling and great dish from the early days of Live Wire!
5-6:30 pm: We are thrilled to bring back some of the original members of FACES FOR RADIO! This ‘best of’ sketch comedy extravaganza is directed and hosted by Courtenay Hameister.
Main Stage Show: Revolution Hall
8-10 pm, doors open at 7 pm: We'll be joined by long time Live Wire friends, esteemed writer Cheryl Strayed, comedian Mohaned Elsheiky, and soul-band Ural Thomas & The Pain, and MORE!
TICKETING:
$125: VIP All-Access Pass grants you all-access to both events + our post-show reception
$45-75: General Admission and Preferred Tickets (8pm show only)
$25: Afternoon Programming/3-7 pm in Show Bar - passes are available as an add on!
Fine print: Live Wire Members receive discounts with Member Code. Season Passholders: the Anniversary Main Stage Show (8pm) is included in your season pass. Food and drinks will be available all day and night for purchase at Show Bar!
CHERYL STRAYED
Cheryl Strayed is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film; Tiny Beautiful Things, which was adapted into a Hulu television series and as a play; Brave Enough; and the novel Torch. Her books have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than forty languages. Her award-winning essays and short stories have been published in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, and elsewhere. Strayed writes the popular Substack newsletter “Dear Sugar” and has hosted two hit podcasts, Dear Sugars and Sugar Calling.
MOHANAD ELSHIEKY
Mohanad Elshieky is a New York based, Libyan born comedian who made his national TV debut on Conan and has been featured on Comedy Central. A writer on the hit podcast "Lovett or Leave It", he was also one of the hosts of Lemonada’s webby nominated podcast "I’m Sorry." In 2018, he appeared in an episode of Epix’s "Unprotected Sets" and has been featured in Kumail Nanjiani's Little America book.
URAL THOMAS & THE PAIN
Born in Meraux, Louisiana, in 1939, and moving with his family to Portland, Oregon during World War II, Ural Thomas grew up to become Rose City’s Soul Brother Number One. Already an established singer in his teens, he became the leader of the wild twistin’ rhythm and blues vocal group The Monterays – who achieved regional fame and recorded the canonical single “Push-Em Up” for the local Sure Star Records. His success brought him to Los Angeles where he caught the ear of industry bigwig Jerry Goldstein of The Strangeloves, best remembered for managing Sly and The Family Stone and producing dozens of iconic records by the likes of War, The McCoys, and The Angels. Goldstein saw star quality in the young singer and brought him into the studio with arranger Gene Page (known for thousands of recordings with everyone from Aretha Franklin to Elton John to a veritable who’s who of Motown stars) to record two landmark 1967 singles “Pain Is The Name of Your Game” and “Can You Dig It” for the MCA pop subsidiary UNI. Around this point Ural also recorded a 1968 live LP for MCA’s soul imprint Revue and the 1967 James Brown-informed proto-funk dancefloor dynamite that is “Deep Soul” for Seattle’s Camelot label. All are widely admired and continue to be heard at DJ sets and dance parties worldwide.
Ural Thomas & The Pain's new album Dancing Dimensions will be released 3rd June via Bella Union and available to preorder here. To mark the occasion the celebrated soul star has shared an entertaining part-animated video for the album’s irresistible title track and announced a London Jazz Cafe show on Friday 17th June as well as performing at the End Of The Road festival in September.