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Do you miss LIVE music?! We do, too! Join us for a series of livestreamed concerts performed on the stages of The Grand by a variety of talented local performers.  

LIVE @ 818 is a series of ticketed livestream concerts that will bring the joy of LIVE music to our patrons as we remain closed for the pandemic. Your purchase will support these entertaining local musicians, and will also benefit The Grand as we work to re-open our three theaters for indoor performances this coming fall.

Just $14.99 per device per show

Made possible with technology acquired with a New Castle County Innovation Grant

Dickens & Ballsworth

Thursday, March 4 at 8:00pm

Dickens & Ballsworth is a five-piece electric ensemble that journeys from Classic Rock to 80’s Pop, with a few stops in between, asking the question: How much MORE can we possibly love sharing this music, together? Five childhood friends, who first picked up their instruments together, are still together, still giddy and grateful for the music and one another and sharing this with audiences. D&B looks to shatter the Fourth Wall and pull the audience aboard the stage to ride the feelings that the great songs give us. A charismatic lead vocal with an R&B soul, guitars, and a rhythm section that makes THOR’S HAMMER shake, Dickens & Ballsworth delivers music from the canon with unbridled joy.


Spokey Speaky

Thursday, March 18 at 8:00pm

Spokey Speaky is a band out of Wilmington, DE that aims to spread the positive vibes of reggae music through its soulful, high energy live performances. Playing a wide range of reggae classics from the old school to the new, the goal of the members is to satisfy and entertain reggae fans, while enlightening those who may not have been exposed to the genre otherwise.  With an emphasis on emotion and musicianship, Spokey Speaky delivers a live performance that refuses to be ignored and simply cannot be replicated.


Lyric Drive

Thursday, April 1 at 8:00pm

Lyric Drive is a local band that draws from influences ranging from The Beatles, Hall & Oates, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, The Wood Brothers and more. The band features the distinctive vocal harmonies of the Stewart Brothers and lead guitarist of Brad Newsom. Rounding out the sound are percussionist Tim Kelly (Montana Wildaxe and Love Seed Mama Jump) and bassist Pete Wiedmann (Love Seed).


Richard Raw and the Word Warrior Band

Thursday, April 15 at 8:00pm

Lyrical wordsmith and music phenom, Adelumo aka Richard Raw, is taking the industry by storm with his unique blend of soul, spoken word, funk, and African Centered Cultural hip-hop. Born on the cusp of the 1980s hip-hop boom, Raw is influenced by hip-hop greats Public Enemy, KRS-1, Rakim, The Roots and Nas as well as soul artists Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. After years in the music industry, performing nationwide and building a vast collection of hip-hop and neo-soul music, Richard Raw has found his niche, combining soul with hip-hop and invigorating, thought-provoking lyrics.


Thursday, April 29 at 8:00pm

To Be Announced


Jea Street, Jr.

Thursday, May 13 at 8:00pm

Jea Street, Jr. is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He has completed a recording project entitled "The Sit Down” which tours as a production of Artivism brought to life in the form of a musical experience. He recently performed the inaugural set of Firefly CHATs in 2019 on the topic of Artivism. Jea created one of the first online music festivals "by artists and for artists" at the beginning of the COVID-19 Quarantine called Ronapalooza as a way to continue creating music and engaging with fans. He also performed with the Jonathan Whitney Project in the Clifford Brown Virtual Jazz Festival in Wilmington. Jea's main inspiration is his family, his community, and the high standard of artistic achievement set by great artists before him such as Duke Ellington, Donny Hathaway, and Quincy Jones


PRICING

Each performance will be streamed through Facebook LIVE and will be $14.99 per device.  

You DO NOT need a Facebook account in order to purchase a spot.

All purchases must be made through the links above.  Our box office is not open for in person or phone transactions.

MORE NATIONAL NEWS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY

NPR's Audie Cornish checks in with music venue owners & artists to gauge how they're managing during the pandemic and what funding from the Save Our Stages Act would do for the live music industry.

Reveal’s Ike Sriskandarajah visits a theater in Oakland, California, which went dark in March because of the pandemic. Like venues across the country, the theatre plans to reopen its doors in 2021, and we find out what it will look like.  


The Grand Live @ 818 Series is presented in part by Coors Seltzer. 

Additional support is provided by the Delaware Division of the Arts and a grant from New Castle County.