Thank you!

Last night, the students of the Uptown Music Collective returned to their home on the Community Arts Center stage to present Rattle and Hum: A Celebration of U2 and Irish Rock, the third show of their 2023-2024 performance season!! Over 900 fans and friends jumped-started their St. Patrick’s Day celebration with us…THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets and joined in the fun!! A production of this scale takes a lot of support, and we would be remiss if we didn’t take a moment to thank everyone involved…

A major thanks to this year’s UMC partners, including Presenting Partners, UPMC North Central PA & UPMC Health Plan, as well as Hudock Capital Group, Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Chartwell Hotels, KFC Williamsport, The Blaise Alexander Family Dealerships, The Kiessling Group of Janney Montgomery Scott, The Brickyard Restaurant and Ale House, The Stonehouse Wood Fired Pizza, The Crooked Goose, Woodlands Bank, FASTSIGNS of Williamsport, and Pasteria, Lycoming College, Pennsylvania College of Technology, The Hartman Group, and Beiter’s Home Center for making this amazing performance opportunity possible!

Thank you to our media sponsors, including all of WBZD, WZXR, and all of Backyard Broadcasting, 92.1 WSQV, and all of Schlesinger Communications, The Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Lamar Advertising, NorthcentralPA.com, The Graphic Hive, & Engage Media for giving us the media support to make a show like this happen!
Thank you to Jim Dougherty and everyone at the Community Arts Center and Pennsylvania College of Technology for their continuous and generous support of the Uptown Music Collective.
Shout out to the Community Arts Center Tech Crew, including Fred Park, John “Bug” Coffelt, Ben Daneker (Happy Birthday!), Jason Swope, Jordan Miller, Kevin Fry, and the rest of the CAC family.
Special thanks to Carol Coffelt for coordinating all of our ticket sales! Shout out to official UMC Photographer Wayne R. Palmer and his assistant, Pamela!
BIG shoutouts to Rod Bower and OM Sound and Production for the killer sound system and Mick Johns and Harding Amplification for the epic-sounding amps!
HUGE thank you to our Students & Parents for your unwavering commitment to the UMC!
Last but not least, THANK YOU to all of those who witnessed this epic show! We truly hope you all had a great time because we absolutely did!! Keep checking back for official show videos & photos.

Check out the official set list below, showcased by the show’s directors, Carter Rogers, Gabreon Godin, and Brendan Kuriga (Happy Birthday!) (and listed below)! If you got a chance to check out the show, be sure to let us know in the comments below which tunes were your favorites and what YOU thought of the performance!!
Next up…we close out our performance season at the CAC Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and Other Stories on April 26th & 27th! Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

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Rattle and Hum

Set List: 

The Foggy Dew
I’m Shipping Up to Boston
Wild Night
The Boys Are Back in Town
I Don’t Like Mondays
Mandinka
Nothing Compares 2 U
Brown Eyed Girl
The Boys Are Back
Take Me to Church
Dreams
Zombie
Whiskey In The Jar
Drunken Lullabies
Drunken Sailor
-INTERMISSION-
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Desire
One
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Vertigo
Beautiful Day
Bad
New Year’s Day
Bullet The Blue Sky
Mysterious Ways
All I Want Is You
With Or Without you
Pride (In The Name of Love)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Rattle And Hum

A Celebration of

U2 & Irish Rock

March 16th, 2024 – 7:30 PM
One Night Only!

The Community Arts Center, Williamsport PA

Preview videos for Rattle And Hum:

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Rattle And Hum

March 16th, 2024 – 7:30 p.m.
One Night Only!

Friends & Fans!! We are excited to announce the THIRD show of the Collective’s 23-24 performance season!! On Saturday, March 16th, for one night only, on St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, the Uptown Music Collective will be throwing a rocking St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Community Arts Center in Downtown Williamsport with an epic celebration of Irish Rock.

The performance will feature the music of U2 alongside other Irish bands and musicians like The Cranberries, Sinead O’Connor, Thin Lizzy, Van Morrison, and their American Celtic rock cousins Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys. Don’t miss the best St. Patrick’s Eve party this side of the Atlantic!

Ticket Info:  This show will go ON SALE on WEDNESDAY, Dec 13th at 10 am. Tickets will be $20 in advance and $25 night of the show (plus ticketing fees).

Note: Tickets for this performance will be “reserved seating”, no longer “general admission”. You will pick your seats on the CAC website when you order tickets!

Official press shot for Rattle And Hum:

Thank You to our Following Partners:
We would not be able to do this without you!

Hudock Capital Group LLC

Thank You to our Following Partners:
We would not be able to do this without you!

Hudock Capital Group LLC

Tickets on sale!!!

In-Person Tickets

• $20 in Advance

• $25 at the Door