Electric City Music Conference

An important lesson I’ve learned is that there are some people who will always find the negative in everything, and those are the people you stay away from. Life’s too short. : Kailey Howell

great people doing great things.

Tonight at 8 p.m., our friends at Ionic Development will present a special live living room acoustic set by singer/songwriter Ed Cuozzo, who has been creating d...eeply personal music for most of his life as a solo artist and with Scranton-based bands like Melded, A Fire With Friends, A Social State, and University Drive - BAND. Expect to hear stripped-down versions of his original songs from several of these projects during the stream on the NEPA Scene and Juicebox Sessions Facebook pages! The show is free, but donations are welcome during the live stream!

Today we are live with The Boastfuls at TheVspot Bar in Scranton, PA. If you would like to support the team behind the stream and have your message featured on ...stream, you can visit jbox.fm/tip to donate! Since bursting onto the scene in 2018 and taking home Best New Artist at the SMAs, The Boastfuls would go on to play nearly 125 shows in 2019 and become well-known for their high-energy rock shows, opening for acts like Drake Bell and Kulick. See Less

The Steamtown Music Awards are going to look, A LOT different this year. But, we're going to do our best to bring you an extremely high-quality event anyway. That being said, we are in search of some sponsors. If you or any business you know would be interested, the details are below.

In recent months, the Circle Drive-In has served as one of the last available venues for live music in NEPA. The drive-in theatre provides the ability for safe and socially distant concerts to take place. All state and local safety guidelines are not only followed, but exceeded. These concerts have allowed organizers the ability to provide income to many workers, brought in car loads of people who stay in local hotels, eat at local restaurants and fill up their vehicles with ...gas. Organizers are willing to meet with borough and make realistic accommodations, but no such effort has been made by Dickson City. As Dickson City is a major business district, deterring these customers from their local businesses would seem like a poor judgement call. Concerts will end, due to weather, at the end of October and are already few and far between. We ask you to join us in requesting that Dickson City not take the drastic step of putting people out of work, damaging multiple local businesses and attacking the arts in the middle of a pandemic that has already taken so much away from us. Allow the concerts to happen. They claim they only got 3 emails in support? If you love live music: Flood them! Emails in support of Circle can be directed to [email protected] or [email protected], as directed by the Dickson City Borough website. Please let them know by signing below as well. http://chng.it/K6kJW8nxZG

In under a month... putting on an outdoor show will not be possible. The live music industry is in a tough spot right now. These shows are barely profitable as it is and are few and far between. This is an assault on what is currently left of national touring live music. Everyone behind these shows is doing this as a community service at this point and trying to keep some people employed. This just makes me want to double my efforts in support of these shows. This is small to...wn nonsense. They claim they only got 3 emails in support? If you love live music: Flood them! Emails in support of Circle can be directed to [email protected] or [email protected], as directed by the Dickson City Borough website.

Special shout out to our buddy Keith Perks over at 1120 Studios for these incredible photos. He's wildly talented and these photos speak to that. We're so lucky we were able to have him document the this year's event.

We're live with night three of the 7th annual Steamtown Music Awards! If you'd like to support the team behind the livestream, you can donate at jbox.fm/tip. We'd like to thank our sponsors, Ionic Development, 1120 Creative, Brittany Boote Photography, NEPA Scene, DJ Dan NEPA, MCR Productions, 570 Drone, Coal Creative, Autobahn, We Do Good, TySoul and Maine the Medicine, OneWay2Fun, Till Death Do We Play, The Union Craft House, and John Nasser Photography.

Like what you saw last night?! That was just night one! We’ve got 2 more coming at you. Want to experience it live? We have 6 tables available outside tonight at TheVspot Bar. Come hang under the tent! We also have a bunch of tables available for tomorrow night! Reserve a table today! Come support TheVspot Bar staff!... If not, tune into the Ionic Development live stream at 7:15 pm! Have you missed TheVspot Bar? Reserve a table below! Friday: https://bit.ly/33cAFtp Saturday:https://bit.ly/3k1MDwP Let's support local business and local musicians this week! Can't make it? Ionic Development will be streaming it live on Facebook, Twitch and Youtube!

Welcome to the first night of the 7th annual Steamtown Music Awards. We’re coming to you virtually this year to provide a high quality, safe, and responsible award ceremony. If you would like to support the team behind the livestream, you can donate at jbox.fm/tip . Donations over $5.00 will be featured on screen! We would like to give a special thank you to our sponsors, 1120 Creative, Nepa Strong, Brittany Boote Photography, Coal Creative, 570 Drone, MCR Productions, DJ Dan NEPA, Autobahn, OneWay2Fun, Tysoul x Maine, We do Good, Union craft house, til death do we play Podcast, and John Nasser Photography.

There are only 6 tables left for this evening at TheVspot Bar! Reserve your table quickly and come enjoy the 2020 Steamtown Music Awards Ceremony! Reserve a table for tonight here: https://bit.ly/3ingjDS

The NEPA Scene Podcast is LIVE with Steamtown Music Awards organizers Joe Caviston and Ken Norton, as well as sound engineer Matt Kester and Johnny Popko, host ...of Alt-Natives on Alt 92.1! In place of the usual Electric City Music Conference panels, NEPA Scene is hosting one of our own at The V-Spot in Scranton the night before the awards with guys involved in all aspects of local music, from booking to sound production to radio to artists themselves, to talk about the current state and future of the music scene. Join our conversation for the full hour and we'll answer your questions and read your comments live! See more

Have you missed TheVspot Bar? Want to help out a staple of the community? Miss Vinny's beautiful smile? Interested in an evening of safe and socially distant dining and entertainment? Reserve a table for this Thursday, Friday or Saturday! Inside and outside seating available. Let's support these guys! Reserve a table below! Thursday: https://bit.ly/3ingjDS Friday: https://bit.ly/33cAFtp... Saturday:https://bit.ly/3k1MDwP Let's support local business and local musicians this week! Can't make it? Ionic Development will be streaming it live on Facebook, Twitch and Youtube!

THIS WEDNESDAY from 7-8 p.m. right here on our Facebook page, the NEPA Scene Podcast is streaming live with Steamtown Music Awards organizers Joe Caviston and K...enneth Norton - Music as well as Matt Kester of Matt Kester Productions and Nowhere Slow and Johnny Popko, host of ALT-Natives on ALT 92.1, from TheVspot Bar in Scranton! In place of the usual Electric City Music Conference panel discussions, NEPA Scene is hosting one of our own the night before the Steamtown Music Awards with guys involved in all aspects of local music, from booking to sound production to radio to artists themselves. We're going to talk about the current state and future of the local music scene, the dire situation of venues and live music in general, behind the scenes of drive-in concerts and other live events, reshaping the awards and conference this year, the radio business and the importance of getting local music on the airwaves, and much more, so join our conversation! Tune in during that hour and we'll answer your questions and read your comments live!

Do you miss TheVspot Bar? Want to help out a staple of the community? Miss Vinny's beautiful smile? Interested in an evening of safe and socially distant dining and entertainment? Reserve a table for this Thursday, Friday or Saturday! Inside and outside seating available. Let's support these guys! Reserve a table below! Thursday: https://bit.ly/3ingjDS Friday: https://bit.ly/33cAFtp... Saturday:https://bit.ly/3k1MDwP Let's support local business and local musicians this week! Can't make it? Ionic Development will be streaming it live on Facebook, Twitch and Youtube!