WXPN Welcomes:
Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes with Jesse Ruben at Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts
Saturday, May 31, 2025 | Doors at 6pm | Show at 7pm
Produced by Rising Sun Presents in partnership with Lower Merion Township
All Ages! Kids 12 & younger may attend for free & do not need a ticket
This show is Rain Or Shine (No Refunds)
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Location / Directions / Parking:
The Bryn Mawr Gazebo: 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Click here for directions
Free parking after 6PM for metered spots, and free all day in some lots, including the Library / Gazebo Park lot (Click here for more info)
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About Shows at Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts:
🍺 Beer & other beverages will be available for purchase on-site
🍕 Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed to be brought into the concert
🚭 The Bryn Mawr Gazebo Park is a smoke-free venue
🪑 Patrons may bring lawn chairs and blankets
🤝 Please note: Low beach chairs and blankets only in front of the white line
👍 Tall camping chairs are permitted behind the line
♿︎ The concert site is accessible to all, as are our on-site restrooms
🎟️ All guests should enter via the RSP “Box Office” Tent located on Bryn Mawr Ave, by the Gazebo, with tickets (paper or digital) ready to be scanned
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For more information & to buy tickets in person without service fees:
Visit BrynMawrTwilightConcerts.com + call or email the Ardmore Music Hall Box Office:
> 610-649-8389 | info@risingsunpresents.com
Tickets can be purchased at the AMH Box Office with NO SERVICE FEES!
> Hours: M-W-F from 12PM – 5PM + before & during shows
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About Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes
Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify
When a stage four lymphoma diagnosis forced him off the road and into the hospital, Chuck Prophet did not know if he would live long enough to see the end of the year, let alone get back on tour.
I was going through a tunnel, he recalls. It was dark. But I had music: music to play, music to listen to, music to get me out of my head. Music was my savior.
That much is plain to hear on Wake The Dead, Prophets extraordinary new album. Recorded with band of brothers ?Qiensave?, the collection explores the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during his illness and subsequent recovery. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, all but demanding you move your body, with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back to the jungles of South America.
Captured live in the studio, Wake The Dead resumes Prophets streak of more than a dozen critically acclaimed solo albums stretching all the way back to 1990, when the California native first shifted focus from pioneering neo psych band Green on Red to working under his own name. Since then, Prophet, who is now in full remission, has earned raves everywhere from Rolling Stone to NPR, landed songs in a slew of films and television shows, and seen his work covered by Bruce Springsteen, Solomon Burke, and Heart, among others.
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About Jesse Ruben
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud
Jesse Ruben is a singer/songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY. Best known for his lyrical storytelling and engaging live shows, his songs have been heard on more than a dozen TV shows in the US and abroad including Teen Mom, Switched at Birth, The Bachelor (Germany), and the recent Disney+ series Diary of a Future President. His most recent single "This Is Why I Need You” reached the top 10 in 12 different countries, and has been streamed more than 60 million times across all platforms. He has recorded live sessions for NPR and MTV Asia, and has been featured on CNN and in Esquire Magazine.
Beyond his music career, Ruben is highly active in philanthropic endeavors. He has run the NYC Marathon three times for The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, the largest non-profit devoted to spinal cord injuries, and five times to raise money for Lyme disease research. He is a co-founder of Generation Lyme, a community built to empower people facing Lyme disease through sharing patient stories and hosting online Meet-ups. In addition, he is the founder of The We Can Project, an initiative for young students designed to help them discover their passions and give back to their communities. To date, more than 800,000 young people have participated. To promote the program, he was personally invited by Hoda Kotb to perform live on The Today Show.