Theatre of Living Arts

Venue is very comfortable. Due to small crowd, our balcony seats were moved to the bar are, which is much closer to the stage. Highly recommend TLA. Nick Smith is a "new country" musician that played his new stuff to an empty hall. The backing band is competent but the overall delivery was too abrasive for my "old country" ear. The opening band was new to me, but led by an excellent woman singer. Her band was much more "old country" including an excellent pedal steel player.

She was so awesome.... she is an absolutely incredible artist. Everything about her show is golden- her voice, the band, those dancers, the visuals, her presence! All. Of. It. She's top notch. However, I am profoundly disappointed with whoever is managing the TLA now. I have attended many shows there, and I've always been a big fan of that venue- until last night. I have never in my life attended a show that was so horribly oversold. It was shameful. I'm not sure when the TLA did their remodel, the last show I attended there was honestly before that- so it's been a while. But from everything I remember--- it was better before. As incredible as she is and as much as I wanted to see her, I debated leaving when I got there. It really was that bad. Her voice was incredible and she's a consummate professional, but she struggled with the sound the entire time. Signaling what was off at first, but they didn't fix it. She kept going, but they didn't resolve the issues even after she directly addressed it in front of the audience. She's such a strong vocalist that she sounded amazing the entire time, but it sucks she had to deal with crappy sound all night. They never got it together. I'll see her again and again if given the opportunity, but I'm so disappointed in what used to be one of my favorite venues. She deserves infinitely better- especially in her hometown. Santigold- a million stars, TLA- the musicians and attendees deserve better. I'm going to think twice before attending another show there- and that sucks.

i would have given this a five star review however the venue has extremely strict rules about what is allowed and not allowed in the venue. there is no information on the hammerstein ballroom website about prohibited items. they need to make it extremely clear when purchasing tickets at this venue/the venue needs to add these rules to their website so people aren’t losing money from having items taken away from them.

This was a fabulous show. Dean has an extraordinarily human presence, in addition to being a talented, and accomplished, singer, songwriter, and guitar player. He has a great relationship with his band members too. And it was very cool when the woman who did the opening act came out and did a song with him and his band. He has an amazing way to connect with each member of his audience. Everyone was jumping up and down and raving! It was really fun, and very memorable. I am so glad we went. TLA is a wonderful venue!

It was fantastic the first and second time I went (yesterday). Since I went it’s all I could think about. I’d say LoveJoy’s concerts were the best things to ever happen to me and I would do anything to go back. Please come back to Philadelphia I love you guys so much ♡. I was literally shaking at the TLA concert and met Crywank and Spillycave and got Lovejoys and Crywanks merch!!

I love The Warning and they did not disappoint last night. They are just so talented and so much fun to watch and listen to. I am so glad they are finally getting noticed more and more. Can't wait for them to perform in larger venues as the main performer. They do deserve all the attention they are getting - they work so hard and are such a tight band.

If the venue had been better, it would have been so much more enjoyable. Too much of the audience was talking loudly, really loudly, and it was hard to hear when Steve Kilby was talking, which I really wanted to hear. Why go to a concert and talk through the whole thing?! The band was great, as they always are…from what I could hear. Mr. Kilby and The Church, please go back to the Sellersville Theatre, where you are appropriately appreciated!

Preface: this comes from a place of love and extreme admiration. The drummer had a really bad performance. Feel for time and tempo was all over the place. Any time feet got heavily involved, time signature went completely out of the window and it sounded like sloppy note vomit. It's a shame, because the rest of the band is so crisp, the sound and mix was clear, and the front three were shredding all night. It really made all of the mud stick out like crazy.

What can I say about this brilliant musician....hmmm. if anyone knows the TLA, it is still one of the best venues in Philly to see a show. And you can get close since it's small. And because of this, it made this concert even better than I could ever imagine. Chet, I've been listening to you for years and due to covid, this concert was pushed back roughly a year, but thank you for being everything and more than I thought. Was so great to watch the brilliance work. And to be that close, I'm only afraid I will never get the chance to see you in this way ever again. Nonetheless, this concert is fitting into the top 5 for sure. Absolutely brilliant !!!!!! Brilliant music at a brilliant venue!!!! If you can catch Chet like this rather than a huge arena, I highly recommend

Palaye never disappoints! Such an electrifying performance from beginning to end! The boys of Palaye are so kind, and continuously look out for their fans. They make everyone in the room feel like part of the family, and deliver a good time every time. I love that the TLA gave the the freedom to do what they do...It's not a Palaye Royale show unless Rem finds something to climb :) Hope to see them again there soon!

Softcult was just as good live as I had hoped. Lots of tremendous riot grrrl energy, excellent musicianship, and the songs really lend themselves well to live performances. Was a little disappointed they didn't play their "hit" Gaslight, and the rhythm guitar could barely be heard in the mix, but still an awesome show all around. Drove a few hours to see them and would do it again. Think this band is going to be big, and you should see them in small venues while you have the chance!

OMG. I was introduced to Waterparks by my sister and was immediately obsessed. I listened to them every day and had a major hyperfixation on the band many times. When I heard about their online show, a family friend got tickets for me and I watched it with my friend and I felt so happy. It was as magical as disney to a child dude. Than, when I heard I was going to their show in phili, It was all I could think about. When we got there it was amazing. All my problems just melted away. I had an amazing time and the concert will always live in my mind. I'm soo excited to go to another show soon!!

The performance was fantastic. One song I never thought I'd hear live was "Moon Over Marin" (a personal favorite). Skip is the best guy to fill in for Jello. Although I'm disappointed that DOA had to cancel (but I understand their concerns), I was glad that Catholic Action got to fill in. Though not really a punk band, they've also put on a great show. So good that I'm now a fan. Dark Thoughts has shown us that Philadelphia still has something to offer in punk (Besides the Dead Milkmen).

Ice Nine Kills does a great job puts on an awesome performance the only thing is their lights are horrible I have epilepsy which is a seizure disorder I couldn't stay for the whole show I almost fell into a seizure that's how bad their lights are I've been trying to reach out to the music industry just for the bands to understand how people with seizures can't really go to shows and enjoy themselves because of these lights but good job anyway to the band I really like them just wish their lights weren't the way they were

The concert was AMAZING... Full of joy, laughter, tears, and excitement. I was extremely tired while waiting for the show to start, but she came out and I forgot all my aches and troubles and just enjoyed the moment. Besides beautiful, she is extremely talented and deserving of all the success and praise she gets. The staff at the Theater of Living Arts was disorganized, imposing rules that are not on their website, not helpful at all, and just inept. Do not recommend the venue!

I had the extended edition pass. Included in the package was a set of pins, an autographed poster, a side stage audit and a meet and greet where Ronnie allowed everyone involved to feel comfortable with the band before they played. They took the time to speak with the pass holders and show their true selves. I wish more bands could do stuff like this. It was a great, great experience! The entire lineup was great!

This is what heaven sounded like to me last night !!!! What a fucking lineup, night, show and pit !!!!👊🏼🤘🏼 Great fucking energy as always came to see Born of Osiris and Chelsea Grin who I have seen many many times !!!...Always Full throttle energy ..beautiful pits ..headbanging madness ..fist pumping ..jumping ..hearts pounding ..passion to the core !!! I live for more nights like these !!! luckily I came early enough and found parking to catch the entire set of make them suffer who also went to the fucking head away with their high energy 👊🏼🤘🏼I am a Huge BOO crew fan and I will continue to try and get some more heavy shot like this to our Jersey venues : *’Stone Pony’ in Asbury Park has a outdoor summer stage and indoor = pit show👊🏼🤘🏼 * House Of Independents also in Asbury Park is an underground pit only venue with viewing upstairs and in sane pit made for hardcore divers 👊🏼🤘🏼 *Starland Ballroom in Sayreville New Jersey loves born of Osiris Chelsea grin and argue motherfucking heavy hitters !!! 👊🏼🤘🏼 *White Eagle Hall in Jersey City = also stage for hard core fans !!! 👊🏼🤘🏼 *Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City *BB&T in Camden ...and even in Montclair!! 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼Sorry PNC in Holmdel..I Will never recommended bands until you take out some of those fucking seats in the front and put in a pit for us heavy-metal hard-core motherfuckers who don’t want to hear people in the seats crying about us blocking their view... 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼Please check out some of our venues in Jersey ...see if you can add some to your tours...no doubt all sellouts 👊🏼🤘🏼...you have a super heavy Fanbase here who would love to fucking share the insanity and passion with you !!! 👊🏼🤘🏼 MAD LOVE ALWAYS !!! 👊🏼🤘🏼

okay so not to pop off or anything the show was fucking amazing! parx were great! if you ever go to a one okay rock show their fans are rude and annoying. the were yelling and being rude during some of the set and the dropped about 8 crowd surfers and got mad when parx fans opened the pit. plz grow up. hold crowd surfers and if you don’t like the pit move off to the side

God bless TEXAS and Red Dirt Country! Independent artist like AW, CoJo, Casey Donahew, Josh Ward, Trent Willimon, Josh Abbott, Cody Jinks and SO many more are absolutely killing it and making Nashville sound like stale bubblegum! So thankful these guys are doing their thing, of course with a fiddle (cuz ya gotta have a fiddle in the band), and laying it down in ways that Hank and Jesus would approve. Keep on chasing them white lines down the road and bringing it to all your grateful fans. P.S. getting those lil girls involved in the show and giving them an enviable VIP experience was way classy; I tip my hat to you good sir!

Man Mick Jenkins killed it last night, my first time finally catching one of his shows and I'm so happy that I finally did. He had the energy and the vibes, house was packed and it was certainly a night to remember. If you haven't seen Mick live yet, definitely do yourself the favor and catch him next time he comes to your city, I will certainly be at one of his shows next time he comes to town. Drink.. more.. water!