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Thursday, May 2, 2024

The Paramount Theatre & Resound Present: Rhiannon Gidden

By KMFA 89.5, Staff Submission.

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THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE & RESOUND PRESENT:

RHIANNON GIDDENS

WITH CHARLY LOWRY

THURSDAY, MAY 2 | 8:00 P.M. | THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE

Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm

Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and composer of opera, ballet, and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased, and advocating for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art. As Pitchfork once said, “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration”—a journey that has led to NPR naming her one of its 25 Most Influential Women Musicians of the 21st Century and to American Songwriter calling her “one of the most important musical minds currently walking the planet.” 

REVERB Environmental Impact Fee - A note from the artist:
As a touring artist, one of the biggest philosophical struggles I continue to face is the toll my work takes on our environment. We fly, ride on buses, in vans, and in cars, and you have to do the same to see us. Venues must provide food and other resources for us and our fans, and staff must get to the venues to make it all run – all of which take an environmental toll.

On this tour, we will do our best to minimize the footprint we leave behind and pay our carbon offsets, and we're asking fans and venues to join us in making a positive impact. Each ticket to every show on this tour will have $1 added to its price to be donated to effective sustainability programs supporting our environment and in turn, our local communities. In addition, we're implementing the following efforts:

  • Any tips you leave at the merch table will be added to our donation.
  • We've asked venues to forgo single-use plastic at our show, and do the same on our tour bus and in venues, as much as possible.
  • We encourage you to rideshare and take available public transportation to our shows.

At the end of the tour, we will share how much has been contributed and exactly the environmental projects they went toward. We know that, globally, a lot of work has to be done on the industrial scale, and in political realms, and that this may seem like a drop in the bucket. But enough drops, and the bucket overflows…

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Event Details

Ticket Information

  • Cost: $35.00 - $75.00

Presenter Details

  • Name: The Paramount Theatre & Resound Present

    • THE PARAMOUNT AND STATE THEATRES ARE THE ARTISTIC HEARTBEAT OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, HOSTING OVER 550 EVENTS EVERY YEAR.

    From one of the nation’s largest comedy festivals in the Moontower Comedy Festival—a two-week extravaganza produced from the ground up by Paramount staff—to star-studded world premieres for SXSW and Austin Film Festival, we bring the world to Central Texas. And our Summer Classic Film Series, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, remains one of Austin’s most beloved traditions.

    But our nonprofit mission also extends beyond our venues. We reach 22,000 Central Texas students every year through award-winning Paramount Education programs in classrooms and our theatres. And our Access to the Arts program provides Central Texas nonprofits and students with complimentary admission and special artist meet-and-greets.

    Through it all, we work with experts to ensure the careful preservation of these treasured monuments to Austin’s history. The Paramount is one of only 20 theatres remaining in the U.S. that is over 100 years old and still in use as a venue – and we can’t wait to see what the next century will add to our story.

Venue Details

  • Address: 719 Congress Avenue
  • City: Austin
  • State: Texas
  • Zip: 78701