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LAURA MANN’S APRIL 26 POP-UP CONCERT WILL FEATURE
LAURA MANN, BEN ARNOLD AND JIM BOGGIA
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CLIFF HILLIS AND ANDY KING
AT ARDMORE’S MASONIC HALL

ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA (MARCH 12, 2025)

Singer-songwriter Laura Mann will host and headline a concert in Ardmore on April 26 that will feature Ben Arnold and Jim Boggia, and include special guests Cliff Hillis and Andy King.

“Laura Mann’s Pop-Up Concert” will take place at the Masonic Hall at 35 Ardmore Ave. in Ardmore, PA starting at 8 p.m. Tickets for the BYOB concert are $35 and available now at lauramann.com.

The event will be a homecoming of sorts for Mann, who was also proprietor of the intimate Ardmore music venue The Living Room from 2018 until she closed it on April 27, 2024. Since then, she has been traveling, and writing and recording music in Philly and Southern California.

“I’ve been looking forward to playing some of my new songs, and sharing the stage again with these fine musicians in the same place where we all played and enjoyed so many great shows,” said Mann. The Masonic Hall was the second location of The Living Room, in between its original spot at 35 East Lancaster Avenue and its final location at 104 Cricket Avenue in Ardmore.

Mann and her guests, who'll play separately and together, will be backed by Chico Huff on bass, Mike Frank and Jeff Quattro on keyboards and Tommy Geddes on drums. Cliff Hillis will also perform with Mann during her set.

Attendees can bring their own beverages to the April 26 concert. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

Ardmore’s the Living Room and Cricket Cafe is closing

Philadelphia Inquirer

Dan Deluca, February 6, 2024

About Laura Mann

Laura Mann is a singer-songwriter whose musical career began when she was a teenager in southern New Jersey, and the late musician-songwriter Robert Hazard (writer of the hit song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”) took her under his wing as her manager. She became an integral member of the Philly music scene, and later performed at the SXSW Festival and NPR’s Mountain Stage. She’s shared the stage with music legends including Warren Zevon, Dave Mason and Ronnie Spector, and her collaborations in the studio with industry heavy-hitters Phil Nicolo, Charlton Pettus, Vernon Reid, Freedy Johnston, Mitch Goldfarb and Scot Sax have resulted in the successful release of multiple albums and singles. In 2018, she opened The Living Room live music venue in the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore, PA, which was embraced by artists and audiences alike, and was awarded Philadelphia Magazine’s award for Best Small Music Venue and Main Line Today magazine’s award for Unique Live Music Venue. Mann closed the venue in April 2024 to return to a focus on her songwriting and performing career.