Immediate Release: October 30, 2017 Contact: Chris Silva 845-473-5288 #101

Bardavon announces ANDREW BIRD and his band at UPAC Member tickets on sale: Wednesday November 1 @ 11:00am General Public tickets on sale: Friday November 3 @ 11:00am

Andrew Bird Wednesday March 7 at 7:30pm at UPAC

Andrew Bird is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler and songwriter who picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and folk music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his recording career in 1997 Bird has released 13 albums and performed several hundred concerts worldwide. He has recorded with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, appeared as "Dr. Stringz" on "Jack's Big Music Show," and headlined concerts at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, and festivals worldwide. Mojo Magazine declared him "simply incredible live." In recent years he performed as the Whistling Caruso in Disney's "The Muppets" movie, scored the FX series "Baskets," and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum, an installation that exhibited at New York's Guggenheim Museum, Boston's ICA and the MCA Chicago. Bird has been a featured Ted Talk presenter, a New York Times op-ed contributor, and is an advocate for Everytown for Gun Safety. Additionally, Bird hosts an ongoing Facebook Live series of performances called Live From The Great Room, putting the creative process on display for fans as he performs and converses with friends and collaborators in a candid, intimate setting.

Bird is currently working on a series of site-specific improvisational short films and recordings called Echolocations, recorded in remote and acoustically interesting spaces- a remote Utah canyon, an abandoned seaside bunker, the middle of the Los Angeles River, and a reverberant tile covered aqueduct in Lisbon. His most recent studio album, Are You Serious, was released April 1st, 2016 on Loma Vista Recordings. Tickets: $50/$40 Members get $5 off! Purchase your tickets in person or by phone at the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, 845.473.2072 or by phone at www.Ticketmaster.com: or 800.745.3000. Please note that Bardavon Member benefits are not available through Ticketmaster. Note: The UPAC theater and box office is closed for renovation and will reopen in late November.