Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada, Alpha Wolf & Dark Divine – Summer of...

Avril Lavigne – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, New Jersey – August 29, 2024   Avril Lavigne’s sold-out show in Camden as part of her “The Greatest Hits Tour” was a thrilling evening filled with both nostalgia and excitement. Longtime fans, many of whom have followed her career since the early 2000s, gathered to relive their favorite memories through her iconic hits. The atmosphere was electric, with the crowd singing along to every word of classic anthems like "Complicat

Alanis Morissette, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts & Morgan Wade – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, NJ – July 2, 2024 Photos by Deborah...

Hozier & Allison Russell – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, NJ – May 25, 2024 Hozier Takes Fans to Church. Following the release of...

XPoNential Festival – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 22-24, 2023 They say that the 10th anniversary is the tin anniversary, and the 50th anniversary is the gold anniversary. Unfortunately, for the 30th anniversary of the annual XPoNential Music Festival, it seems that it was the rain anniversary. Mother Nature did not cooperate with the weekend of diverse musical acts jamming out at Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ. Tropical storm Ophelia was battering the East Coast that we

Happy 30th Anniversary to the XPoNential Festival! Thirty years is a long time, and it has been that long that some of the biggest names in alternative music have been visiting the Camden Waterfront to play for beloved public radio station WXPN. The 30th annual festival is coming this weekend and it is the place to be for a wonderfully diverse musical experience. The first show actually took place in 1994, then called Singer Songwriter Weekend, and featured such artists as Sa

Fall Out Boy, Bring Me the Horizon, Royal and the Serpent & Games We Play – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – A ugust 6, 2023 Stardust and...

Jenny Lewis, The Dip, Kathleen Edwards & Neal Francis – XPoNential Festival (Day 3) – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 18, 2022 Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2022. All rights reserved.

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, The Revivalists, Lucinda Williams, Houndmouth & Valerie June – XPoNential Festival (Day 2) – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 17, 2022 Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2022. All rights reserved.

The War on Drugs, Patti Smith and Her Band, Taj Mahal, Samantha Fish & Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – XPoNential Festival (Day 1) – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 16, 2022 Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2022. All rights reserved.

Styx, REO Speedwagon & Loverboy – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, NJ – August 13, 2022 Forty years ago this lineup would have filled a stadium. At the time, Styx, REO Speedwagon and Loverboy had three of the five totally essential albums ( Paradise Theater, Hi Infidelity and Get Lucky , in order) in the wildly popular arena rock genre. (For the record, the other two essential albums at the time were Journey’s Escape and Foreigner’s 4. ) This new shed tour – a semi-repeat

Incubus, Sublime with Rome & Aquadolls – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, NJ – August 5, 2022 Photos by Samantha Cuevas © 2022. All rights reserved.

Shovels and Rope, Nicole Atkins, Cimafunk & Snacktime – XPoNential Music Festival – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 18, 2021 In a twist of fate that could only happen in a post-COVID musical world, Sunday’s headlining act Dawes had to cancel at the last minute due to a few members of the band testing positive for the coronavirus. Saturday afternoon act Cimafunk agreed to perform again on Sunday and Shovels and Rope became the closing act of this year’s XPoNential Fest.

Los Lobos, Cory Henry, The Record Company & Sofia Valdés – XPoNential Music Festival – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – September 17, 2021 Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2021

Josh Ritter, JD McPherson, Blind Boys of Alabama, Hiss Golden Messenger, Tank and the Bangas, Darlingside, Phoebe Bridgers, Mt. Joy, Lo Moon, Devon Gilfillion & Harmony Woods – XPoNential Music Festival (Day 3) – Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – July 29, 2018 Photos by Chris Sikich © 2018. All rights reserved.

The War on Drugs, Sturgill Simpson, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Margo Price, Sunflower Bean, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Courtney Marie Andrews, Mondo Cozmo, Jupiter and Okwess, Natalie Prass, Hurry & Katie Frank – XPoNential Music Festival (Day 2) – BB&T Pavilion and Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – July 28, 2018  Photos by Chris Sikich © 2018. All rights reserved.

David Byrne, Sylvan Esso, Cloves, Bermuda Triangle, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, MAKU Soundsystem. The National Reserve & Greg Sover Band – XPoNential Music Festival (Day 1) – BB&T Pavilion and Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – July 27, 2018  Photos by Chris Sikich © 2018. All rights reserved.

Imagine Dragons – 104.5 Birthday Celebration (Day 2) – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – June 30, 2018 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2018 104.5 Birthday Celebration (Day 2) – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – June 30, 2018 This past Saturday was the second of two Radio 104.5 11th Birthday Celebration concerts at BB&T Pavilion. Featuring 11 artists, the rock and roll of the day overcame the scorching temperatures. The following are my favorite moments of the day. *Imagine Dragons blasted th

30 Seconds to Mars – 104.5 Birthday Celebration (Day 1) – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – June 17, 2018 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2018 104.5 Birthday Celebration (Day 1) – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – June 17, 2018 This past Sunday was the first of two Radio 104.5 11th Birthday Celebration concerts at BB&T Pavilion. Featuring 11 artists, it was a wide-ranging look at indie rock circa 2018. The following are my favorite moments of the day. *Headliner Thirty Seconds to Mars brough

Conor Oberst – XPoNential Music Festival – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ – July 28, 2017 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2017 XPoNential Music Festival – BB&T Pavilion & Wiggins Waterfront Park & Marina – Camden, NJ – July 28-30, 2017 Mother nature kept threatening to spoil the party – there were flash flood warnings both Friday night and Saturday – but even mother nature could not stand to stop the music. There were a few drizzles periodically on those days, but the deluges promised