05-03-2025
Ben Folds at Mayo Civic Center May 7
Mar. 5—ROCHESTER — Ben Folds will be performing at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester on Wednesday, May 7, presented by Pepper Entertainment and The Current.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 7 on
Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of the generation, according to a statement from the Mayo Civic Center. The Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created a large body of "genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, solo albums, and collaborative records," according to an announcement.
Folds' latest pop solo album was released in 2023. He released his first Christmas album in 2024 and last Fall recorded a live album slated for release in 2025 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. where he served for eight years as the first Artistic Advisor to the NSO.
He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world's greatest symphony orchestras. Folds is also working on new compositions for film, TV and theatre, the announcement said.
In 2022, he launched a music education charitable initiative in North Carolina called "Keys For Kids," which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically-disadvantaged households. He also advocates for improving public policies for the arts and arts education on the national level as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.
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