UPDATE: Ben Folds to Play the Gaillard Center on April 13th, 2022

RESCHEDULED – Ben Folds, originally scheduled for November 8, 2021, has been rescheduled to April 13, 2022. Ticket holders have been contacted regarding next steps. Tickets for the original date will be honored for the April 13, 2022 date. For any questions, please reach out to the Ticket Office at ticketing@gaillardcenter.org or (843) 242-3099. Thank you for your continued support.

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Ben Folds will bring his “In Actual Person Live For Real Tour,” featuring both solo piano and orchestral performances, to the Gaillard Center on November 8th, 2021. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 am.

Folds has been in isolation in Australia since February 2020, where he was on tour when COVID-19 shut down international travel and touring. While in Australia, he has continued working, launching a podcast series called Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds, performing live stream concerts and online chats via his Patreon page, composing new music, and preparing for the launch of a new TV series.

During his career, Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records. His last album was a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that soared to # 1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.

For over a decade he’s performed with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, and currently serves as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.

In addition to solo rock and orchestral touring, Folds released his first book – a collection of interrelated essays, anecdotes and lessons about art, life, and music – in 2019, which debuted as a New York Times Best Seller.

An avid photographer, Folds is also a member of the prestigious Sony Artisans of Imagery, has worked as an assignment photo editor for National Geographic, and was featured in a mini-documentary by the Kennedy Center’s Digital Project on his photographic work.

An outspoken champion for arts education and music therapy funding in our nation’s public schools, has served for over five years as an active member of the distinguished Artist Committee of Americans For The Arts (AFTA), and serves on the Board of AFTA’s Arts Action Fund. He also served as Chairman of the Arts Action Fund’s ArtsVote2020 national initiative that encouraged voter engagement in the 2020 US elections, and continually advocates for improving public policies for the arts and arts education.

Tickets will be available at gaillardcenter.org. Tickets start at $29 (plus applicable fees). Pre-show VIP packages for select performances will also be available. Gaillard Center Members receive presale access. You can become a member today by contacting the Development Office at development@gaillardcenter.org or (843) 579-6468.
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