Arts & Entertainment

West Chester: Blues Musician Peter Rowan Set To Perform July 23

Peter Rowan's Free Mexican Airforce featuring Los Texmaniacs performs for the first time at Uptown Knauer Center.

(Carrie Gorn/Aversa PR & Events)

WEST CHESTER —The legendary bluegrass artist, Peter Rowan, will perform 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23 at the Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center here.

Rowan formed his first band, the Cupids, while still in high school and then left college to begin his professional career as the singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for the Bluegrass Boys, led by the founding father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe.

Since that time, this iconic artist has never stopped performing, writing, forming bands, creating classics, and garnering world-wide acclaim. Rowan's latest album, "Calling You From My Mountain," is on Spotify.

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Tickets cost $42.

The theatre is located at 226 N. High St., West Chester. Information is available at 610-356-2787 and at https://uptownwestchester.org/.

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