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SUMMARY:Ben Folds - Raleigh\, NC
DESCRIPTION:Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five\, multiple solo albums\, a holiday album\, and numerous collaborative records. \nHe currently tours as a pop artist\, while also performing for over two decades with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras. \nFolds\, who served for eight years as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, DC\, stepped down from his post when Donald Trump announced his takeover of the Center. Just days before the US presidential election\, Folds recorded two sold out performances with the NSO which he released as a live album in 2025 that debuted at the top of the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts. \nA long time arts advocate and philanthropist\, Ben founded a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Kids\,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to hundreds of school-age children each year from economically-disadvantaged households. He also advocates for public funding of the arts in schools and communities as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund. \n— >> Tickets and Information at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts \n  \nBen Folds Links:\nWebsite || Facebook || Instagram ||  YouTube\n \n  \nMartin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts Links:\nWebsite || Facebook || Instagram ||  YouTube
URL:https://performingartsnc.com/event/ben-folds-raleigh-nc/
LOCATION:Raleigh – Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts\, 2 East South Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27601\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Music,Performing Arts,Raleigh
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