Ben Folds

Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. He’s 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 in 2017 was named as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. In addition to touring, Folds is currently writing his first book, described as a collection of interrelated essays and anecdotes about art, life, and music. Release is slated for late summer of 2019.

He is also no stranger to television, having been featured for five seasons as a judge on NBC's critically-acclaimed acapella show The Sing Off, and continues to appear in cameo roles on cable and network TV shows. An avid photographer, Folds is a member of the prestigious Sony Artisans of Imagery, completed an assignment in 2017 as a photo editor for National Geographic, and was recently 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, in 2016 Ben held the distinction as the only artist to appear at both national political conventions advocating for arts education, and has served for over five years as an active member of the distinguished Artist Committee of Americans For The Arts.

Past Shows


May
9
th
2023
Turf Club
May
9
th
2023
Turf Club

Ben Folds ( solo )

The Current's MicroShow
Aug
14
th
2019
Surly Brewing Festival Field
Aug
14
th
2019
Surly Brewing Festival Field

Ben Folds and Violent Femmes

with Savannah Conley
Oct
1
st
2016
Mainroom
Oct
1
st
2016
Mainroom
Jan
23
rd
2011
Mainroom
Jan
23
rd
2011
Mainroom

Ben Folds

with Street Corner Symphony

More Shows

Jan
17
th
First Avenue

ISOxo presents KGM( irl )*

Feb
14
th
7th St Entry

Rachel Grae

Jan
27
th
Fine Line

Geordie Greep

with NNAMDÏ
Dec
11
th
7th St Entry

Fend, Admiral Fox, NATL PARK SRVC, and Joe Bartel