Arts & Entertainment
More Shows Added to the 2015 Casino Ballroom Lineup
Seether, Whitesnake, Bret Michaels, Eddie Money, and others are all coming to Hampton Beach.

The Casino Ballroom is proud to announce the addition of six new shows to the 2015 Budweiser Concert Series, according to a press statement.
Earlier this week the Casino Ballroom was awarded the “Business of the Year” honor from the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce in recognition of providing continued economic vitality to the Seacoast through innovation in business and commitment to excellence in entertainment since 1927. The historic venue has used this great honor as a jumping off point to announce six new shows for this year’s schedule.
The shows include; a very intimate performance from Seether, the return of Poison frontman and reality TV star Bret Michaels, a few servings of vintage 80’s rock with Whitesnake and Eddie Money, and two additions to the comedy series with a debut performance from Sebastian Maniscalco and the return of Frank Caliendo. Shows will be added to the schedule each week all year long, visit CasinoBallroom.com for the latest show announcements and verified ticketing links.
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Seether
Friday May 15th
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Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, Age 18+
General Admission Show $33.50
Seether has worked tirelessly to reach this point. The hard rocking outfit originally from Pretoria, South Africa has now released eight albums in all, two of which have gone Platinum and two more that are certified Gold along with a live concert DVD that has sold over 500,000 units – for total worldwide sales in excess of 4.5 million. The consistent hit makers have quietly amassed eleven #1 singles and seventeen Top 5 multi-format hits resulting in singles sales that top seven million – a level of success few artists working today can match. Seether has averaged 120 performances a year, crisscrossing the globe, emerging into headlining mainstays and featured performers on many of the world’s biggest rock festivals.
Eddie Money
Friday May 29th
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, Age 18+
Gold Seats $41.00
Reserved Seats $31.00
General Admission Seats $24.00
After signing a recording contract with Columbia Records, Money burst onto the scene with his eponymous debut album in 1977. Fans immediately fell in love with Money’s sound, and the album, which went double platinum, featured hits like “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.” Money followed the success of his debut album with a stream of Top 40 hits, as well as some of the era’s most creative videos for songs like “Think I’m in Love” and “Shakin.” In 1986, Money released Can’t Hold Back, which featured the classic, Grammy-Nominated duet with Ronnie Spector, “Take Me Home Tonight.” The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went platinum and also featured the hit “I Wanna Go Back.”
Bret Michaels
Friday June 12th
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, Age 18+
General Admission Show $36.00
Michaels first rose to fame as the frontman of Poison. As one of rock’s most iconic and enduring bands, Poison defined the fast, gritty, and glamorous rock ‘n’ roll scene. Since the band’s beginning, Poison has achieved massive success- releasing eight studio albums, four live albums, and selling over 30 million records worldwide and 16.5 million records in the U.S. alone. The band has charted 10 singles in the Top 40 on Billboard’s Hot 100 including the number-one single, “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn.” Twenty-five years after their debut, Poison is still recording music and performing together. Bret Michaels’ solo career has been equally successful: his most recent solo album, “Custom Built,” released in July of 2010, topped the charts, reaching #1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock list. His current solo tour, “Get Your Rock On” is selling out arenas across the country and his forthcoming solo album of the same name will be released this summer.
Whitesnake
Wednesday July 22nd
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, Age 18+
General Admission $39.00
After leaving DEEP PURPLE in 1976 Coverdale formed the original WHITESNAKE in 1978, and began a journey that has taken him from the early heavy blues rock of the late ‘70s with albums like ‘TROUBLE’, ‘LOVEHUNTER ‘READY AND WILLING’ and ‘COME AN’ GET IT’ through to the explosive hard rock of the revamped ‘SNAKE sound with the multi-platinum ‘SLIDE IT IN’ & 1987’s self-titled mega-million-selling smash-hit album. ‘WHITESNAKE’.
David Coverdale – vocals
Reb Beach – guitars
Joel Hoekstra – guitars
Michael Devin – bass
Tommy Aldridge – drums
Frank Caliendo
Saturday August 22nd
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, Age 18+
Gold Seats $45.00
Reserved Seats $35.00
General Admission Seats $25.00
Comedian, actor, and impressionist Frank Caliendo has been making people laugh his entire life. He is well known for his impressions of famous actors Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro; politicians George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama; broadcasters John Madden, Charles Barkley and Jon Gruden; and talk show hosts Dr. Phil, Jay Leno and David Letterman.
Sebastian Maniscalco
Friday September 11th
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm, age 18+
Gold Seats $43.00
Reserved Seats $33.00
General Admission Seats $25.00
**first night of Seafood Fest
Still sporting his Chicago accent despite leaving the Windy City in the early 2000’s to follow his dream in Los Angeles, Sebastian began paying his comedy dues by night playing his brand of comedy in bars and bowling alleys while working as a waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. He eventually broke into the national spotlight with a 20-city tour in support of his one-hour Comedy Central DVD Special. Yet, it wasn’t until Sebastian captured the attention of award-winning actor and entertainer Vince Vaughn who selected him to be one of four featured comedians in the critically acclaimed film “Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show” that his comedy career began to explode.
Since then, the 2014 American Comedy Award nominee for Best Club Comedian has established an avid fan following via national late night television appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”, “Lopez Tonight”, “Conan” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”. Sebastian is also a popular guest on such ground-breaking podcasts as “WTF with Marc Maron” in addition to starring in his own wildly popular “The Pete and Sebastian Show” podcast every Fridaynight. If that wasn’t enough, Sebastian is currently writing a pilot for NBC alongside Austen Earl and Greg Garcia.
Additional shows currently on sale include:
- Sunday March 29th Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Saturday April 4th Black Label Society
- Saturday April 18th Get The Led Out – The American Led Zeppelin Experience
- Friday May 1st – Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
- Friday May 8th – Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators
- Saturday May 9th – The Used & Chevelle
- Friday and Saturday June 5th and 6th - Dark Star Orchestra
- Thursday June 11th - The Wailers and Rusted Root
- Friday June 26th – The Happy Together Tour feat The Turtles, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams and the Cowsills
- Saturday July 3rd - Badfish! A Tribute to Sublime
- Friday July 10th – The Beach Boys
- Thursday July 23rd – Zappa Plays Zappa
- Friday July 24th – The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute
- Saturday August 8th – Brian Regan
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