FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 25, 2024
MEDIA CONTACT: Kerry Lueken, Board Member, 812.639.1696, [email protected]
The Astra Theatre is incredibly excited to bring American singer/songwriter Chris Knight to The Astra on
Saturday, December 14. Knight remains boldly empowered to make music that always delivers the
unflinching truth. In fact, the man raised in Slaughters, Kentucky uses a simple, direct barometer to
regularly check his muse: “If I can’t believe myself, I won’t sing the song.”
Tickets are on sale now at www.AstraTheater.com. Reserved seating tickets are $30 for the balcony, $35
for the main floor, and $40 for the front rows of the main floor.
Doors open at 6:30 PM with music beginning at 7:30 PM and Knight taking to the stage at 8:30 PM.
For the past 20 years, Chris Knight has only made music his own way. He’s released eight acclaimed
albums, played thousands of electrifying live shows and built generations of fervent fans from Texas
honky-tonks to Manhattan rock clubs. He’s been hailed as “the last of a dying breed…a taciturn loner
with an acoustic guitar and a college degree” (The New York Times) and “a storyteller in the best
traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen” (USA Today). Bottom line, he’s hard-earned his reputation as
one of America’s most uncompromising and respected singer/songwriters.
Because Knight’s music has always sat outside of the mainstream, onstage is where he makes his fans
one show at a time. It is exactly where his searing tales of rural characters, fringe survivors, and
tumultuous small-town existence find a captivated audience. A few edgy, raw gems that immediately
come to mind are “It Ain’t Easy Being Me,” “Carla Came Home,” “I’m William Callahan,” and “Everybody’s
Lonely Now.”
What Knight writes about is what he knows. He was raised in mining country, so it’s no surprise that he
would earn a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University and then work as a mine
reclamation inspector and then miner’s consultant. But eventually his passion for writing songs and
playing guitar, both inspired by his musical hero, the late John Prine, led him to chronicle his
surroundings in words and music.
In addition to sharing the evening with Chris Knight, the Next Act, Inc. invites you to join them at The
Astra for future 2024 events. These events include comedian Kevin Farley on Saturday, August 17,
musicians Jonathan & Abigail Peyton and Philip Bowen co-headlining on Saturday, September 7, escape
artist Michael Griffin on Saturday, October 5, and more. All events have tickets available on our website
at AstraTheater.com with more to come.
The historic Astra Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Jasper, Indiana. Newly renovated with 357
seats, the Astra has main level and balcony seating with a concessions stand offering snacks, local craft
and domestic beer, and wine that are available for purchase.