NEWARK, NJ, May 6, 2024 – Take your favorite dance partner by the hand and head to the WBGO Birthday Party with Felix Hernandez at the Crown Hill Theatre, 750 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 11, 8:00 pm – midnight. The legendary host of Rhythm Revue, which airs on WBGO 88.3 FM, Newark Public Radio, Sundays at noon, will be spinning classic soul music and sounds from the golden age of R&B and dance music.

Tickets are $50.00 – $80.00 (plus service fee and are available here. 

“I’m proud to be part of WBGO’s 45-year history as the purveyor of soul music every weekend since 1986,” said Hernandez.  “Although I’ve been at other stations, only WBGO has allowed the flexibility and creativity needed to make Rhythm Revue the special radio show it turned out to be.  Ultimately, listeners made our 38-year run on ‘BGO possible.  So, thanks fans, and thank you WBGO!  Now let’s celebrate this Saturday!”

Hernandez started his career as a producer and radio journalist while in college. In the 1980’s, he independently produced the award-winning radio series BluesStage, which had a six-year run on over 200 NPR stations. He also worked extensively as a journalist with WBEZ in Chicago, and NPR. In 1986, Felix joined WBGO with the classic soul and dance music show Rhythm Revue. The program has also aired on New York's WBLS, WRKS ("Kiss-FM"), WTJM (Jammin' 105) as well as Sirius/XM. In 1991, Felix started the Rhythm Revue Dance Party, an event which continues to sell out venues throughout the New York metro area. The Rhythm Revue Dance Party was important in the 1990’s revival of the Roseland Ballroom, where Felix held his monthly event for 22 years. Felix also produces concerts and music compilations, and is working on a book based on his hundreds of interviews with R&B artists over the past three decades. He and his wife live in Brooklyn, where they raised three children.

Founded on April 9,1979, by Robert G. Ottenhoff, a young Rutgers University communications specialist and jazz fan, WBGO is a publicly-supported cultural institution that preserves and elevates America’s music: jazz and blues. WBGO reaches a weekly audience of nearly 300,000 in the New York/New Jersey metro area via 88.3 FM. Through programs such as Rhythm Revue, Felix Hernández’s oldies-but-goodies R&B/soul show, and Jazz Night in America, produced in partnership with National Public Radio (NPR), Jazz at Lincoln Center and WBGO. From its position as content provider to NPR, WBGO’s reach extends to millions across the country. From its home base of Newark, New Jersey, Public Radio station WBGO has long been an anchor institution in community engagement through its partnerships, concerts, education and news programming. Through its informative and entertaining announcers, award-winning original arts programming, expansive educational and community outreach and pioneering jazz tourism, WBGO will continue to be “the jazz source” for years to come.

For more information, log on to https://www.wbgo.org

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