Centenary Stage Company’s January Thaw Music Festival closes on Saturday, January 26, with the red-hot sounds of Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper.

Considered one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation, Cleveland picked up a fiddle at age four, and his talent was recognized early. In 1993, he was chosen to be part of the Bluegrass Youth All Stars at the IBMA’s award show. Later that year, he made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a guest of Alison Krauss. His list of guest appearances over the years is a who’s who of bluegrass legends including Bill Monroe, Jim and Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, and J.D. Crowe. At the 2001 IBMA awards, Mike took his first Fiddle Player of the Year Award and shared the title of Entertainer of the Year with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. Together with his band, Flamekeeper, Cleveland delivers some of the most powerful, exciting and authentic bluegrass around.

Tickets for Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper on Saturday, January 26, at 8 p.m. are $27.50 for adults and $17.50 for children under 12 in advance. Add $5 on the day of. The performance will be held in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center in Hackettstown.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979–0900.

The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1–5 p.m. and two hours prior to every scheduled performance. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, N.J., on the campus of Centenary University.