Jesse McCartney brings hot-ticket show to UW-Green Bay’s Weidner Center, Nov. 29
Tickets to students on sale this week, general public Sept. 17
GREEN BAY — Following his successful Better With You Tour, Jesse McCartney will be playing at the Weidner Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. UW-Green Bay student tickets go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. CST for $20 plus fees (limit 2 student tickets and up to 6 regularly priced tickets during presale period). Tickets for the general public are $25 plus fees and go on sale Monday, Sept. 17 at noon — online at WeidnerCenter.com, by calling 800-895-0071 or in person at Ticket Star locations including the University Ticket and Information Center (UTIC) located in UW-Green Bay’s University Union. There will be 250 meet and greet tickets available for $40 plus fees sold separately.
A singer, songwriter and actor, the McCartney show is a hot commodity with sold out shows at UW-Madison, UW Oshkosh and UW-Eau Claire. His show at UW-Stevens Point sold out in under two hours. The multi-platinum artist starred in the boyband “Dream Street” and in shows such as “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” and “Hannah Montana.”
His debut album Beautiful Soul (2004) sold more than 2.5 million albums and 8 million singles, his album Right Where You Want Me (2006) is certified Gold, single “Leavin’” (2008) peaked at #10 on the charts and “Bleeding Love,” (2008) co-written for Leona Lewis, was No. 1 in 34 countries and nominated for a Grammy Award. Four years after his popular album Technicolor (2014), his new hit single “Better With You” (2018) is sweeping the globe.
The performance is sponsored by the student organization Good Times Programming. For more information, call Good Times Programming at 920-465-2405, or email at stgtp@uwgb.edu.
About the Weidner Center
UW-Green Bay’s Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is known for its elegant design and the acoustic excellence of its 2,000-seat main hall, Cofrin Family Hall. It also houses two smaller performance spaces, the Fort Howard recital hall and the Jean Weidner Theatre, along with a dance studio and Grand Foyer. The Center is a home for UW-Green Bay Music and Theatre and Dance productions, community events and productions, and performances by visiting artists and touring companies. The Weidner Center has a distinct benefit in being part of a leading institution of higher learning. Beyond the large-scale touring productions that grace the stage, the Weidner Center also focuses on scholastic development, programming and an impactful education series – Stage Doors. The Stage Doors Education Series serves more than17,500 students from 63 cities throughout Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula every year. For more information on the Weidner Center, visit www.WeidnerCenter.com, 920-465-2726, 800-895-0071, or follow the ‘Weidner Center for the Performing Arts’ on Facebook, Twitter (@WeidnerCenter) and Instagram (@weidnercenter).
About the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is a comprehensive public institution offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs to nearly 8,000 students with campus locations in Green Bay, Marinette, Manitowoc and Sheboygan. Established in 1965 on the border of Green Bay, the University and its campuses are centers of cultural enrichment, innovation and learning. The Green Bay campus is home to one of the Midwest’s most prolific performing arts centers, a nationally recognized 4,000-seat student recreation center, an award-winning nine-hole golf course and a five-mile recreational trail and arboretum, which is free and open to the public. This four-campus University transforms lives and communities through student-focused teaching and research, innovative learning opportunities, powerful connections and a problem-solving approach to education. UW-Green Bay’s main campus is centrally located, close to both the Door County resort area and the dynamic economies of Northeast Wisconsin, the Fox Valley region and the I-43 corridor. UW-Green Bay offers in-demand programs in science, engineering and technology; business; health, education and social welfare; and arts, humanities and social sciences. For more information, visit www.uwgb.edu.
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