Start-Studded: Spire Theater To Host Fundraiser Concert June 1

Pictured is the stage at the Spire Theater as the theater prepares for Legendary, a live tribute concert featuring the work of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Judy Garland, Eric Clapton, Van MOrrison and the Mamas and the Papas.
The Spire Theater will present Legendary, a live tribute concert celebrating the music of six unforgettable icons: Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Judy Garland, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and The Mamas and the Papas.
The concert will take place June 1 and raise money for the Spire Theater’s Raise the Roof fund to support ongoing preservation of the former church on Third Street.
The concert will be backed by The Spire’s in-house band In Crowd. The show will feature fresh arrangements, horns, harmonies and original music. The concert will featuring the following local performers:
— Kadyn Abers as The Mamas and the Papas. Abers is a 2025 Chautauqua’s Got Talent contestant and high school musician.
— Steve Davis as Stevie Wonder. Davis has been a Chautauqua’s Got Talent judge since its first season and is a founding member of the In Crowd.
— Rya Giuffre as The Mamas and the Papas. Guiffre is a budding musician and eldest child of the Spire Theater’s co-founders.
— Jamie Lee as Aretha Franklin. Lee is a Chautauqua’s Got Talent judge and artistic director at Infinity Visual and Performing Arts.
— Ylsa Maj as The Mamas and the Papas. Maj is a veteran performer, producer, Chautauqua’s Got Talent judge, and Spire Theater co-owner.
— Shannon Nixon as Judy Garland. Nixon is the Season 1 Chautauqua’s Got Talent winner returning to the stage after nearly a decade.
— Angelo Valentino as both Van Morrison and The Mamas and the Papas. Valentino is a veteran performer, producer, and Spire Theater co-owner.
— Bill Ward as Eric Clapton. Ward is a longtime local performer.