David Wilcox

David Wilcox

When

Sun, May 1, 2022    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$27-33 plus tax and fees Day of Show Ticket Price: $35 plus taxes and fees

Where

Hopewell Theater
5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, NJ, 08525

Event Type


All staff, patrons, and talent are required to wear a mask inside the theater. As of 2022, all staff, patrons, and talent must show proof of vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 test. Please see our Health and Safety page for more information.

  • More than three decades into his career, singer/songwriter David Wilcox continues to push himself, just as he always has.
  • Wilcox, by so many measures, is a quintessential folk singer, telling stories full of heart, humor, and hope, substance, searching, and style. His innate sense of adventure and authenticity is why critics and colleagues, alike, have always praised not just his artistry, but his humanity, as well.
  • That’s not by accident; it’s very much by design. It’s the result of a man giving himself over in gratitude and service to something bigger than himself.
  • Advanced Ticket Price: $27-33 plus tax and fees
    Day of Show Ticket Price: $35 plus taxes and fees

“David Wilcox’s ongoing musical journey is compelling and richly deserving of a listen.”
— Rolling Stone

An early ’80s move to Warren Wilson College in North Carolina set his wheels in motion, as he started playing guitar and writing songs, processing his own inner workings and accessing his own inner wisdom. In 1987, within a couple of years of graduating, Wilcox had released his first independent album, The Nightshift Watchman. A year later, he won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Award and, in 1989, he signed with A&M Records, selling more than 100,000 copies of his A&M debut, How Did You Find Me Here.

In the 30 years and more than 20 records since — whether with a major label, an indie company, or his own imprint — Wilcox has continued to hone his craft, pairing thoughtful insights with his warm baritone, open tunings, and deft technique. He’s also kept up a brisk and thorough tour itinerary, performing 80 to 100 shows a year throughout the U.S., and regularly deploying his talents by improvising a “Musical Medicine” song for an audience member in need. In recent years he’s taken that process a step further, carefully writing and recording dozens of his “Custom Songs” for long-time fans who seek his help in commemorating and explaining the key milestones in their lives.

“I’m grateful to music,” Wilcox says. “I have a life that feels deeply good, but when I started playing music, nothing in my life felt that good. I started to write songs because I wanted to find a way to make my life feel as good as I felt when I heard a great song. I don’t think I’d be alive now if it had not been for music.”