Onesti Entertainment

Ron Onesti: Where have all the Ballrooms gone? This is a reprint of a column from days gone by.  I just happened upon a friend who brought up another old friend who had passed away a awhile ago.  His name was…

Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: “Old” music is still the music of today, thank goodness! I tend to be a pretty emotional person, especially as I get older.  The mere mention of my folks chokes me up.  These Tik-Toks…

Ron Onesti:  George Thorogood, really “Good” to the bone! This guy is one of those legends who can be unpredictable, from what those who worked with him in the past would say.  I have had him several times over the years,…

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Memories are made of…Dean Martin We all have those legendary performers we wish we could have met in person.  For me, the list begins with Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart and James Cagney.  But one name resonates as…

Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti The return of the “Travolta Dance” I am not saying anything new when I proclaim that, “Time flies!”  But can you believe that whole “Lockdown” Corona thing began two and a half years…

Ron Onesti: The Return of Dionne Warwick…50-Plus Years of Pure Soul I Say A Little Prayer For Me was one of the defining songs of the Sixties.  As the teenagers were getting into the acid rock of Jimi Hendrix and what…

Ron Onesti:  Crystal Bowersox…Worthy of an Idol Title I have been producing music and food festivals for the past 35 years.  During that time, I have crossed paths with a regular stream of entertainers who have graced our various festival stages. …

Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti:  This “Knight” could never be “overShadowed” Pop culture, the music community and the close-knit circle of Garage-Rock icons in the Midwest have all have lost another brother, Jimy Sohns of The Shadows of Knight….

Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti Doo Wop, Dion and Dem Days I was recently watching one of those Doo Wop shows on PBS.  So many groups that began A Capella on streetcorners of New York and Philadelphia in…

Ron Onesti:  Bobby Hull Still Scoring Goals I have been so blessed to have fallen into a position where I am in contact with the heroes of my youth on a regular basis.  Many have become close friends and even to…

Ron Onesti:  The “ROCKY” of music, Jim Peterik  “The Energizer Bunny,” That’s what they call me.  “You are in 3 places at one time, ALL the time!”  People are so kind when they refer to my somewhat busy schedule, going from…

Ron Onesti:  We should “Live like we are dying” Although I have been doing this column for a few years now, I would not profess to say that I am a “writer”.  There are those who went to school for that…