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For Immediate ReleaseFRI SEP 18 2026Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
The Jefferson Theater · Friday, September 18, 2026
Press Contact
Starr Hill Presents
Phone
434.245.4980
Booking Agent
Direct via venue
§01 / The release
On sale: Ben Harper play Jefferson 9/18
Tickets Friday 10am. Jefferson holds 750.
Ben Harper plays The Jefferson Theater on Fri Sep 18 2026. Doors 7:00p, set 8:00p.
Ben Harper is a Claremont, California songwriter and slide guitarist who has fronted the Innocent Criminals since 1994 alongside bassist Juan Nelson, drummer Oliver Charles, percussionist Leon Mobley, and keyboardist Jason Yates.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am ET. The Jefferson Theater holds 750. Set the calendar reminder, or pull a presale code at the link below if you are on the room list.
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§04 / About Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Claremont, CA · Est. 1994 · Rock
Ben Harper is a Claremont, California songwriter and slide guitarist who has fronted the Innocent Criminals since 1994 alongside bassist Juan Nelson, drummer Oliver Charles, percussionist Leon Mobley, and keyboardist Jason Yates. The band has released eight studio albums spanning roots-rock, soul, and reggae. Harper has won three Grammy Awards.
§05 / About The Jefferson Theater
Charlottesville, VA · Capacity 750 · Est. 1912
Built in 1912 as a vaudeville house on Main Street, the Jefferson sat dark for the better part of two decades before Coran Capshaw and Starr Hill Presents bought the building, gutted it, and reopened it as a 750-cap club in 2009. The pit floor pulls 600 standing; the balcony pushes another 150 with sightlines that hold up from every seat. Danny Shea has booked the room since the reopening and runs it eclectic on purpose. Indie-folk, hardcore, country, comedy, ABBA tribute. Different demo every Friday.
Production is house-PA L-Acoustics K2; backline is supplied by the artist for ticketed dates and by the room for the resident series. Load-in is Main Street, ground level, no stairs. Settlement runs same night; advances run two weeks out. The Jefferson is the only Charlottesville room that books national touring acts at the 750 mark. Everything below feeds the Southern; everything above pushes to Ting in summer.
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