11/05/2026
Fewer than 20 tickets remain, get yours today… when we are full we are full!!!
A Nashville session ace. An experimental innovator. A Big Ears curator. 🎟️ Fewer than 20 tickets left to hear Luke Schneider score Metropolis live in Waupaca this Saturday, Nov 7, with Ryan Norris of Coupler.
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Meet Luke Schneider. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he’s called Nashville home for about two and a half decades and become one of its most in-demand pedal steel players. He has performed and collaborated with William Tyler, Orville Peck, Soccer Mommy, Margo Price, Lambchop and more.
Then he took the instrument somewhere new. Altar of Harmony (Third Man Records, 2020) is a cinematic ambient album in which every sound was made with one 1967 Emmons Push/Pull pedal steel. Ink 19 called it “a revolutionary work of art,” and Americana Highways said it’s “made for dark rooms and headphones,” which describes a night at the Performance Hall well. His recent records are the EP For Dancing in Quiet Light (Leaving Records) and A Companion for the Spaces Between Dreams with Jamie Lidell (Northern Spy Records), which Nashville Scene likened to “a yin yoga class for your tympanic membrane.”
Now he’s curating. The pedal steel is mostly known for its country sound, but Luke has made a mission of showing who’s doing adventurous music with it. He curated Chrome Universal: A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel for Tompkins Square, a roster of forward-thinking, contemporary masters of the instrument. Next spring, Big Ears Festival 2027 in Knoxville (April 1-4) features “Luke Schneider Curation: Chrome Universal – Modern Pedal Steel Guitar.”
His own take on quiet shows? “If you fall asleep at one of my shows, you get extra credit,” he told Public Radio - WUNC. Luke welcomes people to get comfortable in whatever ways his music moves people. He has had several shows where audience members spontaneously begin to mediate to the music.
Joining him: Ryan Norris of Coupler, a Lambchop veteran whose live silent-film scores have played Film at Lincoln Center and the Smithsonian.
🎬 Metropolis (1927), the silent film widely called the first great science fiction movie. Your chance to watch it the year it was set, 2026! Open to ages 13+.
📅 Saturday, Nov 7 · Doors 6 PM · Show 6:30 PM · About 90 minutes
đź“Ť Woodpile Foundation Performance Hall, Waupaca Community Arts Hub, 515 School St., Waupaca
🎟️ Tickets $20: https://www.facebook.com/share/1U1hvZz6Rq/
The hall holds about 100 and fewer than 20 tickets remain. If you want to be sure to see this one-of-a-kind show, buy now.
🍸 Afterwards, join us at The Grand National Lounge, 122 S. Main St., to talk it over. Everyone is welcome.
Presented by The Opening. Co-presented with WEGA ARTS. Sponsored by Woodpile Foundation and the Waupaca Community Arts Board.
Adventurous music. Close to home.
📸 Photo of Luke: Angelina Castillo
