Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

The Backyard Stage at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre will resound with psych-funk music when the Pigeons Playing Ping Pong performs Thursday, December 9, 2021.

An American funk jam band, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2009 by collegemates at the University of Maryland.

Current band members include "Scrambled" Greg Ormont (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Schon (vocals), Ben Carrey (bass, vocals) and Alex "Gator" Petropulos (drums).

Over the past nine years, the band Rolling Stone magazine called "musical explorers" has played more than a thousand concerts across 44 states. In the past two years alone, the band has co-billed at Red Rocks, played halftime at Madison Square Garden, performed on Adult Swim's FishCenter Live, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their beloved music festival, Domefest, and even earned their first headlining arena show.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong 's latest album Presto, released in 2020, is their most sophisticated and joyful collection to date, drawing on everything from funk to rock to electronic music as it builds off the group's unparalleled live energy and hits new heights of emotional and technical maturity. At a time when America seems to grow more divided by the day, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong still believes in the power of music to bring people together, and Presto is a big, bold album all about celebrating the present and sharing it with the ones we love most.

Admission: General Admission Standing Room tickets for the Backyard Stage are $26 if purchased in advance and $30 if purchased on the day of the show.

When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021

Where: St. Augustine Amphitheatre is located at 1340 A1A South in St. Augustine, FL 32080.

Parking Information: The Amp St. Augustine is located on Anastasia Island next to Anastasia State Park. Free parking in the Amphitheatre lot is available during all Backyard Stage performances.