Audio Video News

Home Entertainment 2002 is set to open to the public as planned, May 31–June 2, 2002, at the Hilton New York & Towers Hotel in New York City. Show attendees will be treated to numerous free educational seminars and musical performances from a dozen popular jazz, classical, and contemporary recording artists.

Classical music devotees can enjoy performances by pianists Hyperion Knight and Robert Silverman and violinist Arturo Delmoni, while jazz lovers can jive with the John Pizzarelli Trio and the JA Quartet, which features Stereophile magazine's own editor-in-chief, John Atkinson. Jazz fans will also get to hear Dave's True Story perform their hit tunes, made famous in the film Kissing Jessica Stein, while blues aficionados will have two opportunities to raise the roof—once on Friday night, with famed recording artists Jimmie Lee Robinson and Wild Child Butler, and again on Saturday evening, with Noah Wotherspoon & The Stratocats.

Concert tickets are included in the price of admission to HE2002 and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission passes for Home Entertainment 2002 are $25 for one day, or $35 for a weekend pass.

Co-sponsored by Stereophile, Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, Home Theater, and Audio Video Interiors magazines, Home Entertainment 2002 is the ultimate showcase for audio and video enthusiasts who want to see and hear the latest in consumer electronics products from over 200 exhibitors in more than 80 demonstration rooms.

All concerts will take place in the Regent Parlor, on the second floor of the Hilton New York & Towers Hotel, the site of the Show. The concert schedule is as follows:

Friday, May 31, 2002
2:30pm Hyperion Knight
4pm John Pizzarelli Trio
5:30pm Dave's True Story
6:45pm Jimmie Lee Robinson & Wild Child Butler

Saturday, June 1, 2002
1pm Arturo Delmoni & David Burgess
2:30pm Hyperion Knight
4pm Robert Silverman
5:30pm JA Quartet
6:45pm Noah Wotherspoon & The Stratocats

Sunday, June 2, 2002
11am Arturo Delmoni
1pm JA Quartet
4pm Robert Silverman

Show information:
Hilton New York & Towers Hotel
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY

May 30 noon–6pm
(Trade, press, & advance ticket holders only)
May 31 10am–8pm
June 1 10am–8pm
June 2 10am–5pm

Tickets: $35 for weekend pass / $25 for one-day pass. More information can be found at: www.homeentertainment-expo.com

Note to journalists: You can pre-register to attend HE2002 by calling Nicoll Public Relations at 781-762-9300, or emailing them at katie@nicollpr.com.