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Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman Announce 50th Anniversary World Tour

Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman have announced a 50th anniversary world tour.

The tour—which they’ve dubbed Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman: 100 Show World Tour —begins in June in Warsaw, Poland and features shows in Scandinavia, Germany, the U.K. and North America in 2018, going on to South America, Central and Southern Europe and ending in Japan and the Far East in 2019.

One of the band’s North American shows will be at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles, which Yes first headlined all the way back in 1971.

Now, in case you’re a bit confused, Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman are a different group from Yes, the group that is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Yes with an American tour.

You can see the full lineup of Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman’s current itinerary below.

For tickets and more info, head on over to yesfeaturingarw.com.

Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman Tour Dates:

Jun 03: Park Sowińskiego—Warsaw, Poland

Jun 05: Zelt Festival—Mannheim, Germany

Jun 07: Sentrum Scene—Oslo, Norway

Jun 09: Sweden Rock Festival—Solvesborg, Sweden

Jun 10: Vega—Copenhagen, Denmark

Jun 12: Newcastle City Hall—Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jun 13: York Barbican—York, United Kingdom

Jun 17: Stone Free Festival—London, United Kingdom

Aug 26: Whisky A Go Go—Los Angeles, CA

Aug 27: Humphrey’s By The Bay—San Diego, CA

Aug 29: Greek Theatre—Los Angeles, CA

Aug 31: Celebrity Theatre—Phoenix, AZ

Sep 01: Westgate Resort & Casino—Las Vegas, NV

Sep 03: Levitt Pavilion—Denver, CO

Sep 05: Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI

Sep 07: Ravinia—Chicago, IL

Sep 08: Hard Rock Live—Northfield, OH

Sep 09—Rose Music Center: Huber Heights, OH

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Yes Announce New Album ‘The Quest’

By Andy Greene

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Yes have revealed plans to release their 22nd studio album, The Quest , on October 1st. It’s their first collection of original songs since 2014’s Heaven and Earth.

“It is simply an honor for me to have the opportunity to bring together the band members in the development of a well-refined set of songs that capture the band’s true potential,” guitarist Steve Howe said in a statement. “Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020. We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall sound of these fresh new recordings, hoping that our emphasis on melody, coupled with some expansive instrumental solo breaks, keeps up the momentum for our listeners.”

The Quest features 11 songs on one disc and three extra tracks on a “bonus disc”; it’ll be released on vinyl, 5.1 Blu-ray, and CD via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music. The cover art was created by artist Roger Dean, whose tenure with Yes dates back to the Seventies and classic albums like Fragile and Tales From Topographic Oceans.

“I am delighted to welcome Yes to the label and am looking forward to seeing the reaction of the band’s fans to the new album,” label manager Thomas Waber said in a statement. “Being a long-time fan myself, I am really excited by the new material. Steve Howe managed to capture many of the important elements that we all love about Yes!”

The seven years since the last Yes album have been an extremely tumultuous and challenging time for the band. Founding bassist Chris Squire died in 2015. He was replaced by Billy Sherwood, who was an additional guitarist for the band in the Nineties. Drummer Alan White, meanwhile, has suffered health issues in recent years that make it impossible for him to play drums for the entire length of a concert. He still tours with the band but is often just onstage for a few songs per night. Jay Schellen handles much of the heavy lifting onstage, and his work is also featured on The Quest.

The band also faced a significant rival on the road when former members Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, and Trevor Rabin began gigging as Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman — and later Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman. They hit many of the same markets as the Steve Howe Yes between 2016 and 2018 but wound up quietly splitting up before they could cut a new album.

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The two factions managed to play together when Yes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, but Howe told Rolling Stone in 2020 that fans shouldn’t expect to see that happen again. “I don’t think [the fans] should stay up late nights worrying about that,” he said. “There’s just too much space out there between people. To be in a band together or even to do another tour like [1991’s] Union is completely unthinkable.”

On May 22nd, 2022, Yes are launching an extensive European tour that will feature a complete performance of their 1974 LP Relayer at every show.

The Quest  Tracklist

Disc 1 “The Ice Bridge” “Dare To Know” “Minus The Man” “Leave Well Alone” “The Western Edge” “Future Memories” “Music To My Ears” “A Living Island”

Disc 2 “Sister Sleeping Soul” “Mystery Tour” “Damaged World”

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Anderson Rabin Wakeman live review - Los Angeles, Orpheum Theatre

Jon anderson, trevor rabin and rick wakeman revisit and revitalise classics from their former band yes.

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It’s exactly five minutes to stage time and there’s chaos in the bowels of the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Rick Wakeman has snatched a walkie-talkie from his exasperated tour manager and is broadcasting misleading information. “Nine minutes to stage time,” he warns, his voice crackling through the backstage area as his victim’s face sags. “Twelve minutes to stage time,” he adds, confusing matters further. “Stage time next Thursday,” is his final update before he’s ushered away for an appointment with Classic Rock ’s photographer, joining the other four members of ARW for a session that lasts less than two minutes. Things are running late.

It’s already been a busy day for Wakeman and Jon Anderson. Two hours earlier, following soundcheck (a bright Rhythm Of Love followed by a wonky stab at the theme from The Muppet Show ), both men are huddled together at the front of the stage, sharing a mic and tackling questions from those who’ve stumped up several hundred dollars for VIP tickets.

Trevor Rabin is under the weather and absent, seeing a doctor (Wakeman, of course, jokes that he’s undergoing a vasectomy), but no one seems to mind. For the most part they’re simply keen to establish a connection between themselves and the band… and the band they used to be. One punter says he first saw Yes in Tulsa in 1973, another at a festival in 1970. Most have followed Yes since they were teenagers, and – surprise, surprise – a few of them are teenagers.

There are questions about Stravinsky, and about the special pleasures offered by long instrumentals, but most just want to say thank you. Then there’s a meet-and-greet, the pair sitting at a table in the lobby as dozens of fans patiently wait their turn for a photo, or an autograph, or to say thanks again. Being in a band didn’t used to involve this much work.

“I really enjoy it,” says Wakeman, relaxing in his hotel lobby the following morning. “My late father said to me once that the people walking towards you always have a story to tell, and the chances are that it’s more interesting than yours. Some of their stories are gobsmacking, and I’m very aware that the hard-core who come to the meet-and-greets are our lifeblood. They enable us to do what we do, and it’s lovely. Over the years a lot of these people have become close friends.”

It’s some connection. The roar that greets ARW as they hit the stage is laced with as much expectation as it is affection, but there’s something else: relief. The audience is clearly delighted to have Jon Anderson back on the stage, singing Yes songs in a five-piece line‑up that sounds… well, a lot like Yes. To my immediate left, a fan turns to me and punches my arm in sheer elation. “It’s been too long, much too long,” he says, close to tears. “I hate that other guy.”

He’s referring to Jon Davison , currently fronting Yes, and a skilled musician who offers a reasonable facsimile of the Anderson vocal, but whose presence ensures there will always be a faint whiff of tribute act about the Yes line-up with the rights to that name. That’s not the case with ARW.

“One of the things we were very aware of – and we talked about this a lot – was that we never wanted this band to feed off nostalgia,” says Wakeman. “There’s a lot of artists who are getting on in years, and when they perform, the applause is for who they are and what they’ve done, not for the particular show they’re doing. There’s an unbelievable amount of preparation that’s gone into this. Jon and I started talking about this in 2009 or 2010, and we all agreed that if it wasn’t as good as we wanted it to be, there was no point in trying to do it.”

“You know you’ve done some good stuff,” says Anderson, “but you never feel like you’ve done your best. There’s still work to do. We’re not a seventies band. We’re not an eighties band. We’re a twenty-first-century band and we’re making music that’s timeless.”

Both men pepper their conversation with references to Yes, and they’re referring to ARW when they do. Perhaps it’s old habits dying hard, but it feels like more than that, as if they’re determined to reclaim Yes’s music as an evolving concept, shifting it forward, not content to settle for stasis. A perfect example is a song they don’t play. On the first night of the tour in Orlando the band encored with the classic Starship Trooper , surely a shoo-in for any set-list compiler, but it hasn’t been played since.

“We added a few little things,” explains Wakeman, “and we all agreed that there wasn’t much more we could do with it. We couldn’t develop it in the way we had with Heart Of The Sunrise and And You And I and Roundabout and Lift Me Up and Rhythm of Love and Perpetual Change . It is what it is, and for the moment it’s had its day.”

“It’s like a ritual,” says Anderson. “The fans get that we’re not here for anything but an advancement of what we believe Yes is, and what I believe Yes is. Yes music is all about being open to the adventure of music.”

Anyone reading this and expecting to hear Dixieland or bluegrass takes on Perpetual Change will be disappointed, and some of the tweaks may be cosmetic, but they’re not insignificant. Yes guitarist Steve Howe ’s celebrated acoustic introduction to Roundabout has been ditched and replaced by volume-controlled Rabin electrics, while Awaken is the beneficiary of a whole new set of orchestrations.

“The music is littered with such changes,” says Wakeman. “If you isolated all the areas where we’ve made changes, it would be well into the hundreds, but it doesn’t take anything away from any of the pieces. They’ve evolved amazingly.”

It’s 24-carat Yes. New drummer Lou Molino III is skilled, strong and rock-solid (“Great shoulders,” says Anderson. “He’s very danceable!”), while bass player Lee Pomeroy, the man with the unenviable task of filling Chris Squire ’s giant shoes, does so like they’re a pair of comfortable slippers.

“His idol is Chris,” Wakeman says. “He’s studied everything Chris has ever done and he’s taking it further. He was born in the wrong era. If he’d been born twenty years earlier he’d be a household name. I think he’s the finest bass player around.”

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“Most of you are from the seventies, right?” On stage, Jon Anderson is enjoying himself. And he’s singing well. Really well. All the songs you thought might challenge a 72-year-old asthmatic – Heart Of The Sunrise , Awaken , I’ve Seen All Good People , the rest – simply don’t. His voice hits those sweet high notes without ever cracking, and you wonder what kind of crazy medicine allows this to happen.

“I use my fingers to reach certain notes,” he explains. “It’s a specialised idea from way back. Sometimes you can touch a certain part of your shoulder to kick a note out and make it really on-key. You just do it. It becomes a natural event when you’re working on stage, touching my hands and wrists. It’s part of my balance, and singing is a balancing act.”

It’s not just Anderson. The whole band are enjoying themselves. After Cinema ’s, er, cinematic opening, an epic Perpetual Change finds Pomeroy and Wakeman engaged in casual conversation as they perform musical gymnastics. Meanwhile, Rabin is busy dismantling Steve Howe’s guitar parts and reimagining them with power and poise. He can do subtle, he can do simple, he can shred – his scalding solo on Hold On is an early highlight – and he wears a T-shirt with ‘rock’n’roll animal’ printed on the back. He really does.

Every song sounds like a celebration. Every song is uplifting. Lift Me Up . Changes . All of them. Rhythm Of Love sees Anderson and Pomeroy bouncing up and down in unison, both grinning wildly. Whether it’s from the early 70s or the mid-80s, everything soars and spirals and feels like it’s headed somewhere celestial. During And You And I , one audience member leaps from his box seat and dances wildly, arms clawing at the heavens, completely lost to the music.

After a giddy Long Distance Runaround it’s The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) , and Pomeroy’s tribute to Chris Squire. He sets up the familiar looped harmonic opening before walking to the front of the stage for the solo. And while he might be a different physical breed to his predecessor – Squire looked like he could casually flip his bass to the back of the hall, while Pomeroy sometimes appears to be wrestling a wheelbarrow – his moment in the spotlight is just right, a blur of fingers pitched somewhere between noble acclaim and new adventure. “An amazing bass player,” Anderson tells the audience. “There’s no one like him in the world.”

Despite all the obvious dexterity on show, there’s never a moment where it feels like the musicians are showboating. Everything played is performed with the express purpose of elevating the music and the moment, setting out to scale those transcendent peaks. And in the middle of it all stands a delighted Jon Anderson, singing as well as he’s ever sung, his hands weaving through the air, touching his fingers to hit the notes, mouthing words off-mic, lost in the thrall of the moment, looking like a man who has found the answer to just about any question you might care to ask. At one point he jokes about lacking energy, before spinning off to the wings to dance with his wife.

There’s a lovely performance of The Meeting (from 1989’s Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album), with Wakeman and Anderson alone on the stage, man versus piano, preceded by a story about the time Yes were beaten by an under-11 cricket team in Montserrat. And there’s an utterly majestic, 20-minute take on Awaken , with Anderson on hypnotic miniature harp, Rabin’s guitar alternately providing ambience and fury, and Wakeman casually switching keyboard parts around like a man who breathes symphonies in his sleep.

The set closes with Owner Of A Lonely Heart , as Molino vacates the drum stool to make way for Rabin’s son Ryan (drummer with indie-rock band Grouplove), who takes the best part of 30 seconds to look like he’s been in the band for years. Towards the climax, Wakeman dons a keytar and descends with Rabin Senior into the audience, torches lighting the pair’s path as they race up and down the aisles and into the lobby and back, all without missing a note or spilling anyone’s popcorn.

Bows are taken to thunderous applause before the band return for a jubilant romp through Roundabout, Pomeroy’s juddering bass driving the song onwards and most assuredly upwards towards delirium and a suitably ecstatic finale. The audience departs with Rick Wakeman’s recording of David Bowie’s Life On Mars? tinkling from the PA, and Trevor Rabin walks off stage and passes out. He’s later diagnosed with having a virus.

“This music is so ingrained in my consciousness,” Anderson says the following morning. “You’re riding on a wave of energy. Like And You And I last night, you think: ‘My God, this is a beautiful piece of music.’ It’s being played perfectly, and I’m singing on the top form in my life. It’s raising my consciousness on stage so I’m in this place of bliss, for sure.”

Wakeman has a simpler message. “We want to keep this together,” he says, clearly proud of what this band have already achieved, “because we think it’s got a serious future.”

Yes indeed.

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ARW (Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman) announce band for upcoming tour

Legendary Yes alums have united and will be embarking on a world tour starting in early October.

Certainly, the most exciting news for long-time  YES  fans was the recent announcement that three of the group’s best known past members, singer  Jon Anderson , guitarist  Trevor Rabin , and keyboardist  Rick Wakeman  – ARW – have united and will be embarking on a world tour starting in early October (October 4 th  in Orlando, Florida at Hard Rock Live) running through the spring of 2017.  And now, it is time to announce who will be joining the trio for the 2016 tour:

LEE POMEROY (bass)

Lee is an award winning composer and producer, as well as being an in demand session musician. As a professional bass player, Lee has recorded, toured, and performed with a diverse roster of high profile artistes, including Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Take That, Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman. “I have played with arguably the 3 greatest bass players ever, Chris Squire, John Entwistle, and Lee Pomeroy!” says Rick Wakeman.” And I can’t wait to play with him again!”

LOUIS MOLINO III (drums)

Louis is originally from Philadelphia, and is a Los Angeles-based studio and touring drummer. Lou was an original member of Cock Robin, who released their debut album on Columbia Records. He has worked with producers Bob Ezrin, Eddie Offord, Paul De Villiers, Trevor Horn, Steve Hillage and Ken Scott. He has recorded and/or toured with Trevor Rabin, Julian Lennon, Kim Mitchell, Kenny Loggins, Roger Hodgson, and The Tubes. Lou’s work can be heard on such films as  Con Air, Tarzan, Armageddon, Training Day, Jack Frost, Glory Road, Bad Boys II, Gone in Sixty Seconds, G-Force  and  Max.  His television credits include  Zero Hour, Agent X  and  12 Monkeys. 

GARY CAMBRA (multi-instrumentalist)

For 20 years, Gary has been the keyboardist, guitarist, and producer for one of rock music’s most notorious acts, The Tubes. He has also toured and been a session musician for notable acts, such as Stephen Bishop and Jefferson Starship, and produced and helped in the development of many acts in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas. Gary has composed for film and TV on projects such as, Roseanne Barr’  Saturday Night Special  on the FOX Network, The Playboy Channel, and films such as,  The Blob  (Paramount),  Under The Gun,  and  The Peace Effort  (PBS).

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U.S. Tour Dates 2016

Tue/Oct-04 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live Thu/Oct-06 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Casino Fri/Oct-07 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Sun/Oct-09 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center Mon/Oct-10 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre Wed/Oct-12 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts Sat/Oct-15 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre Sun/Oct-16 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre Wed/Oct-19 Boston, MA Wang Theatre Fri/Oct-21 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre Sat/Oct-22 Huntington, NY The Paramount Mon/Oct-24 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater Wed/Oct-26 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre Fri/Oct-28 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center Sat/Oct-29 Akron, OH Goodyear Theater at East End Tue/Nov-01 New York, NY Beacon Theatre Wed/Nov-02 Buffalo, NY UB Center For The Arts Fri/Nov-04 New Buffalo, MI Four Winds Casino Sat/Nov-05 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre Mon/Nov-07 Nashville, TN Schermerhorn Symphony Center Wed/Nov-09 St Louis, MO Fox Theatre Fri/Nov-11 New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre Sat/Nov-12 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Mon/Nov-14 Austin, TX ACL at the Moody Theater Wed/Nov-16 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre Thu/Nov-17 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theater Sat/Nov-19 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Sun/Nov-20 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre Tue/Nov-22 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Fri/Nov-25 San Francisco, CA Masonic Sun/Nov-27 San Jose, CA City National Civic Center Tue/Nov-29 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

European Tour Dates 2017

Sun/Mar-12 Cardiff, UK Cardiff Arena Mon/Mar-13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Symphony Hall Wed/Mar-15 Brighton, UK Brighton Dome Thu/Mar-16 Bournemouth, UK Bournemouth International Centre Sun/Mar-19 London, UK London Hammersmith Apollo Tue/Mar-21 Nottingham, UK Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Wed/Mar-22 Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh Usher Hall Fri /Mar-24 Glasgow, UK Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Sat/Mar-25 Manchester, UK Manchester Apollo Mon/Mar-27 Brussels, Belgium Cirque Royal Tues/Mar-28 Utrecht, Netherlands TivoliVredenburg

Where the hell is New Buffalo, MI? Southeastern MI is the center of Michigan’s population. Rethink!

Never more than two dates in-a-row. No doubt, that’s not a coincidence, but instead intended pacing to help Jon’s voice sustain the tour. Smart.

I want a Washington DC show, I don’t want to have to go to PA

They never come here. Atlantic City is closest.

[…] More information on the tour can be found here. […]

[…] ARW announce the band! […]

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YES Legend JON ANDERSON And THE BAND GEEKS To Release 'True' Album In August

After a highly successful 2023 tour with THE BAND GEEKS , Jon Anderson decided to expand the creative partnership with the band to create new material for a potential new studio album. The result of this effort is "True" , which will be released on August 23 by Jon 's new label, Frontiers Music Srl .

The nine-song album will be a welcome gift to all fans of Jon 's 40 years as lead vocalist of the multi-platinum Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee YES . The LP's collection of songs harkens back to YES 's classic 1970s sounds as well as to their latter-day success with the album "90125" .

"True" 's release will be preceded by two singles and videos, the first arriving mid-June for the song "Shine On" .

The album was co-produced, engineered and mixed by THE BAND GEEKS bassist and musical director Richie Castellano .

Jon and THE BAND GEEKS will embark on their 2024 U.S. tour on May 30th in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The tour will encompass three legs and will run through September. Additional September dates will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

In a recent issue of Mojo magazine, Anderson said that he was open to reuniting with his former YES bandmates Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe .

"I was talking to THE BAND GEEKS and said, hopefully we can play in London and Steve will get up and do a couple of songs with us, maybe Rick too," Anderson said. "It just means talking. When I'm out there singing on my own, I still think I'm part of YES . They still feel like my songs."

Anderson co-founded YES in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire , and remained with the band until 2008, when YES replaced him with Benoit David , an Anderson sound-alike who previously fronted the YES tribute band CLOSE TO THE EDGE . David left YES in 2012 and was replaced by Jon Davison .

In July 2020, Howe told Rolling Stone that there is virtually no chance of the surviving members of YES reuniting for a tour.

"I don't think [the fans] should stay up late nights worrying about that," he said. "There's just too much space out there between people. To be in a band together or even to do another tour like 'Union' is completely unthinkable," referencing the group's 1990 "Union" LP and tour, which brought together the previous YES album's lineup ( Jon Anderson , Chris Squire , Trevor Rabin , Alan White , Tony Kaye ) and the then-ex- YES members' group ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE ( Jon Anderson , Bill Bruford , Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe ). "It was difficult when we went through that, particularly because of the personalities," Howe said. "I'm not saying any one person is to blame, but when you get a big hodgepodge like that together, it's pretty much a nightmare. We made a nightmare of possibly a good thing back in 1990. I don't think there is the stamina or the appetite for that kind of thing again."

Anderson , Wakeman and Rabin had started touring as ARW: ANDERSON, RABIN AND WAKEMAN in 2016 and then adopted the YES FEATURING JON ANDERSON, TREVOR RABIN, RICK WAKEMAN moniker shortly after the group's 2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

Howe last toured with Anderson and Wakeman in 2004.

YES has released over 20 albums across its career, including its self-titled debut in 1969 and "Tales From Topographic Oceans" in 1973.

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Use this download alternative if you prefer to manually import the calendar events and merge with your own calendar.

Outlook Windows PC Desktop

Internet Calendar Subscriptions are used by Windows PCs with Microsoft 365, Outlook 2021, Outlook 2019, and 2016.

Step-by-step: Outlook for Windows

Use this download alternative if you prefer to manually import the calendar events into Outlook and merge with your own calendar.

Google Calendar

Icalendar feed url.

The iCalendar (.ics) format is used by many calendar apps.

Outlook Web (Outlook.com)

Outlook.com calendars are used by Windows 10 & 11, Outlook Mac, and Microsoft email accounts such as Hotmail.com, MSN.com and Live.com

Comma Separated Values (CSV)

CSV is a legacy calendar file format for Outlook 97-2003. Select the file that matches your computer’s date format:

• Download CSV - USA mm/dd/yyyy
• Download CSV - Europe dd/mm/yyyy

Step-by-step: CSV for Outlook for Windows

Print PDF (formatted for 8.5"x11" paper)

Download PDF Calendar

Weekly Shabbat times email

Get candle-lighting times for Elektrostal’, Parashat ha-Shavua & Havdalah delivered to your inbox every Thursday.

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