WXPN Welcomes
Mdou Moctar (Solo) with Tim Motzer at Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts
Friday, September 11, 2026
Doors at 6:00 PM | Show at 7:00 PM
Produced by Rising Sun Presents and Presented in Association with Lower Merion Township
All Ages! Kids 12 & younger may attend for free & do not need a ticket
This show is Rain Or Shine (No Refunds)
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Location / Directions / Parking:
The Bryn Mawr Gazebo's address is: 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
> Click here for directions
Metered parking spots are free after 6pm. Non-metered spots are free, including the Library / Gazebo parking lot
> Click here for more parking info
The Bryn Mawr Gazebo is just a couple of blocks from Septa's Bryn Mawr Regional Rail train station, and a bus stop on Lancaster Ave
> Click here for more public transit info
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About Shows at Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts:
🍺 Beer & other beverages will be available for purchase on-site
🍕 Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed to be brought into the concert
🚭 The Bryn Mawr Gazebo Park is a smoke-free venue
🪑 Patrons may bring lawn chairs and blankets
🤝 Please note: Low beach chairs and blankets only in front of the white line
👍 Tall camping chairs are permitted behind the line
♿︎ The concert site is accessible to all, as are our on-site restrooms
🎟️ All guests should enter via the RSP “Box Office” Tent located on Bryn Mawr Ave, by the Gazebo, with tickets (paper or digital) ready to be scanned
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For more information & to buy tickets in person without service fees:
Visit BrynMawrTwilightConcerts.com + call or email the Ardmore Music Hall Box Office:
610-649-8389 | info@risingsunpresents.com
Tickets can be purchased at the AMH Box Office with NO SERVICE FEES!
Hours: M-W-F from 12PM – 5PM + before & during shows
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Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and “rock music“ by melding Eddie Van Halen pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and guitar shredding, field recordings, drums rhythms, poetic meditations on love, religion, women's rights, inequality and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers to rip a new hole in the sky with the Afrique Victime album.Mdou Moctar’s home is Agadez, a desert village in rural Niger. Inspired by YouTube videos of Eddie Van Halen’s six-string techniques and traditional Tuareg melodies, he mastered the guitar which he himself built and created his own burning style. A born charismatic, Mdou went on to tell his story as an aspiring artist by writing, producing & starring in the first Tuareg language film: a remake of Purple Rain called Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai - which translates to “Rain The Color Of Blue With A Little Red In It”, winning the approval of his family and his community. The word and the sound traveled across West Africa via mobile phone data cards, a popular form of local music distribution. Grueling DIY world tours and albums on the independent US label Sahel Sounds followed, including 2019’s landmark Ilana: The Creator album that earned Mdou Moctar an ecstatic international audience.
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About Tim Motzer
After over two decades of world touring, 12 solo guitar soundscape albums, and a multitude of stunning collaborations and productions including 100+ albums of credits, Tim Motzer continues to “traverse manifold territories in music” (Guitar Player magazine). Tim has been recognized by Prepared Guitar (Madrid, Spain) in their list of top 100 modern guitarists worldwide.
Tim is a sonic pioneer and widely known for his distinct textural acoustic-electro guitar voice utilizing looping, bowing, electronics, and prepared techniques. He has collaborated and performed with numerous musical luminaries across genres including David Sylvian, Les Nubians, Isaac Hayes, Jaki Liebezeit (CAN), poet Ursula Rucker, Patti LaBelle, King Britt, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Vernon Reid, David Torn, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pat Mastelotto, Questlove, and Percy Jones, among others. His co-production with King Britt on the album “Sister Gertrude Morgan” has been heard in films, TV shows, and numerous commercials, with placements including HBO’s “True Blood,” the Michael Mann feature film “Miami Vice” as well as the film “Hustle” starring Adam Sandler.
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