The B Street Band, a popular Bruce Springsteen tribute band, will perform at Jim Thorpe's Mauch Chunk Opera House at 8 p.m. Saturday, featuring original E Street Band drummer Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez.

Recently inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Lopez backed Springsteen from 1968 to 1974 in several bands and performed on Springsteen's first two albums, the classics "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle."Tickets for this all-ages show are $18 and are available at

www.mcohjt.com or by calling SoundCheck Records at 570-325-4009.In 1973 Hazleton, B Street bandleader Willie Forte had a life-changing experience in fellow high school star Joe Maddon's Dodge Dart. They were cruising their native Hazleton when Maddon, now the manager of baseball's Chicago Cubs, popped in an eight-track cassette of the second album from a New Jersey musician he thought Forte would dig. Forte was hooked.For over 34 years Forte and his comrades have performed all over and off the map. There have been parties with Bruce look-alikes; gigs with Clarence Clemons, the late saxophonist in Springsteen's E Street Band; and opening slots for the Boss' final shows at the now-demolished Spectrum in Philadelphia, one of his favorite venues.Tickets are $18 and available at

www.mcohjt.com, by visiting SoundCheck Records in downtown Jim Thorpe from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., or by calling 570-325-4009. The Opera House box office is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 570-325-0249. The facility is open from noon until 5 p.m. on show days, and tickets are available for most shows at the door at showtime.