FIVE FOR FIGHTING WITH STRING QUARTET, with Lace & Lee

Five For Fighting, the project led by songwriter and performer John Ondrasik, performs with a string quartet. The concert draws from Ondrasik’s catalog of reflective pop-rock songs, including “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” “100 Years,” “The Riddle,” “Chances,” “World,” and “Easy Tonight.”

Opening the show is Lace & Lee, a folk-rock duo formed by Caroline Lace and Olivia Lee. Influenced by the storytelling traditions of the 1960s and 1970s, Celtic music, humor, and bardic prose, the duo is known for ethereal vocals and adventurous harmonies. Lace and Lee began performing together at NYU Tisch and have toured with Five For Fighting.

Ondrasik has released six studio albums, including the platinum-certified *America Town* and *The Battle for Everything*, as well as the top-10-charting *Two Lights*, an EP, and live albums. His songs have accumulated more than one billion streams, and his music has appeared in more than 350 films, television programs, and commercials, including *The Blind Side*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *The Sopranos*, and *Code Black*.

When: October 20

Showtime: 7:30 pm

Tickets: $49.50; $63.45 through Ticketmaster; $56.50 at the Birchmere Box Office

Lineup: Five For Fighting with a string quartet, led by John Ondrasik, with Lace & Lee opening

Venue: The Birchmere Music Hall, 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305

Box Office: Tickets are also available at the Birchmere Box Office on show nights from 5–9 pm.

Phone: 703-549-7500

Websites: Five For Fighting: https://fiveforfighting.com/; Lace & Lee: https://www.instagram.com/laceandlee/