Friday’s concert with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra at Powers Auditorium was scheduled months before that tour was announced, but the performance doubled as a fitting send off for the band as a large crowd of longtime fans and some newcomers cheered on the hometown favorites.

Two Youngstown music favorites, The Vindys and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, collaborated to wow a large crowd Friday night at DeYor Performing Arts Center inside Powers Auditorium with an impressive mix of rock and roll and classical music.

The Youngstown Symphony ended its season Friday with a mix of rock-n-roll joined onstage by the Vindys.

The Vindys lead singer Jackie Popovec talks about the band’s upcoming concert on Friday with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, the band’s upcoming tour with Pat Benatar, a new single being recorded and her upcoming performance in a New York stage musical.

As an aspiring musician growing up in Youngstown, there were two things The Vindys guitarist Rick Deak always wanted to do — play with a symphony orchestra and play at iconic Powers Auditorium.

He gets to do both on Friday as the band will perform a show with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra at the DeYor Performing Arts Center inside Powers Auditorium.

ackie Popovec of the Youngstown-based rock band The Vindys will appear in a musical theater production in New York City later this month.

Popovec will perform the role of beatnik singer-songwriter Carolyn Hester in “Gaslight Café: The John Mitchell Story.” The show will be performed at 9 p.m. April 27 and 2 p.m. April 28 at The Cutting Room cabaret theater.

Vindys lead singer Jackie Popovec has a lot on her plate at the end of this month.

First is a date with her hometown Youngstown Symphony April 26.

Then, as she announced Thursday on her Facebook page, it’s off to New York City the next day where she will take part in “Gas Light Cafe: The John Mitchell Story” at The Cutting Room on April 27 and April 28.

The Vindys will get bigger and smaller in the coming months.

On April 26 the Youngstown band will perform with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra for a pops concert at Powers Auditorium.

Earlier this week the band announced that a streamlined lineup will open for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo on a cross-country trek in July and August featuring at least 16 concerts.

Youngstown-based The Vindys were announced Tuesday as an opening act for a summer national tour with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. The tour starts in California in May and the Vindys are slated to play 16 dates on the tour starting July 6 in Atlantic City, N.J.

How the Vindys have existed for ten years without me knowing about them is beyond me. The Ohio outfit are a brilliant live act and I’m hooked. The Vindys opened for Marcus King and they were riveting.

Growing up, Jackie Popovec, lead singer for The Vindys, tried to emulate her favorite singers. There was Ann Wilson. Celine Dion. And Pat Benatar.

Now, Popovec and her band get to open for Benatar and her husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo, on a nationwide tour that kicks off May 10 in Lincoln, Calif.

What could be better than a vacation in Rome? Getting a call while in Italy that Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo want your band to open for them on their summer tour.

Youngstown band The Vindys are gearing up to join 80s icon Pat Benatar and her husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo, as special guests on a nationwide tour.

The Vindys announced on their Facebook Page, saying "We are ALL FIRED UP to be out with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo on their US tour this summer!"

The Vindys will reach a new milestone this summer when they go on a national tour with a major artist.

Twelve Northeast Ohio bands make a splash in the soundtrack of the new horror film "Last Night at Terrace Lanes."

That's thanks to local musician Michael Weber, a guitarist, composer and record producer who created the original score for the new film, which premiered on Apple TV+ Jan. 16. Not only has he created the motion picture score to go along with the film's scenes of action, suspense and terror, he's also showcased all Northeast Ohio bands for the soundtrack.

The Vindys, an in-demand band, is set to headline the PRO Superstar Shootout concert series at the inaugural SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout presented by Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage, Feb. 8-10, at Bradenton Motorsports Park, officials announced today.

Jackie Popovec and The Vindys are coming home for a fundraiser for the Rich Center for Autism in Youngstown on Jan. 27. Rock the Rich fundraiser starts at 6 - 11 p.m. on Jan. 27 at Mr. Anthony’s Banquet Center in Youngstown. In addition to a concert from The Vindys, there will be food, cocktails, raffles and an auctions.

The movie notably features a soundtrack of Ohio-based musical artists, including the Vindys, Jul Big Green and the Labra Brothers. Akron-area native Michael Weber composed the film's original score. The movie stars Francesca Capaldi (best known for her role in the Disney Channel sitcom Dog with a Blog); it premieres on Apple TV on Jan. 16.