Northeastern Pennsylvania this week: Journey, Clutch and a five-show Friday; Flyleaf and Lacey Sturm on Sunday

Journey at Mohegan Sun Arena, Clutch at the Kirby, The Amity Affliction in Stroudsburg and Flyleaf at the Ritz: the NEPA shows worth planning around, Nov. 6–8.

Friday night in Northeastern Pennsylvania has five good shows starting within half an hour of each other. Journey at Mohegan Sun Arena. Clutch at the F.M. Kirby Center. The Amity Affliction at the Sherman Theater. Kottonmouth Kings at the Ritz. A Radiohead tribute at The Theater at North. Then the weekend ends at the Ritz in Scranton on Sunday, with Flyleaf and Lacey Sturm on the bill.

That Sunday show is the one with a story. Flyleaf reunited with Sturm, their original singer, and spent the summer on a 20th Anniversary Tour that opened July 8 in Atlanta, per Blabbermouth. Sturm had left the band in October 2012 to focus on her family. The Scranton date comes after that summer run, which makes it a chance to catch a reunion that went well enough to keep going.

Here's the week, night by night:

Fri, Nov. 6 — Journey, Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6 p.m.). Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — Clutch with Slomosa and Blood Vulture, F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — The Amity Affliction with Blessthefall, Orthodox and Buried In Spring, Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, 7 p.m. Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — Kottonmouth Kings, Ritz Theater and Performing Arts Center, Scranton, 7 p.m., $25.21. Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — Android Paranoid (Tribute to Radiohead), The Theater at North, Scranton, 7 p.m. Tickets

Sun, Nov. 8 — Paul Anka, F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, 7 p.m. Tickets

Sun, Nov. 8 — Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm, Ritz Theater and Performing Arts Center, Scranton, 6:30 p.m. Tickets

Wilkes-Barre has two of Friday's big ones a short trip apart. Journey are the arena draw. Clutch are at the Kirby on their fall U.S. tour with Slomosa and Blood Vulture, which the band announced in May, per Blabbermouth. Blood Vulture only join select dates on that run, so Wilkes-Barre gets the full three-band bill.

Over in Stroudsburg, The Amity Affliction head a four-band night at the Sherman, and the 7 p.m. start means the openers go on early. In Scranton, the Ritz and The Theater at North split the crowd between Kottonmouth Kings and an evening of Radiohead songs.

Sunday splits two ways too. Paul Anka plays the Kirby at 7, on a show billed as You Are My Destiny. Flyleaf start at 6:30 at the Ritz. One night, two eras, both within the same region.

If you can only do one show this week, the Friday answer depends on what you came up on, and there's no wrong one. The Sunday answer is easier: go hear Flyleaf with the singer who started it.

Sources: FLYLEAF, Featuring LACEY STURM, Announces July 2026 '20th Anniversary Tour' (Blabbermouth) (blabbermouth.net); Flyleaf Announces 20th Anniversary Tour With Lacey Sturm (Live Nation) (news.livenationentertainment.com); CLUTCH Announces Fall 2026 U.S. Tour With SLOMOSA And BLOOD VULTURE (Blabbermouth) (blabbermouth.net); Clutch announce fall 2026 US tour with Slomosa (Metal Insider) (metalinsider.net)