Celebrate 2024 Rumspringa-style when The Amish Outlaws bring their sensational music and humor to some of your favorite American songs.
Celebrate Rumspringa New Year with The Amish Outlaws on Friday, January 5, at the Sherman Theater.
STROUDSBURG — Get ready for an unforgettable night of music and fun as Rhe Amish Outlaws make their way to the Sherman Theater on Friday, January 5.
It is a little-known fact that most Amish practice a tradition similar to the Christian “Confirmation” and Jewish “Bar Mitzvah” called, “Rumspringa,” (literal translation: “running around”) in which Amish children at the age of 16 have an opportunity to live free of the strict Amish code of conduct before deciding if they want to come back and be baptized into the Amish church.
Surprisingly, virtually all of the youths return. But sometimes they don’t.
Four out of the original six members of The Amish Outlaws were born and raised in Lancaster and experienced a strict Amish upbringing. No electricity from land lines, no alcohol, no musical instruments, but their spirits were too wild for the Amish lifestyle. Once they trampled in the “Devil’s Playground”, there was no turning back.
In the years since Rumspringa, the members of the Amish Outlaws have become very well-acclimated to the pleasures and vices of the modern world… music, most of all. Thus, with a bold lust for life and a fire for music and performance that can only come from 16 years of repression — The Amish Outlaws were unleashed upon the world.
Shed your Amish-style inhibitions and celebrate 2024! This unique band serves up American cover played in their own Amish-inspired style, often with a bit of humor as demonstrated by their music videos.
Tickets for The Amish Outlaws Rumspringa New Year on January 5 are available at shermantheater.com or at the Sherman Theater Box Office. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the music starts at 8:00 p.m.
