Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton's most conference-room-ready cover band
What's Up Cynthia? plays office-park anthems, Dundie afterparty sets, and one sincerely over-rehearsed Threat Level Midnight theme. Born in break rooms and perfected in parking-lot company picnics, the band specializes in songs that sound like inside jokes until the whole branch is singing along.
Our one-night-only premiere party performance. Fog machine borrowed from the warehouse. Somebody's cousin played Goldenface. The keyboard intro took four tries. Still the closest this band will ever get to a red carpet.
What's Up Cynthia? started the way most Scranton bands start: someone said "we should learn one song for the holiday party" and then bought a PA with branch funds that definitely needed a receipt.
The name comes from a misheard greeting on a conference call — "what's up, Cynthia?" — that became the only phrase everybody in the office remembered from a ninety-minute all-hands. It felt wrong to waste it on silence.
We are not a paper company. We are not affiliated with any paper company. We have, however, played enough branch picnics that several paper companies assume otherwise and keep inviting us back.
Current lineup: guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, and one person who mostly handles the fog machine but insists on being listed in the credits.
Cover songs, comedy bits, and occasional sincerity — usually in that order, usually too loud for a Tuesday.
Setlist staples include the Dundies opening number, an acoustic apology song with questionable financial promises, and a CPR training demo set to Stayin' Alive that somehow always gets applause.
We also perform Threat Level Midnight material with full fog-machine commitment and zero actual stunt training. The keyboard intro is long. The finale involves a folding chair and a word we are not allowed to shout in the warehouse.
If your event has a mandatory fun committee, a parking-lot tent, or a manager who says "this is going to be epic," we probably belong there.
We play company picnics, pub afterparties, mall food courts on special pretzel-related days, and anywhere with a conference room that can fit four musicians and one fog machine operator.
Typical set: forty-five minutes to an hour. We need two outlets, one working microphone, and a clear understanding that "business casual" means different things to different branches.
We do not play weddings unless the couple met at a Dundie Awards afterparty, in which case we will consider it and ask follow-up questions.
For booking, email booking@whats-up-cynthia.justmynook.com with your venue, your crowd size, and whether HR will be watching. That last part changes the setlist.
With 2026 in full gear, we're putting together our summer and fall schedule. To discuss booking us, check out the booking page.