Lisa at Groovacious Records: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Groovacious featured in USA Today story..., etc.

MUSIC & ART (and other interesting stuff)

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF February 28, 2011

From the desk of Tim Groove, daily Groovacious updates on Facebook

GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

173 N. 100 W. CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 435-867-9800 www.GroovefestUtah.com

I wanted to send out a special thanks this week to Brian passey for writing an exellent article about the resurgence of vinyl for the USA Today. This article, which came out on Friday, features our store and has been getiing us all kinds of national attention! Check it out here: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2011-02-25-vinyl25_ST_N.htm?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d67fb6ff4407268%2C0

Once again, I’d like you all to be aware of the latest addition to this year’s Groovefest American Music Festival – the Groovefest Run For the Music, the Quarter marathon! The only event of it’s kind in Utah ! Find out more about it here: http://runforthemusic.com/ more on facebook!

*For a suggested donation of $5.00 you can enter the Groovefest Drawing for a DEAN copper resonator, heirloom edition, acoustic guitar, nearly new, no scratches, played only a few times, comes with case, donated by Groovefest supporter, Jim Butler. Proceeds go to Groovefest 2011!

Best Sellers: February 21-26, 2011

1- Gregg Allman “Low Country Blues”

2- Adele “21”

3- Cake “Showroom of Compassion”

4- Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows “D.R.U.G.S.”

5- Bullet For My Valentine “Fever”

6- My Chemical Romance “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”

7- Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday

8- Aura Surreal “Sanity Awaits”

9- Pink “Greatest Hits… So Far!”

10- Bizzy Bone “Mr. Ouija”

11- David Lowery “The Palace Guards”

12- Bright Eyes “The People’s Key”

Ongoing happenings in Cedar City ----------

AT TOADZ BAR; Monday - OPen MIC, TUESDAY – KARAOKE, Wednesday - Ladies Night, Thursday - Country Night, Friday - Live Band Night, Saturday - DJ among many other activities - check ‘em all out here: Toadz is at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City 867-8988. www.clubtoadz.com.

AT Mike’s Tavern; Tuesday - OPEN MIKE’S NIGHT, Wednesday, Friday - KARAOKE, Thursday & Saturday- Pole Dance night, 1^ST Saturday of the month - Live Band Night. Mike’s Tavern is at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City , 867-5990 www.MikesTavernCC.com

Here’s what we found happening for this week ---------------------------------

Tuesday, March 1, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! We have a great variety of new releases coming in this week; some very highly anticipated! Take a look: THE ACRYLICS, MARSHA AMBROSIUS (Floetry), THE BASEBALL PROJECT, BEADY EYE (Oasis), BIG HEAD BLUES (Todd), ANNA CALVI, HARRY CONNICK JR., BART CROW BAND (live), DEVOTCHKA, DIRTBALL, DROPKICK MURPHYS, DUM DUM GIRLS, LINDA EDER, EISLEY, FIREBIRD, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS, DAVID FOSTER, KNOW + HOPE COLLECTIVE, DAVID LANZ, LYKKE LI, MIDDLE BROTHER, BUDDY MILLER, NEEMA, PAPERCUTS, JOHN POPPER, DEVA PREMAL & THE GYUTO MONKS, RON SEXSMITH, SKRILLEX, MIKE WATT, LUCINDA WILLIAMS. A number of these will be available on vinyl!

Tuesday, March 1, 7:00PM: Tournées Film Festival in the Sharwan Smith Student Center Theater on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . This week the festival will be premiering "Welcome”. Admission is FREE and open to the public. All films are in French with English subtitles.

Wednesday, March 2, 8:00PM: Open Mic Night at Groovacious! Sign-ups at 7:30, music at 8:00. Participants are selected by random drawing and limited to 2 songs each or about ten minutes. It is always FREE! Groovacious at 173 N. 100 West, Cedar City . www.groovacious.com.

Wednesday, March 2, 5:00PM: The 19^th Annual Braithwaite Art Auction at Rusty’s Ranch House at 2275 E. Highway 14 just east of Cedar City . Tickets are $45.00 for the auction with dinner included. For information, call 865-8561 or 586-3839. www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/auction/

Thursday, March 3, 7:00PM: 50th Anniversary Utah Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare on Film in the Sharwan Smith Theatre on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . This week will be the showing of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream””, the 1935 version, hosted by USF founder, Fred C. Adams. This film starred Mickey Rooney and was directed by Max Reinhardt. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $5.00. For information call 435-586-7878.

Friday, March 4, 10:00PM: OFF THE CUFF Improv Comedy Show at the Crystal Inn at 1575 W. 200 N. in Cedar City . Admission is $7.00 or $5.00 with student I.D. Live improv comedy with a “G” rating, fun for the whole family. For more information call 435-261-4216. www.otccomedy.com

Saturday, March 5, 8:00AM – 5:00PM: Southern Utah String Music Festival at Canyon View High School at 166 W. 1925 N. in Cedar City . Teachers, students, and parents choose two appropriate pieces to be played for the festival: Soloists, Duets, Trios, Quartets, and Fiddlers. For more information, get in contact with Marin Colby at 435-231-2182 http://www.southernutahstringfestival.org

Saturday, March 5, 4:00PM: Martin Tyner, Founder & CEO of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation will be releasing a bald eagle at the Parowan Gap.
As the friends and families of the Utah National Guard unit 222 are preparing for the departure of their unit we felt it would be very appropriate to dedicate this eagle release to all of the men and women of the armed forces who have served our country so courageously and their families, especially the members and the families of the 222.
The bald eagle is the emblem of our nation; our national symbol and anyone who would like to come and watch this beautiful eagle soar back to the wild to join us at the Parowan Gap at 4 pm Saturday March 5^th.
The Parowan Gap is located approximately 17 miles north of Cedar City . Go north on the Minersville Highway approximately 15 miles. Turn right toward the Parowan Gap (it’s the only paved road heading east) The Parowan Gap is 2 ½ miles east of the Minersville Highway . For more information contact, call 590-1618 or email swf@netutah.com www.gowildlife.org For the story of how this four-year-old bald eagle was rescued, visit the SWF on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cedar-City-Arts-Council/136307416435074#!/group.php?gid=85218228664

Saturday, March 5, 9:00PM: SONS OF MOTHERS at Mike’s Tavern 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City , 867-5990. This will be the last show with Chuck Triplett (bass) before his deployment to Iraq . www.MikesTavernCC.com www.greenswiftduo.com/fr_sonsofmother.cfm

Saturday, March 5, 7:00PM: RHEPTAR, RUMBLE RUMBLE, THE BIGGEST STUNT live at Gotham, 1065 S. Main in Cedar City . $5.00, all ages. Presented by the Young Democrats of Iron County w/ Democrats at SUU. Check out Gotham on facebook.

Saturday, March 5, 8:00AM – 5:00PM: Southern Utah String Music Festival at Canyon View High School at 166 W. 1925 N. in Cedar City . Teachers, students, and parents choose two appropriate pieces to be played for the festival: Soloists, Duets, Trios, Quartets, and Fiddlers. For more information, get in contact with Marin Colby at 435-231-2182 or marin_colby@yahoo.com http://www.southernutahstringfestival.org.

And coming up on the Groovacious radar ------------------------------

Thursday, March 24, 7:00PM: HOWARD R. DRIGGS MEMORIAL LECTURE

Saturday, April 2, 9:00PM: LOOSE CONNECTION at Mike’s Tavern.

Tuesday, April 5, 8:00PM: HARPER & Midwest Kind at Mike’s Tavern.

Saturday, April 16: Rock n Reggae Festival at Stahli Farms in Washington .

Thursday, April 21, 8:00PM: OLD CALIFORNIO at Groovacious.

Tuesday, April 26: Cedar City Arts Council Spring Social at Braun Books.

Saturday, May 21, 8:00PM: NIKKI FOROVA at Groovacious.

The seventeen main stage acts for Groovefest 2011 will be: Danielle Ate the Sandwich (Loveland, CO), Janet Robin (Los Angeles, CA), Shotgun Party (Austin, TX), Hymn For Her (1961 Bambi Airstream), Girls Guns & Glory (Boston, MA), Marinade (Salt Lake City, UT), Avey Brothers (Quad Cities, IA), The Congress (Denver, CO), Honey Don’t (Paonia, CO), Sarah Sample (Seattle, WA), Wendy Colonna (Austin, TX), Johnson Family Band (Fargo, ND), Old Californio (Pasadena, CA), The Brothers Comatose (San Francisco, CA), The Defibulators (Brooklyn, NY), The Scott Holt Band (Columbia, TN), Kokolo (New York, NY) Additional performers confirmed as of today: Melody with Tyler Forsberg, Rob Drabkin, Jules Morrow, Kristina Wood, Nikki Forova, Kaitlin Sevy, Chas Hollingshead...

Daily updates at the Groovefest website or Groovefest group page on facebook.

The advertising supporters for the 2011 Groovefest are listed here. If you’d like to jump on board and be a financial supporter, get in touch with us today! We can’t do it without you! You can view the support levels at www.groovefestutah.com .

The Grand Lodge at Brian Head “Magnesium Mandolin” Contributors $100+: The Wizz, The Paw Spa, Pizano’s Pizza, Cedar Music Store & Studio, High Desert Pawn, Rolling Rubber, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Bulloch Drug, M&D Foodtown, North Fork Drywall, Barber J’s, Gym On Main - Parowan, Cedar Post Pawn, State Bank of Southern Utah, Bristlecone Building Co., Jim & Jeanine Howells, Market Grill, Rambouillet/Music Barn/Hamburger Patty's, Buster and Bob Giles, Ogden's Flooring & Design, Parowan Dental, Cedar City Handyman, Inc., Lost Trail Minerals

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Lots of great shows and a tribute to Evan scheduled for this week. New favorite release by Mogwai... + more!

MUSIC & ART (and other interesting stuff)

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF February 21, 2011

From the desk of Tim Groove, daily Groovacious updates on Facebook

GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

173 N. 100 W. CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 435-867-9800 www.GroovefestUtah.com

I’d like you all to be aware of the latest addition to this year’s Groovefest American Music Festival – the Groovefest Run For the Music, the Quarter marathon! The only event of it’s kind in Utah ! Find out more about it here: http://runforthemusic.com/ and you can also check it out on facebook!

*For a suggested donation of $5.00 you can enter the Groovefest Drawing for a DEAN copper resonator, heirloom edition, acoustic guitar, nearly new, no scratches, played only a few times, comes with case, donated by Groovefest supporter, Jim Butler. Proceeds go to Groovefest 2011!

Groovacious’ Top Dozen Best Sellers

Best Sellers: February 14-19, 2011

1- Iron & Wine “Kiss Each Other Clean”

2- Mogwai “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will”

3- Todd Snider “Live: the Storyteller”

4- Mr. Big “What If…”

5- Nicki Bluhm “Driftwood”

6- Justin Bieber “Never Say Never: The Remixes”

7- Gregg Allman “Low Country Blues”

8- Ryan Adams “Iii/Iv”

9- Taylor Swift “Speak Now”

10- My Chemical Romance “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”

11- Katy Perry “Teenage Dream”

12- Pink “Greatest Hits… So Far!”

13- Mumford and Sons “Sigh No More”

And in case you missed it - vinyl lovers!! We now carry Crosley Record Players!

Ongoing happenings in Cedar City ----------

Here’s what we found happening for this week ---------------------------------

Tuesday, February 22, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! This is a great release day – we’ll heave new ones from ADELE, ALLIGATOR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, JOAN ARMATRADING (live CD/DVD), BAYSIDE, JEFF BECK (tribute to Les Paul – also on DVD), BIZZY BONE, FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS (vintage live), JOHNNY CASH (2 volumes of the bootleg series), CAVE SINGERS, DARKEST HOUR, DEVILDRIVER, EARTH, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER (live ’78), EVERGREY, ROBBEN FORD (Paris Concert DVD), G. LOVE, I SEE STARS, LAYZIE BONE, LOW ANTHEM, SEAN ROWE, SARAH LEE GUTHRIE, TOWER OF POWER (40^th Anniversary live – also on DVD), JOHN WAITE, JOHNNY WINTER (live), Many of these are coming on vinyl as well as some old reissues! Groovacious is at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City . Call 435-867-9800 www.groovacious.com

Tuesday, February 22, 7:00PM: Tournées Film Festival in the Sharwan Smith Student Center Theater on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . This week the festival will be premiering "Barbe Bleue" ("Bluebeard"), a semi-autobiographical tale of two sisters in 1950 who find themselves immersed in a 1697 murder mystery featuring an aristocrat who marries and murders a series of wives. Admission is FREE and open to the public. All films are in French with English subtitles.

Wednesday, February 23, 8:00PM: Open Mic Night at Groovacious! Sign-ups at 7:30, music at 8:00. Participants are selected by random drawing and limited to 2 songs each or about ten minutes. It is always FREE! Groovacious at 173 N. 100 West, Cedar City . www.groovacious.com.

Thursday, February 24, 7:00PM: Art Insights on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . This week features four top students from SUU Class of 2011 presenting their art, thoughts, inspirations and process. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend. For more information call 435-865-8800 or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

Thursday, February 24, 7:00PM: 50th Anniversary Utah Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare on Film in the Sharwan Smith Theatre on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . This week will be the showing of “Richard III”, the 1956 version, hosted by Michael Bahr, director of the Festival’s Education programs. Shakespeare wrote this play to gain entre to Queen Elizabeth and skewed it to show Richard in a bad light and the Tudors in a good light. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $5.00. For information call 435-586-7878.

Thursday, February 24, 7:30PM: The Orchestra of Southern Utah presents: R.L. Halversen Young Artist Concert in the Heritage Center at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . This concert, conducted by Gerald Rheault, features three soloists, Logan Butt (piano), Megumi Gass (violin), and Sarah Maxwell (Mezzo-soprano) performing a new composition “Dinosaurs” by Keith and Daniel Bradshaw and “Jurassic Park” by John Williams. Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and $30.00 for groups of six. For information call 435-586-2286 or visit www.OrchestraofSouthernUtah.org.

Friday, February 25, 3:00PM: Master Class: Clarinetist, featuring Jessica Lindsey performing two recitals with SUU's Dr. Christian Bohnenstengel on piano, in a two day series. The master class will also held as two mini-recitals on Saturday at noon and 2:30PM in the Thorley Recital Hall on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . Admission is FREE and open to the public. For more information call 435-865-8800 or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

Friday, February 25, 7:30PM: Southern Utah University Music Masterworks Series: Wanting Memories Choral Concert in the Heritage Center Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . General Admission is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for youth. For information, please call 435-586-7890 or 435-865-8800.

Friday, February 25, 9:00PM: BOTTLED MONKEY AND SONS OF MOTHERS at Toadz Bar, located at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City . This will most likely be the last show of these two bands together due to Chuck’s (bass) upcoming deployment to Iraq . For more info, call 867-8988. www.clubtoadz.com www.bottledmonkeymusic.com www.greenswiftduo.com/fr_sonsofmother.cfm

Friday, February 25, 10:00PM: OFF THE CUFF Improv Comedy Show at the Crystal Inn at 1575 W. 200 N. in Cedar City . Admission is $7.00 or $5.00 with student I.D. Live improv comedy with a “G” rating, fun for the whole family. For more information call 435-261-4216. www.otccomedy.com

Saturday, February 26, 9:00PM: Mike’s Tavern presents “For Frankie” – a memorial benefit for Evan Wilcock II featuring Karaoke by DJ Lance. All proceeds go to the family of Evan for funeral and headstone expenses. Mike’s Tavern is at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City , 867-5990 www.MikesTavernCC.com

And coming up on the Groovacious radar -----------------------------------

Saturday, April 2, 9:00PM: LOOSE CONNECTION at Mike’s Tavern.

Tuesday, April 5, 8:00PM: HARPER & Midwest Kind at Mike’s Tavern.

Saturday, April 16: Rock n Reggae Festival at Stahli Farms in Washington .

Thursday, April 21, 8:00PM: OLD CALIFORNIO at Groovacious.

Saturday, May 21, 8:00PM: NIKKI FOROVA at Groovacious.

You may also go to the Groovefest website or the facebook group page for daily updates.

2011 GROOVEFEST SUPPORTERS SO FAR: "Gold Guitar" Presenters $800+: Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites, Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau, Braun Books, The Grind Coffeehouse, Cherry Creek Radio, Cedar City Daily News, Dailey Builders, Hughes & Associates, Southern Utah University "Silver Saxophone" Underwriters $400+: Frontier Homestead State Park, KSUU Power 91, True Colors Screen Printing, SAMCO, Bradshaw Chevrolet Buick, Pura Vida College of Massage Therapy, JB Framing, Blue Sky Services, Mike's Tavern, Toadz, Twitchell Studios "Bronze Banjo" Sponsors $200+: Video Outlet, Smith’s Food & Drug, Sunshine Nutrition, Smead Manufacturing Co., R. Scott Phillips, Studio West Photography, The Tire Company, Hunter-Cowan, Robison Rentals, Janet Naisbitt-Bagley – ERA Realty, Mosdell Sanitation, Hunter’s Portable Toilets, StGeorgeNightOut.com “Magnesium Mandolin” Contributors $100+: The Wizz, The Paw Spa, Pizano’s Pizza, Cedar Music Store & Studio, High Desert Pawn, Rolling Rubber, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Bulloch Drug, M&D Foodtown, North Fork Drywall, Barber J’s, Gym On Main - Parowan, Cedar Post Pawn, State Bank of Southern Utah, Bristlecone Building Co., Jim & Jeanine Howells, Market Grill, Rambouillet/Music Barn/Hamburger Patty's, Buster and Bob Giles, Ogden's Flooring & Design

Please support these businesses!

Monday, February 14, 2011

David Lowery #1 best seller at Groovacious!

MUSIC & ART (and other interesting stuff)

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF February 14, 2011

From the desk of Tim Groove, daily Groovacious updates on Facebook

GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

173 N. 100 W. CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 435-867-9800 www.GroovefestUtah.com

*Enter the Groovefest Drawing for a DEAN copper resonator heirloom edition acoustic guitar, nearly new, no scratches, played only a few times with case.

Suggested Donation $5.00 Your I.D. Must Match that of your entry form to redeem if you are the winner! Proceeds go to Groovefest 2011.

Groovacious’ Top Dozen Best Sellers

February 7-12, 2011

1- David Lowery “The Palace Guards”

2- Iron & Wine “Kiss Each Other Clean”

3- Amos Lee “Mission Bell ”

4- Gregg Allman “Low Country Blues”

5- The Decemberists “The King Is Dead”

6- Social Distortion “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes”

7- Red “Until We Have Faces”

8- Bruno Mars “Doo-wops & Hooligans”

9- Nelly “5.0”

10- Eminem “Recovery”

11- Cake “Showroom of Compassion”

12- Florence and the Machine “Lungs”

Hey all you vinyl lovers!! We now carry Crosley Record Players!

Also, for you MOTHER HIPS/TIM BLUHM fans, we just received the new NICKI BLUHM CD!

Ongoing happenings in Cedar City ----------

Here’s what we found happening for this week ---------------------------------

Tuesday, February 15, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! This Tuesday come in and pick up the latest from: BRIGHT EYES, CANNED HEAT, HAYES CARLL, CELTIC WOMAN, DEICIDE, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, EMMURE, GINUWINE, PJ HARVEY, MARK HUMMEL, KELLEY HUNT, JEFFERSON STARSHIP, LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE O.S.T., ROBERT MILES, MOGWAI, MR. BIG!, NELSON!, BEN OTTEWELL (Gomez lead singer), RUNNER RUNNER, SIRENIA, SONIC YOUTH, EDDIE SPAGHETTI (Supersuckers), STRYPER!, TWILIGHT SINGERS (Greg Duhli), WAILERS BAND, WARRIORS… Many of these are coming on vinyl as well as some old reissues! Groovacious is at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City . Call 435-867-9800 www.groovacious.com

Tuesday, February 15, 7:00PM: Tournées Film Festival in the Sharwan Smith Student Center Theater on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City, premiering "Panique Au Village" ("A Town Called Panic"), a stop-motion film featuring more than 1,500 plastic toy figures that recounts the struggles of heroes Horse, Cowboy and Indian as they travel to the center of the Earth, a tundra and a mysterious underwater universe. Admission is FREE and open to the public. All films are in French with English subtitles.

Tuesday, February 15, 7:30PM: SUU’s Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band Concert in the Heritage Center Theater ay105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . General admission is $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for youth. For information call 435-586-7890.

Wednesday, February 16, 8:00PM: Open Mic Night at Groovacious! Sign-ups at 7:30, music at 8:00. Participants are selected by random drawing and limited to 2 songs each or about ten minutes. It is always FREE! Groovacious at 173 N. 100 West, Cedar City . www.groovacious.com.

Wednesday, February 16, 7:30PM: Cedar City Music Arts presnts: The Merling Trio in the Heritage Center Theater at105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . Admission is adults $30.00 and students is $15.00. For information call 435-865-2882 or 866-882-3327. *Children under the age of six will not be admitted to this event.

Thursday, February 17, 7:30PM: Cedar City’s V-Day SUU presents a benefit performance of “The Vagina Monologues” in the Sterling R. Church Auditorium on the SUU campus at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . Admission is $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for students at the door. Runs through Saturday. Proceeds benefit the Canyon Creek Women’s Crisis Center.

Thursday, February 17, 7:00PM: Art Insights on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City . Features presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend. 435-865-8800 www.suu.edu/arts

Friday, February 17, 7:30PM: Music Masterworks Series: Wind Ensemble in the Heritage Center Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . Admission is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for youth. For information call 435-586-7890.

Friday, February 17, 8:00PM: METAL FEST with AURA SURREAL, MARTYRED OUTLAW, LIVE IN PREQUIL and RIKSHA at Toadz Bar, located at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City 867-8988. www.clubtoadz.com.

Friday, February 17, 10:00PM: OFF THE CUFF Improv Comedy Show at the Crystal Inn at 1575 W. 200 N. in Cedar City . Admission is $7.00 or $5.00 with student I.D. Live improv comedy with a “G” rating, fun for the whole family. For more information call 435-261-4216. www.otccomedy.com

Saturday, February 19, 6:30PM: SUU 2011 High School Honor Band Concert in the Heritage Center Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City . Admission is free and the public is invited. For information call 435-586-7890.

Saturday, February 19, 9:00AM: Snowshoe/X-country Ski Family Day & Snowman Building Contest! Meet at the Cedar City Main Street Park pavilion at200 N. Main in Cedar City or at Georg’s Ski Shop inBrian Head at 10:00AM for a tour through Cedar Breaks. Visit the Yurt for hot chocolate and learn about the park. Bring supplies for building the best snowman for the contest! *Good weather dependent! 435-586-9451 www.nps.gov/cebr.

And coming up on the Groovacious radar -----------------------------------

Tuesday, April 5, 8:00PM: HARPER & Midwest Kind at Mike’s Tavern.

Saturday, April 16: Rock n Reggae Festival at Stahli Farms in Washington .

Thursday, April 21, 8:00PM: OLD CALIFORNIO at Groovacious.

You may also go to the Groovefest website or the facebook group page for daily updates.

2011 GROOVEFEST SUPPORTERS SO FAR: "Gold Guitar" Presenters $800+: Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites, Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau, Braun Books, The Grind Coffeehouse, Cherry Creek Radio, Cedar City Daily News, Dailey Builders, Hughes & Associates "Silver Saxophone" Underwriters $400+: Frontier Homestead State Park, KSUU Power 91, True Colors Screen Printing, SAMCO, Bradshaw Chevrolet Buick, Pura Vida College of Massage Therapy, JB Framing, Blue Sky Services, Mike's Tavern, Toadz, Twitchell Studios "Bronze Banjo" Sponsors $200+: Video Outlet, Smith’s Food & Drug, Sunshine Nutrition, Smead Manufacturing Co., R. Scott Phillips, Studio West Photography, The Tire Company, Hunter-Cowan, Robison Rentals, Janet Naisbitt-Bagley – ERA Realty, Mosdell Sanitation, Hunter’s Portable Toilets, StGeorgeNightOut.com “Magnesium Mandolin” Contributors $100+: The Wizz, The Paw Spa, Pizano’s Pizza, Cedar Music Store & Studio, High Desert Pawn, Rolling Rubber, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Bulloch Drug, M&D Foodtown, North Fork Drywall, Barber J’s, Gym On Main - Parowan, Cedar Post Pawn, State Bank of Southern Utah, Bristlecone Building Co., Jim & Jeanine Howells, Market Grill, Rambouillet/Music Barn/Hamburger Patty's, Buster and Bob Giles, Ogden's Flooring & Design

Please support these businesses!