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 ----------
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, 1ST 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, February 22, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! This is a great release day – we’ll heave new ones from ADELE, ALLIGATOR 40TH 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 (40th 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.
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...
You may also go to the Groovefest website or the facebook group page for daily updates.
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 .
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
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