Monday, April 09, 2012

Really Fabulous New Releases + other Cedar City happenings!!


CEDAR CITY, UTAH
MUSIC CALENDAR for the week of April 9, 2012
From the desk of Tim Groove
GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
173 N. 100 W. Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800

* View daily Groovacious updates on Facebook and if you are interested in other happenings around town – please take a look at the Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau’s calendar at http://www.scenicsouthernutah.com/calendar/

The Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for April 2 – April 7, 2012:
1- Bottled Monkey “Hallowed Ground”
2- Ian Anderson “Thick as a Brick 2”
3- Of Monsters and Men “My Head Is an Animal”
4- Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded”
5- Steven Swift “Soul on a Shelf”
6- Shinedown “Amaryllis”
7- Avril Lavinge “Goodbye Lullaby”
8- Tech Nine “Welcome to Strangeland”
9- Justin Townes Earle “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now”
10- My Darkest Days “Sick and Twisted Affair”
11- The Used “Vulnerable”
12- Bruce Springsteen “Wrecking Ball”

Coming up soon -------------------

Friday, April 20: BILA GAANA choking game fundraiser at Toadz.
Friday, April 28: GROOVEFEST RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church.
Friday May 4: THE SHAKERS at Groovacious.
Saturday, May 12: KELLY JOE PHELPS at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church.
Saturday, May 12: TOMBSTONE TRIBUTE at Mike’s Tavern
Saturday, May 19: GROOVEFEST MULTI-BAND PARTY at Mike’s Tavern.
Saturday, May 26: EUFORQUESTRA at Mike’s Tavern.

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

Tuesday, April 10, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! Here are this week’s highlights: ACCEPT, ALABAMA SHAKES, BASSNECTAR, ALICE COOPER, COUNTING CROWS, DEMON HUNTER, EMMURE, FASTWAY, FLORENCE & THE MACHINE, NANCI GRIFFITH, HALESTORM, MICKEY HART, JOB FOR A COWBOY, LORDS OF ACID, MONICA, MR CRIMINAL, WILLIE NELSON, PELICAN, BONNIE RAITT, CURTIS SALGADO, STEEP CANYON RANGERS, TAPROOT, TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, M. WARD, STEVEN WILSON. As usual, many these titles are arriving on vinyl.

Tuesday, April 10, 7:00PM: Camp Kesem SUU Benefit CD Release Party. The SUU Acoustic Instruments Club presents: "Sweet Sounds," a benefit CD featuring some of SUU's finest singers and songwriters, in the Great Hall at 351 W. University Blvd. on the SUU campus.  Admission is free. www.sweetsoundssuu.bandcamp.com

Tuesday, April 10, 7:30PM: SUU Music Masterworks Series: SUU Orchestra & Choir Easter Concert at the Heritage Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for youth. For information call 435-586-7872.

Wednesday, April 11, 7:30PM: Cedar City Music Arts presents: New York Polyphony in the Heritage Center at 105 W. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is $30.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and can be purchased at the Heritage Center Box Office. Call 435-865-2882 for more information.    www.newyorkpolyphony.com

Wednesday, April 11, 8:00PM: Open Mic Night at Groovacious! FREE - sign-ups at 7:30; music, spoken word, comedy, dance etc. Participants are selected at random and limited to 2 songs each or about ten minutes. Groovacious is Cedar City’s only record store and one the most unique and complete in the western region and located at 173 North 100 West, Cedar City, Utah 435-867-9800. www.groovacious.com

Thursday, April 12 – Saturday April 14, 7:30PM: SUU Theatre Arts presents “Little Women the Musical”, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved American novel in the Auditorium Theatre on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for youth and is available at the SUU Ticket Office in the Centrum Arena. Call 435-586-7872.

Thursday, April 12, 7:30PM: Soprano SARA GUTTENBER Faculty Recital in the Thorley Recital Hall in the Music Building on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Acclaimed for her vocal finesse and soaring tones, Sara has impressed audiences nationwide with her remarkable voice in concert. Admission is free and open to the general public..

Friday, April 13, 7:00PM: Open Mic at Sweet Mercy at 565 S. Main in Cedar City. For further information, call Robyn at 590-6108. Free.

Friday, April 13 & Saturday, April 14, 7:30PM: SUU Ballroom Dance Company Spring Concert in the Randall L Jones Theatre at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for students. For information call 435-586-7700.

Saturday, April 14, 7:30PM: SUU Percussion Festival in the Thorley Recital Hall on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. This event is free to the public. For information call 435-586-7872.

Saturday, April 14, 9:00PM: THE FLESHSTRECHERS at The Firehouse at 1476W Sunset Blvd. in St. George.

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The Groovefest American Music Festival is an important part of Cedar City - wouldn't you like to say you were a part of making it happen? Please give a couple of bucks to this Kickstarter campaign. There are just 5 days left to contribute and we are still $2000 from our goal. If we don’t reach the goal, we get nothing…Thank you. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1632794749/groovefest-american-music-festival

Please support and thank this years Groovefest supporters! More info at www.groovefestutah.com

Here is the list so far:
"Gold Guitar" Presenters $800+: Cedar City, Brian Head Tourism Bureau, Southern Utah University, The Grind Coffeehouse, Samco Building, Cedar City Daily News, Hughes and Associates, Braun Books, Blue Sky Recycling, Cherry Creek Radio, Groovacious, Camp Creek Trees, Independent Publishing Company, Southwest Applied Technology College, Kolob Sound, KSUU Power 91.1 "Silver Saxophone" Underwriters $400+: Frontier Homestead State Park, Cedar City Arts Council, Mike's Tavern, Toadz, JB Framing, Cedar City Art's Festival, Artisans Art Gallery, Cedar City Theatre, Dailey Builders, Marsha Bloom, Hunters Portable Toilets, True Colors  Screen Printing, Best Western Town & Country Inn, Robison Rentals. St. Jude’s Episcopal Church, Go To Printing, Bradshaw Chevrolet Buick "Bronze Banjo" Sponsors $200+: Pura Vida College of Massage Therapy, Vickie Sorensen's Nature Works, R. Scott Phillips, Smead Manufacturing Co., Mosdell Sanitation, Sunshine Nutrition, Muddy Boots, Bill Byrnes, Lael Langston, The Tire Company, Funder Welding, Lin's Marketplace, Gunjah The Bead Forest, Crystal Inn, Judy Lindsay – Coldwell Banker, The Yoga Shop, Hunter-Cowan, Marty Warburton Band, Home Girls  “Magnesium Mandolin” Contributors $100+: The Wizz, Bulloch Drug, State Bank of Southern Utah, Sigma Tau Delta, Pizanos Pizzeria, Cedar Post Pawn, M&D Foodtown, The Music Barn/Hamburger Patty's, Barber J’s, The Market Grill, Cedar City Handyman LLC, Cedar Music Store & Studio, Honoring Bob Goldsmith, Studio West Photography, Iron County Lodging Association, Kendal Gubler, Dixie-Leavitt Agency, Ogden’s Flooring & Design, Jim & Jeanine Howells, Intersearch, Cedar City Downtown Retail Alliance, Ponderosa Dutch Oven Catering.

Please, make sure you tell them "thanks" - we can't do it without them!

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