Monday, May 14, 2012

Groovefest Support Party on Saturday + much more!


CEDAR CITY, UTAH
MUSIC CALENDAR for the week of May 14, 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/

*We’re having Groovefest Support party at Mike’s Tavern on Saturday night! $5.00 at the door for seven bands! All proceeds go toward Groovefest 2012! Advance tickets at Groovacious. See details below.

The Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for May 7 - May 12, 2012:
1- Alabama Shakes “Boys & Girls”
2- Silversun Pickups “Neck of the Woods”
3- Lionel Richie “Tuskegee”
4- Tiesto “Club Life, Vol. 2: Miami”
5- Book of Mormon Original Broadway cast
6- The Shins “Port of Morrow”
7- Jack White “Blunderbuss”
8- Bonnie Raitt “Slipstream”
9- Norah Jones “Little Broken Hearts”
10- Shinedown “Amaryllis”
11- Black Keys “El Camino”
12- Eve 6 “Speak the Code”


Coming up soon -------------------
Saturday, May 26: EUFORQUESTRA at Mike’s Tavern.
Thursday, May 31: GIGI LOVE at Groovacious.
Saturday, June 9: MARTY WARBURTON BAND at Groovacious.

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


Tuesday, May 15, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! Here are this week’s highlights: BEACH HOUSE, THE CRIBS, GLEE CAST, GODSMACK, HOT WATER MUSIC, ADAM LAMBERT, LEFTOVER SALMON, OTTMAR  LIEBERT, WILLIE NELSON, CONOR OBERST, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, SANTANA, SHADOWS FALL, TENACIOUS D, ANDRE WILLIAMS w/ THE SADIES. As usual, many of these titles are arriving on vinyl.

Tuesday, May 15, 9:00PM: SARA CENTURY, from Denver, Colorado, at the Busta Crack Shack at 31 S. 100 W. in Cedar City.

Wednesday, May 16, 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

Friday, May 18, 9:00PM: FIYAH BAND AND DJ STRANGEMAN at Toadz at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-8988.   www.clubtoadz.com
 
Saturday, May 19, 8:00PM: GROOVEFEST SUPPORT PARTY at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. All proceeds go toward the production costs of the 2012 Groovefest American Music Festival. Music acts donating their time are: BOTTLED MONKEY, SONS OF MOTHERS, BILA GAANA, PABLO “Of the Mountain” SCHWARTZ, RUMBLE RUMBLE, BUDDY BLANK, BRANSON ST. LEIGH BAND. There will be drawings, surprise guests and lots of fun! Tickets are available at Groovacious for $5.00.

Saturday, May 19, 7:30PM: DOUG HAYWOOD with KARYN WHITTEMORE at the "Sweet Spot" Concert at Cobble Crest in Kanarraville. Tickets are available at Groovacious for $12.00 or at the gate. Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

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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? The festival dates are June 19th through the 24th.
Musical acts coming to this year’s “Best Of” show:
CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT (2008)
TRAVELER (2010)
TODD WOLFE (2008)
ANTIOQUIA (2011)
JACKSTRAW (2003)
THRIFT STORE COWBOYS (2007)
HYMN FOR HER (2011)
SISTER WIVES (2005)
PETE ANDERSON (2005)
BASTARD SONS OF JOHNNY CASH (2005)
TREVOR GREEN (2010)
KATE MACLEOD (2007)
SHAWN ROHLF & THE BUSKERS (2004)
JOHN BATDORF (2010)
CLAUDIA RUSSELL & BRUCE KAPLAN (2005)
NICOLE CAMPBELL (2004)
NOWHERE MAN & A WHISKEY GIRL (2008)
KARYN WHITTEMORE (2005)

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, Iron County Today, Comfort Inn Holiday Inn Express. "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, KUER 90.1, Red Acre Farm/CSA, Quality Inn. "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, Honoring Bob Goldsmith, The Joke’s On You Comics, Ahern Rentals, Permanent Expressions, Bill Morrison, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, Convergys. “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, 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 Peace, Love & Ice Cream, Diane & Barrie Strachan, Paula Bell.
Please, make sure you tell them "thanks" - we can't do it without them!

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