Lisa at Groovacious Records: Here's what's happening in southern Utah this week!

The GROOVACIOUS weekly blast!

From the desk of Tim Groove at Groovacious – southern Utah’s record store

MUSIC & Related Events CALENDAR for the week of February 18, 2013

Other music and non-music events can be found at www.scenicsouthernutah.com/calendar

The Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for the week of February 11-16, 2013

1- Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite “Get Up!”

2- Bullet For My Valentine “Temper Temper”

3- Richard Thompson “Electric”

4- Bad Religion “True North”

5- The Bryan Ferry Orchestra “Jazz Age”

6- Led Zeppelin “Celebration Day”

7- Alicia Keys “Girl On Fire”

8- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from First Psychedelic Era

9- Fidlar “Fidlar”

10- Grammy 2013 Nominees

11- Mumford & Sons “Babel”

12- Alabama Shakes “Boys and Girls”

THIS IS GREAT!! OUR LIST OF THE 2013 GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL PARTNERS IS GROWING ALREADY!! You or your business can also help make Groovefest possible with your advertising dollars. See the message at the end of this blast >>

Here are our Proud Partners so far for 2013:

"Platinum Promoter" (four) $5000: Cherry Creek Radio "Gold Guitar" Presenters $1200+:
Anderton Orthodontics, Camp Creek Trees, KSUU Power 91, Cedar City Daily News, The Grind Coffeehouse, Marsha Bloom "Silver Saxophone" $800+: Hughes & Associates, Southwest Applied Technology College, Mike’s Tavern, Go To Printing, Robison Rentals, Braun (Main Street) Books, Star Sign & Banner "Bronze Banjo" $400+: Frontier Homestead Sate Park, JB Framing, State Bank of Southern Utah, Dailey Builders, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Blue Sky Services, KUER 90.1, Muddy Boots Copper Conga" $200+: Artisans Art Gallery, Cedar Post Pawn, Mosdell Sanitation, Bill Byrnes, Bill Morrison, Gunjah the Bead Forest “Magnesium Mandolin” $100+: Kendall Gubler, The Wizz, The Music Barn/Hamburger Patty’s, Cedar City Leisure Services

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

-------------- Here’s what we found happening for this week in music + art -------------------

On-going: Thursday, February 7 – Saturday, March 9, Noon – 7:00PM: SUU Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, featuring Brian Hoover, in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public. This breathtaking exhibition features a variety of medium including photography, painting, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, sculpture, quilt art and so much more. 435-586-5432 www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery

Tuesday, February 19, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! This week hosts a great list of albums coming out in the last week of the first month of the New Year! Here is a short list: ATLAS GENIUS, BUCKCHERRY, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, CELTIC THUNDER, CHARLIE DANIELS, DARK NEW DAY, KEVIN EUBANKS, FATBOY SLIM, SALLIE FORD, ROBBEN FORD, KID FROST, MARK KOZELEK, LUCERO, NEAL MORSE, R. CARLOS NAKAI, SON OF ROGUES GALLERY (collection), SWINGIN UTTERS, ROBIN TROWER, ARMIN VAN BUUREN, WEDNESDAY 13… Many of these albums, as usual, will be on warm, cozy, fun to hold vinyl!

Tuesday, February 19, 7:00PM: “Film Socialisme” Every Tuesday, over a five-week span that begins February 5 and runs through March 5, SUU will screen a new award-winning French film, with introductions and discussions by professors from different academic colleges at SUU. All films will be shown in the Sharwan Smith Center Theater on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City (room 161D). Contact Elise Leahy, 435-865-8287 www.facecouncil.org/tournees/index.html

Wednesday, February 20, 7:00PM: JOSH LARSEN at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in St. George. 435-216-7311 www.facebook.com/events/422401077844320/?suggestsessionid=6d4747243c32b3bc21ec919565fbf575

Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 PM: The ORCHESTRA OF SOUTHERN UTAH performs with the steel drum ensemble CARIBBEAN SOUND at the Heritage Center at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission: adults $10.00, students $5.00, groups of six $30.00. More info: www.orchestraofsouthernutah.org www.facebook.com/events/320330974750683/

Friday, February 22, 8:00PM: WE ARE MIRRORS debut performance at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in St. George. 435-216-7311 www.facebook.com/events/164160913731761/

Saturday, February 23, 2:00PM: The ORCHESTRA OF SOUTHERN UTAH’S Children’s Jubilee presents “Ahoy Pirates" with Xun Sun conducting and featuring the steel drum ensemble CARIBBEAN SOUND at the Heritage Center Theatre at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is $5.00 per person. Lobby displays open at 1 p.m. Art and science hands on activities follow the music. More info: www.orchestraofsouthernutah.org www.facebook.com/events/509965385714930/

Saturday, February 23, 7:00PM: LOVE CREATURE at Toadz at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-8988 www.lovecreature.com www.clubtoadz.com

Saturday, February 23, 9:00PM: SOUL WHAT!? at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. 435-867-5990 www.facebook.com/SoulWhatMusic

Saturday, February 23, 9:00PM: LESS THAN LUCID, LIVE IN PREQUIL, MATTHEW SEAN at Jazzy’s Rock N Roll Grill at 285 N. Bluff St. in St. George. 435-674-1678 www.facebook.com/events/156988034456954/?ref=2&suggestsessionid=de6a3b589f483009b7ce0657e9a3cfb7

Sunday, February 24, 7:00PM – 9:00PM: GROOVEFEST REWIND, every Sunday on KSUU Power 91.1. Relive all your favorite Groovefest performances every week! www.power91radio.com

---------------- Here’s what we found happening for in the near future music -------------------

Monday, February 25, 6:00PM: GOODBYE NOVA Video Shoot at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-9800 www.facebook.com/events/466893876697293/

Friday, March 1, 9:00PM: SWIFT & SONS and THE PABLO SEXTET Tag Team Music at Toadz at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-8988 www.clubtoadz.com

Saturday, March 2, 7:00PM: NIKKI FOROVA at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-9800 www.facebook.com/events/329015277198198/

Sunday, March 3, 4:00PM: GABRIELLE LOUISE at the Artiste Sanctuary Series at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church at 200 W. Harding in Cedar City. www.facebook.com/events/158254124325679/

Saturday, March 9, 9:00PM: BRIAN HOOVER BENEFIT with SWIFT & SONS and BILA GAANA at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. 435-867-5990 www.facebook.com/events/458014534266230/

Support Groovefest

This summer put your business in front of 30,000+ music fans, who will gather together in downtown Cedar City for the 11th annual Groovefest American Music Festival.

We have substantially reduced the partnership rates for this years’ festival in order to make it more affordable. We hope to retain our past partners as well as welcome new ones. If you would like to be a Groovefest partner for 2013, let us know right away so we can get you the maximum coverage!!

Your partnership pays for advertising, staging and entertainment expenses and we thank you for wanting to have your name attached to this great community event! With just a commitment your advertising dollars go to work immediately!

Please go to www.groovefestutah.com to see the partnership levels and other opportunities to support Cedar City’s music festival!