Monday, April 08, 2013

Furtado, Batdorf & Stanley, OZ and much, much more! What more is there in life?



The GROOVACIOUS weekly blast!
From the desk of Tim Groove at Groovacious – southern Utah’s record store
MUSIC & ART Related Events CALENDAR for the week of April 8, 2013
Other music and non-music events can be found at www.scenicsouthernutah.com

The Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for the week of April 1-6, 2013:
1- Kill Switch Engage “Disarm the Descent”
2- Various Artists “Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
3- Lil’ Wayne “I Am Not a Human Being II”
4- Bring Me the Horizon “Sempiternal”
5- Wayne Hancock “Ride”
6- Eric Clapton “Old Sock”
7- Steven Wilson “Raven That Refused to Sing and Other Stories”
8- Alkaline Trio “My Shame Is True”
9- Mad Season “Above (expanded)”
10- Son Volt “Honky Tonk”
11- Robin Trower “Roots and Branches”
12- The Black Angels “Indigo Meadow”


Going on until…

April 28, 9:00AM – 5:00PM: LEROY DECKER special art exhibit at Frontier Homestead State Park Museum at 635 N. Main St. in Cedar City. Admission is $3.00 per person.   435-586-9290

May 5, 12:00PM – 7:00PM, Tuesday – Saturday: Senior BFA Portfolio Show in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free. The exhibit showcases the culmination of work by the graduating BFA Seniors. 435-586-5432 t www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/


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

Monday, April 8, 7:00PM: Canyon View High School presents “Alice in Wonderland” in the auditorium at 166 W. 1925 N. in Cedar City. Admission is $5.00Call 435-586-2813 for more information.

Tuesday, April 9, all day: NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! Here is a sample of the great list of albums coming out his week! PAUL ANKA, AVETT BROTHERS, JAMES BLAKE, ERIC CHURCH, DAWES, DEADSTRING BROTHERS, DEVICE, DROWNING POOL, RONNIE EARL, FACE TO FACE, KEATON HENSON, JULIO IGLESIAS, JP, JOHN MEDESKI, OMD, BRAD PAISLEY, PARAMORE, MIKE PATTON, POSTAL SERVICE, PROCLAIMERS, QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE, MOLLY RINGWALD,DUKE ROBILLARD, SPARKS, CHRIS SQUIRE, STONE SOUR, TERROR, TYGA, VOLBEAT, WE CAME AS ROMANS. Many of these albums, as usual, will be on warm, cozy, fun to hold vinyl!

Tuesday, April 9, 8:00PM: TONY FURTADO at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church at 200 W. Harding in Cedar City. Two time National banjo champion Tony Furtado teams up with two National fiddle champion, Luke Price in this special Tuesday evening performance. An enthralling live performer, Tony Furtado is gregarious, insanely talented, engaging and entertaining. He's been called a genius on banjo and slide guitar and his interpretation hybrid of Americana and Indie Rock is captivating.   www.facebook.com/events/152653154898565/

Tuesday, April 9, 7:30PM: Festival of Excellence Concert: An Evening of Baroque Music & Dance featuring SUU’s String, Woodwind and Piano Ensembles with dancers from SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts & Dance in the Thorley Recital Hall Music Building on the SUU Campus at 351 West Center St. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public. 435-865-8800    www.suu.edu/arts

Tuesday, April 9, 7:30PM: SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts present “God of Carnage” in the Auditorium Theatre at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and children. This savage Tony Award-winning comedy is about sophisticated parenting skills…and less. *Advisory: For mature audiences, adults themes and language.  Plays through Saturday.  435-586-7872

Wednesday, April 10, 7:00PM: CHRISTINA OSBORN at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in St. George.   435-216-7311   www.facebook.com/events/108202199375601/


Wednesday, April 10, 7:30PM: Utah Shakespeare Festival Playmakers present “The Wizard of Oz” in the Randall L Jones Theatre at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students/children. Performance will be by at least 60 students ages 7 to 17. Plays through Saturday. 435-586-7878.

Wednesday, April 10, 7:30PM: The SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts presents “The Women of Lockerbie” in the Auditorium Theatre at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $10.00 for adults $5.00 for students/children. Inspired by true events, this heartfelt drama focuses on a mother in the aftermath of terrorism. *Advisory: For mature audiences, adults themes and language. Will also play on April 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th and 21st.   435-586-7872.

Thursday, April 11, 7:00PM: Illustrator MIKE WIMMER at the SUU Art Insight in the Gilbert Great Hall, the Hunter Conference Center on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and is open to the public.    435-865-8800     www.suu.edu/arts
Friday, April 12, 7:30PM: SUU Ballroom Dance Company Spring Concert in the Heritage Center Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is $8.00 for the general public and $6.00 for students.  435-586-7700   www.suu.edu/pva/arts/ballroom/contact.html
Friday, April 12, 9:00PM: BEANZ N WHEELS featuring SARAH WALTHER at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in St. George.   435-216-7311   www.facebook.com/events/488363814552220/

Friday, April 12, 9:00PM: HONKY TONK HEROES at Toadz at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-8988.    www.facebook.com/events/178632235620819/     www.clubtoadz.com.       

Friday, April 12, 9:00PM: ROADKILL GHOST CHOIR, WHISKEY TOOTH, and KAITLIN SEVY at Jazzy's Rock N Roll Grill at 285 North Bluff Street in, St. George. www.facebook.com/events/520821207959195/

Saturday, April 13, 10:00AM – 7:30PM: KAYENTA STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL at 800 N. Kayenta Parkway in Ivins.  www.facebook.com/events/187936614663387/?suggestsessionid=6f1f0cf43a4b5e2eae64dda6a44a6340

Saturday, April 13, 4:00PM: JACK ASHTON of the UTAH SYMPHONY and the YOUNG ARTISTS CHAMBER PLAYERS at St. Jude's Episcopal Church at 70 N. 200 W.  Open to the public – admission is free.  http://suzukistringscedar.blogspot.com/

Saturday, April 13, 7:30PM: TREVOR GREEN at the Canyon Community Center at 126 Lion Blvd. in Springdale. A benefit for the Zion Canyon Music Festival, suggested donation is $10.00.

Saturday, April 13, 9:00PM: BILA GAANA at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. Free show!    435-867-5990   www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=361589127290681&set=a.109617015821228.12516.100003187894509&type=1&theater

Sunday, April14: JOHN BATDORF & JAMES LEE STANLEY at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church at 200 W. Harding in Cedar City. Admission is a suggested donation of $10.00. Can you imagine what the Rolling Stones songs would have sounded like if Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were California boys with acoustic guitars? Batdorf and Stanley took 21 Rolling Stones classics and turned them into something totally unheard of. You don't have to live in California or play acoustic guitar to be enchanted by the "All Wood and Stones"series ... an amazing collection of Rolling Stones tunes played on acoustic guitars and brimming with joyous vocal harmonies.   www.facebook.com/events/168622729960325/




Sunday, April 14, 7:00PM – 9:00PM: 2013 GROOVEFEST RADIO SHOW, every Sunday on KSUU Power 91.1. Familiarize yourself with all of this year’s Groovefest acts - every week until the festival!   www.power91radio.com


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

Saturday, April 20: COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church at 200 W. Harding in Cedar City.

Saturday, April 27, 9:00AM – 3:00PM: GROOVEFEST RUMMAGE AND BAKE SALE #2 for 2013. www.facebook.com/events/471335956272684/


OUR LIST OF THE 2013 GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL PARTNERS CONTINUES TO GROW!! You or your business can also help make Groovefest possible with your advertising dollars. The deadline to make sure you get on the poster is April 15. Won’t you get in touch with us now?

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, Southwest Applied Technology College, KSUU Power 91, Cedar City Daily News, The Grind Coffeehouse, Marsha Bloom, Cedar City Events, Cedar City Rotary Club, Independent Publishing Company, Inc. "Silver Saxophone" $800+: Hughes & Associates, Southwest Applied Technology College, Mike’s Tavern, Go To Printing, Robison Rentals, Braun (Main Street) Books, Star Sign & Banner, Super 8 "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, Hunter’s Portable Toilets, Off the Cuff, Artisans Art Gallery, Sunshine Nutrition, Smead Manufacturing, The Yoga Shop, Bradshaw Chevrolet Buick, Marty Warburton,
ERA Realty Center - Donna Christensen & Leanne Hollerman. Copper Conga" $200+: Cedar Post Pawn, Mosdell Sanitation, Bill Byrnes, Bill Morrison, Gunjah the Bead Forest, Hunter-Cowan, Ogden’s Flooring & Design, KB Express, Nancy Graf, Stout’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Jim & Jeanine Howells, Elise Leahy, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., Iron Gate Bed & Breakfast, Cedar Cottage Company, The Tire Company, Vickie Sorenson Nature Works, . “Magnesium Mandolin” $100+: Kendall Gubler, The Wizz, The Music Barn/Hamburger Patty’s, Cedar City Leisure Services, Cedar Music Store & Studio, Pizano’s Pizzeria, Northfork Drywall, Video Outlet, Pastry Pub, Inc., The Market Grill, Georg’s Ski Shop, Zion Sun Floral, The Yarn Bard..
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

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!
This is it for the main stage performances at Groovefest 2013!!
Please pass the word and make sure to join us!!

~ FRIDAY MAIN STAGE, JUNE 28 ~
12:30 OTTER CREEK
1:30 LOOSE CONNECTION
2:45 VICTOR & PENNY
4:00 D. BESS
5:15 WOODY PINES
6:30 LEVEE TOWN
7:45 SWAMP CABBAGE
9:30 FORTUNATE YOUTH

~ SATURDAY, JUNE 29 ~
12:30 COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
1:30 MELODY & TYLER
2:45 WATER TOWER
4:00 Y LA BAMBA
5:15 DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW
6:30 CONTINO
7:45 NED EVETT
9:30 AFRO-ZEP

GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
173 N. 100 W. Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800

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