Lisa at Groovacious Records: 2014 Groovefest Music & Art Festival, Press Release, Schedule, List of Partners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
12TH ANNUAL GROOVEFEST MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, CEDAR CITY, UTAH

JUNE 23- JUNE 29, 2014

May 1, 2014

Cedar City, Utah’s Groovefest Music & Art Festival is celebrating its 12th annual event in the community’s beautiful historic downtown district beginning on Monday, June 23rd and running through Sunday, June 29th for 2014.

Now recognized on the nation-wide festival circuit, the celebration became a week-long festival in 2013 that includes national as well as local musicians, artists and writers, a children’s event, Groove Kids, the LitFest literary event, the annual Campfire Concert in the Canyon, Kick-off Show, music workshops, after-hours shows, the very popular Sunday Gospel Brunch, as well as the always highly anticipated music performances in the downtown’s Main Street Park alongside the Cedar City Arts Festival, now organized by Iron Mission Foundation. In addition to the art, the Foundation also handles the planning of the food vendors at Groovefest.

Groovefest began in 2002 as a small parking lot concert and has blossomed into its current week-long extravaganza. With much hard work and devotion from the Groovefest planning committee (better known as The Groove Crew) the festival has garnered much national attention due to the wealth of great talent that has appeared over the years. In addition, the event brings well over one million and a half dollars of revenue to the local Cedar City economy!

Tim Cretsinger, Groovefest founder and director sites the abundance of amazing talent that exists in the United States: "Our goal is to nurture and expand on the great musicianship we’ve discovered that there is out there. What I want to do is to introduce our citizens to the wonderful musicians that they may not have seen, but likewise to show our area to a group of performers that may have never been to this beautiful place before. We live in vacationland and I want to share that."

And it has paid off. "Not only do the musicians get a great reception here, but they love the area plain and simple!" says Cretsinger. "There have been bands we’ve signed on that have never been east of the Mississippi and they’re blown away!"

"I don’t even have to solicit entertainment any longer," he says. "They come to me with the desire to play here and that means success tome! Cedar City is now and forever on the map afar as a destination for musical performance!"

This year promises to be one of the best Groovefest yet, promises Cretsinger, who has had some challenges in planning for 2014. In December he was diagnosed with throat cancer and has spent the first few months of the year undergoing treatments at the Huntsman Cancer Center.

"The crew really stepped up this year and decided to take up the slack that I was leaving, so it may be the best one yet!" he notes.

Various fundraisers were implemented by the crew throughout the year to offset the costs that are required of a festival the magnitude of Groovefest. But the celebration would not be possible without continued support from the many local businesses and individuals who advertise and contribute to insure that Groovefest is successful year after year.

The Groovefest American Music Festival is truly a grassroots effort and the current list of dedicated partners proves it. To see the list of those who make Groovefest possible, plus everything that festival-goers need to know about the festival, go to www.groovefestutah.com.

There, in addition to this year’s partners, you’ll see schedules, biographies, photos, arts festival info, and much more. There are also many ways to connect with Groovefest on Facebook and various other social media sites.

The schedule this year is extensive, so you’ll want to make sure you find out as much as you can about all of the diverse happenings at the12th annual Groovefest music & Art Festival. For further information, you can also call 435-867-9800.

Official 2014 Groovefest Music & Art Festival Schedule of Events
(subject to change)

COMPLETE 2014 SCHEDULE

More information at www.GroovefestUtah.com

GROOVEFEST MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL

Organized by The Groove Crew & Iron Mission Foundation

Monday, June 23, 7:00PM

Groove-Kids at Historic Cedar Theatre

presented by Anderton Orthodontics

Tuesday, June 24, 7:30PM

LitFest The Energy of Words at The Grind Coffeehouse

presented by Main Street Books

Wednesday, June 25

Campfire Concerts in the Canyon at Cedar Canyon Nature Park

8:30PM: The Swift Shepard Project, 9:00PM: Good Company

Thursday, June 26, Kick-Off Shows

7:30PM: Loves It at The Grind Coffee House

8:30PM: Harper & Midwest Kind at The Grind Coffee House

10:00PM: Blammity Blam at Mike’s Tavern

Friday, June 27 at Main Street Park -Free

GROOVEFEST Music & Arts Festival

12:00PM: Welcome and Announcements

12:30: Wilhelm (Cedar City, Utah)

1:15: Robert Frolli

1:30: Loves It (Austin, Texas)

2:30: Shakespeare Cabaret

2:45: Bottled Monkey (Cedar City, Utah)

3:45: Common Ground

4:00: Blammity Blam (Cedar City, Utah)

5:00: Jolly Pants

5:15: Screen Door Porch (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)

6:15: Jason Gottfried

6:30: The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit (Oakdale, CA)

7:30: Efficiency

7:45: Harper & Midwest Kind (Savannah, Georgia)

9:15: Coral Thief

9:30: Stranger (San Diego, CA)

Friday Workshops at the Grind Coffeehouse $

2:00: Heather Wilhelm (fiddle), 3:30: Harper (didgeridoo),

5:00: Cee Cee James (vocal)

Friday After Hours Party at Mike’s Tavern $

presented by Southwest Applied Technology

10:30PM: The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit

GROOVEFEST Music & Art Festival

Saturday, June 28 at Main Street Park -Free

12:30: Jason Tyler Burton (Springdale, Utah)

1:15: Lyndy Butler

1:30: Alice Wallace (Fullerton, California)

2:30: Hat Trio

2:45: Poeina Suddarth (Los Angeles, California)

3:45: Mikalene Ipson

4:00: Steph Johnson Trio (South Park, California)

5:00: Billy & Sally

5:15: The Warren G. Hardings (Seattle, Washington)

6:15: Good Company

6:30: Felix Y Los Gatos (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

7:30: Jason Tyler Burton

7:45: Blair Crimmins & The Hookers (Atlanta, Georgia)

9:15: House of Sons

9:30: Cee Cee James (Portland, Oregon)

Saturday Workshops at The Grind Coffee House $

Bring your instrument or not. Be on time, this schedule is tight.

2:00: Warren G. Hardings (open bluegrass)

3:15: Alice Wallace (yodel)

4:30: Taylor Kennedy of Blair Crimmins & the Hookers (sax)

Saturday, June 28

Run for the Music 5K Fun Run

organized by Gateway Preparatory Academy

Saturday After Hours at Mike’s Tavern $

presented by Southwest Applied Technology

10:30PM: The Warren G. Hardings

Sunday Groovefest Gospel Brunch at Grind Coffee House

presented by Best Western Town & Country Inn

11:00AM: Alice Wallace

12:00PM: Blair Crimmins & The Hookers

Sunday Redemption Hour at Mike’s Tavern $

2:00PM: Cee Cee James

Take Moment to Recognize and Thank Our 2014 Groovefest Partners!!

GOLD

Cherry Creek Radio/KSUB

PRESENTERS

Anderton Orthodontics

Best Western Town & Country Inn

Gateway Preparatory Academy

Groovacious

Historic Cedar Theatre

Iron Mission Foundation

KSUU Power 91

Southwest Applied Technology

The Spectrum Daily News

UNDERWRITERS

Brian Head Resort

Camp Creek Trees

Convergys

Crystal Inn Hotel

Dailey Builders Inc.

The Grind Coffeehouse

Hughes & Associates

Iron County Today

Las Vegas Sun/Weekly

Marsha Bloom

Mike's Tavern

Robison Rentals

Rocky Mountain Power

Star Sign & Banner

State Bank of So. Utah

Utah Shakespeare Festival

Lisa at Groovacious Records

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

2014 Groovefest Music & Art Festival, Press Release, Schedule, List of Partners

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