Solas - The Shamrock City Tour

Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8:00pm

Solas, "Irish America's most influential band" (NPR's The Thistle and Shamrock), presents Shamrock City: a multi-media stage show featuring remarkable photos and stories from turn-of-the-century copper boomtown Butte, MT. Immigration, mining & murder: join bandleader Seamus Egan as he takes you on the unforgettable journey of his great-great uncle Michael Conway's life in Ireland and mysterious death in America. 

“Solas offers a compellingly original, strikingly contemporary view of traditional Celtic sounds.” -Los Angeles Times

Juice Newton and Exile - The Love'N It Tour - Two Greatest Artists - 18 #1 Hits

Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 7:00pm

EXILE - In 1963, the year before the Beatles scored their first American hit, a group of kids calling themselves The Exiles climbed onto an outdoor stage in the small midstate town of Richmond, Kentucky and proceeded to make musical history - not just with their songs but with their longevity as well. Forty-six years later, that same band Exile is still rockin' with a mix of original and seminal members. Nations have had shorter life spans.  Nowadays, J. P. Pennington, Les Taylor, Sonny LeMaire, Marlon Hargis and Steve Goetzman can look back on a career arc that embraces 11 No. 1 country and pop hits, two gold albums and fans by the hundreds of thousands.

Juice Newton - "I always see singing as a painting project", Juice Newton says. It's very visual for me - the story of the song unfolds before my eyes while I sing. This Grammy, CMA and Billboard award-winning artist has multiple platinum and gold albums, ten million records sold and 15 Top 10 hits under her belt.

Bob Eubanks in the Not So Newlywed Game

Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 7:00pm

The Blind Boys of Alabama - "Go Tell It on the Mountain" Holiday Show

Friday, December 6, 2013 at 8:00pm

Based on the 2003 Grammy-winning CD of the same name, Go Tell It On The Mountain features The Blind Boys of Alabama in a joyful holiday concert performing holiday hymns, carols and seasonal pop standards, blending material from the CD with other traditional favorites. The CD has sold over 200,000 copies and this annual tour has become a popular holiday event since its 2003 debut. It has inspired and uplifted audiences of all ages at such prestigious venues as Washington DC's Lisner Auditorium, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Atlanta's Symphony Hall, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and now the Higley Center for the Performing Arts.

Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone - 24 Gold Records

Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 7:00pm

with Special Opening Performace by Melanie

Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone is a multi-talented entertainer, who has been delighting
audiences nearly all his life. He was born in Manchester, England and at the age of fifteen, Peter achieved international fame as “Herman”, lead singer of the legendary pop band Herman’s Hermits. His classic hits include: “I’m Into Something Good”, “Mrs. Brown, you’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”, “Silhouettes”, “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat”, “Wonderful World”, “Just A Little Bit
Better”, “There’s A Kind of Hush”, “A Must To Avoid”, “Listen People”, “No Milk Today” “The End of the World” “Leaning On A Lamp Post”, and “Dandy”. Ultimately, Herman’s Hermits sold over fifty-two million recordings. In all, fourteen singles and seven albums went gold. As “Herman”, the photogenic Noone graced the cover of nearly every international publication including Time Magazine. He performed on hundreds of television shows and appeared with such luminaries as Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin and Danny Kaye. Accompanied by his band, Herman’s Hermits, Noone currently performs over 200 concerts a year. He consistently plays to sold-out venues and his admirers span the generations. Today’s teen girls scream just as passionately as their mothers did back in 1965, prompting
VH1 to select Noone as their viewer’s choice for the “Sexiest Artist of the Year”. There is no doubt that Peter Noone’s extraordinary talent, disarming wit, handsome features and compelling stage presence will continue to delight fans of all ages, for a long, long time to come.

The Carlos Nakai Trio - R. Carlos Nakai, Will Clipman, William Eaton

Friday, January 24, 2014 at 8:00pmm

R. Carlos Nakai: Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute.  He began his musical studies on the trumpet.  His musical interests took a turn when he was given a traditional cedar flute as a gift and challenged to master it.  As an artist, he is an adventurer and risk taker, always giving his musical imagination free rein.  Nakai is also an iconoclastic traditionalist who views his cultural heritage not only as a source and inspiration, but also a dynamic continuum of natural change, growth, and adaptation subject to the artist’s expressive needs.  He has sold over four million albums in the course of his career.  Nakai has received 8 Grammy® nominations.

Will Clipman: Will Clipman began playing his father's drums and his mother's piano at the age of three. He played his first professional gig at fourteen, and has since then has mastered a pan-global palette of over one hundred percussion instruments in addition to the traditional drumset. Will is a six-time GRAMMY® Nominee, a three-time Native American Music Award Winner, a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award Winner, a New Age Reporter Music Award Winner.

William Eaton: In late 1978, he frequently played in the moonlight near Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s experimental community in Central Arizona. Interested people collected to listen to these sessions. Eaton's awareness of the acoustic properties of various spaces led him to stage impromptu concerts in a variety of improbable locations. Handwritten signs promoted events at the Arizona Sand and Gravel Building, the Central Arizona Project Siphon Tunnel at Granite Reef Dam, and the Monroe Street Civic Building, culminating in 1980 with the Sunset Moonrise Concert on South Mountain, the beginning of his formal performance career. For the following 22 years, Eaton has explored the ways people can be brought to interact with music. 

The Alley Cats - Doo Wop Was Never This Much Fun!

Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 7:00pm

John Michael Montgomery - 15 #1 Hits - 18 Million Albums Sold!

Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 7:00pm

John Michael Montgomery has turned an uncanny ability to relate to fans into one of country music's most storied careers. Behind the string of hit records, the roomful of awards and the critical and fan accolades that have defined his phenomenal success lies a connection that goes beyond his undeniable talent and his proven knack for picking hits. Since the days when "Life's A Dance" turned him from an unknown artist into a national star, John Michael’s rich baritone has carried that most important of assets--believability. Few artists in any genre sing with more heart than this handsome Kentucky-born artist.

Gilbert Folk Festival 2014 - Two Great Headliners - 4 Stages in Downtown Gilbert

2014 Event


President's Day


Weekend

Friday, February 14, 2014 at 8:00pm - Headline Performance

Take Me Home - The Music of John Denver starring Jim Curry

The untimely death of John Denver in 1997 was a tragedy that was felt the world over. Such a void in the musical world left John's ardent fans demanding that his music survive. CBS television responded by producing a made for TV movie: "Take Me Home: the John Denver Story," in which Jim Curry's voice was selected as the voice of John Denver.  Jim Curry has now created the ultimate tribute experience, emerging as the top performer of John Denver's music today. Often performing with John Denver's former band members, Jim Curry's tribute is the first and only full-length John Denver tribute to headline in Las Vegas and has been celebrated nationally and internationally.

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Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 7:00pm - Headline Performance

A Very Special Folk Music Legend Performance

 To Be Announced and Tickets on Sale - November 10, 2014

WHO WILL IT BE?

One Great Night of Folk Music

Joe Bethancourt, Jim Pipkin, Linda Bilque

Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 7:00pm

This show returns for an encore performance for the fifth year in a row. It features Arizona music legend Joe Bethancourt, a master of the banjo and just about any other stringed instrument you can name. He is joined by the ever popular Jim Pipkin as well as Linda Bilque. You will be singing along by the time the evening concludes when all three performers take the stage for the finale.

Ricky Nelson Remembered - starring Ricky's Identical Twin Sons

Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:00pm

“RICKY NELSON REMEMBERED” is a unique multi media entertainment event featuring the live music of Ricky Nelson’s hit songs (including “Hello Mary Lou”, “Travelin’ Man”, “Garden Party”) performed by Ricky’s own twin sons Matthew & Gunnar and includes never before seen big screen video footage of the NELSON family with interviews from celebrities influenced by Ricky Nelson. 

LeeLee Robert - "Cowgirl Jazz"

Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 3:00pm

LeeLee Robert grew up in Arizona where three-part harmony with her brother and twin sister became her favorite child’s play. She wrote her first song at 14 and started her professional career at 16 years old performing in the coffee houses of the 60’s.   Over the next three decades she worked her way up to singing with a 13-piece orchestra at the renowned Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco and performing worldwide.  Lee is best known for her style she calls "Cowgirl Jazz." where she combines the subtle colors and textures of  jazz and blues with the storytelling strengths of traditional western music. She is a high-energy performer who inspires her audiences as she entertains with her originals as well as “old favorites.” She recently released her 6th CD entitled, “Western Stars,” that placed #l8 on the Top 30 Cowboy/Western Albums.