July 20, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council Presents:
Blues Traveler
Tickets $36 & $29/Call 522-0474
Civic Auditorium. Led by John Popper's virtuoso harmonica playing, Blues Traveler really knows how to rock. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. Fans know and love them for their improvisational live shows, but the general public is most familiar with the group from their singles "But Anyway", "Run Around " and "Hook".
Sponsored by: Bechtel BWXT Idaho, Channel Blend, B106 The Beat of Eastern Idaho
and River City Weekly.
Aug. 4, 7:30 pm.
Idaho International Dance & Music Festival
Tickets $14/Call 522-0471
Colonial Theater. First time ever in Idaho Falls!
Aug. 11, 8:00 pm.
An Evening with Joan Baez
Tickets $40/in advance and $43/at the door
Call 522-0471
Colonial Theater. The years 2008 and 2009 are landmark years for Joan Baez, respectively marking 50 years since she began her legendary residency at Boston’s famed Club 47 and 50 years since she made her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. She remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable - marching on the front line of the Civil Rights Movement with Martin Luther King, Jr., inspiring Vaclav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic, singing on the first Amnesty International tour and just this year, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London’s Hyde Park. She brought the Free Speech Movement into the spotlight, took to the fields with Cesar Chavez, organized resistance to the war in Southeast Asia, then forty years later saluted the Dixie Chicks for their courage to protest war. Her earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular before she introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963. Amongst the many honors bestowed upon her, she has most recently been the recipient of the highly prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, the greatest honor that the Recording Academy can bestow (2007) and in 2008, received the Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award at the Americana Music Association’s 7th annual awards show in Nashville. Day After Tomorrow, her first new studio album in five years (released September 9, 2008), has been praised by critics and was nominated for a Grammy award.
Aug. 21, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council Presents:
Roy Clark
Tickets $36 & $29/Call 522-0471
Civic Audiotorium. Roy Clark may be best known for hosting Hee Haw , but this iconic figure in country music has received numerous awards over the years including Comedian, Entertainer, and Instrumentalist Of The Year. Clark is highly regarded as both a guitarist and banjo player. Hit songs include "Yesterday, When I was Young" "Thank God and Greyhound".
Sponsored by: Bechtel BWXT Idaho, The Westside People & KUPI 99.
October 22, 8:00 pm.
Loggins & Messina
Tickets $39 & $34
Call 522-0471
Civic Auditorium *Special Engagement, not part of season package*
Over 35 years since first Sittin’ In together, Kenny Loggins and Jimmy Messina are again side-by-side for a nationwide tour. The American rock-pop duo first achieved their success in the early to mid-70s. Their style features exceptional harmony and thoughtful lyrics, whose most enduring songs were so well crafted that they have never really gone away. Among their well-known songs are "Danny's Song" and "Your Mama Don't Dance".
Sponsored by Nelson Hall Parry Tucker, P.A.; Rex & Tiffany Redden, Good Times Music 98.1 KGTM, Le Ritz Hotel & Suites & Post Register
