Category Archives: Music

Riverfest Saturday acts include Ceelo Green, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry

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riverfestCeelo Green, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, Salt-n-Pepa, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Cody Canada & the Departed, Mulehead and Big Piph will be entertaining along the banks of the Arkansas River at 2014 Riverfest today.

11:30a

  • Rock & Stroll Band Winner (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

12:30

  • Brown Soul Shoes (Stickyz Music Stage)

12:45

  • Carnie Barkers (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

1:00

  • Twelve Tone Elevator (Bud Light Stage)

1:45

  • Coyote Union (Stickyz Music Stage)

2:15

  • Charlotte Taylor & Gypsy Rain (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)
  • Mad Nomad (Bud Light Stage)

3:00

  • Jim Mize (Stickyz Music Stage)

3:30

  • Iron Tongue (Bud Light Stage)

3:45

  • FreeVerse (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

4:15

  • Grace Askew (Stickyz Music Stage)

4:45

  • Steepwater (Bud Light Stage)

5:15

  • Magnolia Sons (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

5:30

  • Quaker City Nighthawks (Stickyz Music Stage)

6:15

  • Robert Randolph and the Family Band (Bud Light Stage)

6:45

  • Big Piph & Tomorrow Maybe (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)
  • Mulehead (Stickyz Music Stage)

8:00

  • Salt–n–Pepa (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

8:15

  • Buckcherry (Bud Light Stage)
  • Jonathan Tyler (Stickyz Music Stage)

9:45

  • Ceelo Green (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)
  • Cody Canada and the Departed (Stickyz Music Stage)
  • Three Days Grace (Bud Light Stage)

ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Gretha Boston

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Rock the Tonysgretha bostonGRETHA BOSTON

Little Rock connection: A native of Arkansas, she has appeared in performance at Wildwood Park for the Arts and at Baptist Health’s Bolo Bash.  She has also been inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. (While she was in Little Rock for the Wildwood performance, the Culture Vulture drove her around.)

Tony Awards connection: Won the 1995 Tony for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Show Boat.  She was also nominated in the same category in 1999 for It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues.

2014 RIVERFEST FRIDAY features Chicago, Grandtheft, Easton Corbin and Lee Brice

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logoRiverfest_bigGrandtheft, Chicago, Easton Corbin and Lee Brice are just some of the musical performers on Friday night at Riverfest.

 

6:30

  • Elise Davis (Bud Light Stage)
  • Goose (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)

 

6:45

  • I OZ. Jig (Stickyz Music Stage)

 

8:00

  • Big Dam Horns (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)
  • Easton Corbin (Bud Light Stage)

 

8:15

  • Muck Sticky (Stickyz Music Stage)

 

9:00

  • Big Brown (Stickyz Music Stage)

 

9:30

  • Chicago (Coors Light / Arkansas Federal Credit Union Stage)
  • Lee Brice (Bud Light Stage)

 

9:45

  • Grandtheft (Stickyz Music Stage)

 

ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Melissa Errico

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Rock the TonysErricoMELISSA ERRICO

Little Rock connection: Soloist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

Tony Awards connection: Nominated for a Tony in 2003 for Actress in a Musical for Amour.

Flowing on the River tonight kicks off 2014 Riverfest

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logoRiverfest_bigRiverfest, Inc. invites you to “Flowing on the River”, presented by Insalaco Tenenbaum Enterprises, a wine and craft beer tasting to be held Thursday, May 22nd from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. in the River Market pavilions in downtown Little Rock.

Natural State Wine has selected an array of boutique wines and Arkansas Craft Distributors will provide an offering of outstanding craft beers for your tasting pleasure.  Representatives will be available from the vineyards and breweries to discuss and educate attendees on their products.  Local restaurants will provide hors d’oeuvres to accompany the array of wines & craft beers.

Admission to the event is $35 per person in advance (or $40 at the door).  For more information on the event, please contact the Riverfest office at 501-255-3378.

Spring Season Finale of Tales From The South

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talesfromsouthTonight’s edition of  “Tales from the South” is a special edition. Annual Delta Music Show Featuring Blind Mississippi Morris

“Tales From the South” is a radio show created and produced by Paula Martin Morell, who is also the show’s host. The show is taped live on Tuesday. The night is a cross between a house concert and a reading/show, with incredible food and great company. Tickets must be purchased before the show, as shows are usually standing-room only.

“Tales from the South” is a showcase of writers reading their own true stories. While the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the readings. Stories range from funny to touching, from everyday occurrences to life-altering tragedies.

The program takes place at Starving Artist Café.  Dinner is served from 5pm to 6:30pm, the show starts at 7pm.  Admission is $7.50, not including dinner.

You MUST purchase your ticket before the show

Previous episodes of “Tales from the South” air on KUAR Public Radio on Thursdays at 7pm.

ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Judy Kaye

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Rock the TonysJudyKayeJUDY KAYE

Little Rock connection: Performed with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Tony Awards connection: Won the Tony for Featured Actress in a Musical for The Phantom of the Opera in 1988 and Nice Work If You Can Get It in 2012. She has also been nominated for her performances in Mamma Mia (2002 Featured Actress in a Musical) and Souvenir (2006 Actress in a Play).  In addition to performing on the Tonys with the cast of Mamma Mia, she has appeared on the telecasts with the casts of On the Twentieth Century (1978) and Ragtime (1998).