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Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Jake Shimabukuro
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: Online Here
All ages welcome
Artists website: www.jakeshimabukuro.com
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
DWEEZIL ZAPPA plays ZAPPA
DZPZ has announced a summer 2011 tour of the US, beginning on July 28 in Bearsville, NY and winding up with a Seattle show on September 24. DZPZ will be teaming with jazz-fusion supergroup Return to Forever on this tour, and the July 28 show is promised to feature Frank Zappa colleagues from the Mothers of Invention days, Flo and Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, respectively). DZPZ also will conduct a tour of the United Kingdom in late 2011, opening in North Yorkshire on November 17 and concluding in Brighton on December 1.
In 2012 DZPZ is bringing their show to the Rio Theatre!
THE PLAYERS:
Dweezil Zappa: Guitar
Scheila Gonzalez: Saxphone, Flute, Keyboards & Vocals
Pete Griffin: Bass
Billy Hulting: Marimba, Mallets & Percussion
Jamie Kime: Guitar
Joe Travers: Drums & Vocals
Ben Thomas: Vocals
Chris Norton: Keyboards
Show Time: 7:30 pm
Advance Tickets: $50 gen. adm./$75 special seating upfront & center
Available at www.ticketweb.com
(all tickets subject to an additional 5% city tax)
Eat and drink menu: backstageloungerio.com
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February 24 & 25, 2012
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Brought to you by UCSC Recreation
Ignite your passion for adventure, action & travel!
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate you with amazing big-screen stories when it comes to the Rio Theatre. Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters, and climb the highest peaks. Get your tickets today and be taken away to the most captivating places on earth.
The 2011/2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings films from the 36th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 390 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year's world tour are sure to captivate and amaze the explorer within you.
Show times: 7 pm
Tickets: $13 Students & $16 general
Tickets available in Person beginning January 9 at: • UCSC Recreation (831)459-2806 • Pacific Edge (831)454-9254 • Bicycle Trip (831)427-2580
Tickets online December 8 at santacruztickets.com
Sponsored by Pacific Edge Climbing Gym, Bay Tree Bookstore, the Buttery, Bicycle Trip, Allterra Environmental, Ryan Brandt M.D. & Family, Ocean Honda, Kayak Connection, Seahorse Swim School, Santa Cruz Weekly, Adventure Sports Journal
Benefits the UCSC Wilderness Orientation Scholarship Fund
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
"It isn't merely the grace and power of their dancing or the beauty of their singing that rivets the attention, but the sheer joy and love that emanates from their being." — Paul Simon
A South African institution, Lady Black Mambazo sparks a gentle fire to stir passions and lift sunken spirits. The all-male a cappella group began back in the early '60s, when Joseph Shabalala infused sacred vocal harmonies with the secular song and dance styles of South African folk traditions. But it wasn't until 1986 that they broke through to a mass audience, as part of Paul Simon's era-defining Graceland project. Since then, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has become known as a global ambassador for post-apartheid South Africa. Ladysmith is dedicated to making sure that young South Africans don't lose sight of isicathamiya, the traditional Zulu style featuring gorgeous voices, mouth percussion and cascading melodies accompanied by graceful choreography. The group has been nominated for a stunning 13 Grammy Awards and won three, as recently as 2009. Ladysmith is a true phenomenon that has come to be synonymous with "world" music.
Artist Website: www.mambazo.com
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Doors: 6:30 pm
Ticket price: $45/Gold Circle, $30/General *
Advance Tickets: www.kuumbwajazz.org
More info: 831-427-2227 or kuumbwajazz.org
Presented by Kuumbwa Jazz
* ticket price does not include city tax or service charge
Eat and drink menu: backstageloungerio.com
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Mickey Hart Band
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets $29 advance
Advance Tickets Online Here
Artist Website: mickeyhart.net
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012,
***2012 Sundance Official Selection & Award Winner***
INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE
Special Santa Cruz Hometown Preview Screening
Special Screening with Super Meat Boy's Edmund Mcmillen, Tommy Refenes and directors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky. The film will be followed by a Q & A.
"Big Hearted Celebration of the Indie Spirit" - IndieWire
"Four Stars - Indie Game: The Movie is more than just a film about video games, it's an examination of the artistic spirit and the latest evolution of independent artist." - Film Threat
"Both video game fans and casual gamers should find this documentary not only interesting, but compelling as you watch these real life stories unfold and experience the various emotions that come with creating something from scratch and then releasing it into the world." - Film School Rejects
"Truly fascinating and gripping. I highly recommend this film." - Jeff Dixon
Show time: 7:00 pm (Doors Open at 6:30pm)
Tickets available ONLINE only at www.indiegamethemovie.com or indiegamesantacruz.eventbrite.com
CONTACT: Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky
Indie Game: The Movie www.indiegamethemovie.com
email: indiegamethemovie@me.com
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
Playing For Change
What began as a PBS documentary with the lofty goal of fostering hope and inspiration through music has now become a worldwide phenomenon. Inspired by the passion and energy of street musician Roger Ridley's rendition of "Stand by Me," Grammy award winning producer Mark Johnson set out across the globe on one of the most incredible journeys in modern music: Playing For Change.
Johnson traveled the world, recording and filming street musicians of different faiths, backgrounds, and ethnicities, then blended their contributions into one unified and moving performance. Many of these artists would never actually meet, but their talents and passion were brought together in song. Johnson explains the process as "layering musicians on top of each other. They could all hear whatever had come before them, and then they could find a way to make their track something that was more of a universal song." The final product aired as a documentary on PBS called Playing For Change: Peace Through Music and went completely viral on YouTube, with PFC's "Stand By Me" video reaching well over 20 million views.
A collection of musicians from the documentary came together for a live performance at the 2009 SXSW festival as the Playing For Change Band. The group's fervent delivery of blues, gospel, reggae and Afropop led to an amazing run of sold out shows, moving audiences worldwide and earning them a remarkable debut on Billboard's Top 10 with Playing For Change - Songs Around The World. PFC continues in their mission to inspire, connect, and bring peace through music.
More info: www.imnworld.com/playingforchange
Show Time: 8:00 pm
Advance Tickets: $15/$18 at the door
Available online only at: www.ticketweb.com
(all tickets subject to an additional 5% city tax)
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Todd Snider
The Excitement Plan's laid- back groove and top- shelf lyrics are being called Snider's best work yet. "This music is sorta JJ Cale meets Jerry Jeff Walker sounding with words that would hopefully impress Shel Silverstein, Bobby Bare, Chuck Berry, Kris Kristofferson or Randy Newman,"Snider said. With his contributions of stellar guitar, piano and harmonica, his musicianship shares the spotlight as easily as his treasured lyrics. Artist's web site
Show time: 7:30 PM
General Admission $25.00 (advance)
Gold Circle $40.00
Purchase Tickets snazzyproductions.com
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Ani Difranco
Show time: 8 pm
Tickets: $40 advance at Streetlight records and online at www.pulseproductions.net
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Over the Rhine
A husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare and wondrous - an intimate epic.
Show time: 7:30pm
General Admission $22.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets: www.snazzyproductions.com
Artist's web site www.overtherhine.com
Please note this show is at the Kuumbwa
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
tUnE-yArDs
+ special guests
w h o k i l l, the sophomore album by Merrill Garbus' tUnE-yArDs, is a thrill for fans of the live show that left most stunned in 2010. No longer is her artful songwriting and soulful voice obscured by digital fuzz as it often was on her solo debut, BiRd-BrAiNs. Transplanting herself from Montreal to sunny Oakland, California, while touring almost non-stop for over two years, Merrill has stripped tUnE-yArDs away to a more precise, concentrated and vivid sound. w h o k i l l retains the honesty of the lonely bedroom confessional characteristic of her early work, but with the addition of the fangs, claws and dented metal of its new surroundings.
When the homespun cocktail BiRd-BrAiNs was released in the summer of 2009, tUnE-yArDs introduced their way of converting basic beats (A snare crack! A stick clack!), deceptively simple vocal loops and a few instruments into a pocket orchestra. With w h o k i l l, the band has expanded that miniature ensemble into a celebration of quadroaudiophonicnessosity.
Show time: 8pm, 7:15pm doors
Advance tickets $20
Advance tidkets online here: www.tuneyardssantacruz.eventbrite.com
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Rosanne Cash
"The songs she has written over the past three decades… have been defined by their focus and integrity." — The New York Times
More than a country music icon, Rosanne Cash is America's foremost musical woman of letters, a singularly literate artist whose poignant vocals turn every song into a revelatory tale. At the peak of her interpretive powers, she's still riding high from the 2009 release of The List, an album distilled from a list of 100 essential country songs given to her at 18 by her father, the legendary Johnny Cash. Her latest release, aptly titled The Essential Rosanne Cash (Sony Music) is a 36-song collection hand selected by Rosanne that definitively covers her 30 years of recording. Since her 1980 album debut with Right or Wrong, Rosanne has blazed a brilliant trail, landing nearly a dozen #1 singles, blurring the genres of country, rock, roots and pop, while earning 10 Grammy nominations and a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1985 for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me." Her highly personal— yet universally appealing—writing style is also manifest in her parallel prose career. She's also generated an acclaimed volume of short stories, Bodies of Water, a fascinating memoir, Composed and a children's book, Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale. Her essays and fiction have appeared in various collections and publications, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, The Oxford American and New York Magazine. Whether she's writing prose or lyrics, Cash is a natural born storyteller who cuts to the bone. For this date expect an overview of her essential hits, with husband and guitarist John Leventhal to accompany.
Show Time: 7:00 PM
Doors: 6:00 PM
Advance Tickets: $45 Gold Circle (first 10 rows), $30 General Admission, No Jazztix or Comps
Available at Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz and online at: www.kuumbwajazz.org
Official Website: www.rosannecash.com
(all tickets subject to an additional 5% city tax and service charge)
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
HOUSE OF FLOYD
2012 "End of The World" Tour
presents
An Evening of Pink Floyd
The Bay Area's HOUSE OF FLOYD performs the music of Pink Floyd, and has gained a strong following for their unique ability to enthuse both the hard-core fans of the early adventurous Floyd and those who enjoy the songs and soundscapes that later brought them widespread appeal. They capture the essence of each of the various Pink Floyd eras from the formative Syd Barrett days, through the 70's and the final post-Waters era.
In the Pink Floyd tradition, a HOUSE OF FLOYD concert incorporates sound effects, moving lights, lasers and video projection - including many of the original, legendary backing films used by Pink Floyd. The set lists on any given night might be from an actual Pink Floyd concert, or a custom HOUSE OF FLOYD mix, but always includes rarely heard live arrangements used by Pink Floyd in concert – as well as the occasional obscure pieces that never made it to vinyl and were heretofore unknown to all but the serious collectors.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $25/Advanced $30/Door
Advance Tickets: www.ticketweb.com
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Saturday, July 28th, 2012
Hot Tuna
Show time: 8 pm
Tickets: $28 general admission/ $40 Gold Circle advance at Streetlight records and online at www.pulseproductions.net