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Katy Perry

Katy Perry, Salt Lake City, Utah California Dreams Tour 2011, Energy Solutions Arena, Pop Music Artist

Katy Perry’s “California Dreams” world tour is coming to North America this summer and will stop at the NuSkin Theater at EnergySolutions Arena on July 25th.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American pop musician. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which due to the closing of her record label, was deemed unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with the production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–5, neither of which were released.

Past Event

Utah Concerts Happening Now

Katy Perry’s Official Website

Vivint Arena
301 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

Regina Carter Jazz Quintet

Regina Carter Jazz Artist, Musician, Quintet, Salt Lake city, Utah, Sheraton Hotel, Jazz Music ConcertsGrammy-winning jazz violinist Regina Carter’s music spans many styles, ranging from funk, Motown and R&B, to classical to Cuban to East Indian. A dynamic, personable performer, Carter thrills audiences with her unique jazz sounds.

Regina Carter (born August 6, 1966, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz violinist. Carter began as a classical violinist at the age of four, studying the Suzuki Method until she was nine. She is the cousin of famous jazz saxophonist James Carter.
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Contact: Gordon Hanks (801) 278-0235

Admission: $30 for general admission and $15 for students with ID

Jam the River Music Festival

Megan Joy, Jam the River Music Concert, Festival,  Live Music, Provo, Utah, Utah County, Valley, FreeThe Shops at Riverwoods is hosting an all out Music Festival, features some of Utah’s own local talent, as well as a special guest performance by Sugar Ray!

Jam the River is a celebration to commemorate the new look and feel of the shopping plaza, and to kick off The Shops at Riverwoods’ spring shopping, dining and entertainment season.

This two-day event will feature live music, entertainment, and a chance to check out the new shops and restaurants that have recently opened in The Shops at Riverwoods.

FRIDAY’S LINE-UP

  • 3 pm Chance Lewis
  • 4 pm Ryan Holdaway
  • 5 pm Street Legal
  • 6 pm Nico
  • 7 pm Allred
  • 8 pm Brenda Burch
  • 9 pm Ryan Shupe and The Rubber Band

SATURDAY’S LINE-UP

  • 12 pm Steven Halliday
  • 1 pm Calee Schroeder
  • 2 pm Jon Peter Lewis
  • 3 pm Garrett Sherwood
  • 4 pm Allred
  • 5:30 pm Ryan Innes
  • 6:30 pm Megan Joy
  • 7:30 pm Fictionist
  • 9 pm Sugar Ray

The event is free to the public. Shuttle busses will be made available for off-site parking.

Yanni in Concert

Yanni, New Age Music, Easy Listening, Musician, Musical Artist, Salt Lake City, West Valley, Utah, Maverik Center, ConcertsHis concerts are legendary. His live shows have amazed millions on every continent in the world. Now, Yanni returns to the USA and Canada with a concert tour that will give fans what they have been waiting for. Yanni as you know him best, performing his instrumental hits from the shows that have become famous around the world. Fans will witness Yanni and his world class musicians as they take the stage to perform his greatest instrumental hits made famous in his shows from The Acropolis in Greece, The Taj Mahal in India, The Forbidden City in China and The Royal Albert Hall in England.

For the first time ever, the live show will also introduce some of the music from Yanni’s new album “Truth Of Touch”, which is the composer’s first album of original studio music in almost a decade.

This is Yanni returning to his roots with a live performance that will deliver old and new fans the very best of Yanni and his music. Come hear the music that touches the world.

Charlie Daniels Band

The Peppermill Concert Hall in Wendover presents The Charlie Daniels Band Friday March 25, 2011 at 8pm

Charlie Daniels Band, Wendover, Nevada, Peppermill Concert Hall, Concert, Country Music Artist, Live music, Salt Lake city, UtahCharles Edward “Charlie” Daniels (born on October 28, 1936, in Leland, North Carolina) is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008.

Daniels is a singer, guitarist, and fiddler, who began writing and performing in the 1950s. In 1964, Daniels co-wrote “It Hurts Me” (a song which Elvis Presley recorded) with Joy Byers. He worked as a Nashville session musician, often for producer Bob Johnston, including playing electric bass on three Bob Dylan albums during 1969 and 1970, and on recordings by Leonard Cohen. Daniels recorded his first solo album, Charlie Daniels, in 1971 (see 1971 in country music). He produced the 1969 album by The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain and played the violin on “Darkness, Darkness”.

His first hit, the novelty song “Uneasy Rider”, was from his 1973 second album, Honey in the Rock, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Native American Flutist R. Carlos Nakai

R. Carlos Nakai - Flutist, Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Native American Music, New Age, OrchestraLibby Gardner Concert Hall will be filled with the haunting beauty of the Native American flute on Thursday, Feb. 24, as renowned flutist R. Carlos Nakai joins the Utah Philharmonia in a concert themed “Through an American Lens.” Of Navajo-Ute heritage, Nakai is the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute and has numerous Grammy nominations and more than 4 million albums sold to show for it.

“Through an American Lens” will feature traditional American music, as seen through the unique viewpoint of the composer, with three different expressions of the American experience. The elite 95-member Utah Philharmonia will present Aaron Copland’s “Billy the Kid Suite,” which originated as a ballet that incorporates traditional folk songs and cowboy tunes, as well as John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances,” which is described as a “foxtrot for orchestra.” A major force in the field of traditional American music, Nakai will perform the “Two Worlds Concerto,” written for him by Arizona composer James DeMars.

While maintaining his status as an iconic musician and preeminent performer of the Native American flute, R. Carlos Nakai is also the ultimate crossover artist. He plays everything from traditional music to jazz, and participates in some highly unusual collaborations — from his blending of Native American melodies with Jewish and Arabic songs with cellist Udi Bar-David to his recordings with Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog and Hawaiian slack key guitarist and singer Keola Beamer.

Tickets are $7 general admission and $3 for students and seniors. They can be purchased by calling 801-581-7100 or at www.kingsburyhall.org. Concert begins at 7:30 pm.

Marshall Tucker Band

The Peppermill Concert Hall presents the Marshall Tucker Band Saturday March 26, 2011 at 7pm.

Marshall Tucker Band, Wendover, Nevada, Peppermill Concert Hall,  Southern Rock, Classic Rock Music, Salt Lake City, UtahThe Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band’s blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel[1] helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, the band has recorded and performed continuously under various lineups for nearly 40 years.

The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), keyboard player and vocalist Doug Gray (b. 1948), flutist Jerry Eubanks (b. 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1946–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (b. 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949–1980). They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band. After Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. The band’s lineup as of 2009 consists of Gray on vocals, guitarist Stuart Swanlund, keyboard player and flutist Marcus James Henderson, guitarist Rick Willis, bassist Pat Elwood, and drummer B.B. Borden.

Western Music & Comedy Show

Help support the Lehi FFA and join in on an evening of of fun western music and comedy, with the ever-popular Bar J Wranglers Monday & Tuesday February 21, 2001 and 22 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.

The Bar J Wranglers Music & Comedy Show, Lehi, Utah, Thanksgiving Point, Utah County, Utah Valley, FFA Benefit Concert, FundraiserThe Bar J Wranglers perform in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 7 nights per week during the summer months, entertaining 700 people nightly at the acclaimed Bar J Chuckwagon. During their off-season, the Wranglers perform all over the world, bringing their style of western music, stellar harmony, outrageous comedy and remarkable musicianship to people of all ages and backgrounds.
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They have entertained for local, regional and national conventions throughout the west and have been hired for hundreds of city concerts, holiday parties and other smaller venues. They have been featured on TNN with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Randy Travis, as well as live performances on the Discovery Channel and the Travel Network.

BYU presents the NOVA Chamber Players

Chamber Music Instruments, Nova Chamber Players, Cello, Violin, Classical Music, BYU, Brigham Young University, FREE, Concerts, Utah County, Utah ValleyThe School of Music at Brigham Young University will welcome Utah’s celebrated NOVA Chamber Music Series in a free concert Tuesday, February. 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

The performance will start with Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s “Annunciation” from the Rosary Sonata No. 1, followed by Bach’s Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 1037. The chamber ensemble will continue with a commissioned work by BYU composition faculty member Steven Ricks and will conclude with Brahms’ Sextet in G major, Op. 36.

The performance is directed by the Utah Symphony principal keyboardist Jason Hardink, who performed as a guest artist at BYU in January. NOVA musicians to play at the concert include Gerald Elias and Hasse Borup, violin; Julie Edwards and Carl Johansen, viola; Walter Haman and Kevin Shumway, cello; and Jason Hardink, harpsichord and organ.

According to its website, NOVA’s 2010–2011 concert season, dubbed “10.11,” focuses on the consummate works of the chamber music repertoire. Their programs explore the national musical identities of both Russia and Italy and will feature masterpieces by Bach, Brahms and Schumann, as well as contemporary pieces by local composers.

The NOVA Chamber Music Series was founded in 1977 by Utah Symphony clarinetist Russell Harlow. In 1986, Utah Symphony violinist Barbara Scowcroft was appointed as the group’s artistic director. During her tenure of 18 seasons, the series continued the innovative programming and artistic growth of the previous decade and in 1999 received the Utah Governor’s Award for the Arts.