Cool Gig Alert!!! Lake Okoboji!!!!

Not blues, but a cool gig at a great setting.

Pearson Lakes Art Center

To Broaden Horizons Through the Arts





PRESS RELEASE


What: Dave Rowley& Friends LIVE!

When: Thursday, August 21, 2007 7:30PM

Where: Pearson Lakes Art Center Pomerantz Hall

Cost: $5.00 for Adult Members - $7.00 for Adult Non-Members

712-332-7029 for tickets or www.lakeart.org







Take some time to reflect on a summer that is slipping through our fingers as Dave Rowley strums on his six-string Tama acoustic. Dave and friends will be performing songs that will transport listeners from the rowdy beach climate of San Diego to the quite porch swings of the Lakes Area itself. Enjoy an evening of casual music in front of the beautiful backdrop out the windows of the Pomerantz Hall at 7:30PM on Thursday, August 21st. Performers include: Dave Rowley, Perry Pearson, Ryan Sather, Bill Tourville and others. Enjoy songs from Jimmy Buffett to Paul Simon and John Fogerty. So sit back, relax and remember what a wonderful summer it has truly been. Last years performance was recorded LIVE and CD’s will be available for purchase during the show!



Sponsored by Dave & Friends and Corporate Partners: Bank Midwest; Pure Fishing; Signe Kim Lauridsen-Jones; Liberty Bank; Wells Dairy Inc. and our Silver Level Corporate Sponsors: United Community Bank; Central Bank; Spirit Lake Hy-Vee; Midwest Coca-Cola; The Inn at Okoboji; Northwest Bank; Bud Pearson Fund For Art Education; Kum & Go; Piccadilly Circus Pizza/Land Mark Products, Tom Fuhrman’s Edward Jones, Arrowwood Resort

Reserve your tickets today at the Pearson Lakes Art Center box office- 712-332-7029 or www.lakesart.org

$5.00 for Adult Members - $7.00 for Adult Non-Members

Blues Shoe Project Cool Show Alert!!

Here is some cool news from the Blues Shoes Project!

Grammy Winning Blue Shoe Project Hosts Free Blues Fest Featuring Grammy Winners

Grammy Winning Blue Shoe Project Hosts Free Blues Fest Featuring Grammy Winners Bring the kids, Blue Shoe also hosting education event at festival

Colleyville, Texas - On Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 2 PM to 9 PM, Grammy-winning non- profit organization The Blue Shoe Project will host Colleyville's first-ever blues festival in The Village at Colleyville development, 62 Main Street, Colleyville, Texas (at the intersection of Highway 26 and Main Street in Colleyville). Headlining the event will be national recording artist Elvis T. Busboy and The Blues Butchers, featuring five-time Grammy Award winner Tim Alexander of the Iconic Country band Asleep at The Wheel. Also performing will be international blues artist Tutu Jones, child prodigy bluesman Marquise “Big Daddy" Knox, who recently opened for BB King, and slide guitar master Gerry Moss of the legendary Lloyd Price Band. Big Daddy Knox will also be leading the Blues Workshop for kids with Blue Shoe Mike for participating youth that starts around 3:00 PM.

This is a free event

The event is being presented by Realty Capital Partners, Tivoli Wines, Denton, Smith and Cunningham, L.P. , Clifton Capital Partners and is sponsored by The Village at Colleyville business community. A Special VIP package is also available that includes back stage access, hospitality condominium and an all inclusive food and beverage Artist Meet and Greet. For information about the event or to purchase a VIP package, please contact The Blue Shoe Project at 1-800-714-6019 or online at www.BlueShoeProject.org or www.BlueShoeLive.com .

A non-profit organization founded in 2004, The Blue Shoe Project is dedicated to the education and preservation of traditional Blues music. To date, over 25,000 students have experienced live blues educational performances in informative and personal settings, as various artists share their music and its historical impact with children of all ages. All proceeds from the concert benefit The Blue Shoe Project's education and outreach efforts.

For more information, visit:
www.BlueShoeProject.org
Or contact: Michael Dyson
Telephone 689-2416
Email: mike(at)blueshoeproject.org

Upcoming Shows At The Gathering Place Cherokee Iowa

Big shows at the Gathering Place in Cherokee Iowa.

Upcoming Shows

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Feb 7 2008 5:45P	Cherokee Connection Radio Show	Cherokee, Iowa
Feb 7 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Feb 15 2008 8:00P	Live Music Friday - The Tom Gary Blues Band	Cherokee, Iowa
Feb 21 2008 5:45P	Cherokee Connection Radio Show	Cherokee, Iowa
Feb 21 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Mar 6 2008 5:45P	Cherokee Connection Radio Show	Cherokee, Iowa
Mar 6 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Mar 20 2008 5:45P	Cherokee Connection Radio Show	Cherokee, Iowa
Mar 20 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Mar 21 2008 8:00P	Live Music Friday - Chad Elliot	Cherokee, Iowa
Apr 3 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Apr 17 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
May 1 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
May 15 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
May 29 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Jun 12 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa
Jun 26 2008 7:00P	Jammin’ with Mike	Cherokee, Iowa

Des Moines Arts Festival

While the Des Moines Art Festival is not a blues festival, it is a huge gathering of visual and performing artists. Also, it has a few good blues bands as well:-) The pre fest started tonight at Blues On Grand with a live radio broadcast of one of the hottest blues performers in the US, Watermelon Slim! I must admit that I missed that one, and should have posted about it, since they streamed the show live on the internet on KUNI. Anyway, people in the upper Midwest should try to catch this fest. BTW, the fest winds up with the Iowa Blues Hall Of Fame induction at Blues On Grand! So the might BOG starts and ends the fest!!!


Here is the schedule from the Des Moines Art Festival website.

Thursday, June 28

Des Moines Arts Festival and Iowa Public Radio present LIVE! Load-In Thursday at Blues on Grand
Join us in downtown Des Moines as we celebrate the load-in of the 10th anniversary edition of Iowa's most celebrated festival at LIVE! Load-In Thursday on June 28! Curt Snook of WOI 90.1 FM will take his live show on the road with blues artists Watermelon Slim and The Workers from 7-8:30 p.m. at the legendary Blues on Grand (1501 Grand Ave.).

Friday, June 29
U.S. Cellular Stage
3:30 p.m. - Roxi Copland Trio
5 p.m. - Big Wooden Radio
7 p.m. - Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Band

Meredith Corporation Stage
4 p.m. - DiJohn
6 p.m. - Inner Rain
8 p.m. - Stallions versus Unicorns

Prairie Meadows Performing Arts Stage
4 p.m. - Kelly's Clan
6 p.m. - Hot Club of Des Moines
7:30 p.m. - Party Gras Classic Jazz Band
9 p.m. - The 34th Army Band Rhythm Majors directed by Sergeant First Class Roscoe Porch

Saturday, June 30
U.S. Cellular Stage
10 a.m. - The Heroes
11 a.m. - The Trained Professionals
Noon - Bob Hillman
1 p.m. - Forty Watt Bulb
2 p.m. - Josh Davis
4 p.m. - The Tyler Thompson Band
5 p.m. - Dick Prall
6 p.m. - Benjamin Wagner
7 p.m. - Randy Burk and the Prisoners
8 p.m. - The Nadas
9:30 p.m. - All-Star Jam

Meredith Corporation Stage
10 a.m. - Nic Arp
11:30 a.m. - Las Guitarras de Mexico
1 p.m. - Lojo Russo
2:30 p.m. - Homemade Headtrip
3:30 p.m. - Isiserettes
4:30 p.m. - Deja Voodoo Band
6 p.m. - Little Mojo
8 p.m. - Blue Island Tribe

Prairie Meadows Performing Arts Stage
10 a.m. - Nurturing a Student's Vision Visionary Artists' Ceremony
Noon - Clubhouse at the Playhouse
1 p.m. - Iowa Dance Theatre/Tap Des Moines
2 p.m. - Makeup Application Demonstration by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics exclusively at Younkers Jordan Creek
2:30 p.m. - Des Moines Playhouse-Selections from Disney's High School Musical
3 p.m. - Foy School of Irish Dance
4:30 p.m. - Roberto the Magnificent
6 p.m. - Party Guise
8 p.m. - WORLDPORT

Library Loading Dock Concert for Teens
If you love to listen to local garage bands, you will want to head to the Central Library’s loading dock where local bands will be perform on Saturday, June 30, from 5-9 p.m. From rock to hip-hop and high school to professionals, you can see (and hear) them all for free!

Sunday, July 1
U.S. Cellular Stage
11 a.m. - Lady Blue featuring Tina Haase Findlay
1 p.m. - Electric Junction
3 p.m. - The Kissers

Meredith Corporation Stage
11 a.m. - Box Brothers Band
1 p.m. - The Sons of Gladys Kravitz
3 p.m. Swing Crew

Prairie Meadows Performing Arts Stage
11 a.m. - Des Moines Poetry Slam
12:30 p.m. - The Railmen Lincoln High School All-Male Dance Squad
1:30 p.m. - Roberto the Magnificent
3 p.m. - Capitol City Swing
4 p.m. - Clubhouse at the Playhouse

Cool Show Alert: Des Moines iowa.

An old friend of mine, Jamie Grim from Des Moines is playing in a cool show tonight at House of Bricks, located on east 6th and Grand. Jamie is a cool blues rock guitarist and plays with Johnny Reeferseed and the High Rollers. Looks like they are the opening act for Blowfly, and Blueprint of Soul Position. It is not an all ages show, but it looks like 16 year olds can go to the show. House of Bricks caters to an all ages crowd and sometimes the lineup to get into the place can stretch around the block. Sounds like a fun show!