Mavis Staples News

Here Come The Mummies will perform at the Boulder Theater today, January 6, 2018.

The Park City Institute invites you to Celebrate 20 Years at the Eccles with a chance to win a pair of VIP Tickets to one of the remaining shows in the 2017-18 Main Stage Season. The winner will be chosen on the 20th Anniversary of opening the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles for the Performing Arts, this coming January.

In a landmark discussion, and her first public ticketed event, Monica Lewinsky will speak at the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Center for Performing Arts. The evening is part of the Park City Institute's 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season. Lewinsky, who describes herself as Patient Zero of Internet Shaming, gave a TED Talk on the subject that has been viewed over 11 million times. She will offer insights into navigating the digital age.

Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band takes over the Eccles Center Main Stage, for two performances in one day, Wednesday, December 27th, at 2:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m., part of the Park City Institute's 20th Anniversary Season.

The Kitchen will present a one-night-only, all-star assemblage of three seminal avatars of 1980s downtown jazz oddity who are still performing at the height of their unique artistry: The Microscopic Septet, The Jazz Passengers and Kamikaze Ground Crew. On Today, December 9

Contemporary swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, arrives in Park City on December 20. The band will perform as part of the Park City Institute's 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season at the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Center.

Here Come The Mummies will perform at the Boulder Theater on Saturday, January 6, 2018.

Anyone who's had the pleasure of experiencing a Groundlings show will not only have tired hands from all the clapping and strained lungs from all the whooping and laughing, but also have worn-out toes from tapping along with the smoking hot Groundlings house band. Musical director Matthew Loren Cohen took a break from his many musical commitments and rehearsals to share some behind-the-scene Groundlings magic with BroadwayWorld.

The Kitchen will present a one-night-only, all-star assemblage of three seminal avatars of 1980s downtown jazz oddity who are still performing at the height of their unique artistry: The Microscopic Septet, The Jazz Passengers and Kamikaze Ground Crew. On Saturday, December 9

Adding to the landmark 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season at the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, the Park City Institute announced the addition of two legendary music performances to its lineup.

Take Me to the River LIVE, the Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue starring Grammy Award-winners William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby Rush comes to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Sunday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. Media sponsor for this event is WDCB, 90.9 FM, Public Radio from College of DuPage.

M. Ward will bring WHISPERTOWN to the Fox Theatre today, October 13, 2017.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Ruthie Foster, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Carrie Rodriguez, the Lone Star State's diverse and celebrated songwriters, on November 8 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Performing as part of of the Texas Troubadours project, these three distinctive voices come together for the first time to swap songs and collaborate.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Crosscurrents, a collaboration by virtuoso musicians Zakir Hussain and Dave Holland on October 28 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Hussain, the world's foremost tabla master, joins forces with Holland bandleader, composer, and 2017 NEA Jazz Master bassist alongside a stellar quintet including saxophonist Chris Potter and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Together, the ensemble will explore the fascinating artistic intersections between jazz and Indian music, and bridge two genres seemingly worlds apart.

Grammy nominee Joan Osborne comes to the intimate Scherr Forum Theatre on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm to pay tribute to music legend and Pulitzer Prize-winner Bob Dylan.

Live at the Eccles is pleased to announce Bob Dylan & His Band Plus Mavis staples are coming to Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater for two nights only.

Following her strut down the red carpet at the Grammy Awards and her newest release "Blue Again," soul-blues star Janiva Magness will be debuting her new material live on her Blue Again Tour. Magness will demonstrate how her robust and soulful voice can seamlessly shift from swampy blues to funky soul as she performs songs from her 2017 Grammy nominated album and 12th release Love Wins Again as well as her entire repertoire on Saturday August 12 in Pawling, NY at Daryl's House at 8 PM.

M. Ward will bring WHISPERTOWN to the Fox Theatre on Friday, October 13, 2017.