| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Michael GonzalesPresented by Plush at Plush February 12, 2012 Michael Gonzales has spent a great deal of time in our local music scene both as a musician and as the director of a local art gallery and all-ages venue, the now-closed Living Room. This talented singer-songwriter loves to play in front of new people using music as a way to encourage community and forge new friendships.
| Plush | 02/12/12 | Tucson |
Secret Agent 23 SkidooPresented by Arizona Centennial Commission at Fox Tucson Theatre February 12, 2012 Tu Nidito and Christina Taylor Green foundation present children's concert with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, one of the most popular children's music acts in the U.S. with the number 2 children's album of 2011.
| Arizona Centennial Commission | 02/12/12 | Tucson |
| Strait Country Tribute to George Strait | The Gaslight Theatre | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
Al FoulPresented by Plush at Plush February 13, 2012 With a classic rockabilly style, and a course, gin-soaked voice, Arizona's Al Foul has just released a solo album. After one listen, you will be left swimming in images of crinoline and sideburns with a grin from start to finish.
| Plush | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
Normal Bean BandPresented by Rialto Theatre at Rialto Theatre February 13, 2012 Taking the message of the Dead to the people, the Normal Bean Band will spread the love and good vibes to everyone that has ears to listen. With a massive repertoire of tunes from the Sixties to the present, no two shows will be the same. In the best Dead tradition, Bean and band will mix it up, feel the vibe and connect with rock, blues, jazz and soul songs and improvs. New original songs are created at every show.
| Rialto Theatre | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
John MilbauerPresented by University of Arizona College of Fine Arts at UA Crowder Hall February 14, 2012 Steinway Artist John Milbauer will showcase beautiful piano works by Mexican composer Manuel M. Ponce, including his Chopinesque "Mazurkas" and the lovely "Suite Cubana". The program will also feature works by Maurice Ravel, as well as music from the 18th century to the present inspired by chance procedures.
| University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/14/12 | Tucson |
5th Annual Valentines Day Concert:Dave McGraw and Mandy FerPresented by Flagstaff Cultural Partners at Center for Creative Photography February 14, 2012 Flagstaff Cultural Partners is hopelessly devoted to providing a memorable and fun Valentine's Day evening. Grab a date and a pair of tickets for the 5th Annual Valentine's Concert at the Coconino Center for the Arts on Valentine's Day 2012. The evening features the harmonious sounds of local Folk duo Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer with a pre- concert wine and chocolate tasting.
| Flagstaff Cultural Partners | 02/14/12 | Tucson |
Digital Leather with Lenguas Largas and Otherly LovePresented by Plush at Plush February 14, 2012 Digital Leather fits squarely into an arcane lineage of indie-rock bands who combine awkward vocals, lyrics that run the gamut from weird to transgressive, and oddly-shaped instrumental parts into unaccountably catchy songs.
Lenguas Largas presents a form of garage-pop from Tucson. an original, exciting sound.
Otherly Love is a great act that includes members of Mr Free and the Satellite Freakout and Golden Boots.
| Plush | 02/14/12 | Tucson |
Valentine's Day At a Vampire WeddingPresented by The Mystery Dinner Theater at The Mystery Dinner Theater February 14, 2012 If you’re looking for a truly unique and hilarious way to celebrate Cupid’s jour l’amour, then consider the Mystery Dinner Theater’s dinner and show comedy production of “Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding.” An hilarious night of interactive Valentine’s Day fun, with a candle-lit table served 3-course dinner and a Vampire Wedding murder mystery from the folks who've brought you the longest running murder mystery dinner theater shows in Arizona... | The Mystery Dinner Theater | 02/14/12 | Tucson |
Valentine's Day At a Vampire WeddingPresented by The Mystery Dinner Theater at El Parador February 14, 2012 If you're looking for a truly unique and hilarious way to celebrate Cupid's jour l'amour, then consider the Mystery Dinner Theater's dinner and show comedy production of "Murder at the Vampire's Wedding." An hilarious night of interactive Valentine's Day fun, with a candle-lit table served 3-course dinner and a Vampire Wedding murder mystery from the folks who've brought you the longest running murder mystery dinner theater shows in Arizona (where literally over 400,000 people have died... | The Mystery Dinner Theater | 02/14/12 | Tucson |
Young the GiantPresented by Rialto Theatre at Rialto Theatre February 15, 2012 Young the Giant could tell you about Young The Giant's explosive live show, but there's really no point.
They could tell you what it's like to be in the sticky, sweaty crowd, jumping up and down in perfect unison, but that's neither here nor there.
| Rialto Theatre | 02/15/12 | Tucson |
Glen CampbellPresented by Fox Tucson Theatre at Fox Tucson Theatre February 15, 2012 Glen Campbell was born April 22, 1936, in Delight, Ark., as the seventh son in a family of 12 children. He came from a musical family and began his career with his uncle's Dick Bills Band in 1954, before forming Glen Campbell and the Western Wranglers four years later. Thus began what became one of the notable country-folk-pop singer-gongwriters careers of the age.
| Fox Tucson Theatre | 02/15/12 | Tucson |
White Denim with My Empty PhantomPresented by Plush at Plush February 15, 2012 White Denim spit psychedelia, hard blues, boogie, prog rock and fusion riffs like inspired kids weaned on 64GB iPods and 64-ounce Slurpees.
My Empty Phantom, a one-man show created by musician and composer Jesse Beaman, which mixed haunting piano play with heavy drum beats.
| Plush | 02/15/12 | Tucson |
Lonely Street Series: Manhattan Dolls with Special Guest Robert ShawPresented by Desert View Performing Arts Center at Desert View Performing Arts Center February 16, 2012 Hop aboard the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and join The Manhattan Dolls on a "Sentimental Journey" through the great music of the 30's and 40's. Sit back and enjoy these timeless classics or if you're "In The Mood" get up and dance! In classic USO fashion from boogie woogie to blues, Sentimental Journey celebrates the best the Great American Songbook has to offer. They will be joined on stage with special guest and SaddleBrooke favorite Robert Shaw!
| Desert View Performing Arts Center | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Alexander Lapins: Tuba RecitalPresented by Pima Community College Center for the Arts at Pima Community College Recital Hall February 16, 2012 Pima Community College Music presents Northern Arizona University music faculty Dr. Alexander Lapins in a Tuba Recital. The varied and eclectic program features works by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Pilafian, Vincent Bach, Madsen, Penderecki and Ewazen. Lapins performs on contrabass and bass tubas, as well as the euphonium. His wife, Dr. Sharon Weyser, joins him in a suite for horn, tuba and piano by the composer Madsen. David Craig is accompanist.
| Pima Community College Center for the Arts | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
| UA Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony | University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Machine HeadPresented by Rialto Theatre at Rialto Theatre February 16, 2012 And so it begins 18 tracks of a capella vocals sung by guitarist and lead vocalist Robb Flynn to a haunting, somber melody sung completely in Latin.
| Rialto Theatre | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Leila Lopez with Adam NixonPresented by Plush at Plush February 16, 2012 With a voice like vanilla coffee, bold but smooth, Leila Lopez has a Spanish Bossa Nova style with influence from Santana to the Gypsy Kings and Joni Mitchell.
| Plush | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
New York Voices in ConcertPresented by University of Arizona College of Fine Arts at UA Crowder Hall February 17, 2012 Featuring Darmon Meader, Lauren Kinhan, Peter Eldridge and Kim Nazarian. This Grammy-winning ensemble is renowned for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. Their interests are rooted in jazz, but Brazilian, R&B, classical, and pop influences are infused with equal creativity and authenticity.
| University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/17/12 | Tucson |
Love Notes: A Collaboration of Dance and PoetryPresented by University of Arizona College of Fine Arts at Stevie Eller Dance Theatre February 14-February 17, 2012 Love Notes is a double celebration, marking both Valentine's Day and, in this particular year, the 100th Anniversary of Arizona as a state! Here the UA School of Dance joins forces with the UA Poetry Center to promise an unforgettable experience. Both dance and poetry spring from the heart of music--from the line of melody, and the beat of rhythm. In this performance, love is a dance, the dance is a poem, and all poems are acts of love. Works by the French Surrealists through the New... | University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/14/12-
02/17/12 | Tucson |
The Dusty Chaps with Bob MeighanPresented by Plush at Plush February 17, 2012 Among the Dusty Chaps better known works is Domino Joe, an amazing achievement-a rock opera, or maybe a country/rock opera, beautifully produced, played, and composed.
| Plush | 02/17/12 | Tucson |
Artist Series Holders 2012: Barnaby and Rhythm and RhymePresented by Desert View Performing Arts Center at Desert View Performing Arts Center February 18, 2012 Barnaby is one of the most unique physical entertainers on the scene today. With his off-the-wall sense of humor, crazy juggling and balancing stunts, he keeps his audience laughing and astonished all at the same time.
Rhythm and Rhyme are Ray Templin and Rob Wright. These are two outstanding and gifted instrumentalists who keep their act versatile and highly entertaining. Their musical sense of humor and virtuosity will help to make this one of the most delightful evenings of... | Desert View Performing Arts Center | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Brahms RequiemPresented by Tucson Chamber Artists at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium February 18, 2012 Undoubtedly the best-known sacred work of the Romantic era, Ein Deutsches Requiem was inspired by the death of Brahms's close friend Robert Schumann. The work does not use the traditional Requiem text with its emphasis on God's wrath and judgment, however; rather Biblical texts compiled by Brahms himself that are meant to comfort the living.
| Tucson Chamber Artists | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Oro Valley Classic Car Show, BBQ and Blues Family Festival Presented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance at Oro Valley Marketplace February 18, 2012 Get ready for a day of family fun as the Oro Valley Classic Car, BBQ and Blues Show Family Festival kicks into gear. Judges rate more than 20 classes of antique, classic and muscle cars and trucks, doling out awards for best interior, paint, engine compartment and overall appearance.
| Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | 02/18/12 | Oro Valley |
| 30th Anniversary Performance | Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | 02/18/12 | Green Valley |
OzomatliPresented by Rialto Theatre at Rialto Theatre February 18, 2012 Celebrated LA based culture mashers Ozomatli will be performing a special benefit show on February 18th at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson to help raise money and support the Acosta plaintiffs of Save Ethnic Studies.
| Rialto Theatre | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
The ChieftainsPresented by UApresents at UA Centennial Hall February 19, 2012 Six-time Grammy winners and the world's most popular Irish traditional music group, The Chieftains, will celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2012. They are known for the scope of music performed, the grace and humor of the artists and the visiting dancers and pipe bands that participate throughout
| UApresents | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
| Presidio Goes to Hollywood: A Tribute to the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet | Pima Community College Center for the Arts | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
| Tucson Concert Band | Desert View Performing Arts Center | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
Brahms RequiemPresented by Tucson Chamber Artists at Catalina United Methodist Church February 19, 2012 Undoubtedly the best-known sacred work of the Romantic era, Ein Deutsches Requiem was inspired by the death of Brahms's close friend Robert Schumann. The work does not use the traditional Requiem text with its emphasis on God's wrath and judgment, however; rather Biblical texts compiled by Brahms himself that are meant to comfort the living.
| Tucson Chamber Artists | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
Leann RimesPresented by Fox Tucson Theatre at Fox Tucson Theatre February 19, 2012 LeAnn Rimes has sold more than 37 million albums, won two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest recipient of a Grammy Award, and was also the first country recording artist to win in the "Best New Artist" category.
| Fox Tucson Theatre | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
Billy SedlmayrPresented by Plush at Plush February 19, 2012 Billy Sedlmayr is one of the pioneers of Tucson punk and new-wave music, (he) played pivotal roles as a drummer and singer in seminal local acts The Pedestrians and Giant Sandworms during the early 1980s.
| Plush | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
| Brian Luce and Rex Woods | University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
| Bobby Darin - Robert Shaw in Concert | The Gaslight Theatre | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
Hank ToplessPresented by Plush at Plush February 20, 2012 Singer and guitarist Hank Topless revels in reptile-booted, over-the-top country singer fashion. It is this fashion sense mirrored in the type of music Hank peddles: some of the best honky-tonk and classic country tunes ever penned and some damn-well written originals too. These odes are delivered with one of the sweetest country voices in Arizona, possibly the Southwest.
| Plush | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
| Classix | Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | 02/21/12 | Green Valley |
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Michael Tree, viola, Harold Robinson, celloPresented by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music at TCC Leo Rich Theater February 22, 2012 After nearly thirty-five years of success the world over, including many award-winning recordings and newly commissioned works, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with their performances. Since making their debut at the White House for President Carter's Inauguration in January 1977, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson have set the standard for performance of the piano trio literature. As one of the... | Arizona Friends of Chamber Music | 02/22/12 | Tucson |
SerpePresented by Plush at Plush February 22, 2012 Michael John Serpe is a crap shoot, you never know what you'll get; one night you can walk into a bar and he's picking sweet lullabies on his guitar; next night he's up on a table hooting like a crazed street preacher. It's as if Nick Drake and Tom Waits were the split personalities of one guy. One thing for sure, whether by himself or with his band, he's always entertaining.
| Plush | 02/22/12 | Tucson |
GomezPresented by Rialto Theatre at Rialto Theatre February 23, 2012 When it came time to record their seventh studio album, the eclectic, beautiful Whatever's On Your Mind, the members of Gomez found themselves in a bit of a long distance writing relationship.
| Rialto Theatre | 02/23/12 | Tucson |
| UA Philharmonic Orchestra | University of Arizona College of Fine Arts | 02/24/12 | Tucson |
Dixie CatsPresented by Community Performing Arts Center Foundation at Community Performing Arts Center February 24, 2012 Southern Arizonans are fortunate to have the Dixie Cats appearing at the Performance & Art Center. This six-piece Dixieland Band has been performing in the area and Tucson for many years. The band is made up of a number of musicians who have also performed with such bands as The Bourbon Street Jazz Band, The Dixie Sidewinders and the Rob Wright Dixieland Show Band. The Dixie Cats specialize in New Orleans-style jazz that includes gospel and blues.
| Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | 02/24/12 | Green Valley |
Goitse in ConcertPresented by In Concert! Music Association at Berger Performing Arts Center February 25, 2012 Band out of Dublin Ireland, playing traditional music on fiddle, tenor banjo, bodhran, accordion, guitar keyboards and vocals, Goitse (pronounced gwit- sha) started at the Limerick School of traditional Irish music, and is a high energy band, with their own take on traditional with new exciting arrangements. A local Irish Dance Academy will also perform.
| In Concert! Music Association | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
Motown with Joe BournePresented by Desert View Performing Arts Center at Desert View Performing Arts Center February 25, 2012 Vocalist Joe Bourne and The Giant Blue Band presents the music of Motown and other Soul Music Gems of that era. Featuring the music of The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gay, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, The Ojays, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, and many, many more!
| Desert View Performing Arts Center | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
The Alaska String Band in ConcertPresented by Live Acoustic Venue Association (LAVA) at Abounding Grace Sanctuary February 25, 2012 The Alaska String band is a concert group comprised of members of a single family, the Zahasky Family. They perform with guitar, twin violin/fiddles, bass, mandolin, ukulele, percussion and vocals, and their repertoire consists of lively bluegrass, old time, gospel, swing, dawg, blues, Celtic, and original music.
| Live Acoustic Venue Association (LAVA) | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
Sex Pistols vs. StranglersPresented by Club Congress at Club Congress February 25, 2012 Two legendary pioneer's of Rock n' Roll come together to play a show so awesome you'll be wishing that it would never end.
Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers enjoyed massive UK and European success with ten hit albums and twenty-one top forty singles, etching himself into the UK's and America's musical psyche.
Famous for... | Club Congress | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
The Holy Rolling Empire with MergencePresented by Plush at Plush February 25, 2012 The Holy Rolling Empire, have quickly generated considerable buzz, the hype is justified, the new school of indie-style, not unlike Cold War Kids. Mergence is bringing real rock and roll to local music fans, with a healthy serving of the right influences, as demonstrated on their brilliant first full-length album, Those Vibrant Young People Are Dead.
| Plush | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
International Championship of Collegiate A CapellaPresented by UApresents at UA Centennial Hall February 25, 2012 The International Championship of Collegiate A Capella is the only international tournament that showcases the performing art of student a cappella singing. Varsity Vocals' ICCA program is dedicated to providing high caliber collegiate ensembles with valu | UApresents | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
Back in the Saddle Again, More Music of the West - TSO Pops! SeriesPresented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall February 25-February 26, 2012 When the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! and the Bill Ganz Western Band first teamed up in 2010 to pay tribute to the golden age of the singing cowboy, performing songs inspired by Southern Arizona, it was an artistic triumph and box office hit. Now they're back with another program of music from the Southwest heritage enhanced with beautiful orchestrations including "Ridin' Down the Canyon" inspired by Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona and "Nightrider's Lament" penned near Sonoita. Favorite classic... | Tucson Symphony Orchestra | 02/25/12-
02/26/12 | Tucson |
Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra: Jacek Kaspszyk, artistic director and chief conductor - Garrick Ohlsson, pianoPresented by UApresents at UA Centennial Hall February 26, 2012 Garrick Ohlsson is one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin and winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition. Performing under the baton of Maestro Kaspszyk, former artistic and general director of the Polish National Opera, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra draws on the rich traditions of its home city, which has played host to such great artists as Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Bruch, Paderewski, Sarasate and Ysa?e.
| UApresents | 02/26/12 | Tucson |
CanconierPresented by Arizona Early Music Society at St. Philip's In The Hills Episcopal Church February 26, 2012 The medieval ensemble Canconier has been performing this program to capacity audiences, as well as releasing it as the second CD. Centered on the infamous rule of Vlad the Impaler in what is now Southern Romania, it brings in Balkan folk-songs, Turkish music, music of the Byzantine court and church, Italian and French dances, German songs, and the Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople by Guillaume Du Fay. Canconier's earlier CD was a fresh but historically informed look at Western European... | Arizona Early Music Society | 02/26/12 | Tucson |
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