FIBArk invites you to enjoy an amazing line up of FREE music in Salida during the 2009 festival. On Thursday evening, the Salida band The Groove Farmers will kick off FIBArk music with locally grown grooves at Riverside Park from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. They will be followed by the Memphis-influenced beats and reggae samplings of Mama’s Cookin,’ playing from 8 – 10 pm. Enjoy the New Belgium Brewery beer selection and dance the night away with these stellar bands!
Friday evening will feature Lubriphonic from 5:30 – 7:30 pm in the park with their old-school funk and cutting-edge originality that create fun dancing tunes. From 8 – 10 pm, Porter, Batiste, and Stoltz will not only get Salida’s groove on with some of the funkiest music on the scene, but they will also feature special guest, Kyle Hollingsworth, keyboardist of The String Cheese Incident. Keep on dancin’ with Lubriphonic at a Late Night Show at the Salida SteamPlant Theatre. Cost is $10.
Saturday’s music begins at 5:30 pm in the park with the “Americana” folk style of Great American Taxi, led by Leftover Salmon’s front man and Colorado local, Vince Herman. From 8 – 10 pm, pay homage and rock out to Led Zeppelin with the all-female cover band, Lez Zeppelin. At the Salida SteamPlant Theatre, FIBArk will host a Late Night Show by DJ Logic, one of the world’s most accomplished turntablists credited with bringing jazz into hip-hop realms on the turn table. Buy your tickets early! Cost is $10.
FIBArk 2009 Music will end on Sunday with a show from the 20-year-old band Persuasion, a local rock-n-roll, blues, and country band playing in the park from 11 am – 2 pm. Watch the Downriver races and enjoy a New Belgium beer while listening to their Northern New Mexico style. For all FIBArk music details and more information about the festival, please check the official FIBArk website, www.fibark.com, and click on the Music tab. See you in the park!
Thursday, June 18th (Riverside Park)
5:30 – 7:30 pm: The Groove Farmers
8 – 10 pm: Mama’s Cookin’
Friday, June 19th (Riverside park)
5:30 – 7:30 pm: Lubriphonic
8 – 10 pm: Porter, Batiste, and Stoltz featuring Kyle Hollingsworth of SCI
Late Night Show: Lubriphonic (Salida SteamPlant Theatre, $10 cover fee)
Saturday, June 20th (Riverside Park)
5:30 – 7:30 pm: Great American Taxi
8 – 10 pm: Lez Zeppelin
Late Night Show: DJ Logic (Salida SteamPlant Theatre, $10 cover fee)
Sunday, June 21st (Riverside Park)
11 am – 2 pm: Persuasion
Dont waste your Saturday night. My husband and I saw Lez Zeppelin in Denver a few weeks ago and it was so bad we had leave. Apparently, not the same band from a year ago. Must be a cheap band to get is why they are playing
Ditto on the Lez Zep comment. Attended a show in Aspen a year or so ago, pretty good – but that night in Denver at the Bluebird was sorry beyond words, we stayed till the end but that was a mistake. Just got worse and worse. For sure not the same band, singer and really overweight drummer were the worst aspect. Guitar player needs to learn the music.
Sammy Giles
The weekend is full of amazing talent in addition to the music line-up. FIBArk is a great free event that has brought this community together for the last 61 years and we look forward to celebrating this tradition with you again this year.
Any band can have a bad show —even the original Zepplin. Women playing Lez Zepplin? I liken it to seeing a Mike Meyer’s, or Will Farrel movie; I presume it’ll be goofy but awesome! I’ll sing along every song! Bring it on. I know this board has been working so hard, and when I cheer, it’ll be for whomever brought some free tunes to my park on a summer night by the river.
It really saddens me that citizens of this great town can just assume that a band is terrible by one night judgement. And assume that they are a cheap band. I would not presume it to be goofy at all. And yes this is a new line up and it takes time for everyone to gel together. Hey S. Giles if you think that guitar player needs to learn music you need to get your ears checked.,and don’t speak if you don’t kbnow what you are talking about. I love how a lot of people around FIBark time becomes music experts. NOTE TO ALL: ITS FREE MUSIC PEOPLE!! Enjoy it may not last much longer
Over past few years Steve and the FIBArk board have really stepped up the quality of music, food and fun over the weekend, I’m sorry the first few folks are going to stay home Saturday night but I for one will be there Rocking my socks off!!
WSP..regarding goofy, I hope you did not misunderstand. I meant goofy in the best sense of the word! I simply meant women playing Zepplin is a schtick —but a very good one. Like Hell’s Bells, I LOVED it. But a woman doing a spot on Angus Young is simply goofy in a high-fivey kind of way. With that said, obviously, we are on the same page and I look forward to seeing you Saturday night. Thanks for writing in!