Liver Down the River & River Spell
Aniams City Theatre PresentsLiver Down the River & River SpellTuesday October 31st21+ / $22 / $25Tickets on sale now online at www.animascitytheatre.comFrom the Front Range of Colorado comes the five-pieceband Liver Down The River. From the high peaks ofBluegrass, the deep pockets of the Funk, and the outerreaches of space, a new genre is created:Funk-edeli-grass“A funkadelic hoedown that will send you into infinityand beyond!” – DGO MagazineSince 2012, LDTR’s unique sound and high energyperformances have lead them to share the stage withartists such as:The Infamous Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, LeftoverSalmon, The Main Squeeze, Moe, and more……………………..www.liverdowntheriver.comwww.facebook.com/liverdowntheriverwww.instagram.com/liverdowtheriverwww.soundcloud.com/liverdowntheriver
High Country Hustle & Six Dollar String Band
Animas City Theatre PresentsHigh Country Hustle with special guest Six Dollar String Band21+ / $18 / $20High Country Hustle brings big smiles and foot-stomping good times to venues and festivals across the United States. Formed in 2017, this four-piece bluegrass band delivers high-energy shows that are sure to get you moving. Their style combines unique songwriting with jam sensibilities that have propelled the band onto premier stages such as the Mishawaka and Fox Theatre. They have hustled their way onto festival lineups—like Rhythms on the Rio, Beanstalk, and Pagosa Folk ‘N Bluegrass—sharing the stage with acts like Kitchen Dwellers, Trout Steak Revival, and Tim O’Brien. In 2022, High Country Hustle released its sophomore album “Weather the Storm,” produced by Jake Simpson of The Lil Smokies.“They’re a high-energy force to be reckoned with and a fierce competitor amongst the Front Range bluegrass music scene. After winning the WinterWonderGrass Band Contest and a slot at the Steamboat festival stage in February of 2020, these Durango pickers have been making a name for themselves and moving on an upward trajectory ever since.” 303 Magazine Andy Gallen – Guitar & Vocals Charlie Henry – Bass & Vocals Seth Yokel -Mandolin & Vocals Zach Hudson – Fiddle
Ezra Bell with People We Know
Animas City Theatre PresentsEzra Bell with special guest People We KnowWednesday September 20thDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm21+ / $18 / $20 Ezra Bell was founded by Benjamin Wuamett and friends late in the summer of 2013. It was warm enough to sit on the porch into the evening and learn a couple of songs. A lap drum, a banjo and an out-of-tune guitar. Since then the cast of characters involved have moved around a bit. Having just finished their eighth studio album, they’ll wander around a bit and see if anyone likes it. The current cast of characters:Jeremy Asay- piano, mandolinDave Asay- guitar, banjoElizabeth Anderson- StringsAaron Mattison- HornsTommy Mortenson- Upright BassJohn Myers- DrumsBenjamin Wuamett- Vocalshttps://www.ezrabellband.comhttps://www.facebook.com/EzraBellBandhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8O4Tm1AbpGPw4q69tjnLw
ShadowTrapp & The Monkberries
KDUR & Animas City Theatre PresentShadowTrapp & The MonkberriesSaturday July 15thDoors 6:00pm / Show 7:00pm-10:00pm$10 / 21+
Stillhouse Junkies FRIDAY Night One w/ Golden Shoals
Stillhouse Junkies Night OneSpecial Guest Golden ShoalsDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmSingle Night Pass $25 *The Animas City Theatre will NOT refund or Switch single night passes purchased for wrong evening*Two Night Pass $40 Stillhouse Junkies BioBorn in a distillery in Durango, CO, 2021 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year and two-time Telluride Bluegrass band contest finalists Stillhouse Junkies play a delirious, head-spinning mixture of original roots, blues, funk, swing, and bluegrass music. With all three band members sharing lead vocal and songwriting duties, the Junkies conjure a wide range of tonal landscapes that pay tribute to the iconic sounds of Gillian Welch, the Allman Brothers, Tim O’Brien, the Wood Brothers, John Hiatt, and countless others while breaking new musical ground with their genre-bending original material. Stillhouse Junkies are proud to be Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival showcase artists and 2020 & 2021 IBMA World of Bluegrass showcase artists. https://stillhousejunkies.com https://www.facebook.com/stillhousejunkies https://www.instagram.com/stillhousejunkies https://music.apple.com/us/album/calamity/1501005420
Stillhouse Junkies TWO NIGHT PASS 10/27 & 10/28
Stillhouse Junkies TWO night Pass Night One special guest Golden ShoalsNight Two Theme: Jim Henson’s Muppet Costume ContestNight Two Special guest Never Come DownDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm $40 Two Night Pass (Limited to 60) 21+ / Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm Stillhouse Junkies Bio Born in a distillery in Durango, CO, 2021 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year and two-time Telluride Bluegrass band contest finalists Stillhouse Junkies play a delirious, head-spinning mixture of original roots, blues, funk, swing, and bluegrass music. With all three band members sharing lead vocal and songwriting duties, the Junkies conjure a wide range of tonal landscapes that pay tribute to the iconic sounds of Gillian Welch, the Allman Brothers, Tim O’Brien, the Wood Brothers, John Hiatt, and countless others while breaking new musical ground with their genre-bending original material. Stillhouse Junkies are proud to be Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival showcase artists and 2020 & 2021 IBMA World of Bluegrass showcase artists. https://stillhousejunkies.com https://www.facebook.com/stillhousejunkies https://www.instagram.com/stillhousejunkies https://music.apple.com/us/album/calamity/1501005420
Stillhouse Junkies SATURDAY Night Two w/ Never Come Down
Stillhouse Junkies Night TwoJim Henson’s Muppet Costume ContestSpecial Guest Never Come DownDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmSingle Night Pass: $25 *The Animas City Theatre will NOT refund or Switch single night passes purchased for wrong evening*Two Night Pass $40 Stillhouse Junkies BioBorn in a distillery in Durango, CO, 2021 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year and two-time Telluride Bluegrass band contest finalists Stillhouse Junkies play a delirious, head-spinning mixture of original roots, blues, funk, swing, and bluegrass music. With all three band members sharing lead vocal and songwriting duties, the Junkies conjure a wide range of tonal landscapes that pay tribute to the iconic sounds of Gillian Welch, the Allman Brothers, Tim O’Brien, the Wood Brothers, John Hiatt, and countless others while breaking new musical ground with their genre-bending original material. Stillhouse Junkies are proud to be Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival showcase artists and 2020 & 2021 IBMA World of Bluegrass showcase artists. https://stillhousejunkies.com https://www.facebook.com/stillhousejunkies https://www.instagram.com/stillhousejunkies https://music.apple.com/us/album/calamity/1501005420Never Come Down:Weaving together modern and traditional styles of bluegrass and americana, Never Come Down is a Portland, Oregon based 5-piece composed of Joe Suskind (guitar), Crystal Lariza (vocals), Brian Alley (banjo), Kaden Hurst (mandolin), and Ben Ticknor (bass). Their dedication to thoughtful songwriting and dynamic arrangements highlight polished technical skills and a commitment to listening to each other. Formed in 2018, the band’s self-titled debut arrived shortly thereafter, and their second album “Better Late Than Never” was released in 2021. They’ve toured internationally and have found acclaim from festivals and venues such as Iceland Airwaves, John Hartford Memorial Fest, Americanafest, FreshGrass and RockyGrass.
The Expendables w/ Claire Wright
Cervantes PresentsThe Expendables w/ Claire WrightFriday October 13th 202321+Tickets on sale online Friday May 19th at 11:00AM MTDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmThe Expendables have proven anything but in their nearly 25-year career since starting out as a spirited party band in high school performing surf-rock covers for birthdays and family gatherings. A quarter-century later, elementary school buddies Raul Bianchi, Adam Peterson andGeoff Weers, along with bassist Ryan DeMars, who joined in 2000, have forged a unique sound born in the laid-back beach life in their hometown of Santa Cruz, CA. The Expendables’ infectious hybrid of ska, surf-rock, punk, reggae and metal can be heard in their latest streaming track, “Surfman Cometh,” a spaghetti-western meets “Pipeline” twang that could easily form the soundtrack to the latest Quentin Tarantino film. The song is the first release from the group’s new and improved Band Room, their longtime rehearsal space in a 1,100 square foot warehouse and former wine cellar on Coral Street, where Adam Patterson took charge of the final mix to great effect. The band’s previous studio album of original material, 2015’s Sand in the Sky, was followed by The Expendables’ second release featuring acoustic reworking of past material,Gone Raw, 2019’s follow-up to 2012’s Gone Soft. The Expendables continue woodshedding until they can get back out on the road. Their 2017 Moment EP, which debuted at #1 on theBillboard Reggae chart, showed the band starting to move into different musical directions, a set featuring collaborations with reggae crooner HIRIE, rapper Tech N9ne, Eric Rachmany, and Micah Peuschelhttps://www.theexpendables.nethttps://www.facebook.com/theexpendableshttps://twitter.com/TheExpendableshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjUAKc_u9dvTTvYugIezUKwhttps://www.instagram.com/theexpendables/https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-expendables/77407986https://open.spotify.com/artist/2OpHxx1SArSMlBrIMM0aV9?si=k5e9xyeVSliP2XyNnMOI4A&nd=1
Cha Wa & River Spell
Animas City Theatre PresentsCha Wa with special guest River SpellSunday June 25th$22/$25/21+Tickets on sale online Friday May 19th at 10:00amDoors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmNew Orleans brass band-meets-Mardi Gras Indian outfit Cha Wa radiates the energy of the city’s street culture. “My People,” the band’s follow up to their Grammy-nominated album “Spyboy,” feels like pure joy, a distillation of generations of New Orleans expression. But it also never fails to remind us how hard-won that joy was and still is: not least in the tense, funky and explosive title track, with its declaration “My people, we’re still here.” “Mardi Gras Indian songs are inherently songs about freedom,” the band’s drummer Joe Gelini says. “And that struggle is as relevant today as it’s ever been.” Popmatters describes the band as “a grand gumbo of singing, intoxicating rhythms, and deep funk grooves that are impossible to resist.” “I’ve seen the future of New Orleans music and its name is Cha Wa.” – Paste “Powerful, relatable, vibrant.” – NPR All Things Considered “Cha Wa, with bass lines played on sousaphone plus trumpet and two trombones, bring the city’s brass band tradition to bear. Add sick jazz-funk guitar, and…full-beaded holiday regalia, and the result was a portable Mardi Gras Dance Party!” – Rolling Stone “Cha Wa blends Mardi Gras Indian tradition and modern pop magic.” – No Depression River Spell is a Colorado-based band delivering heartfelt songwriting and extended improvisation. Their timeless, yet innovative sound encompasses elements of folk, rock, jam, funk, and bluegrass music. Grant Livingston: acoustic guitar & vocals Ben Maillaro: electric guitar Jake DeMarco: bass Zack Ritchie: drums
Tropidelic w/ Kyle Smith & Joey Harkum
Animas City Theatre PresentsTropidelic w/ Kyle Smith & Joey HarkumTuesday October 3rd$20/$25/21+Tickets on sale now online Early Show Doors 6:30pm “Every single second is a blessing if you count them all,” sings frontman Matthew Roads. You can hear the sincerity in his voice; the joie de vivre that oozes from everything Tropidelic does is apparent. When they take a stage, their synergy flows member to member – horns blow, knees kicked high and grins are passed from one man to the next. Almost immediately, it spreads to the crowd, lifting hands in the air as their feet begin to move. The pulse collectively becomes that of one. The six-piece band from Cleveland, Ohio may be far from any tropical islands, but that doesn’t stop them from dishing out an interesting mix of reggae, hip-hop, and high energy funk for audiences across the country. Unapologetically original, Tropidelic has a deep and widespread appreciation for music that can be heard in each note. Some of the members are hip-hop heads, while others are into metal, funk or reggae. Each of these genres lends something to their collective sound. “We pride ourselves in being original in our musicality and personality as a band,” says Roads, “but also in not taking ourselves so seriously that it ruins the fun.” Quickly elevating themselves in the live circuit, Tropidelic can be found spreading their soulful sound across the country in both intimate venues and music festivals, having shared the stage with and supported such acts as 311, Slightly Stoopid, The Dirty Heads, Pepper, The Flobots and Wookiefoot. Previously, Tropidelic has been featured at Electric Forest, California Roots Music & Art Festival, Reggae Rise Up, Warped Tour and 311 Caribbean Cruise, as well as the host of their own annual Freakstomp Music Festival. Following on the success of their 2019 release, Here in the Heights, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard reggae charts, Tropidelic has released a series of impressive singles featuring guest appearances from Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, Devin the Dude and Shwayze. These singles have amassed over five million streams in 2020, and they are featured on their latest album, Of Illusion, which debuted on November 13th, 2020. Of Illusion was released on Billboard’s number one reggae label, Ineffable Records. Tropidelic has put in their ten thousand hours, and they have arrived on the national scene to the delight of their ever growing and rapturous fans.Website Spotify Instagram Facebook Twitter SoundCloud