Saturday’s Wormy Dog Spring Jam moved inside due to expected inclement weather
No Justice
Because of the probability of inclement weather, Saturday’s sixth annual Wormy Dog Spring Jam has been moved inside, according to WormyDog.com.
The concert typically takes place at the parking lot west of Walnut Street Bridge in Bricktown. But because of the predicted rainy weather, this year’s jam will be inside the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
All tickets previously purchased will be honored. But since the Wormy Dog is a 21 and older venue, underage ticketholders will need to get a refund at the saloon.
Doors will open Saturday at 4 p.m. The music is set to start at 4:30 p.m. The lineup includes Reckless Kelly, No Justice, Mama Sweet and an acoustic performance by Cody Canada, Charlie Robison and Chris Knight.
For tickets, call (866) 977-6849 or go to www.protix.com.
For more information on the show changes, call 601-6276 or go to www.wormydog.com.
-BAM
UPDATED: Weekend Warmup for May 14-16, 2010
Reckless Kelly
Here is a list of events happening around Oklahoma this weekend (May 14-16). For more activities, go to www.wimgo.com:
UPDATED: Because of the probability of inclement weather, Saturday’s sixth annual Spring Jam has been moved inside the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan, according to WormyDog.com. All tickets previously purchased will be honored. But since the Wormy Dog is a 21 and older venue, underage ticketholders will need to get a refund at the saloon. Doors will open Saturday at 4 p.m.
- Hear Reckless Kelly, No Justice, Mama Sweet and an acoustic performance by Cody Canada, Charlie Robison and Chris Knight at the sixth annual Wormy Dog Spring Jam at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the parking lot west of the Walnut Street Bridge in Bricktown. Doors open at 3 p.m. Information: (866) 977-6849 or www.protix.com.
- Revisit the past at the third annual Call to Arms living history event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive. The family-friendly event will feature living history soldiers and civilians from the American Revolution through World War II. Information: www.okhistorycenter.org.
- Watch Reduxion Theatre’s staging of Shakespeare’s bloody revenge drama “Titus Andronicus” at 8 tonight and Saturday at City Arts Center Theater at State Fair Park. Information: 651-3191 or www.reduxiontheatre.com.
Conan O’Brien (Associated Press photo)
- TULSA — Catch Coco in concert as TV personality Conan O’Brien brings his “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” at 7 p.m. Saturday to Brady Theater, 105 W Brady Street. Information: (918) 582-7239 or www.bradytheater.com.
- Take the plunge as White Water Bay water park, 3908 W Reno, opens its 2010 season at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Information: 943-9687 or www.whitewaterbay.com.
- Taste a variety of cocktails and appetizers from top Oklahoma City restaurants at the annual ARTini fundraiser for Allied Arts from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Oklahoma City Public Farmers Market, 311 S Klein Ave. The Young Patrons – Allied Arts’ young professionals group – will host the event, which also will include live entertainment, dancing and a silent art auction featuring original work by local artists. All event proceeds benefit Allied Arts and the 20 local arts groups it supports. For more information, go to www.alliedartini.com.
The Non
- NORMAN – Hear The Non, Student Film, Mayola and Native Lights at 9 tonight at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford. Information: www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
- NORMAN – Check out the mouthwatering new attraction “Chocolate: The Exhibition” when it opens Saturday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Information: 325-4712 or www.snomnh.ou.edu.
- Hear Tulsa-based punk-pop guitarist Stephen Egerton with Drag The River, Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast, Slorder and Euclid Crash at 7 tonight at The Conservatory, 8911 N Western. Information: www.conservatoryokc.com.
- TULSA – Look at the works of 120 artists, hear live music, play in the KidZone and more this weekend during Tulsa International Mayfest in downtown. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: www.tulsamayfest.org.
Fiawna Forté
- TULSA – Celebrate the release of Fiawna Forté’s new CD and hear Bruder and The Panda Resistance at 8 tonight at The Marquee, 222 N Main. Information: www.myspace.com/themarqueetulsa.
- Take in new artwork, live music and other festivities during the monthly LIVE on the Plaza artwalk from 7 to 11 tonight in the Plaza District, NW 16 between Classen and Penn avenues. Information: www.plazadistrict.org.
- Hear Oklahoma kindie rockers Sugar Free Allstars play a CD release party for their new kid’s album “Funky Fresh and Sugar Free” at 6 tonight at at Convergence, 1755 NW 16 Street. The Allstars also will play a set for grownups at 9 tonight. The event is in association with LIVE on the Plaza. Information: www.sugarfreeallstars.com.
Sarah Coburn
- Hear Canterbury Choral Society perform “The Three B’s: Baroque, Bel Canto & Beyond,” featuring Oklahoma native and rising star operatic soprano Sarah Coburn, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: www.canterburyokc.com.
- TULSA – Listen to Asleep at the Wheel with the Round Up Boys at 7:45 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Or hear Johnny Polygon at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Cain’s. Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
- Watch the Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of “Top Girls” at 8 tonight and Saturday at the Civic Center’s CitySpace Theatre, 201 N Walker. Information: www.okctheatrecompany.org.
- “Come Sail Away” with Styx, Foreigner and Kansas at 7 tonight at the Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Information: 364-3700 or www.zooamp.com.
- NORMAN – Peruse several galleries, museums and businesses during the Second Friday Circuit of Art from 6 to 10 tonight. Information: www.2ndfridaynorman.com.
- Watch Ghostlight Theatre Club stage [title of show] at 8 tonight and Saturday at the theater, 3110 N Walker. Information: www.ghostlightokc.com.
- Find something to read at the Literati Indie Book Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at IAO Gallery, 706 W Sheridan. Information: www.indiebookfair.com.
- BAM
Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Cody Canada injured by liquor bottle from the crowd at Stillwater’s Calf Fry
Cody Canada (Associated Press file photo)
Oklahoma-Texas band Cross Canadian Ragweed has been forced to cancel a performance tonight after lead singer/guitarist Cody Canada was injured at the band’s performance Friday night at the 19th Annual Calf Fry in Stillwater.
“We are sorry to let you all know that we are having to cancel our performance tonight at the Red Dirt BBQ in Kansas City (Mo.) due to an incident last night in Stillwater Calf Fry in which someone struck Cody in the head with a liquor bottle from the crowd,” the band posted at CrossCanadianRagweed.com.
“Cody received a concussion and 20+ stitches and the doctors have told him not play. … We thank you all for understanding and have a great time at the show with our buddies Stoney (LaRue), Kevin (Fowler) and the rest!”
Ragweed formed in Yukon in 1994 and soon moved to Stillwater, building its popularity playing around the college town. Half the members of the quartet continue to make their homes in Oklahoma, while the other half now lives in Texas. Canada resides in New Braunfels, Texas.
The red dirt band was the Friday night headliner at the four-day Calf Fry at Tumbleweed Dance Hall. But the group’s homecoming performance went awry when Canada was struck and had to be taken to the hospital, according to the band’s Facebook.
“We’re sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for all the concern. We’ll be back to play soon,” the band wrote today on Facebook.
The Calf Fry is closing tonight with Miranda Lambert as the headliner. For more information, go to www.calffry.com.
-BAM
Weekend Warmup for April 30-May 2, 2010
Pretty Black Chains
Here is a list of activities happening around Oklahoma for this weekend (April 30-May 2). For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
- Hear Pretty Black Chains, Euclid Crash, the Mean Spirits and more at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Garage Sale and Show from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday at 66 Bowl, 3810 NW 39. Information: 946-2717 or www.myspace.com/rocknrollgaragesale.
- See the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their seven-game playoff series at 8:30 tonight at the Ford Center, 100 W Reno. The game will tip off no later than 8:30 p.m. Information: (800) 745-3000 or www.thunder.nba.com.
- GUTHRIE – Watch the Pollard Theatre, 120 W Harrison, stage “Thoroughly Modern Millie” at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. This is the closing weekend for the show. Information: www.thepollard.org.
Montgomery Gentry
- CONCHO — Roll with country duo Montgomery Gentry at 7:30 tonight at Lucky Star Casino, 7777 N U.S. 81. Information: 262-7612 or www.luckystarcasino.org.
- Nab Iron Man, Shrek, G.I. Joe and more Saturday during Free Comic Book Day. More than a dozen OKC metro locations will give away free comic books. Information: www.freecomicbookday.com. Also, click here to read what our pal Matt Price of Nerdage has to say about the Superman comic that will be given away on Free Comic Book Day today in his column Word Balloons.
- NORMAN – Hear country band Diamond Rio at 8 tonight at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9. Information: www.riverwind.com.
Widespread Panic
- TULSA — Catch Georgia jam band Widespread Panic at 7 p.m. Saturday at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Doors open at 6 p.m. Information: (866) 726-5287 or www.bokcenter.com.
- PRAGUE – Celebrate the town’s Czech heritage at the annual Prague Kolache Festival from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday throughout the city. The event features delicious food (including, of course, those tasty kolaches) beautiful costumes, live music, dancing, arts and crafts, children’s activities, beer garden, wine and gourmet food pavilion featuring a polka band, 11 a.m. parade, chainsaw carver demonstrations, carnival, 7 p.m. polka street dance and fireworks. Information: www.praguekolachefestival.com.
- THACKERVILLE – Catch Train in concert at 8 tonight at WinStar World Casino, Interstate 35, Exit 1. Information: www.winstarworldcasino.com.
Cross Canadian Ragweed
- STILLWATER – Listen to country music and dine on calf fries at the 19th Annual Calf Fry, continuing at 8 tonight and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and Country Club roads. Tonight’s musical lineup includes Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Bellamy Brothers and Bo Phillips Band. Miranda Lambert, Wade Bowen, Corey Smith and Jagg will play the “Testicle Festival” Saturday. Information: (405) 377-0075 or www.calffry.com.
- NORMAN – Take in the work of more than 70 fine artists and craftsmen, along with food, children’s activities and more at the May Fair Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Andrews Park, 201 W Daws. Information: 321-9400 or www.mayfairartsfestival.com.
- See the Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre production of “The 39 Steps” at 8 tonight, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. This is the closing weekend for the show. Information: www.cityrep.com.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- TULSA – Listen to blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd at 7 tonight at Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino, 951 W 36 Street N. Information: (918) 699-7667 or www.milliondollarelm.com/event-center.
- Laugh along during this week’s OKC Improv showcase Saturday night at Ghostlight Theatre Club, 3110 N Walker. The 8 p.m. show will feature Stillwater troupe Cueless and a performance of “Villain: The Musical!” The 10 p.m. lineup will include all-girl troupe The MiDolls and Clint and Buck Vrazel’s “Twiprov: Rap City.” Information: www.okcimprov.com
- Listen to country singer-songwriter Eric Church with special guests the Joel Wilson Band at 7 tonight at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern. Information: 677-9169 or www.diamondballroom.net.
Coheed and Cambria
- TULSA & OKC – Rock along with progressive-metal band Coheed and Cambria at 8 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, or at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern. Information: www.cainsballroom.com or www.diamondballroom.net. To read Gene Triplett’s interview with guitarist Travis Stever, click here.
- EDMOND – See the work of 120 artists, hear live music, take in children’s activities and more at the Downtown Edmond Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Edmond. Information: 249-9391 or www.downtownedmondok.com.
- EL RENO – Pay tribute to a toothsome treat at the 22nd annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown. Eat plenty of these delicious delicacies, witness the cooking of the world’s largest fried onion hamburger, weighing more than 750 pounds, and take in rides, games, live entertainment, a car show, motorcycle show, eating contest, evening concert and more. Information: www.elrenoburgerday.com.
- NORMAN – Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Timberdell Road and Chautauqua Avenue, with free admission Saturday-Monday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: www.snomnh.ou.edu.
- BAM
Miranda Lambert talks fishing, touring, ACM Awards and more before Saturday’s Calf Fry show
Above: Miranda Lambert performs at the Academy of Country Music Awards April 18 in Las Vegas. Below left, Lambert walks the ACM Awards orange carpet in her low-cut metallic sapphire Pamella Roland gown. (Associated Press photos) Below right: The singer-songwriter, a Texas native who now lives in Tishomingo, and her country star beau Blake Shelton show off the big paddlefish she caught on Hudson Lake in northeastern Oklahoma. (Photo by Jim Edwards/Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation)
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Miranda Lambert riding success as headlining tour heads to Stillwater
Whether striking an awards show pose in a dazzling cleavage-baring gown or cruising an Oklahoma lake in camouflage overalls, country girl Miranda Lambert knows how to haul in the big catches.
At the April 18 Academy of Country Music Awards, the star singer-songwriter personified Vegas glitz with her orange carpet arrival in a low-cut metallic sapphire Pamella Roland gown. The blond spitfire not only joined pal Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and rock legend John Fogerty in belting out “Travelin’ Band” during the show’s rollicking opening number, she stayed in the spotlight by performing solo and snagging three trophies.
Less than a week earlier, Lambert, a Texas native who now lives in Tishomingo, snared a massive paddlefish on Hudson Lake in northeastern Oklahoma, where her beau and fellow country singer Blake Shelton set a new lake record with his 40-pound catch on the same fishing expedition.
“There’s part of me that’s a tomboy. There’s a part of me that’s a girly-girl, too, though. But I think I can fit in with the guys,” Lambert said in a phone interview between the two big outings from Florence, Ariz., where she played the Country Thunder festival.
“We love to be outdoors, we love hunting and fishing and riding four-wheelers and just being down-to-earth and being home. … Definitely fishing and hunting are something that Blake and I share together.”
Since March, Lambert has been taking the different facets of her colorful personality, along with a revolving stable of country boys, on the road for her “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” tour. Her first headlining trek comes to Stillwater’s Tumbleweed Dance Hall Saturday night for the final night of the venue’s 19th annual Calf Fry.
“We’ve really changed our show. We’re doing an acoustic portion, we’re doing some new songs and some new cover songs, and just really kind of amped it up since we knew it was our headlining tour. I’m happier than ever to be out on the road, and I think it shows. So I think people’ll have a good time,” Lambert said.
After touring with country superstars like Paisley and Kenny Chesney, the singer-songwriter felt ready to step into the headliner role in support of her critically acclaimed third album “Revolution.”
“It was a little scary at first ‘cause I wasn’t sure how the turnout was going to be, and … it was like the pressure’s all on us now. But it’s been awesome,” she said.
“It kind of shows that you’re moving up a level. We’ve been out for five years now on other people’s tours and it’s just nice to be able to like put to the test everything we’ve learned and do it on our own.”
Since she has opened for so many superstar men in the course of her career, Lambert, 26, recruited a pack of talented country guys to take turns warming up her crowds. Among her openers are Oklahoma-Texas band Cross Canadian Ragweed, James Otto, David Nail, Randy Houser, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young. Fellow Texas native Wade Bowen will open her Calf Fry show, while Ragweed will headline the “Testicle Festival” tonight.
“There’s a bunch of great male acts, and I just thought it would be a cool dynamic,” she said. “I think a lot of guys are more likely to come see guys and the girls are more likely to come see a girl. … I love the music of all the guys that are out with us.”
With her recent successes, Lambert has become a key player in a shifting dynamic in country music. She recently notched her first No. 1 single with the wily cheating song “White Liar,” and she is set to play both the huge Bonnaroo Music Festival and Lilith Fair this year.
Along with Shelton, Bryan and trio Lady Antebellum, she represents a new generation of country stars who maintain close friendships even as they vie for chart position. These young guns dominated the ACM Awards. cheering each other to victory in several categories.
The members of Lady A, who befriended Lambert last summer on Chesney’s tour, said in interviews they were rooting for their pal’s “Revolution” to win album of the year over their own self-titled debut. The trio traveled last year to Tishomingo for a songwriting confab with Shelton and Lambert, which yielded Lambert’s “Revolution” cut “Love Song.”
Along with the album of the year title, Lambert also earned top female vocalist and video of the year for “White Liar.” Rotating tender ballads and feisty anthems, “Revolution” became her second ACM album of the year; she won the trophy in 2008 with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”
“It’s really nerve wracking every time you put out an album because you’re just hoping that people love it as much as you do. ‘Revolution’ really I took a lot of time off and stayed at the farm and wrote for the record and took a lot of time and concentrated on what I wanted to say. So this is the thing I’m most proud of musically,” she said.
“It really is a part of who I am. You know, I’m very honest in this record and in my music period. So I feel like when people accept that, they accept me.”
In concert
19th Annual Calf Fry featuring Miranda Lambert
With: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Wade Bowen, Bellamy Brothers and more.
When: 8 tonight and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Lambert plays at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and Country Club roads, Stillwater.
Information: (405) 377-0075 or www.calffry.com.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on April 28, 2010
Eli Young Band
Today’s featured event:
STILLWATER – Hear great red dirt/Texas country and dine on, um, exotic food at the 19th Annual Calf Fry, starting tonight at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall, 5212 Lakeview Drive.
Tonight’s lineup features the Eli Young Band, Turnpike Troubadours and Chad Sullins. The music begins at 8 p.m.
The “Testicle Festival” runs through Saturday. Others playing this year’s event include Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Oklahoma-Texas band Cross Canadian Ragweed, Randy Rogers Band, Bellamy Brothers and Wade Bowen.
Look for my interview with recent three-time Academy of Country Music Awards winner Lambert Friday here at the blog.
For more information, go to www.calffry.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
Miranda Lambert announces openers for headlining tour; Wade Bowen to play Stillwater date at Tumbleweed
Miranda Lambert (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman Archives)
Tishomingo resident and country music star Miranda Lambert embarks on her “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” headlining tour next week, and for all but a handful of dates, she’s enlisted for her opening slots some of the hottest male talents in country music – Oklahoma-Texas band Cross Canadian Ragweed, James Otto, David Nail, Randy Houser, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Wade Bowen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young. Each will join Lambert for select dates through out the tour.
Lambert will bring the tour to the legendary Tumbleweed Dance Hall in Stillwater on May 1 with Texas country-rocker Wade Bowen as the opener.
With her sharp-tongued, no-holds barred attitude, incendiary stage performances, and gun-toting anthems, platinum-selling recording artist Lambert is a force to be reckoned with in country music – a woman most men would think twice about double-crossing. Her recent No. 1 hit “White Liar,” along with hits like “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and “Kerosene,” leave no question that the gal can hold her own. But there’s a new breed of rough and rowdy country artists who think they are man enough to keep up the Texas native, who recently earned six Academy of Country Music Award nominations.
“I like pink guitars and puppies so how scary can I be?” Lambert says in a news release. “Seriously, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’ve been on tour with some great male headliners, so I thought it’s only natural that I invite some talented guys on my first official headlining tour!”
Grady Cross, guitarist with Oklahoma-grown band Cross Canadian Ragweed, expresses his enthusiasm for touring with Lambert in the release.
“We’re excited to join Miranda for a few dates on her upcoming tour,” Cross said. “It’s been about five years since we’ve performed with her and we’re proud to be back. Miranda is a great entertainer and its guaranteed to be a good time!”
Bowen adds in the release, “Miranda has always been one of the most confident women I’ve been around. It seems she always has her head in the game and ready for the next step before she even knows what that might be. Her music is original and unique without sticking herself under the radar and with every album release, I find myself anxious to see what she is going to do next. Not many artists have that effect on people anymore!”
According to Young, “Miranda is one of the most talented singer/songwriters out there. I have always loved her music and her live shows, and I’m very excited about being on the road with her.”
And Owen says in the release: “I can’t wait to get out on the road with Miranda. She and her band know how to rock and our show is a perfect fit with that. Her fans are always ready to have a good time and we’re ready to show them a party.”
Church adds: “Miranda and I both have a lot of respect for each other musically. I consider her a bada– and she considers me one. Put us both together and it should be unsafe at best. Everybody better rest up for this one cause we’re gonna blow it up.”
Miranda’s newest single “The House that Built Me,” a song that showcases her softer, sentimental side, became the No. 1 most-added song this week at more than 100 country radio stations. With six 2010 ACM nominations, a newly celebrated gold certification of both her first No. 1 single, “White Liar,” and her critically acclaimed third studio album, “Revolution,” and her first headlining tour, Lambert is laying a strong foundation in becoming country music’s next big superstar.
For more information on the tour, go to www.mirandalambert.com.
More information about Lambert’s openers is posted after the break.
Country Fever festival idled for 2010, Rocklahoma and Bikelahoma on for this year
Jackson Taylor plays Country Fever 2009. (Photo by David McDaniel/The Oklahoman Archives)
Festival organizers have announced that Country Fever, the outdoor country music event near Pryor, will idle in 2010 “amidst a challenging economy.”
The festival, established in 2003, will “take a year off in order to re-assess the direction of the event,” according to a news release.
“We’ve had tremendous success with Country Fever over the years, and we thought long and hard about continuing in some fashion this year, as well,” said Mark Nuessle, festival co-organizer and president of the Catch the Fever festival site, in the release. “But in listening to our long-standing customers and watching the slowly recovering economy, the Country Fever partners and I agreed that our best move was to wait until 2011.”
According to the release, Country Fever has faced open challenges in the last few years with shrinking attendance, lessening sponsor commitments due to the economic climate, and increasing artist performance fees. All of these things, combined with the very real financial hardships facing a majority of the festival’s fans, led to the decision.
“The Country Fever ‘die-hards’ have been so incredibly supportive over the last seven years, and this is one of the hardest decisions we’ve ever had to make since creating this festival. And in the end, our only hope is that those loyal friends and will understand why we made this choice and will be back to support us next year,” Nuessle said in the release.
In the past few years, big-name country stars including Oklahomans Toby Keith, Reba McEntire and duo Brooks & Dunn (which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn) have played Country Fever. Last year, the festival went with an an all-red dirt lineup including Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue and Robert Earl Keen.
I was only able to attend the opening day, a Thursday, of the festival last year, but attendance was noticeably sparse. Even during Keen’s closing set for the night, only a smattering of fans took to the the sprawling grounds that hot evening in June. I also heard reports of slim attendance for the rest of the event.
According to the release, Catch The Fever Festivals have regrouped and teamed up with AEG Live this year.
“We’ve been fortunate enough to begin work recently with an outside company to begin to re-tool our other festivals to be formidable events for years to come,” said Dave Gienke, festival co-organizer and director of Country Fever’s operations, in the release. “Our belief is that we will do the same with Country Fever and return in 2011 with an amazing lineup, an incredible slate of sponsors, and a country festival experience that will be like no other!”
People who have purchased pre-sale tickets to Country Fever 2010 are asked to visit www.feverfest.com for information, or call the venue’s box office at (918) 824-2288 or toll free at (866) 310-2288 to request a refund or to exchange them for other Catch The Fever festivals.
Bikelahoma 2010 is set for May 21-23. The Rocklahoma rock festival, with a lineup expanded beyond just ’80s “hair bands” is set for Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30.
- BAM
UPDATED: Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Miranda Lambert to play Bonnaroo
The Flaming Lips play their New Year’s Eve Freakout #3 Dec. 31 at Oklahoma City’s Cox Convention Center. (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman Archives)
Kings of Leon appear at the 2010 Grammy Awards. (Associated Press file photo)
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Miranda Lambert performs Jan. 8 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman)
UPDATE: Since this story was written Tuesday afternoon, country singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, has been added to the Bonnaroo lineup.
The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Miranda Lambert are among the artists with Oklahoma ties that have been confirmed for the ginormous Bonnaroo 2010 music festival.
Rolling Stone reports that the lineup for Bonnaroo has been slowly announced throughout the day and also includes Jay-Z, Dave Matthews Band, Weezer, Jeff Beck, Jeff Fogerty, OK Go, She & Him, They Might Be Giants, Zac Brown Band and more.
Bonnaroo 2010 will be June 10-13 in Manchester, Tenn.
In a show configuration that should sound familiar to Oklahoma fans, frontman Wayne Coyne tells Rolling Stone that the Lips will play a midnight set the first day of Bonnaroo, starting with a performance of their own material followed by their live cover of Pink Floyd’s seminal album “The Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety.
The Oklahoma City-based Lips performed “Dark Side” live for the first time in full in a similar setup at their third annual New Year’s Eve Freakout this year in Oklahoma City.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on Jan. 1, 2010
Cody Canada (Associated Press photo)
Happy New Year! Today’s featured event:
Hear Cody Canada, Mike McClure, Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland and more at the sixth annual Hangover Ball at 6 p.m. today at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
For more information, call 601-6276 or go to www.wormydog.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
