Jul 12 Live Music at Blu Pig- Comedy Show

Jul 12 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Dave Mensch

Jul 12 Live Music at Spanish Valley Winery! Marcia Blues playing on our back patio. Free Admission! 5-7pm

Jul 12 Original Night Artist with Sand and Sunnie- 8pm, Moab Backyard Theater. Free show!

Jul 12–13 Comedy Show at the Blu Pig- 7:30pm doors, show 8pm. See pg 6A

Jul 13 Live Music at Blu Pig- Comedy Show

Jul 13 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Ali Kafka

Jul 14 Live Music at Blu Pig- Lost Buffalo

Jul 14 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Chris Ross

Jul 14 Live Music at Woody's- Boss's Daughter

Jul 15 Live Music at Blu Pig- Cory Lee

Jul 16 Live Music at Blu Pig- Jon Budd

Jul 16 Music in the Grapevines- is presenting Exit 42 in concert at Two Rivers Winery, Grand Junction. Concert at 7:30pm. Picnics are encouraged. Two Rivers Wine available. Tickets $20 in advance; $25 at gate. Info and tickets at artcenterguild.org

Jul 17 Bluegrass night with Quicksand Soup- High powered music from one of the Four Corners most legendary bluegrass bands. Free admission. 8pm Moab Backyard Theater Outside Food and Drink welcome. 56 W. 100 South

Jul 18 Live Music at Blu Pig- Rick Gerber

Jul 18 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Darrin Kobetich

Jul 18 Country Night with Juniper Drive- Honky Tonk Fusion with a twist. Moab Backyard Theater. 8pm. Free show!

Jul 18 Montezuma Park, Cortez, Colorado- Songs From the Road Band Live concert 5pm-8pm

Jul 19 Live Music at Blu Pig- Lost Buffalo

Jul 19 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Darrin Kobetich

Jul 19 Moab Free Concert Series- Cordovas, with opener Talia Keys. 7–9 pm at Swanny City Park. www.moabfreeconcerts.com/ See article 1B

Jul 19 Live Music at Spanish Valley Winery- Take a break at our vineyard and enjoy the popular local band, The Butch Cassidies, play their upbeat tunes on our patio. Beautiful views of the Moab rim and the green vines, as well as delicious award winning estate wines. 5–7pm. Free Admission!

Jul 19 Original Night with the Americana sounds of Sand Sheff w/ Sunnie- Moab Backyard Theater. 8pm.

Jul 20 Live Music at Blu Pig- Lost Buffalo

Jul 20–21 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Scott Wilson

Jul 21 Live Music at Blu Pig- Rick Gerber

Jul 22 Live Music at Blu Pig- Danny Rose

Jul 23 Live Music at Blu Pig- Jon Budd

Jul 24 Pioneer Day

Jul 24 Live Music at Blu Pig- Community Music Night

Jul 24 Bluegrass night with Quicksand Soup- High powered music from one of the Four Corners most legendary bluegrass bands. Free admission. 8pm Moab Backyard Theater

Jul 25 Live Music at Blu Pig- Lost Buffalo

Jul 25 Country Night with Juniper Drive- Honky Tonk Fusion with a twist. Moab Backyard Theater. 8pm. Free show!

Jul 25–26 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Alan & Valerie

Jul 26 Live Music at Blu Pig- Eric Brors

July 26 Live Music at Spanish Valley Winery! One man band Danny Rose is playing on our gorgeous back patio! Appreciate his incredible skills playing multiple genres, as the entire band, while you sip on desert wine and enjoy the Moab Rim overlooking the vines. 5–7pm. Free entry!

Jul 26 Original Night with Americana sounds of Sand and Sunnie- Moab Backyard Theater. 8pm. Free show!

Jul 27 Live Music at Blu Pig- Broken Arrow Band

Jul 27 Magic Show with Rick Boretti- The Four Corners most acclaimed magician. The longest running outdoor magic show in the Southwest! Prepare to laugh; be mystified! 8pm Moab Backyard Theater. See article pg 1B

Jul 27–28 Live Music at Red Cliffs Lodge- Dave Steward

Jul 28 Live Music at Blu Pig- Lost Buffalo

Jul 29 Live Music at Blu Pig- Danny Rose

Jul 30 Live Music at Blu Pig- Jon Budd

Jul 31 Live Music at Blu Pig- Community Music Night

Jul 31 Bluegrass night with Quicksand Soup- High powered music from one of the Four Corners most legendary bluegrass bands. Free admission. 8pm Moab Backyard Theater

Friends of the Moab Folk Festival is proud to announce the return of our free summer concert series.

Four free concerts will be held on select Fridays throughout the summer at Swanny City Park. The free concerts are open to the public, and folks are encouraged to come with their friends and families. Beer and wine will be available for the adults. The concert stage will be set up adjacent to the pavilion, providing a perfect picnic spot for all under the large cottonwoods and a playground for the kiddos. We encourage everyone to walk, bike, or use the MAT to attend the concerts. Showtime is 6 to 9 PM. KZMU Community Radio will livestream on 90.1 FM and kzmu.org.

The Series opens June 28th with Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience. This stellar group of artists create a hypnotic blend of brass flavored New Orleans funk, reggae, and zydeco roots music that beckons you to your feet and into the groove. Simien has found an authentic and artful way to deliver his roots music as a relevant, evolving artist who is clearly rooted in Louisiana Creole music traditions. Well known for his legendary live performances, Simien also helped change the misperceptions of his genre by introducing complex vocal harmonies, diverse repertoire and carefully crafted high quality recordings.

On July 19th we will present Cordovas, a Tennessee-based band that embraces the sound of classic Americana and country-rock in their own energetically freewheeling style. Their latest album Destiny Hotel is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon, set to a glorious collision of folk and country and groove-heavy rock-and-roll.

On August 2nd Missy Raines & Allegheny will take the stage with their traditional yet innovative bluegrass music. Raines is the most awarded bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association. On her new release Highlander, Raines gives a tip of the hat to the region of West Virginia where she grew up and developed her deep passion for bluegrass music. Her touring band is named for the Allegheny highlands of West Virginia.

On August 16th Madeline Hawthorne and her band will close out the Series. Her signature style includes an artful fusion of roots, country, rock, and soul. With her guitar in hand, fire in her voice, and stories in her heart, Madeline asserts herself as a 21st century troubadour. Her songs have a novelist’s level of depth and detail, while unbridled attitude and wide-eyed adventurousness turn every show into a celebration. After building buzz independently, packing shows, and honing her craft, the Montana-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist welcomes everyone into her world.

Each show will feature local/regional opening acts including Sunflood, Talia Keys, Ancient States, and Toni Sicola & the Black Hats. Opening acts begin at 6 PM. Main Stage performers will start at 7 PM. www.moabfreeconcerts.com or https://www.facebook.com/moabfreeconcerts/

This project is made possible with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding
is provided by grants from Grand County Economic Development, The City of Moab RAP Tax, Utah Division of Arts and Museums and the Utah Legislature, Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, George S. And Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Union Pacific, Val A. Browning Foundation and many local business sponsors. The series is produced by Friends of the Moab Folk Festival. Our non-profit organization will use income earned from beer and wine sales and local sponsorships to continue and expand the series in the future. The series is a labor of love for music and community for all those involved.

Friends of the Moab Folk Festival is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 2005. Our programming efforts include: The Moab Folk Festival , the Moab Folk Camp, education outreach programs within the Grand County school system, senior citizen outreach, and the Moab Free Concert Series. www.moabfolkfestival.com for more details.

Everybody knows that Moab is a magical place, even in the heat of July. But did you know that Moab has its very own magic man? Rick Boretti has been wowing audiences throughout the west for years, and his Moab downtown magic show has become one of the longest-running outdoor magic shows in America. He performs his acclaimed jaw-dropping illusions every Saturday at 8pm to Moab Backyard Theater, an outdoor venue located in the heart of downtown Moab, just behind Zax

“I love doing magic at the theater,” Rick says. “It’s great to see people laugh, have a good time and the adults become kids again. People come back that have seen me over the years and become like family.”

A working member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Boretti has been perfecting his craft over the years at festivals, theaters and private functions. He also specializes in the difficult sleight of hand known as “close-up magic”, creating illusions that can leave audiences gasping. His fascination with magic started early.

“I was bitten by the magic bug when I was 6. Later when I learned to do a cut and restored rope my life was never the same. I like to have fun and for people around me to have fun. Magic is one great way to do this.”

When he’s not doing magic, Boretti is a Ranger and wildlife biologist in the heart of the Canyonlands wilderness, helping keep people and animal populations safe on the San Juan river. But he’s mostly famous around the Four Corners for one thing: magic.

“I’m always working on creating new miracles.” he says. It is family fun with lots of laughs but hopefully strong magic.” You can catch Moab’s "Magic Man" every Saturday in July at 8pm at Moab’s Backyard Theater, located at 56 W. 100 South, just behind Zax. Admission is ten dollars for adults and 5 dollars for kids 5 and over. It's worth every penny to see the premiere magician in Southeastern Utah. Wednesdays are Bluegrass nights and Thursday is Honky Tonk Fusion with Juniper Drive. Friday you can catch original music free!