Arizona Folklore Preserve, PO Box 235, Sierra Vista, AZ  85636

  Web Site: www.arizonafolklore.com
  Reservations:
  (520)378-6165 or
  reservations@arizonafolklore.com

Upcoming Arizona Folklore Preserve Events

The Arizona Folklore Preserve, in partnership with the University of Arizona South, and Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s Official State Balladeer, is proud to present the following concerts. Show time for the regularly scheduled Saturday and Sunday matinees is 2:00 p.m.; doors open at 1:00 p.m.  Reservations are recommended.  The cost for the matinee shows is $15.00 for adults and $6.00 for children 17 and under.  (Click on the artist's name for more information.  Click on the small "thumbnail" picture to see a larger image.)

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Sat. & Sun., September 4 & 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sat. & Sun., September 11 & 12

Western blues artist Hans Olson

Click here for YouTube video "Hans Olson - Phoenix Boogie"
Click here to go to Hans' MySpace page.  Scroll down to watch a slide show and YouTube videos.
 


Saturday Only  Due West Trio   combine talent and years of expierence to provide the best traditional Western musical entertainment. Together since 1994, the Due West Trio performs Western Music, not “Country” or dance music, but rather rich harmonies harkening back to years gone by of the campfire and moonlit trails of the American west.

Sunday Only   Michael Grandé       Guitar virtuoso known for his
5-finger picking technique, guitar flourishes, soft, gentle voice, and rapport with his audiences.  His repertoire includes Western ballads, flamenco instrumentals and folk, pop and devotional songs.  Much of what he plays are his own compositions.

Sat. & Sun., September 18 & 19

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer, presenting
“Last Songs of Summer”

Click here to see a YouTube video of Dolan singing
"Ghost Riders in the Sky"
Click here
for a selection of Dolan Ellis YouTube videos on the
"The Balladeer on YouTube"
page of his website, www.dolanellis.net.

 

Sat. & Sun., September 25 & 26

2008 WMA Crescendo Award Winners & Winners of the AWA 2008 Will Rogers Award for Western Music Group of the Year. The Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Chris Acuff, Cade Parenti, R.J. Mills and Rob Wolfskill with Jean Sudbury and Dan Dungan

Click here for The Tumbling Tumbleweeds YouTube Video "Saddle Your Worries to the Wind"
Click here for The Tumbling Tumbleweeds on MySpace

 

Sat. & Sun., October 2 & 3

Katy Creek Band  Two completely unique shows, feel free to join us both days.

 

 

Katy Creek’s CD Baby Autumn's On Its Way”

Katy Creek's My Space page

 

 



 

Sat. & Sun., October 9 & 10

Singer/Songwriter & Novelist Jim Jones, Academy of Western Artists 2008 Male Vocalist of the Year, Western Category. Also  "The Cowboys of New Mexico"  from Jim's "Still Ridin" CD was named 2008 Western Song of the Year at the New Mexico Music Awards
Click here
to go to CD Baby to check out Jim's CDs
Jim's novel Rustler's Moon was a 2009 New Mexico Book Awards Finalist.  Rustler's Moon is sold at www.publishamerica.com www.amazon.com  and www.barnesandnoble.com



Sat. & Sun., October 16 & 17

Tim Wiedenkeller (aka Tim Weed) Tim is an acoustic multi-instrumentalist, classical banjo virtuoso, and singer-songwriter whose music traverses genres and defies categorization.

 

 

 

Sat. & Sun., October 23 & 24

Winners of Western Music Association Harmony and Yodeling Awards,
KG & The Ranger,
 Karen Gogolick and Rick Roltgen

KG & The Ranger sing with charm and style, they yodel spectacularly, choose great material with unerring taste, and write fine new songs as well." 
                                                                      Ranger Doug, Riders in the Sky 


Click here to see KG & The Ranger on You Tube
Click here
to learn about KG & The Ranger's recordings on CD Baby


 

Sat. & Sun., October 30 & 31

Call of the West, great instrumentalists, song writers and vocalists,
Jeanne Cahill and Jerome Campbell
Jeanne Cahill is the Western Music Association 2008 Instrumentalist of the Year

Click here to watch Call of the West on YouTube
Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to songs from Jeanne Cahill's CD "My Heart Lives in Old Santa Fe"


 

Sat. & Sun., November 6 & 7

Closed so everyone can enjoy the Tombstone Western Music Festival


 

Sat. & Sun., November 13 & 14

Award-winning Western Artist Juni Fisher, Western Music Association 2009 Female Performer of the Year.  Also, Juni's album "Gone for Colorado" has been awarded a Western Heritage Wrangler Award by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City AND is the Western Music Association 2009 Album of the Year

Click here for a YouTube video of Juni singing "Whippoorwill."  This video was recorded at the Fisher family ranch for "The Heart of Western Music" series, broadcast on Direct TV and the Dish Network
Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to songs on Juni's award-winning CD  "Gone for Colorado"

 

Sat. & Sun., November 20 & 21

Gaylan Taylor, Limeliter and former New Christy Minstrel

Click here for YouTube video "Walking with my Baby (Through the Arizona Desert Sun)"
Click here
to listen to songs from Gaylan's CD "Taylor Made" on CD Baby


 

Sat. & Sun., November 27 & 28

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer, presenting
 “Thanksgiving: Arizona Style”

Click here to see a video of Dolan singing an excerpt from "Keeper of the Town" on our stage.  (The video is on Dolan's website.  The "old town" is the ghost town of Sunnyside on the west side of the Huachuca Mountains.)
Click here for a selection of video clips of  Dolan's songs on the "Original Songs" page of his website, www.dolanellis.net
 

Sat. & Sun., December 4 & 5

Poet, Singer and Songwriter Almeda Terry

Click here to listen to songs from Almeda's CD "Voices From The Range" on CD Baby

 

 

Sat. & Sun., December 11 & 12

2008 WMA Adult Female Yodeling Award Winner, Singer/Songwriter Judy Coder

Click here to see Judy on YouTube
Click here for Judy's CDs on CD Baby

 

Sat. & Sun., December 18 & 19

Western Singer/Songwriter Donnie Blanz

Click here for You Tube video "My Heart Is In San Antone"
Click here
for Donnie's CDs on CD Baby

 

Sat., December 25

Closed for the Christmas Holiday


 

Sun., December 26 two shows

Times TBA

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer, with special mid-week shows “Home for the Holidays”   (Be sure to make your reservations early for these popular shows!)

(Click here to see a video of Dolan singing an excerpt from "Arizona Christmas" on our stage.  (The video is on Dolan's website.)
Click here for a selection of video clips of  Dolan's songs on the "Original Songs" page of his website, www.dolanellis.net
 

2011
 

Sat. & Sun., January 1 & 2

Closed for the New Year's Holiday
 

Sat. & Sun., January 8 & 9

Music for Westerners...
Open Range, Ric Steinke and Linda Hausler
2009 Top Western Swing Group nominees
2007 WMA Marilyn Tuttle harmony award winners

Click here To see video Live-Swingtime in the Rockies 

 

 

All show times are 2:00 p.m. unless indicated otherwise, doors open at 1:00 p.m..  All other future weekend performances to be announced.
 
NOTE:  As always, this schedule is subject to change.
  Performance schedule as of  August 8, 2010.

For a pdf printable copy of this schedule, click here.  (If you can't view the pdf file, you need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free by clicking here.)
 

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