Arizona Folklore Preserve, PO Box 235, Sierra Vista, AZ 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.) Print Archives

Sat. & Sun, July 4 & 5

We close our 2008/2009 season with the founder of the Arizona Folklore Preserve, Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer, presenting "Independence Day: Arizona Style"

Click here to see a video of Dolan singing an excerpt from "Amerizona" 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. 

July 6 - August 28

Closed for Summer Vacation. 

Sat. & Sun, Aug. 29 & 30

We open our 2009/2010 Season with the founder of the Arizona Folklore Preserve Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer, presenting a special Labor Day concert

Click here to see a YouTube video of Dolan singing "Wind Song" by Travis Edmonson.
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, Sept. 5 & 6

Guitar Virtuoso Michael Grandé

Sat. & Sun, Sept. 12 & 13

The Southwestern Folk Music of the Santa Cruz River Band, Teodoro "Ted" Ramírez and Michael J. Ronstadt Click here to watch a YouTube video of the Santa Cruz River Band with Francisco Gonzalez performing Michael J. Ronstadt's song "Wagon Mound" on our stage Click here to go to the Kennedy Center website where you will see a video of the Santa Cruz River Band's February 6, 2007, Washington, D.C., performance on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.

Sat. & Sun, Sept. 19 & 20

The Tumbling Tumbleweeds,
Rob Wolfskill, Cade Parenti, Chris Acuff, and R.J. Mills
with Jean Sudbury and Dan Dungan
2008 Western Music Association Crescendo Award for Most Promising Talent
Academy of Western Artists 2008 Will Rogers Award for Western Music Group of the Year

Click here to see The Tumbling Tumbleweeds on YouTube
Click here to check out songs on The Tumbling Tumbleweeds debut album "The Tumbling Tumbleweeds"

Sat. & Sun, Sept. 26 & 27

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer

Click here to see a video of  Dolan singing an excerpt from "The Ballad of Sheriff Joe" 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. 

Sat. & Sun, Oct. 3 & 4

The beautiful western harmonies of The Desert Sons Buck Ryberg, Benny Young, Slim Tighe and Skelly Boyd Click here to go to The Desert Sons' website mercantile page.  Click on underlined song titles for audio clips.

Sat. & Sun, Oct. 10 & 11

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer Click here to see a video of Dolan singing an excerpt from "Jesus Garcia" 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.

Sat. & Sun, Oct. 17 & 18

Talented and versatile singer/musician/composer
Tim Wiedenkeller (aka Tim Weed)

Click here to go to YouTube to see Tim and Mark Robertson-Tessi performing Tim's composition "Morro Glenn"
Click here to listen to songs from Tim's CD "Milagros" on CD Baby

Sat. & Sun, Oct. 24 & 25

Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Patty Clayton Click here to watch YouTube video "Patty Clayton Live Performance" Click here to go to Patty's MySpace page

Sat. Oct. 31 & Sun. Nov. 1

Western Artist Juni Fisher, Western Music Association 2008 Songwriter 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.

Click here to go to Juni's MySpace page
Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to songs on Juni's award-winning CD  "Gone for Colorado"

Sat. & Sun, Nov. 7 & 8

Closed so everyone can enjoy the Tombstone Western Music Festival

Sat. & Sun, Nov. 14 & 15

The cowboy/western music of the Yampa Valley Boys,
Steve Jones and John Fisher

Click here to watch a YouTube video of  the Yampa Valley Boys singing "River that Never Runs Dry"
Click here to listen to songs on CD Baby from the Yampa Valley Boys 5th CD "Playin' Cowboy Music"

Sat. & Sun, Nov. 21 & 22

Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Kip Calahan Click here to go to Kip's MySpace page to hear 2 of her songs Click here to see Kip on YouTube.  This video is from "New Mexico Southwest Sounds" produced by the New Mexico Music Commission.

Sat. & Sun, Nov. 28 & 29

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer 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, Dec. 5 & 6

Singer/Songwriter 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 CD "Still Ridin'"
Jim just published his first novel, Rustler's Moon. Click here to go to the Publish America website, scroll down and use the Bookstore Search on the right to find out about this book.

Sat. & Sun, Dec. 12 & 13

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Dec. 19 & 20

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Dec. 26 & 27

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer

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. 

2010

Sat. & Sun, Jan. 2 & 3

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Jan. 9 & 10

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Jan. 16 & 17

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Jan. 23 & 24

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer

Click here to listen to "May They Rest in Peace Renewed" which Dolan Ellis wrote for the Veterans Relocation Project.  This project involved moving the remains of 57 soldiers and 4 civilians from the military section of a forgotten Tucson Cemetery (about 1870-80) to the Historical Soldier Memorial Cemetery located in the Southern Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Arizona.  (The web page is on Dolan's website.)

Sat. & Sun, Jan. 30 & 31

Singer/Songwriter Keeter Stuart Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to clips from Keeter's new album "Ghost Riders, Searchers & Cowpokes," a tribute to Keeter's uncle, Stan Jones who wrote "Ghost Riders in the Sky" Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to clips from Keeter's album "Just"

Sat. & Sun., Feb. 6 & 7

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun., Feb. 13 & 14

Closed for the Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering

Sat. & Sun., Feb. 20 & 21

Trails & Rails, Western history told with cowboy and train songs and stories, Walt Richards, Paula Strong and Ken Wilcox Click here to go to CD Baby to listen to songs on their latest CD "Water, Weeds & Ghosts" Click here to read about Walt and Paula in the San Diego Troubadour

Sat. & Sun, Feb. 27 & 28

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer

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

Sat. & Sun, Mar. 6 & 7

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun, Mar. 13 & 14

To Be Announced

Sat. & Sun., Mar. 20 & 21

Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer 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., Mar. 27 & 28

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"

All show times are 2:00 p.m. unless indicated otherwise. All other future weekend performances to be announced.  NOTE: As always, this schedule is subject to change.  Performance schedule as of June 28, 2009.

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