CITY PICKS
Music For Americans
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 7 PM
River’s Edge Sports Complex
Music For Americans 2009 features a new direction in musical programming for the show. Using the theme “The Brass & The Beatles”, the show celebrates the talent of The Big Lick Brass Band, vocalist Kris Sanchack, and, from Athens, Georgia, Abbey Road LIVE performing more than one hour of The Beatles ‘studio’ hits, with strings, clarinet, trumpet, flute and other back-up instruments to provide the style of sound made famous when The Beatles and George Martin came together. Abbey Road LIVE will also toss-in some of the Fab Four’s non-studio, early hits. The display of fireworks at Music For Americans is one of the largest July 4 shows in Virginia. Produced by Pyrotecnico of New Castle, PA for Jan Wilkins Enterprises, 2009 is the 11th year Pyrotecnico has provided the spectacular, half-hour, ‘art in the air’ presentation.
Call 540.345.4030
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sunday, July 19- Thursday, August 2, 2009 (show times vary)
Showtimers Theatre
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first musical blockbuster comes back to the stage. Based on the Biblical story of Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors, Joseph is the favorite son of Jacob, but his siblings resent the attention Jacob showers upon him. Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery, and eventually the favored son finds himself in jail. However, his favorable interpretation of the dreams of the Pharaoh win him the admiration of the all-powerful leader, and soon Joseph is one of the most powerful men in Egypt.
Call 540.774.2660 or visit www.showtimers.org
Performing Arts Calendar
July 2009
Music on the Market
Saturday, July 4 at 11 AM
Downtown Roanoke
Call 540.342.2028 or visit www.downtownroanoke.org
Sunday Music at the Taubman Museum
Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 1 PM
Taubman Museum of Art
Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle and Halestorm Tour
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 7 PM
Roanoke Civic Center
Call 888.397.3100 or visit www.roanokeciviccenter.com
The Avett Brothers
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8 PM
Roanoke Performing Arts Theater
Call 888.397.3100 or visit www.roanokeciviccenter.com
Music on the Market
Saturday, July 11 at 11AM
Downtown Roanoke
Call 540.342.2028 or visit www.downtownroanoke.org
Sunday Music at the Taubman Museum
Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 1 PM
Taubman Museum of Art
Special Performance by Carl Hancock Rux
Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 8 PM
Pete Smith Theater
Call 540.556.5396 or visit www.studioroanoke.org
Brementown Musicians
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10 AM
Dumas Center
Call 540.745.6550 or visit www.junebugcenter.org
Music on the Market
Saturday, July 18 at 11AM
Downtown Roanoke
Call 540.342.2028 or visit www.downtownroanoke.org
Sunday Music at the Taubman Museum
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 1 PM
Taubman Museum of Art
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sunday, July 19- Thursday, August 2, 2009 (show times vary)
Showtimers Theatre
Call 540) 774-2660 or visit www.showtimers.org
Music on the Market
Saturday, July 25 at 11AM
Downtown Roanoke
Call 540.342.2028 or visit www.downtownroanoke.org
Sunday Music at the Taubman Museum
Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 1 PM
Taubman Museum of Art