Summer Concert SERIEs

Enjoy live world-music and your picnic dinner in a beautiful natural setting.

  • Time: Saturday evenings in June through September from 5:30 – 7:30 PM; doors open at 4:45 PM
  • Cost: Members of The Arboretum or Flagstaff Cultural Partners $13 / non-members $16; children ages 5-15 $8; under age 5 free.

In collaboration with the Flagstaff Cultural Partners, The Arboretum presents regional performers with diverse sounds.

Concerts are held outdoors under the shade of the cool pines with a view of the San Francisco Peaks. Rain or shine.

Bring a picnic dinner and blanket or concert chairs. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. No outside alcohol please.

Tickets are available for purchase through Flagstaff Cultural Partners, at the Coconino Center for the Arts, or in The Arboretum's Visitor Center.

2012 Summer Concert Series Schedule

June 2: Run Boy Run

With a newly released EP, appearances at several major Arizona festivals, and a recent win at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Run Boy Run is rapidly growing to be a prevalent force in promoting the tradition of Bluegrass and Appalachian old-time in the southwest. Featuring captivating three-part female harmony, masterful fiddle work by a two-time Arizona State Fiddle Champion, and roots in traditional, jazz, classical, and folk music, Run Boy Run offers a riveting and exciting performance of traditional and original music.

 

July 7: Domingo DeGrazia - Spanish Guitar Band

Domingo DeGrazia blends Spanish guitar passion with the flair of Flamenco music. His music couples dynamic rhythms with vibrant Latin, Salsa and rock drum beats. An Arizona native raised with the sounds and imagery of the desert southwest, Domingo’s guitar playing has charmed audiences with songs that are as rhythmic as they are percussive; moving from passionate to whimsical, elegant to sorrowful.

 

August 4: Burnett Family Bluegrass

From the mountains of Arizona, where the southwestern wind was born, comes the sound of Burnett Family Bluegrass. This is family music at its best with hard driving instrumentals and fine-tuned harmonies. The intricate breaks show a deep understanding about intimate musical detail that skyrocket them from good to outstanding in the field of Bluegrass. Burnett Family Bluegrass has proven to be one of the up-and-coming bands on the Bluegrass fast track. Old-time string band, Pick and Holler, will open with their Appalachian fiddle and banjo tunes.

 

September 1: Kailin Yong Peace Project Trio

Kailin Yong’s solo album is titled “Bowing with the Flow,” which consists of all original tunes inspired by his exploration of different world cultures. From this album, he started the group called the Kailin Yong Peace Project Trio. They have been putting on Peace Concerts all along the front range featuring upbeat fiddle with an inspiring message.

 

Flagstaff Cultural Partners

For more info, call (928) 774-1442, ext. 124, or e-mail us.

 

Support for the Concert Series has been provided by the following business: