2009-2010 SEASON
Grand Theatre Ticket Office: 502-352-7469
Friday, Apr. 9, 2010 - 7:30 PM
KENTUCKY WILDHORSE &
CLACK MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
A Folk Club of Frankfort Partnership Event
Kentucky Wildhorse presents Kentucky music from the 19th century down to the present, especially its fiddle and banjo traditions. Clack Mountain specializes in old-time string band music with seamless vocal harmonies.
Friday, April 16, 2010 – 7:30 PM
The SunshineCenter Presents:
Caring for Kids Benefit Concert
Featuring Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek)
with Jeri Katherine Howell
Sponsored by C. Michael Davenport Chapel Charities Foundation, Inc. &
the Frank Sower Community Foundation
See more info under "Events" link at left.
Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 - 7:30 PM
BILL HARLEY
Sponsored by Paul Elsey Roots Music/Storytelling Fund
Two-time Grammy award-winning artist, Bill Harley's songs and stories paint a vibrant and hilarious picture of growing up, schooling and family life. As singer, storyteller, author, playwright and performing artist, his work spans the generation gap.
2010-2011 SEASON
(Being updated; check website often for information on upcoming 2010-2011 season events)
The Legendary
TEMPTATIONS
Saturday, September 25 - 8 pm
Sunday, September 26 - 8 pm
For more than forty years, the Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold-out performances throughout the world. With their recognizable choreography and onstage suites, the Temptations were the definitive male vocal groups of the 1960s. Over the course of their career the Temptations have had 83 charted Billboard U.S. singles and 44 Billboard Top 10 Hits including “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud,” "Papa was a Rolling Stone," and "I Can’t Get Next to You." Visit http://www.temptationssing.com for more information about the Temptations.
PAST 2009-2010 SEASON EVENTS
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
7:00 PM or 9:30 PM
THE PLATTERS & CORNELL GUNTER’S COASTERS
Sponsored by Art’s Electric &
R.A. Williams Construction Co., Inc.
SOLD OUT
Both groups inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. The Platters have sold over 200 million copies of such hits as "Smoke Gets in You Eyes" and "The Great Pretender." Cornell Gunter’s Coasters have sold over 100 million records with hits including "Charlie Brown," "Yakety Yak" and "Poison Ivy.”
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 – 7:30 PM
TOMMY EMMANUEL
Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel brings his innovative guitar style from his native Australia to Frankfort. Chet Atkins called Emmanuel "the greatest finger-picker in the world."
SOLD OUT
Sponsored by Drs. Burch, Renshaw, Wix & Associates
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 - 7:30 PM
JOHN SEBASTIAN
Sponsored by Alltech Fortnight Festival
SOLD OUT
John Sebastian is an original Woodstock performer with hits such as "Do You Believe in Magic," "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice," and "Nashville Cats" from his days with the Lovin' Spoonful. He is also a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters' Hall of Fame.
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 16-17 and 23-24, 2009 – 7:30 PM
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 – 2:00 PM
NUNCRACKERS
A Bluegrass Theatre Guild Production
Bluegrass Theatre Guild, Frankfort’s community theatre, presents Nuncrackers with familiar faces as the Little Sisters of Hoboken who have turned their convent basement into a TV studio and are producing their first Christmas special, for which we are the audience.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 – 7:00 PM
DIMARTINO/OSLAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Sponsored by Bill & Kay Kirkland
SOLD OUT
The Dimartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra ("DOJO") has been delighting audiences all across the Bluegrass and the Midwest for over a decade. Virtuoso trumpeter Vince Dimartino and high-energy saxophonist Miles Osland join the orchestra, some of the finest professors and freelance musicians from Central Kentucky for a fabulous big band sound.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 - 8:00 PM
GEORGE MCGOVERN
Sponsored by Fifth Third Bank
Senator George McGovern, 1972 Democratic nominee for President. A prolific author, World War II pilot, global ambassador against world hunger and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree.
A Kentucky Book Fair Partnership Event
Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 - 7:30 PM
CIALDE PIANO QUINTET
SOLD OUT
The Cialde Piano Quintet consists of Frankfort's own Molly Rogers, violin virtuoso, performing with fellow students from the Cleveland Institute of Music who play piano, violin, cello and viola
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 - 7:30 PM
AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE
SOLD OUT
Founded and directed by the University of Kentucky’s own Dr. Everett McCorvey, the American Spiritual Ensemble consists of some of the finest opera singers and music professors who perform dynamic renditions of American Negro spirituals and Broadway numbers. Members have performed in venues such as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera and in many countries abroad.
Solas
An Irish Celtic Super Group
Sponsored by Irish Sea Celtic Shop
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 - 7:30 PM
*Solas makes “mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world’s best”
Philadelphia Inquirer
*“Solas has electrified crowds everywhere it has played”
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 7:30 PM
SAM BUSH
SOLD OUT
Sam Bush is the co-founder of the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, and a mandolin prodigy from Kentucky who with the Sam Bush Band presents high-energy shows with rock 'n' roll grooves and virtuosic jams.
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 - 7:30 PM
MARUM-MORRISON TRIO
Partnership Event
Veteran musicians Jed Marum (main vocals, guitar and banjo), Hugh Morrison (accordionist) and Frankfort's own Kendall Rogers (keyboardist) shine in performance presenting the music and heritage of Scotland, Ireland and America.
Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 7:30 PM
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Performed by the
New York Theatre Ballet
Sponsored by Chenault & Hoge Insurance Co., Inc.
SOLD OUT
The famous classical tale of Sleeping Beauty performed to the music of Peter Tchaikovsky. The New York Theatre Ballet is hailed by the New York Times as "a discreet little pearl in the oyster of New York dance."