Events

Rayland Baxter



Michael Franti & Spearhead

Ticket & event info: https://thestateroompresents.com/state-room-presents/michael-franti-spearhead Michael Franti is a globally recognized musician, activist and award-winning filmmaker revered for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, worldwide philanthropic efforts and the power of optimism. Throughout his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1’s with triumphantly hopeful hits “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You)” and “I Got You,” as well as six Top 30 Hot AC singles, 10 Top 25 AAA Singles and three Billboard Top 5 Rock Albums. Spearhead’s Follow Your Heart was released in June 2022 and debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes Pop Chart behind Harry Styles. Praised by American Songwriter as “an energizing batch of songs that spotlight the common threads that connect us,” Franti & Spearhead’s 13th studio album Big Big Love is available everywhere now, featuring 17 tracks cowritten by Franti, reflecting his tenacity, inclusiveness, and optimism. Franti & Spearhead will embark on the Togetherness Tour in 2024, bringing their dynamic and invigorating shows to Soulrockers across North America, including a return to the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. With 60+ dates through the summer, the Togetherness Tour will kick off on April 6th in Fort Lauderdale at Tortuga Festival. The Bay-Area native resides in Bali when he is not on tour and owns Soulshine Bali, a 32-room top-rated boutique hotel located in Ubud, Bali that focuses on joy through wellness and music, offering unique retreat opportunities and accommodations, along with special events and celebrations. Franti continues to foster community both on and off stage with a wish granting non-profit, Do It For The Love, which brings those with life threatening illnesses, veterans, and children with severe challenges to concerts worldwide, fulfilling over 3,500 wishes and touching the lives of over 15,000 people to date.



Open Mic Night



Darrell Scott



Steve Earle

Ticket and event info: https://thestateroompresents.com/state-room-presents/steve-earle Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Most recently, Earle’s 1988 hit Copperhead Road was made an official state song of Tennessee in 2023. Subsequent releases like The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive GRAMMY® Awards. His most recent album, Jerry Jeff (2022) consisted of Earle’s versions of songs written by Jerry Jeff Walker, one of his mentors. Earle has published both a novel I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011) and Dog House Roses, a collection of short stories (Houghton Mifflin 2003). Earle produced albums for other artists such as Joan Baez (Day After Tomorrow)and Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road) As an actor, Earle has appeared in several films and had recurring roles in the HBO series The Wire and Tremé. In 2017, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as “exquisitely subliminal.” Earle wrote music for and appeared in Coal Country, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Earle is the host of the weekly show Hard Core Troubadour on Sirius Radio’s Outlaw Country channel. In 2020, Earle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2023, Steve was honored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.



Concerts by the Creek: Debra Fotheringham

https://events.slcpl.org/event/10856182 Live, local music under the evening sky! The City Library Summer Concert Series will keep you rockin' with free outdoor concerts in all kinds of genres. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Debra Fotheringham is a singer-songwriter, writer, and poet originally from American Fork, Utah. An accomplished instrumentalist and insightful lyricist, Debra creates intimate and timeless Americana-leaning songs. But the instrument that gives melody to those songs—Debra’s clear and effortlessly soaring voice—is often what makes listeners pause in awe.



SL Twilight JUNGLE BLATHVS, The Plastic Cherries



27th Friendly Islands Tongan Festival

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Ogden Twilight Killer Mike & The Mighty Midnight Revival / Hippo Campus



Sounds of Summer: Subconscious Three

https://events.slcpl.org/event/10857704 Live, local music under the evening sky! The City Library Summer Concert Series will keep you rockin' with free outdoor concerts in all kinds of genres. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Subconscious Three is a collaboration of musicians from former Salt Lake bands The Salt Lake Alternative Jazz Orchestra and Quadraphonic. All members are from Salt Lake and attended the music program at the University of Utah.