WILD WOODS & WATERS
Thursday, August 15, 7:30 PM Tickets: $ 22 /$ 11 for Students ages 3-17 Box Seats $ 37 Celebrate the wild side of our nation’ s waters and landscapes with our Blue Canvas Orchestra and special guests. From the rivers to the Great Lakes, and from the wetlands to the forests, this show features the stories, songs and images of our flora, fauna and greatest natural resources. It is a celebration of these gifts and a renewed call to keep them safe for future generations. Also plays July 11. Sponsored by Apostle Islands Heritage Preservation Conservancy
COREY CARLSON with the Big City Band
Friday, August 16, 7:30 PM Tickets: $ 22 /$ 11 for Students ages 3-17 Box Seats $ 37 Favorite son Corey Carlson returns to Big Top Chautauqua for his annual smokin’ hot summer concert. Carlson grew up on this very ski hill that is the home of the Big Top and was weaned on all of the legendary performers that have graced this stage. He is a prolific songwriter and exceptional musician whose charismatic stage presence, amazingly versatile voice and rock solid instrumentation make him a perennial favorite at Big Top Chautauqua. Expect high-energy rock and blues.
Sponsored by Pier Plaza / Bayfront Inn and Hauser’ s Superior View Farm
JOAN OSBORNE
Saturday, August 17, 7:30 PM Tickets: $ 36 /$ 46 /$ 56 / Box Seats $ 71 Seven-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne hasn’ t let up since her song“ What If God Was One of Us” set her career afire with her 1995 debut album Relish. She’ s been touring extensively and has shared the stage with the likes of Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Emmylou Harris, and Patti Smith. Joan’ s gritty, rich voice with its soulful and impassioned delivery has found a new intensity with 2012‘ s Bring It On Home, a collection of blues, R & B and soul songs and her seventh studio album. Nominated for Best Blues Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, this album is brilliantly constructed, showing Osborne at her musical best with a triumphant return to her roots. Sponsored by Star Liquor and Fioro Brothers Investment Center
ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND
Sunday, August 18, 7:30 PM Tickets: $ 32 /$ 44 /$ 50 / Box Seats $ 65 Robert Randolph and the Family Band is an American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Rolling Stone included Robert on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. He was trained as a pedal steel guitarist in the House of God Church and makes prominent use of the instrument in the band’ s music. The instrument is referred to in many African-American Pentecostal churches as Sacred Steel. Randolph cites Stevie Ray Vaughan as a primary influence in his own technique and style. The group’ s sound is inspired by successful 1970s funk bands such as Earth, Wind & Fire and Sly & the Family Stone. Sponsored by Kim and Derek Ogle
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