12 Jun Music on the Mesa: Free Concert Series in Norwood, 6/15! & 8/10!
Music on the Mesa (MotM), the free concert series in Norwood, is now in its second year. Below announcing the lineup for the two shows at the San Miguel County Fairgrounds, June 15 and August 10.
“We’re in for another energized storm of sound and motion with this year’s bands, showcasing foot-stomping talent from sassy youngsters to the deep thrum of brassy veterans,” said MotM producer Daiva Chesonis.
Like last year, gates for these Sunday afternoon concerts open at 4:30pm, with food and vendors in the Pig Palace, a robust KidZone, Cornhole Alley, and a cash bar.
Music starts at 7pm, allowing plenty of leisurely pre-show picnicking, catching up with old friends, and perhaps making a few new ones.
Chesonis adds: “We loved seeing career ranchers shooting the breeze with career ski patrollers, farmers dancing with bus drivers, grandpas and face-painted grandkids, everyone sharing blankets making hometown memories.”
Vendors run the gamut of locally made offerings from in-the-moment henna art to handmade jewelry; from leather goods to tallow-based health products; plus the local 4-H kids doing a plants sale.
Featured at the first happening on June 15 is Pixie & The Partygrass Boys.
Hailed as “the hottest band in the Wasatch” by the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, Pixie and The Partygrass Boys is composed of life-long professional musicians drawn together by a common love of bluegrass and skiing in the Wasatch.
Featuring soulful, often harmonic vocals and solid strings and rhythm, this tight-knit crew was born out of the belly of a warm cabin after a long day on the slopes, sipping whiskey and singing into the night. With a high-energy sound and a love for silly outfits, they travel the land spreading the gospel of whiskey, chickens, and fun for everyone.
Pixie & The Party Boys, courtesy Music on the Mesa.
Pixie & The Partygrass Boys have been touring extensively since the release of their 2018 debut EP “Utah Made.” Notable festival appearances include becoming a five-year fixture at WinterWonderGrass, as well as gracing the stages of Bourbon and Beyond, Delfest, High Sierra Music Festival, Jam Cruise, Rockygrass, Blue Ox Music Festival, and Hangtown.
The outfit has directly supported musical greats such as Billy Strings, The Infamous Stringdusters, Grace Potter, Lindsay Lou, The Brothers Comatose, and Lake Street Dive.
More about the band at www.pixieandthepartygrassboys.com
“If Bill Monroe and Emmylou Harris road-tripped to Burning Man and then moved to the mountains to write music and ski you would have Pixie & the Partygrass Boys,” Americana UK.
Featured on August 10 is Electro Lust, with Electronic Funk pulseing through its veins, entwined with a stampede of live Beats and Brass.
Their musical journey began with a deep connection between electronics and live musicians, ignited by a passion for multi-cultural rhythms that echo across the festival scene.
At the core of Electro Lust beats the hearts of Grammy Award-winning artists from Asheville, NC’s musical scene: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, The Fritz, Empire Strikes Brass, & Marcus King Band.
The group’s odyssey into the realms of Funk, Latin, Cuban, and Afrobeat reads like a musical adventure. It was spawned by encounters with diverse cultures while on the road and under the influence of vinyl treasures unearthed in record shops scattered across the nation.
The soundtrack to this journey is an eclectic hip-hop mix tape, a melodic manifesto that invites you to lose yourself in the raw energy of the Electro Lust experience.
Strap in and let the music guide you through this electrifying tapestry of sound and sensation.
More about the band at www.electrolustmusic.com
Every penny makes music!
To join the support crew, visit this link for the application: form.jotform.com/240335999309063.
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