Are you ready to rock? It appears the People's Fair organizers are because they just announced the music lineup for the June 7 and 8 event.
Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods staff selected performers for the annual event from the top scorers at the
Ultimate Music Xperience auditions as well as from talent who played the People's Fair last year, CHUN's
Andrea Furness told me.
During my few-hour stop at the two-day UMX at
Bender's Tavern in March, I saw a couple talented acts, but found the segment of '08 auditions to be heavy in '80s cover bands.
My advice it to make it to the fair's main stage in the evening June 7, when
Mojambus takes the stage. You may be tempted to liken lead
Jason Downing to
James Brown,
Mick Jagger or
Chris Robinson, but don't. You'll see. Also on Saturday, you can check out
remember may, who
I raved about last year, and
Nicole Torres and the Affiliates, who have enjoyed some buzz.
I wouldn't blame you for not stopping at the Miller Lite Stage, where
Burgandy Brown will play, around 4:50 p.m. the same day. The woman has pipes, but she wastes them on lyrics including "I can't quit you," "what goes around comes around," "can't take what you dish out," "people don't change overnight" and other cliché refrains of our time.
The complete lineup Andrea shared with me is below. If you're in a band, make sure to
post your gigs on our new hub,
yourhub.com/nights. If you have ears and can string a few sentences together, we like music
reviews too.
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| Time | Performer |
| 10:00 | The Last Seen |
| 10:40 | Furious George and the Monster Groove |
| 11:30 | Aloft in the Sundry |
| 12:30 | ZEÜT |
| 1:30 | Tyler Ward |
| 2:30 | Buckner Funken Jazz |
| 3:45 | The Lionel Young Band |
| 5:00 | Byron Shaw Projex |
| 6:10 | Mojambus |
| 7:10 | Nicole Torres and the Affiliates |
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| 10:00 | Ellison Park |
| 10:40 | Melanie Susuras Band |
| 11:30 | Skean Dubh |
| 12:20 | Dean Station |
| 1:10 | BaSheBa Earth |
| 2:00 | Set Forth |
| 2:50 | Funk Shui |
| 3:40 | Mojo Mama |
| 4:35 | Gata Negra |
| 5:25 | Carbon Choir |
| 6:10 | Ian Cooke |
| 7:00 | Something Underground |
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| 10:00 | Rob Drabkin |
| 10:40 | Audrey Vanessa |
| 11:25 | Serious Bisnezz and the LoDo Horns |
| 12:20 | Full Belly |
| 1:15 | The Velvet Elvis |
| 2:10 | Rudy Grant and Branded |
| 3:00 | Trainwreckers |
| 3:55 | Zack Nichols Band |
| 4:50 | Burgandy Brown |
| 5:30 | Fiancé |
| 6:15 | Apex Vibe |
| 7:10 | Will Rockit |
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| 10:00 | Robert Michael |
| 11:00 | Bhakti Rasa |
| 11:55 | Stone Crazy |
| 12:40 | remember may |
| 1:35 | The Hollyfelds |
| 2:25 | The Mile Markers |
| 3:25 | Optimal Frequency |
| 4:10 | Planet O |
| 5:05 | Love .45 |
| 6:00 | Kate Laurel Smith |
| 7:10 | Six Foot Joe and the Red Hot Rhinos |
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| 10:00 | Michael James |
| 10:40 | Somethin' about Lulu |
| 11:20 | Déjà vu Quartet |
| 12:00 | TBD |
| 12:50 | Unleashed Dance Studios Salsa Performance Teams |
| 1:30 | Jennifer Friedman |
| 2:10 | The Funkinetic Project: Ministry of Funk |
| 2:50 | The Salseritas |
| 3:25 | Niki Jenewein |
| 4:15 | Corazon Flamenco |
| 4:55 | Serpent Moon |
| 5:30 | BollyWood West |
| 6:00 | Colorado Mestizo Dancer |
| 6:45 | Tribal Tique Belly Dance Company |
| 7:20 | TBD |
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| 10:00 | Jazz Garden |
| 11:05 | The Alicia Fall Band |
| 12:10 | Denver Municipal Jazz Band |
| 1:30 | The Polite Jazz Quartet |
| 2:30 | Ryan Elwood Jazz Ensemble |
| 3:30 | Cocktail Revolution |
| 4:30 | Ayo and the Soul Revival |
| 5:30 | Jordan Oliver and the Latin Jazz All Stars |
| 6:45 | Easy Bill and the Big Beat |
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| 10:00 | UmConscious |
| 10:40 | Jockamo |
| 11:30 | Los Lunaticos |
| 12:30 | Rubber Planet |
| 1:20 | Purnell Steen & Le Jazz Machine |
| 2:15 | Nicole Sommers and the Dazzling Divas |
| 3:15 | U.S. Pipe |
| 4:20 | Brethren Fast |
| 5:20 | Savage Henry |
| 6:10 | Wendy Woo and the Woo Band |
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| 10:00 | Michael St. James |
| 10:45 | King for a Day |
| 11:30 | Laurie Dameron |
| 12:25 | Winds of the Spirit |
| 1:10 | Mark Ehukai Kahalekulu |
| 1:50 | Joe Fornothin |
| 2:40 | Trailer Park Playboys |
| 3:30 | The HoBo Nickels |
| 4:25 | PolyJane Test Kitchen |
| 5:10 | Angie Stevens |
| 6:05 | Coles Whalen |
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| 10:00 | Robert Eldridge |
| 10:45 | Pairadeux |
| 11:45 | Potcheen Folk Band |
| 12:45 | Jason Vigil Band |
| 1:30 | The Flash Mob |
| 2:25 | Tequila Mockingbird |
| 3:25 | Colorado Storm |
| 4:10 | Stanley Milton's Mean Streak |
| 5:00 | Bigga Digga |
| 6:00 | Lion Vibes |
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| 10:00 | Legendary River Drifters |
| 11:00 | Ten Tiers |
| 11:55 | Gubment Cheese |
| 12:40 | Gription |
| 1:35 | Chris Webb |
| 2:25 | Ricky Earl Band Featuring Cheri |
| 3:25 | Solar |
| 4:10 | WADIRUM |
| 5:05 | Teresa Lynne Band |
| 6:00 | Kenny Perkins and the Night Shift |
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| 10:00 | TBD |
| 10:35 | Skyline Chorus |
| 11:10 | Belly Dance by Colorado Athletic Club |
| 11:40 | Ben Roberts |
| 12:40 | Artistic Fusion Dance Academy |
| 1:15 | Christy, Sandy and Stan |
| 1:50 | Colorado Ambassadors of Gospel |
| 2:30 | Mural Project Awards |
| 2:55 | Tara Leilani |
| 3:30 | Matt Nasi |
| 4:10 | Tabla Vasvousa |
| 4:50 | New Denver Orchestra |
| 5:25 | Huitzilopochtli |
| 6:15 | Heritage Irish Stepdancers |
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| 10:00 | Shields of Faith |
| 10:55 | Normal Decibel |
| 11:45 | Zed |
| 12:45 | TBD |
| 2:00 | O-TONE Brass Band |
| 3:00 | Wind Jammers Jazz Orchestra |
| 4:15 | Sundays at Vic's |
| 5:10 | Judge Roughneck |
| 6:00 | Tango Colorado |
*Schedule subject to change; as of 5/14/08