Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will be the big event in the Sun Valley Center for the Arts' summer concert series this year. The performance will take place at River Run Lodge south of Ketchum on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
The series will begin Saturday, June 19, with a performance by Jose Conde and Nu Latin Groove at The Center in Hailey. On Friday, June 25, The Center will present Zap Mama at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.
The eclectic mix of concerts is a cross-section of music and performances appropriate for all ages.
The New York Times wrote, "Conde's vocal understatement is unusual. He formulates an Afro-Cuban music with an emphasis on songs with characters, wordplay and mild social ideas and brings together the Cuban music form of son, with New Orleans funk, Nigerian Afrobeat, James Brown rhythms, Haitian compas, New York City boogaloo and even jam-band stuff."
Zap Mama, fronted by amazing vocalist Marie Daulne, is a Belgian musical group founded and led by Daulne. Daulne, born in Isiro, a large city north of the Orientale province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bridges European and African cultures through her music with harmonic sounds and a mixture of heavily infused African instruments as well as rhythm and blues and hip-hop.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers is a special treat for the valley, especially since the Steep Canyon Rangers are one of the best bluegrass bands performing today. In addition, seeing and hearing another side of the multitalented Martin, known to be an incredible banjo player, will offer an evening of smiles and, of course, lots of laughs.
Sun Valley Center for the Arts members can buy discounted ticket packages for two or all three shows beginning Monday, May 17, at 10 a.m. Individual tickets will go on sale to members on Monday, May 24, at 10 a.m. and to nonmembers on Tuesday, June 1, at 10 a.m.
Members can buy tickets to all three shows for $65 and $40 for kids 12 and under or to Zap Mama and Steve Martin, two shows, for $50. There is also a special $10 kids package that includes Jose Conde and Zap Mama only. These packages are available to members only starting on Monday, May 17, at 10 a.m.
Members are limited to two adult tickets and up to four kids tickets per show until 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, when ticket sales are open to nonmembers.
Individual ticket prices for Jose Conde are $15 Center members, $20 nonmembers and $5 kids 12 and under. Tickets for Zap Mama are $20 Center members, $25 nonmember and $5 kids 12 and under. Tickets for Steve Martin are $35 Center members, $45 nonmember. There is no kid pricing for this show.
Tickets are limited. To buy tickets online, visit sunvalleycenter.org, call 726-9491, ext. 10, or visit The Center in Ketchum.
Sabina Dana Plasse: splasse@mtexpress.com
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will be at River Run Lodge on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Zap Mama will perform at Hop Porter Park in Hailey on Friday, June 25. Photo by
