Music in The Mountains
Park City Jazz Festival
In
late August atDeer Valley® Resort® Resort, the Fidelity Investments Park City Jazz
Festival returned for three days of incredible entertainment
on two stages. Featured acts have included George
Benson, Taj Mahal, Bela Fleck, Stanley Clarke, and the
Jean-Luc Ponty Trio.
The Jazz Fest expanded it's lineup to broaden
the musical reach and expanded a targeted audience providing
a wide range of entertainment value including two stages, numerous
vendor opportunities, food and fun, once again making the Fidelity
Investments Park City Jazz Festival the premier event of the
summer.
Integrating Grammy Award winning artist, with
a variety of genres including Latin, Blues, smooth jazz, and
big names ensures the most exciting and culturally impacting
presentation of talent in the region. www.parkcityjazz.com or
call
435-940-1362
Park City Performing Arts Foundation
Park City Performing Arts Foundation is a non-profit
organization, dedicated to presenting top-notch, diverse and
entertaining performances to the community. Now in its ninth
season, PCPAF continues to bring eclectic, nationally and
internationally renowned performers to The George S. and
Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
(a joint-use facility with the Park City School District).
PCPAF’s main stage acts have ranged from comedian Bill
Cosby to Pilobolus Dance Theater (a Cultural Olympiad performance)
to bluegrass stars, Nickel Creek.
Throughout the summer, PCPAF presents the Wells
Fargo Concerts in the Park – free concerts performed
by local musicians for local audiences as well as Big Stars,
Bright Nights (large-scale concerts) atDeer Valley® Resort® Resort.
www.ecclescenter.org
Utah Symphony & Orchestra
Summertime atDeer Valley® Resort® Resort also brings the Utah Symphony & Opera,
held in the Outdoor Amphitheater at Snow Park Lodge. The Utah
Symphony is one of only 19 full-time, professional orchestras
in the United States, and is best recognized internationally
through its great recording legacy. From its early beginnings
in 1940, with 5 concerts performed by 52 part-time musicians,
the 83-member orchestra now performs over 200 concerts each
year. www.utahsymphony.org
Concerts at The Canyons®
Resort
Concerts
at The Canyons® welcomes many professional acts that have
included Buckweat Zydeco, Sonny Landreth, String Cheese Incident,
Green Day, and Collective Soul. These concerts are held in
The Canyon's Village Forum, which features a covered stage,
concessions, beer garden, plenty of seating, fire pit, and
a large sculpture that is the center piece of the forum. www.theCanyons®.com
Mountain Town Stages
Mountain Town Stages is a 501C-3 non-profit organization. They
exist to foster and support an internationally recognized
musical community in our beautiful mountain setting. They
are working to establish Park City as a musical destination
for visitors and make the hills alive with music for residents.
The programs add to the overall festive atmosphere experienced
by locals and visitors. They are striving to create a mountain
musical Shangri-la. www.mountaintownstages.com |