SPR ING A R T S
THE WORLD’S SHORTEST PARADE FOR ONE OF THE WORLD’S
longest running holidays.
THE FLAMING LIPS: Will play the Wakarusa festival in Ozark on June 5.
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who otherwise has absolutely nothing in common with Paul Wall, will celebrate his new record release at White Water April 18, with opener Christian Marie Carroll. Country star and Georgia native Brantley Gilbert will bring his “Let It Ride” tour to Verizon Arena on April 19, featuring Thomas Rhett and Eric Paslay. Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea, who began his career performing with Cab Calloway and Miles Davis, will be at UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall on April 22 with Bela Fleck, the world’s most famous banjo player. Also on April 22, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s chamber group will perform an ambitious program of Beethoven and Wagner compositions at the Clinton Presidential Center, and Cirque Du Soleil will present its “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour” show at Verizon Arena. The show features 49 dancers, acrobats and musicians, many of whom toured with Jackson while he was alive. On April 25, The Walton Arts Center will offer a tribute to Nat King Cole, “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” featuring Ramsey Lewis and John Pizzarelli. In Little Rock, synth-heavy North Carolina indie rock band Future Islands will be at Stickyz with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and Fine Peduncle. (Ballet Arkansas’s “Momentum” will open on April 25 as well, and will run through the 27th.) Athens, Ga., group Of Montreal will bring its colorful and hyper-disorienting dance-pop funhouse vibe to the Rev Room on May 2. The Arkansas Sym22
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phony Orchestra, maybe anticipating his August appearance at the Verizon Arena, will perform a tribute to the music of James Taylor at the Robinson Center Music Hall May 3-4. Grammy-winning L.A.-based mariachi ensemble Mariachi Los Camperos will play at Walton Arts Center on May 3, and alt-rock-mathcore group The Dillinger Escape Plan will be at Juanita’s on May 5 with Tera Melos, Vattnet Viskar and Fear The Aftermath. On May 6, country singer Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group will be at Walton Arts Center. REO Speedwagon, meanwhile, is still around and will perform at Robinson Center Music Hall on May 8, while Arkansas native Iris DeMent will be at the Ron Robinson Theater on May 10. On May 14, you can bliss out to Brit Floyd’s “Discovery World Tour,” a Pink Floyd tribute and laser show, at Verizon Arena, and on May 15 the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform “Mozart by Candlelight,” set at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Bruno Mars will take his incredibly named “Moonshine Jungle” Tour to Verizon Arena on June 10. Music festival season kicks off with Riverfest 2014 on May 23-25. Headliners this year will include Hank Williams, Jr., Salt-N-Pepa, Buckcherry, Chicago, Three Days Grace, Len Brice and many others yet to be announced. The Hot Springs Music Festival is next, June 1-14. On June 5, the giant campout and music festival Wakarusa will take place at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark. This year’s lineup includes The Flaming Lips, The String Cheese Incident, STS9, BASSNECTAR, Umphrey’s McGee, Dr. Dog and many others.
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Blarney Stone Kissing Contest – Arkansas Blarney Stone
5:30 P.M.
Festivities kick off with four Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders – Bridge Street
6:25 P.M.
Measuring of the parade route – Bridge Street
6:30 P.M.
World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Bridge Street
7:30 P.M.
Post-parade free concert, Hot Springs All-Star Review Band – Bridge Street Stage
A 1,629-year-old holiday meets 98 feet of insanity. Join us in the Spa City for The First Ever 11th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This weird, wacky, and wonderful event – grand marshaled by TV and movie star Jim Belushi – is a big, fun parade packed into an astonishingly short 98 feet.
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