GREAT BIG SEA –
Wednesday March 10th, 8:00 p.m.
$35, 25
An energetic mix of Celtic folk-rock and old-time Newfoundland sea chanteys. Playing the 2010 Olympics! The critically-acclaimed Canadian celtic-rock band Great Big Sea emerged from Newfoundland in 1993 with their self-titled debut. Many of their albums – including Up, Sea of No Cares, Turn, Play, Something Beautiful and The Hard and the Easy – are certified gold or platinum in Canada and have cumulatively sold over one million copies there. Most recently, The Hard and the Easy was nominated for a 2006 Juno award (Canada’s equivalent to a Grammy), following multiple past Juno nominations for the band.

Great Big Sea is: Alan Doyle (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bouzouki), Sean McCann (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodran, shakers, tin whistle), and Bob Hallett (vocals, button accordion, bouzouki, fiddle, tin whistle, tenor banjo).

EXPERIENCE HENDRIX –
Monday March 15th, 8:00 p.m.
$95, 88, 75
Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Include some of the best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi, Doyle Bramhall II, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Double Trouble's Chris Layton, along with bassist Billy Cox. Cox, who first befriended Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne division of the US Army. Cox played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight. Cox commented, “It’s a thrill for me to play Jimi's music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s. The Experience Hendrix tours have shown how timeless this music really is.” Joe Satriani remarked, “I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a lifetime, line up of musicians!”

RANDY RIGGLE'S NOSTALGIA CONCERT –
Saturday March 20, 7:30 p.m.
$19

TASTE OF HOME COOING SCHOOL –
Tuesday March 23, 4:30 p.m.
$16, 8

REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY –
with opening by Alash –
Saturday Mar. 27th, 8:00 p.m.
$35, 25, 15
London’s longest-running comedy. "Ridiculously nutty, foolish and original. ...would tickle every student who's ever squirmed through dry classroom Shakespeare." Los Angeles Times (Opening by Tuvan throat singers Alash)

SALINA SYMPHONY – Youth Symphony Extravaganza –
April 11, 4:00 p.m.
$10 adults, $6 students

PIANIST BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV –
Friday April 16th, 7:00 p.m.
Adults $12, Students $7
The Grand Prize winner of the London International Piano Competition 2009. Behzod has won numerous international competitions. Simply amazing, beautiful and stunning.

NATE THE GREAT –
Wednesday, April 21st, 7:00 p.m.
Adults $12, Students $7
Who do you call when there's a mystery you just can't solve? Nate the Great of course! He has found lost balloons, chickens, and even a lost goldfish. Find out in this new musical based on the book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat.

CHRIS BOTTI –
Sunday, April 25th, 8:00 p.m.
$70, 60, 45
Grammy winning Chris Botti is one of the world’s top-selling instrumental artists. He has recorded and performed with Sting, Josh Groban and Yo-Yo Ma. He has been associated with Sting since 1999 and for two years was a featured soloist on the Brand New Day tour.

SALINA SYMPHONY – Bach & the Baroque –
May 2, 4:00 p.m.
$19 adults, $12 students
Featuring the Salina Chorale, the KWU Philharmonic Choir, Michelle Cardinal Dolan & Leslie Mangrum

KARLA BONOFF –
Monday May 3rd, 8:00 p.m.
$25
One of the finest singer-songwriters of her generation. Her songs have become hits for Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna and Linda Ronstadt. She has critical acclaim, commercial success, enduring popularity and unwavering respect of her peers.

Salina's Got – Talent Youth –
Thursday, May 20th, 7:00 p.m.
Adults $12, Students $7

Salina's Got – Talent Adult –
Thursday, May 27th, 7:00 p.m.
Adults $12, Students $7
(Call the Stiefel for entrance forms and audition schedules.)