Saturday September 4th -- [Back To Top]

R.E. Otherson Blues Uniquely personal, and powerful, renditions of Blues and R&B classics and originals in Giuseppe's lounge: fine dining and spirits. Contact: R.E. Otherson (859)368-8898 Time: 7:00pm to closing Location: Giuseppe's Ristorante Italiano No Website

Sunday September 5th -- [Back To Top]

Questapalooza Live performances from award-winning artists Switchfoot, Newsboys and the urban hip-hop sensation Group 1 Crew. This Labor Day weekend event, located in the heart of Lexington, KY has something for everyone including rides & attractions for kids, and The Fame (Idol-style talent competition). Contact: Location: Quest Community Church Visit Website

Friday September 10th -- [Back To Top]

George Strait & Reba McEntire Ticket Information: $80.50-$90.50. Contact: (859)-233-3535 Time: 7:00pm Location: Rupp Arena Visit Website

Saturday September 18th -- [Back To Top]

Songwriter's Night With Shelly Rann Songwriter's Night show number 4 with Shelly Rann & Bo Allen Contact: 859-554-5400 859-554-5400 Time: 8pm Location: The Racquet Club Ballroom Visit Website

Sunday September 19th -- [Back To Top]

Sierra Leones Refugee All Star Concert Free and Open to the public These musicians may have been thrown together by brutal circumstances, but they have made something uplifting and beautiful. They have built a bridge between the best contemporary African music and the inspirational reggae of Bob Marley Contact: tammy.cornett@eku.edu 859-622-7294 Time: 7:00pm Location: Brock Auditorium at EKU Visit Website

Thursday September 23rd -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Little Feat Contact: 859-233-3535 Time: 7:30pm Location: Lexington Opera House Visit Website

Friday September 24th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys: Friday 9:15 to 10:45pm Ralph Stanley is one of the last living founders of a distinctly American art form, which blends rural-based lyrics with fluid, jazz-like instrumental improvisations. He has won numerous Grammy Awards and was presented with the prestigious National Medal of Arts. Perhaps most impressively, Stanley has recorded over 170 albums and was famously featured on the multi-platinum soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Contact: Christ the King (859) 268-2861 Time: 9:15-10:45pm Location: Christ the King Oktoberfest Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Wynonna Judd Wynonna Judd knows a thing or two about climbing a mountain. On her 7th studio album, Sing: Chapter 1, she celebrates 25 years of her epic journey by giving us a garden-seat glimpse of those extraordinary influences and the songs that inspired her. Wynonna’s first studio album in six years, Sing pays homage to 11 country, rock, blues and soul-baring standards originated by legendary artists that have formed the unique soundtrack to her own life. The brand new song, “Sing,” written by Rodney Crowell rounds out the album, which has critics already standing up to take notice: 'If you want to hear a singer's singer,' raves the All Music Guide, 'One who can move you to the core of your being – Wynonna Judd’s deeply moving, authentic Sing: Chapter1 is a fine place to begin, This may be her finest hour.' “All my musical chapters are here,” says Wynonna, with her trademark enthusiasm. “Every genre. These are the songs that have moved me ever since I was a little girl. These are the songs I have turned to for comfort and insight at every point of my life.” Contact: (606) 324-3175 Time: 8:00pm Location: Paramount Arts Center (Ashland, KY) Visit Website

Randy Travis, LeAnn Rimes & Craig Morgan Randy Travis, LeAnn Rimes & Craig Morgan, LIVE at Applebee's Park! Contact: 859-422-7867 Location: Applebee's Park Visit Website

Saturday September 25th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Grammy-award winner and five-time Grammy nominee, Peter Rowan is a bluegrass singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and following his stint in Old & In the Way with Jerry Garcia and subsequent breakout as both a solo performer and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through his continuous stream of original recordings, collaborative projects, and constant touring. Born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family, Rowan first learned to play guitar from his uncle. He spent his teenage years absorbing the sights and sounds of the Boston music scene, playing bluegrass at the Hillbilly Ranch and discovering folk and blues across the Charles River at the legendary Club 47 on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge. "I could sit in with the Lilly Brothers at the Hillbilly Ranch and then catch the MTA and be in time for Joan Baez's last set at the Club 47. Bluegrass appealed to me. It was callin' me—the harmonies, that high and lonesome calling-sound. Don Stover had played banjo with Bill Monroe, fiddler Tex Logan too, before they joined the Lillys. Mandolinist Joe Val taught me all the Blue Sky Boys and the Louvin Brothers songs. I would play a "sock-hop" with my rockin' group, The Cupids, and then make a beeline for the clubs. Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee, Josh White, Muddy Waters- they all came to town! " Contact: Christ the King (859) 268-2861 Time: 6:00pm Location: Christ the King Oktoberfest Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: The Temptations For more than forty years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits, and sold-out performances throughout the world. “The crowds are bigger, the sales are sizzling,” says one industry report. “The outpouring of affection for this super-group has never been greater”. The history of The Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented by Berry Gordy, The Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early sixties. It wasn’t until 1964 however, that the Smokey Robinson written-and-produced “The Way You Do the things You Do” turned the guys into stars. An avalanche of hits followed, many of which...”My Girl,” for instance...attained immortality. “It’s Growing,” “Since I Lost My Baby;,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty Is only Skin Deep,” “I Wish It Would Rain”...the hits kept coming. Contact: (502) 352-7469 Time: 8:00pm Location: Grand Theatre (Frankfort, KY) Visit Website

Andrew Peterson Concert This concert is part of our annual World Impact Conference and is completely FREE to the community! Come early for the best seats. 483 West Reynolds Rd Lexington KY, 40503 AABC is located right across the street from Lexington Christian Academy. Contact: Nate BeVier 859 266 4341 Time: 7:00 Location: Ashland Ave. Baptist Church Visit Website

Lex Jam II Free Event Open to the Public. Contact: Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm Location: The Shops No Website

Lex Jam II Free event open to the public Contact: Time: 1:00pm- 5:00pm Location: The Shops at Victorian Square No Website

R.E. Otherson Blues In the fine dining atmosphere of Giuseppe's lounge, R.E. Otherson renders powerfully unique and personal interpretations of Blues and R&B classics and originals Contact: R.E. Otherson (859)368-8898 Time: 7:00pm to closing Location: Giuseppe's Ristorante Italiano No Website

Sunday September 26th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Gary Allen “I ain’t really happy,” sings Gary Allan on “Get Off on the Pain,” the down-home masterstroke that begins and provides the name for his new MCA Nashville collection, “until the sky starts driving rain.” Unhesitatingly frank, mercilessly guitar-crazed, it’s the rocked-out country confession of a smart guy drawn to what the rest of the world calls wrong roads and long shots, or complains of as aching bones and stubbornness, or — as Allan sings in a spectacular stretch of drawn-out soulful vowels — underestimates as dark horses. And as the California-born superstar releases his eighth studio album, it’s about the most Gary Allan piece anyone could imagine. “That’s, like, very autobiographical,” Allan understates, talking about the song. “I feel like I’m living that right now. It’s got a lot of life in there for me: It represents the relentless quality of life on the road. You’ll never hear me singing about tractors or farms, just because I don’t know anything about that stuff. Wrong roads and dark horses I know about. Still, I think the pain can get to be some kind of a positive for me because it connects to everything I’ve ever dreamed of. While it’s relentless, it’s confirmation of the actual existence of this big musical drama, the result of the dream.” That dream, for Allan, was to become exactly what he has become over the course of a lifetime in the field: a singer and songwriter forever cognizant of country music’s rough and storied past yet never wholly enslaved by its stylistic or social traditions. As a teenager performing in California, he skipped the bars that didn’t want to hear him play George Jones music; as a Nashville artist, he never worried about rocking things out or missing an awards-show red carpet. “It’s almost become a challenge to get into this town. But I’m also really comfortable with where I am, being slightly on the outside.” Allan always has developed and continued to refine his own tattooed power and finesse. Gary Allan Website Where and When: Morehead State University Academic Athletic Center September 26, 7:00 PM Morehead, KY 606-783-2386 $34-$44 Contact: (606) 783-2386 Time: 7:00pm Location: Morehead State University Academic Athletic Center Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Jason Mraz The popularity of Mraz’s latest album “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.” was jump-started by the single “I’m Yours” and has enjoyed international acclaim ever since its release. His pop roots remain but have given way to a more inspired, mature sound in recent recordings. Mraz states that his new album was inspired by “moments of self-realization, self-empowerment and self-improvement.” Contact: (800) 745-3000 Time: 7:00pm Location: Regional Special Events Center (Murray, KY) Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: The Temptations For more than forty years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits, and sold-out performances throughout the world. “The crowds are bigger, the sales are sizzling,” says one industry report. “The outpouring of affection for this super-group has never been greater”. The history of The Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented by Berry Gordy, The Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early sixties. It wasn’t until 1964 however, that the Smokey Robinson written-and-produced “The Way You Do the things You Do” turned the guys into stars. An avalanche of hits followed, many of which...”My Girl,” for instance...attained immortality. “It’s Growing,” “Since I Lost My Baby;,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty Is only Skin Deep,” “I Wish It Would Rain”...the hits kept coming. Contact: 502-352-7469 Time: 8:00pm Location: Grand Theatre (Frankfort, KY) Visit Website

Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Rhythm of America's Music A musical performance by UK Opera's Young Artists. FREE Contact: 859-257-5716 Time: 2pm Location: The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky` Visit Website

Monday September 27th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: The American Spiritual Ensemble The American Spiritual Ensemble was founded by Everett McCorvey in 1995. The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro Spiritual alive. Its members have sung in theaters and opera houses around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and abroad in Italy, Germany, Britain, Scotland, Spain and Japan. The repertoire of the American Spiritual Ensemble ranges from opera to spirituals to Broadway. The members of the American Spiritual Ensemble are soloists in their own right and the vocalists have thrilled audiences around the world with their dynamic renditions of classic spirituals, jazz and Broadway numbers highlighting the Black experience. Everett McCorvey, founder and director, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts. As a tenor soloist, Dr. McCorvey has performed in major centers around the world including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Radio City Music Hall in New York and in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovak Republics. During the summers, Dr. McCorvey is on the artist faculty of the American Institute of Musical Study (AIMS) in Graz, Austria and the Intermezzo Opera Program in Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. McCorvey holds an Endowed Chair in Opera Studies and is Director of Opera at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. McCorvey was recently announced as the Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games to be held in Lexington, Kentucky in September of 2010. The Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games will be the largest equestrian event to ever be held in the United States. Contact: (859) 225-0370 Time: 7:30pm Location: First Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel There is perhaps no other musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic. In the course of its over 160 year history, the musicians of this most prominent orchestra of the capital city of music have been an integral part of a musical epoch which due to an abundance of uniquely gifted composers and interpreters must certainly be regarded as unique. The orchestra's close association with this rich musical history is best illustrated by the statements of countless pre-eminent musical personalities of the past. Richard Wagner described the orchestra as being one of the most outstanding in the world; Anton Bruckner called it "the most superior musical association"; Johannes Brahms counted himself as a "friend and admirer"; Gustav Mahler claimed to be joined together through "the bonds of musical art"; and Richard Strauss summarized these sentiments by saying: "All praise of the Vienna Philharmonic reveals itself as understatement." Contact: 1-877-448-7469 Time: 8:00pm Location: Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts Visit Website

Tuesday September 28th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Chubby Checker Ernest Evans was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, but grew up in South Philadelphia, where he lived with his parents and two brothers. When he was a small boy, his mother took him to see Sugar Child Robinson, a child piano prodigy and also the famous country singer Ernest Tubb. Young Evans was so impressed, that he vowed to someday enter show business and took his first step toward that goal by forming a street corner harmony group when he was only 11 years old. By the time he entered high school, Ernest had learned to play the piano a little at Settlement Music School and could do a number of vocal impressions. He also went to South Philadelphia High School with his friend Fabian Forte, who would have show business success of his own. He entertained classmates whenever he could. After school, Chubby would sing and crack jokes at his various jobs including Fresh Farm Poultry on 9th Street and at the Produce Market. It was Ernest's boss at the Produce Market, Tony A., who gave Ernest the nickname "Chubby". The storeowner of Fresh Farm Poultry, Henry Colt, was so impressed, he began showing off his employee to his customers through a loud speaker. Henry and his friend Kal-Mann arranged for young Chubby to do a private recording for Dick Clark. A Yuletide novelty tune called, "Jingle Bells" on which Chubby did several impressions of top recording stars, was cut. Dick Clark sent it out as a Christmas greeting to all of his friends and associates in the music business. Cameo-Parkway liked it so much that they wrote a song called "The Class" and it became Chubby's first hit in early 1959. In June of 1959, Chubby recorded "The Twist". Bernie Lowe, president of Cameo Parkway records was not initially impressed with Chubby's recording and felt it may be a "B" side at best. However, Chubby felt "The Twist" was something special and worked hard promoting the record by undertaking non-stop rounds of TV dates, interviews and live performances. Fourteen months later, in the summer of 1960, "The Twist" was a hit. "The Twist" was not only the #1 song but it introduced the concept of "dancing apart to the beat". Over the next few years, endless songs incorporating "The Twist" into its name sprang up such as "Peppermint Twist", "Twist and Shout" and "Twistin' the Night Away". In addition, each new song brought a new dance involving "dancing apart to the beat" such as "The Jerk", "The Hully Gully", "The Boogaloo" and "The Shake". At the forefront was Chubby with "The Fly", "The Pony" and "The Hucklebuck". Contact: 1-859-231-7924 Time: 7:30pm Location: Kentucky Theater Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Tim Brumfield Tim Brumfield served as Cathedral Organist at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City from 2002-2009. As organist at the world’s largest gothic Cathedral, he performed with such renowned artists as pianist Dave Brubeck, drummer Max Roach, and legendary folk singer Judy Collins, among others. He has been featured on National Public Radio and toured with the Cathedral Choristers performing in Washington DC, New Jersey and on tour throughout England with performances at famed Salisbury and St. Paul’s Cathedral. He is considered one of the world's finest organ improvisers, tours regularly as a solo organist and pianist, and is often asked to lecture on the art of improvisation. He has been a member of the Grammy award winning Paul Winter Consort since 1998 and has toured Europe performing in Denmark, Italy and in France at the world famous Notre Dame Cathedral. Tim can be heard on Heartscapes Records and is managed by Brumfield & Associates, www.brumfieldassociates.com. Contact: 859-225-0370 Time: 2:00pm Location: First Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) Visit Website

Wednesday September 29th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: The American Spiritual Ensemble The American Spiritual Ensemble was founded by Everett McCorvey in 1995. The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro Spiritual alive. Its members have sung in theaters and opera houses around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and abroad in Italy, Germany, Britain, Scotland, Spain and Japan. The repertoire of the American Spiritual Ensemble ranges from opera to spirituals to Broadway. The members of the American Spiritual Ensemble are soloists in their own right and the vocalists have thrilled audiences around the world with their dynamic renditions of classic spirituals, jazz and Broadway numbers highlighting the Black experience. Everett McCorvey, founder and director, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts. As a tenor soloist, Dr. McCorvey has performed in major centers around the world including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Radio City Music Hall in New York and in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovak Republics. During the summers, Dr. McCorvey is on the artist faculty of the American Institute of Musical Study (AIMS) in Graz, Austria and the Intermezzo Opera Program in Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. McCorvey holds an Endowed Chair in Opera Studies and is Director of Opera at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. McCorvey was recently announced as the Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games to be held in Lexington, Kentucky in September of 2010. The Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games will be the largest equestrian event to ever be held in the United States. Contact: 859-225-0370 Time: 2:00pm Location: First Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival: Horsin Around With Murder Artist Everyone is in town for the Alltech World Equestrian Games and they are all gathered here tonight for the book signing of equine writer and Mama's boy Houston Dallas' first novel "A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course Of Course". Included here tonight is Houstons girlfriend Deneeze Arshot, the French Reining Judge who was a vaulting competitor until she got hurt, his good friend Steed Roper a former reining champ who mysteriously disapp...eared from the public eye 2 yrs ago and who now has a British accent. Cheyenne Sassy the current reigning champ and Steed Ropers new girlfriend who is a poor southern girl who worked her way through college doing "odd" jobs and finally the head Dressage Judge Taryn Wear who has discovered that you can be anything with enough money, even a judge. Everyone has a secret they don't want revealed, but before the night is over everything comes out and one of them ends up dead in this hysterical comedy by Paula Hilton. See if you can figure out who done it and win the evenings prize!!! Contact: 859-846-9463 Time: 7:30pm Location: Equus Run Vineyards (Midway, KY) Visit Website

Thursday September 30th -- [Back To Top]

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with the Lexington Philharmonic A nine-piece contemporary swing band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy gained mainstream popularity when “Go Daddy-O” was used in the movie, “Swingers.”Their first major record with Capitol Records sold three million copies, and their most notable singles include “Go Daddy-O,” “You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight,” and “Mr. Pinstripe Suit.” Previous entertainment engagements include the 1999 Super Bowl Halftime Show, the 2006 Capitol One Bowl, and the Espy Awards. Always sporting their zoot suits, they perform more than 100 concerts around the world each year. Contact: 859.257.4929 Time: 8:00pm Location: University of Kentucky's Singletary Center for the Arts Visit Website

Alltech Fortnight Festival presents: La Boheme La Boheme is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian liberetto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger. Since its premier on February 1st, 1896, La Boheme has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. The story is set in Paris in the period around 1830. It essentially focuses on the love between the seamstress names Mimi and the poet Rodolfo. They immediatly fall in love with eachother, but Rodolfo later wants to leave Mimi because of her flirtatious behavior. With drama, love, and suspense this opera will have you on the edge of your seat. Contact: 859-233-3535 Time: 7:30pm Location: Lexington Opera House Visit Website