The Center Announces the 2017 Summer Concert Lineup

The Center  is thrilled to announce their 2017 Summer Concerts featuring Lord Huron and Pink Martini. Lord Huron will kick off the exciting season on Monday, July 17. This indie band, based in Los Angeles, has rocketed to prominence with their beautiful and upbeat songs. While Lord Huron defies categorization, Portland, Oregon’s Pink Martini crosses genres, styles and even languages. With songs in 15 different languages, this little orchestra can transport listeners to a French jazz bar with one tune and then jump into a hilarious song about Eugene, the guy who got your phone number but never called, in the next.

“The Center’s summer concerts have been a Sun Valley institution for over 30 years—and are known for performances that bring our community together and help friends and neighbors fall in love with bands they may not have seen before!” said Kristine Bretall, Performing Arts Director at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. “We are thrilled to bring Lord Huron to the valley—a band that we’ve been chasing!! And as for Pink Martini, it’s been a full 5 years since they played River Run and they are one of The Center’s most requested return engagements because of the incredible variety and fun that this ‘little orchestra’ brings to every show.”

2017 SUN VALLEY CENTER SUMMER CONCERTS

Lord Huron
July 17, 2017, 7pm
Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley

This indie band of Michiganders has played on stages from South by Southwest to Lollapalooza and Outside Lands in San Francisco. Formed by bandleader Ben Schneider, Lord Huron was “conjured from the depths of Lake Huron during a trip to his family home in northern Michigan in 2010.” Unlike other songwriters, Schneider creates fictional worlds within worlds through his music. His songs are about made-up villains and heroines of the old West—and the band’s videos are mini-Westerns based on the song titles. With over 100 million hits on Spotify on songs from Ends of the Earth, Fool for Love, She Lit a Fire, Time to Run and The Night We Met, Lord Huron will have the Sun Valley Pavilion rocking to their gorgeous, smart, upbeat music.

Ticket Prices:
For Center members tickets in the Pavilion start at $47, $36 on the lawn. Lawn tickets are $16.50 for students 18 & under with I.D. Lawn seats will be released after 75% of the Pavilion seats have sold. Nonmembers add $10 to the price of each ticket.

Title Sponsor Lord Huron concert:
Walker & Dunlop

Summer Concert Series Sponsors:
Bex Wilkinson and The Marshall Frankel Foundation
Sun Valley Resort

Supporting Sponsors:
Goode Motor
KSKI 94.5
Wood River Inn  

Pink Martini
August 1, 2017, 7pm
River Run Lodge, Ketchum

Now in their 21st year, Pink Martini and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale are Portland, Oregon’s “musical ambassadors to the world,” performing a multilingual repertoire on concert stages from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl to Royal Albert Hall, and with more than 50 symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. The band has released nine albums on its own label, Heinz Records. Their most recent release is Dream a Little Dream, a collaboration with The von Trapps. Lauderdale and lead singer China Forbes bring together this small orchestra, crossing classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop and creating evenings that are charming, nostalgic and mesmerizing.

Ticket Prices:
Tickets start at $48.36 for members, $24.60 for students 18 & under with I.D. Nonmembers add $10 to the price of each ticket.

Summer Concert Series Sponsors:
Bex Wilkinson and The Marshall Frankel Foundation
Sun Valley Resort

Supporting Sponsors:
Goode Motor
KSKI 94.5
Wood River Inn  

Sun Valley Center for the Arts Membership:
Membership to The Center brings two perks for summer concerts (membership has many more throughout the year, in addition to supporting the year-round educational programming of The Center and Company of Fools): the opportunity to purchase package tickets and to purchase tickets during the members-only pre-sale. Memberships for individuals start at $50, which allows the purchase of two tickets at the member price. Family memberships start at $100, and allow the purchase of up to six tickets at the member price.      

2017 SUMMER CONCERT TICKET PACKAGES:

Members can buy two concerts and save!

Only Center members may purchase the two concerts at once to save an additional 10% on tickets. You’re guaranteed to get the best seats available.

Series ticket options:

Series tickets are only available to members and are 10% off individual tickets

VIP Package…..$198.40

  • Premium seating Lord Huron
  • VIP seating area Pink Martini

Gold package…..$140.08

  • Front rows Lord Huron
  • Early Entry Pink Martini

Silver Package…..$125.50

  • Pavilion middle rows Lord Huron 
  • Early Entry Pink Martini

Bronze Package…..$93.42 

  • Pavilion higher rows (but below entry level walkway)
  • General Admission to Pink Martini

* Series prices listed above INCLUDE all taxes and ticketing fees. Package price includes one ticket to Lord Huron and one ticket to Pink Martini.

ON-SALE DATES:

Dates for ticket sales:

  • Monday, May 1, 10 am – Monday, May 8, 9:59am: two concert packages will be on sale to members only
  • Monday, May 8,  10am – Monday, May 15, 9:59am: individual concerts and packages on sale, to members only
  • Monday, May 15, 10am: all remaining tickets will be released to the general public.

For more information about the 2017 Summer Concert Series, membership information or to purchase tickets, please call us at 208.726.9491.

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