Tuesday, December 31, 2024

New Year's Eve

Kennedy School

Live music: 8pm doors, 9pm show

Live music free in the Gym; $28 advance, $36 day of show in the Theater

21 and over

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About New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

Make your plans now for New Year's Eve shenanigans, and get ready for a night packed with dancing and live music; plus, a champagne toast and balloon drop to mark the turn of the new year!

Book your room now, and make your stay extra special with our New Year's Eve package offering two keepsake sparkling wine flutes, bottled water and festive surprises! Check out live music below...

To add the New Year's Eve package to your stay:
When booking through our website, select your location and dates, then your room + rate, and a list of additional offerings will appear under "Package Options," including the New Year's Eve room package

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Live Music

Theater
Jennifer Batten & Full Steam* 9pm * $28 advance, $36 at door * 21 and over

Gym
Hillstomp with Profit Drama * 9pm * Free * 21 and over

About Jennifer Batten and Full Steam

Jennifer Batten and Full Steam

The buzz on Jennifer Batten rose from the guitar underground, gaining notoriety from guitar magazines chronicling her savvy musicianship & highly original approach to electric guitar. Her solo work spans a variety of sounds, from rock to world beat to electronica, but she’s probably best known for the music legends with whom she’s collaborated.

In 1987, Jennifer was selected from over 100 guitarists to join Michael Jackson’s touring band and spent the next 10 years performing around the globe in support of the BAD, DANGEROUS, and HISTORY releases. During that time, Jennifer appeared with Jackson in the Superbowl XXVI half time show, the largest TV viewing audience in history.

Between Jackson tours, Jennifer released two albums, ABOVE, BELOW AND BEYOND and MOMENTUM, which led to an invitation from British guitar icon Jeff Beck to join his band 1998. She appeared on Beck’s WHO ELSE and YOU HAD IT COMING albums and both supporting world tours, including the concerts documented in the JEFF BECK LIVE IN TOKYO 1999 DVD release.

More recently, Batten has toured worldwide with her solo multimedia show, held guitar residency for the Cirque Du Soleil show “Zumanity” in Las Vegas, authored 2 books, 3 instructional DVD’s, and has hosted thousands of music workshops. She’s received the She Rocks “Icon” award and has been inducted into Guitar Player Magazine’s “Gallery of the Greats.”

The rigors of touring led to Jennifer create a project that would enable her to spend less time on the road while still sharing her gifts. Jennifer Batten and Full Steam includes top-notch musicians from her adopted hometown Portland, Oregon performing a danceable mix of pop/rock covers from artists including Michael Jackson, Prince, Hall & Oates, Huey Lewis, Toto, Van Halen & more.

Jennifer Batten - guitar
Jim Beaty - bass
Norm Whitehurst - drums
Kevin Burkhart - keyboards
Hannah Dimo - vocals

Website:
https://www.jbfullsteam.com/

About Hillstomp

High-energy junkyard blues

Hillstomp

Hillstomp is a 2-man band comprised of Henry Hill Kammerer and John Johnson. Henry plays guitar and banjo like a hurricane, and if you close your eyes you'd swear he's playing 2 parts at once. John Johnson beats mercilessly on his drums, with the fury of a demon loose from hell. Once you get past the pure ferocity of his playing, you notice the parts are intricately crafted patterns that provide the framework for Kammerer's guitar and banjo sorcery.

The whole thing started as a love letter of sorts to North Mississippi blues played by the likes of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. It first caught on in college towns like Eugene and Olympia, but soon bigger cities got it as well. The band stayed there for a few years and then started to morph - adding banjo and writing more and more of their own music. The fast and loud songs kept coming, but now they were interspersed with ballads and slow-burners to give the sweat-soaked dancers a chance to breathe. They have set out on national headlining tours, tore their way through Europe a few times, and opened for many of their heroes along the way.

Hillstomp sounds like a boom box blasting from a shopping cart. Two madmen have strapped an engine to the cart and it's too big and running too hot. They've got a banjo and a megaphone, a washboard and a kick drum. They've stocked the cart with guitars, buckets, car parts, and microphones and they are hurtling towards a blown out bridge while the bad front wheel flaps manically. The fools think they can jump the bridge and land safely on the other side. They are very wrong but no one has told them because...well, they just seem so happy. And there you are, bouncing alongside them and deep down you hope they make it. Hillstomp is folk music in its purest form - from loud and gritty, to intricate and poignant, and most importantly, always heartfelt and true.

 

website:
http://www.hillstomp.com