FESTIVALL 2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Events are free unless ticket prices are listed. Except where noted, tickets are available in advance at The Clay Center Box Office (304-561-3570, www.theclaycenter.org). They will also be sold at the events if available.

Some events (marked with *) are not officially part of FestivALL but are worth noting.

This schedule will be regularly updated. Please check back often. All events are free except where noted. For more information about the events and artists please see the music, theater, dance and visual art areas of this web site.


PUBLIC VISUAL ART

UNIVERSITY ART STUDENT INSTALLATIONS
Students chosen by the art departments of West Virginia University, Marshall University, West Virginia State University and The University of Charleston will design, create and install pieces in locations around Charleston. Exact locations TBA.

ALLIED ARTISTS MURAL
An Allied Artists contest was won by Todd Thomas. His work will be converted to billboard size and installed on top of 1007 Bigley Place. It will be visible to motorists on I-64/77/79. Installation party TBA.

'PRESS 2 FOR SPANISH' ART INSTALLATION
Installation ceremony June 5. Charleston artist Amy Williams will design and create over twenty signs labeling familiar things around town in both Spanish and English. Using stencil art, the signs will call attention to the importance of language and communication. The installation, which will be up for 3 weeks, will also be an opportunity for passersby to learn words from another language. Charleston artist, Chris Dutch, provides assistance in this art project that combines street art, learning and fun. Workshop on making stencil art TBA.

PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
Charleston photographer K.D. Lett will take portraits of FestivALL visitors in a constructed set and choose some of them to make into photographic creations that will be printed and exhibited. Times and place TBA. LOCATION:CHARLESTON BALLET STUDIO, 820 Virginia Street.
JUNE 21 – NOON-4PM
JUNE 28 – 2PM-6PM
JUNE 29 – NOON-4PM


FRIDAY, JUNE 20

*THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC CONFERENCE begins with showcases and workshops at the Clay Center starting at 9am on June 20, 21 and 22. There will also be live music in downtown clubs starting at 7pm on June 20 and 21 as part of the IMC. Schedule and information at www.imc08.com/wv.

5 PM
OPENING CEREMONIES, The Clay Center at the Festival delle Arti sculpture

5-8 PM
CALLEN McJUNKIN GALLERY- ART ON PAPER, June 20 - July 31. Opening Reception: Friday, June 20, 5-8 pm The Loft at 219 Hale Street

6-10 PM
WEST VIRGINIA DAY LIVE ON THE LEVEE- Haddad Riverfront Park- WV food, drink, music and fun. Presented by Smith, Cochran & Hicks, P.L.L.C.

6- 6:45 PM
TBA
7-8 PM
TBA                       
8:30-10 PM
The Davisson Brothers



7:30 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave. Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312) and at the door.

*Call for times- The 2008 DAYMARK TENNIS TOURNAMENT- June 19-22 at the
Charleston Tennis Club 1600 Tennis Club Road, Pro Shop: 304.342.2461,
Office: 304.346.5391

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

9 AM- 5 PM
SMOKE ON THE WATER 2008 – Kanawha Blvd. at Haddad Riverfront Park- The 10th Anniversary of Charleston’s own national chili cook-off.  There will be music on two stages from 11 AM- 3 PM featuring Johnny Staats and Robert Shafer, The Carpenter Ants, members of Comparsa and Julie Adams with Steve Hill. For more information: www.smokeonthewater.org.

10 AM- 3 PM
WIENER DOG RACES presented by Charleston West Side Main Street, Kanawha Charleston Humane Association and the Susan G. Koman Foundation on the Stonewall Jackson Middle School Lawn. For dog registration form click here.

9 AM- 3 PM
ART ON A STICK - DAVIS PARK
Local artists have a yard sale.

3 PM and 8 PM
ART ON A STICK - DAVIS PARK
CHARLESTON - THE OPERA at the Cultural Center Theater-
All Tickets $25
Presented by Dixon Hughes PLLC.      

       


7:30 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave.
Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312) and at the door.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22

Noon-5 PM
THE WEST SIDE OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL presented by Charleston West Side Main Street on the Stonewall Jackson Middle School Lawn.

3 PM
The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra presentsTHE FOUR SEASONS – the Clay Center- Tickets from $5- $39
                                      
                                       

*Time TBA
EMPTY GLASS ROCK FESTIVAL at Coonskin Park

6 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave.
Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312) and at the door.

MONDAY, JUNE 23

Time TBA
THE NEW RELICS presented by Generation Charleston- Location TBA.

Time TBA
A TRIBUTE TO WEST VIRGINIA POET LAUREATE, IRENE McKINNEY- Location TBA

TUESDAY, JUNE 24

6 PM- 9 PM
BRIDGE ROAD BLOCK FEST at The Bridge Road shops parking lot.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

7:30 PM
SAVION GLOVER IN BARE SOUNDZ at the Clay Center
Tickets $35, $25, $15, Group discounts available, call 304-561-3536.Presented by FestivALL and The Clay Center.  
      

THURSDAY, JUNE 26

5- 8 PM
ART WALK at galleries in downtown Charleston.

8 PM
MAYOR’S CONCERT- GLADYS KNIGHT at the Clay Center
Tickets $55, $45, 30 This concert is made possible by the generous support of Mayor Danny Jones, Pritchard Mining and the Central Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau with special thanks to the Kanawha County Commission.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

Noon and 12:35 PM
THE WEST VIRGINIA DANCE COMPANY, West Virginia’s only touring dance company, in performance at  The Charleston Town Center- Center Court      
                                      


5:30- 11:30 PM
BLUES, BREWS & BBQ WITH SONNY LANDRETH AND SHEMEKIA COPELAND on the lawn of The University of Charleston
Tickets $12 advance, $15 at the gate

5:30 PM  
Izzy and Chris
6:20 PM   
Blues du Jour
7:15 PM  
The Dennis McClung Band     
8:20 PM  
Sonny Landreth
10:00 PM
Shemekia Copeland

6:30- 10:00 PM
FESTVALL LIVE ON THE LEVEE at the Brewer & Co. Stage at Haddad Riverfront Park- This stage is presented by Brewer and Company of West Virginia, Inc.
6:30 PM
The Soul Doctors        
8:30 PM
The Bob Thompson Unit
7:30 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave.
Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312)  and at the door.




SATURDAY, JUNE 28

10 AM- 7 PM
Capitol Street Art Fair- Over 100 artisans including Tamarack and Allied Artists members. Presented by Appalachian Power. 
                                                          

11 AM- 5 PM
ART FAIR STREET STAGESCAPITOL STREET STAGE- Capitol St at Brawley Walkway
11 AM
TBA
Noon
TBA
1PM
TBA
2 PM
TBA
3 PM
TBA
4 PM
TBA
5 PM
TBA

BB&T STREET STAGE- Capitol Street at Lee St
Presented by BB&T Bank

11 AM
TBA
Noon
Jessie and James
1 PM
enjoy dance in the park
2 PM
Jessie and James                                         
3 PM
TBA
4 PM
Jessie and James




5 PM
Enjoy the dance in the park. Street performers include Donna Penoyer (stilts), Cholly Erb (stilts), Jude Binder (costumes and masks) and DeWayne Hill (magic)
10 AM- ?
ANTIQUES ON HALE STREET. Individuals and dealers sell outdoors along the 200 block of Hale Street.
10 AM- 4 PM
KANAWHA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY STREET FAIR for families with children outdoors and in the library at 123 Capitol Street.

THE THOMAS MEMORIAL/ST FRANCIS HOSPITALS STREET STAGE on Capitol Street in front of the library. Presented by Thomas Memorial and St. Francis Hospitals.

10 AM 
John Hadfield: Monkeys in the House
11 AM 
Katzendrummers
Noon 
John Hadfield: Monkeys in the House   
1 PM 
Katzendrummers
2 PM 
John Hadfield: Monkeys in the House.

Performances in the Ray Room, third floor of library:

11 AM 
Storyteller and Champion Liar Bil Lepp: Tall Tales from Bil Lepp
1 PM 
Storyteller and Champion Liar Bil Lepp: A Fictitious Autobiography
3 PM 
Storyteller and Champion Liar Bil Lepp: A Fictitious Autobiography
11 AM
Michael Feldman’s Whad'Ya Know at the Municipal Auditorium- Audience should be seated by 10:30 AM. Tickets $40, $25 and $15 on sale April 21 at the Civic Center Box Office or Ticketmaster (304-342-5757,  http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1600407FAABE6C1E).  Presented by West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
 


11 AM- 2 PM
THE THOMAS MEMORIAL/ST FRANCIS HOSPITALS STAGE At Capitol Market produced by Live@Lincoln

Noon
TBA
1 PM
TBA  
2 PM
TBA                 

                               

Noon- 4 PM
THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE STAGE at Davis ParkMusic in Memory of Derick Kirk presented by Commercial Insurance Services, Inc.

Noon 
Punk Jazz
1 PM 
enjoy dance in the park  
2 PM
The Joe Pritchard Band                             
3 PM
Sean Richardson and Karen Allen
4 PM
The Rick Perdue Band
5 PM
enjoy dance in the park
5:30 PM
(After the dance) Comparsa
Hosted by Ric Cochran of V-100



Times TBA
LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!  At O’Kays restaurant on Leon Sullivan Way.
A 20 minute site specific play about Elvis in Charleston.

*1:00- 11:30 PM
THE CHARLIE WEST BLUES FEST presented by The West Virginia Blues Society at the Coonskin Park
Tickets $12 in advance and $15 at the gate.
More information at www.wvbluessociety.org  

1:00 and 5:00 PM
CARLI MARENECK AND FRENDS OF TRILLIUM ARTS COLLECTIVE performing a colorful site-specific dance experience on the lawn in Davis Park.

2:00 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave.
Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312) at the door

2 PM- 10 PM
WINE & All That Jazz featuring The Ellis Marsalis Quartet- on the lawn of The University of Charleston. Tickets $15 advance, $18 at the gate
Times and artists TBA      
                          

6 PM
CAPITAL HIGH DANCE COMPANY performing in the lobby of the Clay Center

6:30- 10:00 PM
FESTIVALL SATURDAY LIVE ON THE LEVEE at the Brewer & Co. Stage at Haddad Riverfront Park. Presented by Brewer and Company of West Virginia, Inc.

6:30 PM
Buckstone 
                  
8:30 PM
The Voodoo Katz

  

7 PM- 11 PM
FESTIV-ALL CHARLESTON 2008 ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL at the Clay Center Walker Theater. Four plays (three of them original work) by West Virginia theatre companies. Tickets: $15.00 for all four plays.

7 PM
Free Spirit Productions, Huntington. Play:
LUNCH AT THE FORK N’ FINGER by Jonathan Joy
8 PM
Independent Theatre Collective, Wheeling. Play:
CATCH & RELEASE by Jeremy Richter.
9 PM - MT
Pockets Theatre, Morgantown, WV. Play:
STUCK HERE WITH YOU by Steve McElroy
10 PM
Kanawha Players, Charleston, WV Play:
MITCH ALBOM’S TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29

NOON- 5 PM
Capitol Street Art Fair- Over 100 artisans including Tamarack and Allied Artists members. Presented by American Electric Power.     

                                          

12 AM- 5 PM
ART FAIR STREET STAGES

BB&T STAGE- Capitol Street at Lee Street
Presented by BB&T Bank

Noon TBA
1PM Jessie and James             
2 PM
TBA
3 PM
Jessie and James
4 PM
TBA

CAPITOL ST STAGE- Capitol Street at Brawley Walkway

Noon
TBA
1PM
TBA
2 PM
TBA
3 PM
TBA
4 PM
TBA
Noon- 4 PM
KANAWHA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Used Book Sale on the Plaza at 123 Capitol Street.

THE THOMAS MEMORIAL/ST FRANCIS HOSPITALS STREET STAGE on Capitol Street in front of the library. Presented by Thomas Memorial and St. Francis Hospitals.

Noon
TBA
1 PM
TBA     
2 PM
TBA   
3 PM
TBA

Noon- 3 PM
THE THOMAS MEMORIAL/ST FRANCIS HOSPITALS STAGE At Capitol Market produced by Live@Lincoln.

Noon
TBA          
1 PM
TBA  
2 PM
TBA

Noon- 4 PM
THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE STAGE at Davis Park, Music in Memory of Derick Kirk presented by Commercial Insurance Services, Inc.

Noon
Blue Notes
1 PM
Central Standard Time
2 PM
Bob Webb & Heidi Muller
3 PM
The Spurgie Hankins Band
4 PM
The Ryan Kennedy Trio
Hosted by Ric Cochran of V-100

          

2 PM
CHARLESTON BALLET AND GUEST ARTIST, RIVER CITY YOUTH BALLET ENSEMBLE AND WEST VIRGINIA DANCE COMPANY COMBINED CONCERT in the CULTURAL CENTER THEATER

6 PM
THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD PRESENTS “PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES” at the CLOG Theater, 411 Tennessee Ave.
Tickets $14 at the CLOG Box Office (342-9312) and at the door.

7 PM
Mountain Stage with Larry Groce at the Clay Center-
Featuring Jakob Dylan, Simone, Andy Davis, Krista Detor, TBA