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Listed below are shows comprising the HALL SERIES presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth. For a complete listing of all events at the Hall – by a variety of presenting organizations – please click here..

Los Lobos and Leo Kottke
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Dates / Times:
Monday, 03/22/2010 8:00 PM
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Three-time Grammy-winners, Los Lobos has a kitchen-sink attitude toward music, crafting their songs out of every genre imaginable: R&B, rock, blues, country, folk, Tex Mex and traditional Mexican and Spanish music. Joining them will be acclaimed guitarist Leo Kottke, whose music also stretches genres and imaginations.

Joe Bonamassa
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Dates / Times:
Tuesday, 03/23/2010 8:00 PM
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Just barely into his thirties, Joe Bonamassa has already made a name for himself as one of the finest - and most popular - blues guitarists making music today. His albums consistently hit the top of the Billboard Blues Album chart and, well, let's just say that if you don't buy tickets now, you might be out of luck later.

Vic Juris
North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Tuesday, 03/23/2010 7:30 PM
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A jazz fusion guitarist like no other, Vic Juris is part of the ongoing University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio. He has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, among dozens of other notable jazz greats.

What It Is! Featuring Mavis Staples,
Booker T. and JJ Grey

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Tickets as low as $19!
Dates / Times:
Thursday, 03/25/2010 8:00 PM
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Long-reigning R&B and gospel queen Mavis Staples headlines this fantastic triple bill of American music. Helping her out will be soul and funk singer and multi-instrumentalist JJ Grey and Grammy-winner Booker T. Jones, best known as the frontman for Booker T. & the MGs.

Michael Formanek
North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Tuesday, 03/30/2010 7:30 PM
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Having performed with everyone from the New York Jazz Collective to Freddie Hubbard, bassist Michael Formanek is heavily linked to New York's thriving jazz scene. His performance is part of the University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio.

Sara Hickman & Susan Werner
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Friday, 04/02/2010 8:00 PM
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Come spend a very special evening with singer-songwriters Sara Hickman and Susan Werner, as they exchange songs and stories about their lives, loves and music.

Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Saturday, 04/03/2010 8:00 PM
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Texas-based guitarist Bugs Henderson comes back to McDavid, where he and his longtime Shuffle Kings will deliver their trademark blasts of blues and rock.

Vincent Gardner
North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Tuesday, 04/06/2010 7:30 PM
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The University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series comes to an incredible close with acclaimed trombonist Vincent Gardner, whose diverse style of playing has landed him onstage with matchbox 20 and Lauryn Hill.

Pictures of Then
with special guest Josh Tatum

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Friday, 04/09/2010 8:00 PM
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City Beat magazine praises Minneapolis-based Pictures of Then as having "a sonic balance between reverence for the past and vision of the future." Think a leaner, less out-there Radiohead. Opening the show will be Fort Worth up-and-coming singer/songwriter Josh Tatum.

Johnny A.
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Thursday, 04/15/2010 8:00 PM
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Johnny A. is a Boston-based guitarist who made a name for himself as a dizzyingly diverse axist while serving alongside Bobby Whitlock and J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf. Now a solo artist, Johnny A. recently released his second effort, Get Inside, a simmering hot stew of rock, blues, country and jazz.

Mingo Fishtrap
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Friday, 04/16/2010 8:00 PM
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Austin's powerhouse funk/soul/R&B army returns to McDavid, hoping to put a smile on your face, a spring in your step and a few scruffs on your dancing shoes.

U.N.T. Three O'Clock Lab Band
A Tribute to David "Fathead" Newman

Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Sunday, 04/18/2010 6:00 PM
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The University of North Texas' Three O'Clock Lab Band, under the baton of Brad Leali, pays musical homage to one of the greatest hard-bop saxophone players in jazz, Texan David "Fathead" Newman. Newman, who passed away in 2009, spent more than a decade performing with Ray Charles; he also toured and/or recorded with Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King, among dozens of others. He also enjoyed a lengthy solo career, having released 38 solo albums.

The featured guest will be noted saxophonist Frank Wess, who performed with jazz legend Count Basie for more than a decade. Guest of honor will be vocalist Karen Newman.

Frankie Valli - Postponed
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Dates / Times:
Thursday, 04/22/2010 8:00 PM
Information:  
Due to an illness, the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons show scheduled for Feb. 23 has been postponed and rescheduled for April 22.

Tickets for the original date will be honored but will need to be exchanged for tickets to the rescheduled performance.

Refunds are available through the Bass Hall box office. Please call (817) 212-4280 or toll free at (877) 212-4280 for additional information.

BODYART
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Dates / Times:
Monday, 04/26/2010 8:00 PM
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Founded in 2005 by Texas Christian University graduate Leslie Scott, BODYART is a New York City-based dance company that creates original works of theater using both human movement and technological bells and whistles. The company collaborates with composers, video artists and designers to create thought-provoking and entertaining multimedia shows.

Under the direction of Scott, the eight-member company will perform LIMBO, a collaborative effort among Scott, video installation artist Patrick Lovejoy and composer Charles Seich. LIMBO is a multimedia dance work exploring the space between geographical, emotional and metaphysical extremes. The work, which premiered at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre in 2009, uses motion capture technology, dance, film and a music score to create an ever-shifting performance.

Suzy Bogguss
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Wednesday, 04/28/2010 8:00 PM
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After her concert last year at McDavid Studio sold out in record time, wildly popular country singer Suzy Bogguss returns for an encore performance. Along with playing selections from her 20-year-plus arsenal of hits, such as "Drive South," "Just Like the Weather" and "Someday Soon," Bogguss will be spotlighting material from her most recent album, the critically-acclaimed Sweet Danger.

U.N.T. One O'Clock Lab Band
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street
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Dates / Times:
Friday, 04/30/2010 7:30 PM
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The heroes of the One O'Clock Lab Band return! After a whirlwind start to 2010 - which included a pair of Grammy nominations and a tour of California - the University of North Texas' acclaimed One O'Clock heads back to McDavid, where they will perform new material to be recorded on Lab 2010, the follow-up to the ensemble's double-Grammy-nominated Lab 2009 recording. In addition, the One O'Clock will also perform longtime faves from the North Texas Lab Band library.

1964... The Tribute
Presented by: Performing Arts Fort Worth
and Strut Productions
Dates / Times:
Friday, 08/06/2010 8:00 PM
Saturday, 08/07/2010 8:00 PM
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Featuring The Debbie Brooks Orchestra, 1964...The Tribute takes its audiences on a musical journey to an era in rock history that will live in all of our hearts forever. The band has been hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and endearing Beatles tribute in the world. 1964 recreates an early 1960's live Beatles concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and onstage banter. Rolling Stone has called 1964, "the best Beatles tribute on Earth."

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