Urban Arts Festival ... and other news

Oh, my goodness! Has it really been that long since we've blogged anything? Guess I'd better be bringing you all up to speed on things, huh?

We are going to be playing the Urban Arts Festival this Sunday (September 18) at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. This is a FREE festival for the whole family so come on out & enjoy the last weekend of summer with us.



As to the rest of the news, we've had a few changes in our crazy family. Chris, Tony and Tiffin have decided to take a break and pursue other projects and life adventures. They will always be with us in spirit and we wish them the very best of everything. Jennifer is still around, but has been incredibly busy with her other projects. Who knows when she may pop in for a surprise tuba honk? And Byron has relocated to the south desert. He will still be joining us for our craziness whenever he returns north. But not to despair! We have some incredible new family members sharing in the madness that is Juana Ghani: Heather Gardner (yes, the same Heather who belly dances, burlesque dances, and aerial dances) joins us on banjo and vocals, Phil Miller on all the saxes, and Bob Smith on percussion. OH! And Bryan Bale is now playing bass guitar when he's not playing doumbek.  I told you there were a lot changes!

DeVotchKa!

BIG, EXCITING LAST MINUTE NEWS!

Juana Ghani is opening for the amazing DeVotchKa tomorrow night (Saturday, July 18) at Park City Live (427 Main Street / Park City, Utah).

Tickets are $30 for general admission and can be purchased here: http://parkcitylive.net/event.cfm?id=211566&cart

Doors open at 8:00pm.  This is a 21+ event.

June fun comin' at ya!

We are really looking forward to an amazing summer of singing, playing, dancing and just having a great fun time!  We've got quite a few shows coming up and really look forward to seeing everybody there!

First up in June - on the 8th - we'll be bringing the party to the Ogden Arts Festival.  This is always an amazingly fun time.  We'll be hitting the stage at 5pm, right after our good friends Hectic Hobo, and will close the event with a Gypsy punk bash that is guaranteed to get you up on your feet and dancing.  This is a family friendly event, so grab the kidlettes and come on out! 

Then, on June 15 we'll be hitting The Woodshed in Salt Lake City with our new friends Bombshell Academy and Ten Dervishes for a night of jam, Gypsy punk & power ska under the stars!  It will be a full on party of excitement and insanity, danced by fire and beauty!  This is only for those who are 21 or older. 

And on June 22 we return to the steps of the City-County Building for the Utah Arts Festival.  We'll start making music at 7pm.  As always, we will have the area's most intoxicatingly beautiful and talented belly dancers with us.  This is another family friendly event, so bring everybody!  And let your little ones dance!

Party time at Brewskis

Pizza, beer, friends, and great music.  Life just doesn't get much better than that!  And this past Saturday we were lucky enough to have just that.

photo by Todd Cole

We had such an amazingly fun time playing a show at Brewskis in Ogden with our good friends FOLK HOGAN.  We were surrounded the whole night be wonderful friends and fans who have become like family to us, and we met many more fabulous new friends that we are so looking forward to seeing at future shows.  "Mayhem" just doesn't even begin to describe the fun!

 

 FOLK HOGAN photo by Todd Cole

 

Juana Ghani photo by To E McKinley