Here’s a sneak peek on who is playing at the 2008 Utah Arts Festival.

Friday, April 4th, 2008 @ 12:52PM

Yes, it's still a few months away, but Every year the deadline for local bands to send in press kits to the Utah Arts festival offices is about late January so they can have plenty of time to schedule and put things together. The list has been chosen, and being on the performing arts board for the festival, I get early notice on who is playing. This year we judged about 300 bands. Thanks to all the rock bands who submitted applications. The Utah Arts festival at Library Square is June 26-29, and here are your performers, besides the big headliners who will be announced in the near future:

Abraxas

Anke Summerhill

Atherton

Band of Annuals

Bien Flamenco

Black Eyed Susan

Blame Sally

Blue Lotus

Bossa Nova Soul Samba

Bronco

Calico

Cavedoll

Chamber Orchestra

Chicago Afrobeat

Chuck Prophet

Cosm

Crescent Moon

Cynthia Douglass & Paul

Disco Drippers

Dulce Sky

Eric McFadden Trio

Ether Orchestra

Fifth Fret

Free Press

Funk Fu

Hillbilly Voodoo

Indigenous

Insatiable

Janiva Magness

Javier Garcia

Jazz Orchestra

Jebu

Jewel Thieves

Joshua James

Kid Theodore

Latin Jazz Factory

Libbie Linton

Llajtayku

Marcia Knorr

Mass Ensemble

Mayor’s Artists Awards

Melissa Warner

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper

Michael Lucarelli

Misty Murphy

Moreland & Arbuckle

Mushman

Odyssey Dance

Outlaw Entertainers

Passafire

Pink Lightnin’

Puddle Mountain Ramblers

Purr Bats

Red Desert

Red Rock Rondo

Revideolized

Ririe Woodbury

Rope or Bullets

Saliva Sisters

SLAJO

Slickrock Gypsies

Smiling Souls

Sophie Barton

Soulja

Spearit

Stacey Board Band

Starmy

Stone Circle

Swamp Boogie

Terry Tschaekfske

The Cadet Sisters

The High Beams

The Mollies

The New Nervous

The Radio Rhythm Makers

Three Squared

Tolchock Trio

Transperfromance

VCR Quintet

Vile Blue Shades

Wasatch Music

Way Way East Bay

Whip Boy

Whew! Well there you have it. I can’t wait until June 26!

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