Schedule

May 23, 2025

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Blues Fest Kickoff w/ Kara Grainger & Fatigo

Blues, Rock, from Australia and AZ with Kara Grainger and Fatigo

Come kick off the Blues Fest with Kara Grainger and Fatigo

Kara Grainger is an Australian soul blues and roots rock singer-songwriter, based out of Nashville, Tennessee. She played with the Papa Lips band starting in 1994. In 1998, they were awarded the "Best New Band" award at the Australian Blues Music Awards. With sultry. mesmerizing vocals, engaging songwriting talent, and fiery slide guitar work, Kara Grainger boasts an impressive set of skills. This Australian performer bears a style all her own, full of soulful swagger and elegant musicianship, her songs bring a distinctly unique and modern take to blues, roots and soul music. ?Kara was invited to play in Northeast India by the Himalayan Blues Foundation. She has also opened for many extraordinary acts such as Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal and Jonny Lang to name a few.

Fatigo is known for its eclectic music, blending lo-fi, Latin, lounge, pop, folky, jazzy, cumbia, Tejano, Norteña, mariachi, bossa nova, and not-quite-rock styles.

Price: $10

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May 25, 2025

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Blues Fest Wrap Up w/DAIISTAR & Betty Benedeadly

Alt-Indie-Psychedelic-Rock'n'Roll!

DAIISTAR is an Alt-Indie band formed in Austin, Texas in the spring of 2020. The band takes their inspiration from the neo-psychedelic era of the 80s and 90s (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3, Primal Scream) and pulls it into the future with modulating synthesizers, heavy guitars, bouncing bass lines, and spiraling hooks, creating a narcotic blend of noise and melody. DAIISTAR recorded their first studio album produced by Alex Maas of The Black Angels and engineered by James Petralli of White Denim in the summer of 2021. The band signed to UK based label Fuzz Club Records with their debut album GOOD TIME released on September 8th 2023. The album is available on vinyl including a Levitation Exclusive Edition pressing, as well as CD and digital. DAIISTAR has performed at SXSW, Levitation Austin, Levitation France,  Barcelona Psych Fest, KEXP, KUTX and has toured with The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and The Dandy Warhols. In May 2024 DAIISTAR released a 7" Limited Pressing of their single "Clear" Backed by Spacemen 3 co-founder Peter Kember aka SONIC BOOM's remix of the ‘Good Time’ album track "Velvet Reality" on the B-side

Betty Benedeadly plays twang-edelic, foot-stomping ritualistic rhythms and guitar-driven motifs that draw from Ennio Morricone's spaghetti westerns, surf, and roots rock.

Price: $15

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Date: May 23 & 25, 2025

Location: Whiskey Creek Zocalo 

11786 US-180 East, Arenas Valley, NM 88022

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