Friday Night Out Concert Series: No Strings Attached
Venue: Henderson Lawn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Date: Friday, June 28, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
Description:
Friday Night Out Concert Series welcomes No Strings Attached to the outdoor stage on Friday, June 28th on the Henderson Lawn in downtown Blacksburg.

An award-winning quartet based in Roanoke/Blacksburg, Virginia, No Strings Attached actually features hundreds of strings playing music described as "eclectic, jazz on acoustic instruments and world beat." Much like Clark Kent appears ordinary for the most part, only to become Superman after visiting a convenient phone booth, No Strings is superficially a traditional string band focusing on instrumental arrangements, but they consistently stretch the boundaries of string music beyond traditional concepts.

The Washington Post accurately described them as "one of the more adventurous string ensembles today." While their recordings feature traditional acoustic music, they also incorporate material by Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, the Chieftains, and Bill Spence, as well as their own originals. The eclectic brand of music they play and their exciting stage personae --think Cirque du Soleil and you're close-- has allowed them to open for such artists as Mary Wilson and the Supremes, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nickel Creek, Doc Watson, Stephen Bennett, Tommy Emmanuel, the Dixie Chicks, Turtle Island String Quartet, John Hartford, and John McCutcheon.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Strings-Attached/20609132766

Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to sit on during the show.

The rain site for all Friday Night Out concerts is in the Old Dominion Ballroom, located on the first floor of the Squires Student Center.

The Summer Arts Festival (a joint effort by Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg) was established in 1991. This Festival is held each summer beginning in June and ending in late August. This year's events will provide New River Valley residents, Tech faculty/staff/students, conference attendees, and tourists with an attractive array of arts and cultural attractions.

These include: live theatre productions; gallery exhibitions at the Armory Art Gallery; outdoor musical concerts on Henderson Lawn, an Independence Day Celebration sponsored by the Town of Blacksburg; the Steppin' Out Street Festival, Art at the Market, Summer Solstice sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association; three classic films sponsored by and being shown at The Lyric Theatre on College Avenue and, again this year, we are featuring a Storyteller.

For more information, visit: http://www.sopac.vt.edu/events/summer_arts_festival.html