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Doors open at 7PM and shows begin at 8PM.  Exceptions will be noted.
Children under 13 admitted for 1/2 price to all West Side Theatre sponsored events, unless otherwise indicated.

Led Zeppelin Live! Starring  Heartbreaker  >>  Saturday, May 17th
Heartbreaker is, without a doubt, the world’s most authentic Led Zeppelin tribute band. It takes a lot of confidence to make such a claim, but Heartbreaker lives up to it. In musicianship, sound replication, costume and stage presence, Heartbreaker is the closest to the real Led Zeppelin yet. From Zeppelin’s 1969 debut album with the smash Good Times Bad Times, through the 1979 album In Through the Out Door, Heartbreaker’s performance captures it all flawlessly.  Led Zeppelin may be gone, but Heartbreaker can take you back to the Zep concert you missed! It's all here in thundering stereo sound. John Boham's drum solo, the world's best Robert Plant impersonation, the bow solo, keyboards, mandolin, note for note guitar solos, costumes and props!
$20 General Admission / Reserved Seating Sold Out -  Buy Tickets On-line

Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours  >>  Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th
Antsy McClain is a songwriter, story-teller and entertainer who sings about life in an American trailer park.  His band, The Trailer Park Troubadours, is a skilled assortment of musicians who play in the rootsy, rock and roll tradition of their hard-working, blue collar forefathers.  The Troubs, as they are called by fans, are committed to taking their unique blend of music around the globe, showing up where ever they're invited - and then some.  Their live shows are critically-acclaimed as masterful mixes of musicianship and self-deprecating humor for all ages.  "With musical influences ranging from Woodie Guthrie to Waylon Jennings to Van Halen to Cake, one can't help but be intrigued by their lively, colorful songs of life in America's most forgotten neighborhood - the trailer park.  With song titles like 'It Ain't Home 'Til You Take the Wheels Off,' and 'She Took the Mobile Outta Mobile Home,' the band will sing about the pleasures and heartaches of American trailer park life." -The Desert Advocate, Phoenix, AZ
$23 General Admission / $26 Reserved Seats -  Buy Tickets On-line
Reserved Seating for Saturday, 6/7 is Sold Out!!

Celebrating The American West  >>  Saturday, June 21st 
Songs and stories by Rosalie Sorrels.  Cowboy Poetry by Wendy Brown-Barry, Mick Vernon, and John Silveira.
Rosalie Sorrels is considered a matriarch of American folk music.  She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s. During the early 1960s she left her husband and began traveling and performing at music festivals and clubs throughout the United States.  Nanci Griffith chronicled this aspect of Rosalie's life with her song "Ford Econoline."  Currently "retired," she still performs in select concerts and festivals.  Her career of social activism, storytelling, teaching, learning, songwriting, collecting folk songs, performing, and recording has spanned six decades.  Wendy Brown-Barry has lived in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the Gold Rush-era town of Mariposa, CA since 1971.  Her works have been published in newspapers and magazines, and she has helped organize the Cannonball Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Mariposa, CA since 1999.  Mick Vernon pens poems about his time spent in the saddle working cattle with the Dobbas outfit in the Sierras near Auburn, CA, and about other reflections of western life.  He is the author of "The Lyrical Lawman Rides," a book of original cowboy poetry (and CD by the same title).  John Silveira lives in Hilmar, CA with his wife and family.  He has been writing cowboy poetry for several years.  He says, "I was told it was good for the soul, and found that to be true."
$19 General Admission / $22 Reserved Seats -  Buy Tickets On-line

Molly's Revenge  >>  Saturday, June 28th 
Born of the timeless tradition of the all-night music session, Molly's Revenge is a dynamic, acoustic Celtic band known for its unique and  infectious on-stage enthusiasm.  The classic combination of bagpipes, whistle, fiddle, and song -- set against a backdrop of guitar, bouzouki, and mandola accompaniment -- guarantee an enjoyable experience for all fans of Scottish and Irish music.  They have performed at many of the top folk festivals and performing arts events in the USA, and prestigious events in Australia and China. Their arrangements of traditional Celtic jigs and reels bring these dance tunes up to date with a driving, hard-edged accent that always leaves audiences shouting for more.  Their seventh full-length recording was produced by John Doyle, a founding member of Irish supergroup Solas.  Release is set for early 2008, it's expected to be available for purchase at this show.
$17 General Admission / $20 Reserved Seats -  Buy Tickets On-line

Later This Year:
Play “Is There a Doctor in the House?”  >>  July  (dates TBA)
Claudia Russell and the Folk Unlimited Orchestra  >>  Saturday, August 2nd -  Buy Tickets On-line
Fishtank Ensemble  >>  Saturday, August 9th  -  Buy Tickets On-line
House of Floyd  >>  Saturday, September 6th  -  Buy Tickets On-line
Sneeky Pete  >>  Saturday, September 20th  -  Buy Tickets On-line
Tom Rigney and Flambeau  >>  Saturday, September 27th - Buy Tickets On-line
The Creole Belles - Sean Smith Opens >>  Saturday, October 11th  -  Buy Tickets On-line
Boulder Acoustic Society  >>  Saturday, October 25th  -  Buy Tickets On-line
Sourdough Slim with Robert Armstrong  >>  Saturday, November 1st  -  Buy Tickets On-line

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