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Organizer outlines Culture Connection concerts, Thursday scheduling and plans for a county music kickoff
Summary
An organizer described programming choices for Culture Connection concerts, said Thursday nights attract working musicians, outlined efforts to coordinate a three-day county music kickoff, and said he will explore a Levitt Foundation grant to offset costs.
An organizer who programs Culture Connection concerts told the Price City Council how he selects acts, why the series runs on Thursday nights, and plans to coordinate a three-day county music kickoff with other local promoters.
"I just think music brings people together and so culture connection," said Ted Hingley as he described programming goals and the desire to keep the lineup fresh rather than repeating acts year to year.
Hingley said he emphasizes variety and occasionally breaks patterns to keep the series fresh. He told the council that Thursday nights work well because many working musicians can perform as a nonprimary gig on a weeknight. "I feel like we get a little better groups coming over here on Thursday because it's a night they might not be working," Hingley said.
Hingley and other organizers are exploring a larger, three-day Music in the Corridor kickoff that would include Culture Connection on Thursday, Helper Vibes on Saturday and a proposed Friday concert. He also said organizers will attend a Levitt Foundation Community Concert Grant question-and-answer session to see if the city can access funding to support the series.
Other items mentioned related to tourism and promotion: the county's tourism board discussed a half-percent statewide increase in the transient room tax (TRT) that will increase the percentage motels charge and remit, and some TRT rules have been liberalized for allowable uses; organizers said they could request a tourism presentation to provide more detail to council members. Separately, a wayfinding/signage project remains in progress and is scheduled for a presentation before the county TRT board on June 10.
Hingley described low-cost hospitality gestures for bands (pizza and small hospitality budgets) and noted that moving concerts to a shaded park venue improved performers' experience. He also said organizers are considering tribute acts that tend to sell well and international-flavored acts for International Days.
There were no formal decisions or funding commitments made during the council discussion. Hingley said he will attend the Levitt Foundation Q&A and follow up with city staff if grant funding is feasible.
