WCNA 34 Entertainment Guide

Thursday Night Rock Coffee House

Led Zepagain captures the heart and soul of Led Zeppelin’s high energy electric classics, beautiful acoustic works, Robert Plant screams, and trademark pounding rhythms. From the mo- ment Led Zepagain hits the stage, you’ll believe this is the “real deal!”

VIII Days Clean is a heavy rock band that draws from influences like Alice in Chains, Godsmack, and Nine Inch Nails. Once homeless, self-indulgent junkies, today these guys have a messsage for the world.

Blackout Blues Band gets the audience movin’ with just the right mix of old blues, 60s R&B, and 70s blues-rock. T-Bone, Dave, Johnny, and Ray are all NA members, and they’ve played countless NA events.

Thursday Night Comedy Show

e are delighted to feature the unique comedic stylings Wof Sinbad for our comedy show. Sinbad doesn’t tell jokes. “I don’t know any,” he admits. Instead, he stalks the stage, telling real-life stories. He doesn’t deliver payoff lines; he slam-dunks them! His comedy is large, physical, and im- petuous. Psychologically, he jams us, poking holes in our life- styles. His stories mirror our foibles. He is the explosive energy of the neighborhood; his phrasing is manic, musical, and right on time. He doesn’t write his material; he relives it as he re- members it.

Thursday Midnight Boat Cruise Come party on the San Diego Bay! Our DJ will blaze through an eclectic mix of Just a few rock, R&B,and hip hop while we cruise the harbor. tickets remain for Sunday Padres Game Join more than 600 WCNA attendees to watch the San Diego Padres play the these events! Colorado Rockies at the stadium directly across from the convention center. WCNA 34 Entertainment Guide

Friday Blues Lunch Saturday Jazz Brunch nce again we will be treated egendary smooth jazz musi- Oto one of the brightest stars Lcian, Brian Culbertson, is our on the blues scene. Kenny Wayne featured guest for the jazz brunch. Shepherd has sold millions of al- Culbertson began his quest in mu- bums worldwide, received four sic at the age of eight on piano, Grammy nominations, two Bill- adding drums at nine, trombone board Music Awards, two Or- at ten and then bass at twelve. ville H. Gibson Awards, the Blues He grew up in Decatur, IL, lov- Foundation’s Keeping The Blues ing genre-crossing jazz-pop art- Alive Award, and a Blues Music ists such as Chicago, Blood Sweat Award among many other accolades. He has had four No. 1 & Tears, Tower of Power, David blues albums and a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles. Sanborn, Yellowjackets, and May- nard Ferguson. With 12 albums and counting, Brian Culbert- son always brings his very best.

Friday Night Festival

he Friday Night Festival will feature food, fellowship, fun, and high-energy Tmusic! Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will get us started with an unprecedented mix of rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop, and soul. Shorty describes his signa- ture sound as “Supafunkrock!”

embers are still talking about the electrifying Ozomatli performance on Thurs- Mday night in San Antonio, so they will join us again to top off the Friday Night Festival. “Their music is a notorious urban Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican raggae and Indian raga that will take you around the world.” Ozomatli! Saturday

Saturday Night Coffee House

he Saturday Night Coffee House will have an overall rhythm and blues theme and will include an TNA-member band. The Pledger Principle Band features Peggy P’s sultry voice performing the hits of Tracy Chapman, Etta James, and many others! She’ll woo the crowd and prepare us for legendary soul artists Con Funk Shun. “Love’s Train” is still one of the most popular soul ballads, and they are among the heroes of funk with inventive horn arrangements and clav-guitar woven grooves, romantic ballads, and dance-party hits galore. They charted four consecutive golds and one platinum album. Their 20 hit singles included 8 top-ten R&B hits. Their hits are featured in countless rap/hip-hop samples, exposing them to a new generation.

Saturday Night Concert anilla Fudge was one of the first American groups to infuse psychedelia into a heavy rock sound Vto create “psychedelic symphonic rock.” They are best known for their dramatic, slowed-down arrangements of contemporary pop songs like their heavy-rocking, trippy and psychedelic version of The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.” After 45 years, Vanilla Fudge is still rocking in appear- ances like their March 2011 performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and in US and European concerts.

lue Oyster Cult’s canon includes Bthree stone-cold classics that will waft through the cosmos long after the sun has burned out: Thetru- ly haunting “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” the pummeling “Godzilla,” and the hypnotically melodic “Burnin’ for You.” BÖC is often cited as amajor influence by other bands such as Metallica, and BÖC is a part of VH1’s- count down of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. The band members are proud of BÖC’s classic sound, and are pleased to continue rocking vibrant work for their fans.

Concert Ticket Price Reduction The Saturday night concert ticket price was reduced from $75 to $60. Some tickets are still available, but we cannot guarantee they will be avail- able for on-site purchase. If you purchased $75 tickets, we have already credited your WCNA account. You can either contribute that amount as a newcomer donation, use the credit for pre-registration merchandise, or pick up a $15 cash refund at the convention.