A space familiar to longtime residents and passersby is set to reopen its doors in the coming new year. With renovations to the historic Rialto theater in the heart of Downtown Bozeman well under way, local event-seekers will soon have the choice of a brand new venue featuring an exciting lineup of top-tier talent from around the country.
Nationally touring Minnesota quartet Hippo Campus is set to break in the brand new stage with help from Panther Car on Tuesday, January 16th at 8pm. Tickets to this all-ages show are $16. VIP Meet & Greet packages are also available for $79. Doors open at 7pm.
Hippo Campus is on the road in support of their recently released warm glow EP, co-produced with BJ Burton. Burton was also behind the mixing board for the band’s early 2017 album, landmark.
Guitarist/vocalist Nathan Stocker explains, “We had wanted to start writing and recording again after tour and these songs were staring us in the face ever since our first wave writing sessions for landmark. So we went to Pachyderm studios this summer to get ‘em down within a live setting, which was a return to the process of our first two EPs. There were many blueprints (demos on demos) for ‘baseball,’ having gone through a rigorous audition process for landmark, and warm glow was, at one time, going to be the closing track of the album. It’d be a lie to say we had this EP figured out from the beginning, but plans are overrated anyhow.”
“Blissful indie rock” – Rolling Stone
“Phenomenal live. One of the best bands in the United States” – Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
Hippo Campus has performed at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, having also headlined the Minnesota State Fair. warm glow and landmark are available now.
Victor Wooten Trio follows with a performance on Wednesday, January 17th at 8:30pm. Tickets to this all-ages show are $45. Tickets with a pre-show Meet & Greet are also available for $80. Doors open at 7:30pm.
Wooten, now a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scene in 1990 as a founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He was named by Rolling Stone as one of the Top Ten Bassists of all time.
Wooten’s sought-after skills and growing popularity have lead to recordings and performances with artists such as Chick Corea, Dave Matthews Band, Bootsy Collins, Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Prince, India Arie, Keb’ Mo’, Dennis Chambers, Susan Tedeschi, Gov’t Mule, Bruce Hornsby, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Frank Gambale, the legendary Moroccan group Nass El Ghiwane, and many others.
Continuing to blaze a musical trail with his band, Wooten has also become widely known for his own Grammy nominated solo recordings and tours. Wooten visits Bozeman in support of his recently released album, Trypnotyx.
Originally built in 1908 as a two-story storefront and converted into a theater in 1924, the Rialto has a long history of serving Main Street in Bozeman’s central commercial district, although it has been vacant for more than a decade. The theater’s redesign comes courtesy of ThinkTank Design Group’s collaboration with North Fork Builders. The Rialto is owned by a group of local partners and managed by Columbia Hospitality, the same Seattle-based company behind The Lark.
Located at 10 W Main St. in the center of historic Downtown Bozeman, the Rialto reopens its doors to a fresh and innovative experience in January. Get further acquainted with this exciting new event space and cultural center at www.rialtobozeman.com, where you can also peruse inaugural happenings and buy advance tickets. Follow the Rialto on Facebook for the most up to date event announcements, @therialto. We’ll catch you downtown in early 2018! •
