Kris Fuchigami in Concert at VAC
Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 5:30 pm
The Volcano Art Center is proud to announce Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner Kris Fuchigami on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 5:30 pm at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
Enjoy an evening with us at Volcano Art Center with Kris Fuchigami.
Born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii, at 13 years old Kris Fuchigami began his musical journey with a ʻukulele and a strong desire to master the instrument. At 15 he won the grand prize at the Hamakua Music Scholarship Competition, where he competed against many other genres of musicians. He went on to perform in festivals and gained recognition throughout the world. Kris was awarded the Na Hoku Hanono Award for “Instrumental Composition of the Year” in 2019, 2021, and 2023!
Tickets are $25 for VAC members ($30 for non-members)!
Ticket holders will be able to purchase pupu, beer, and wine. Call (808) 9678-8222 for tickets or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Dirty Cello in Concert at Volcano Art Center
Friday, September 20, at 5:30 pm at Volcano Art Center Ni‘aulani Campus in Volcano Village
Tickets: $30/$25(VAC Members)
From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues and bluegrass. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues with a wailing cello to virtuosic stompin’ bluegrass, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!
“Dirty Cello’s music is all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical.” Lou Fancher, Oakland Magazine.
“The band plays every style imaginable, and does some fantastic covers. (Their rendition of “Purple Haze” is incredible.) But what is most spectacular about them is hearing the depth of soul in Roudman’s playing—it goes beyond what most people would expect from the instrument. She plays it with so much heart, you’ll wonder why more bands don’t have a cellist.” Good Times Santa Cruz
“The group seamlessly careens from blues to bluegrass and rock in a way that really shouldn’t make sense but somehow does.” LA Times
Youtube Videos:
Devil Went Down to Georgia: https://www.youtube.
House is a Rockin’ https://www.youtube.
Don’t Call Me Honey: https://www.youtube.