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The Utah Arts Festival has announced its music headliners for the 2015 event — running June 25-28 at Salt Lake City's Library Square — and the variety of genres is breathtaking.
Here are the headliners, in order of appearance:
Karén Hakobyan • The Armenian-American pianist debuted at Carnegie Hall at 17, and is a laureate of the Gina Bachauer Piano Competition. (Thursday, June 25, 6:15 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Micky & The Motorcars • Americana and Western swing band, led by brothers Micky and Gary Braun from Stanley, Idaho. (Thursday, June 25, 9:55 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers • The singer-guitarist and her band play '30s-era Mississippi Delta blues, with bits of soul, funk and reggae. (Friday, June 26, 8:15 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo • The jazz guitar duo are known for their unique arrangements from the Great American Songbook. (Friday, June 26, 9:10 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns • Billed as "one of Las Vegas's crown jewels," the band boasts five lead singers, a six-piece horn section and a six-member rhythm section. (Friday, June 26, 9:55 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Lena Prima / Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra • Lena Prima performs the music of her father, the jazz legend Louis Prima. (Friday, June 26, 10:15 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Jon Morrow • The Texas folk-rock musician, known for his husky voice and acoustic guitar. (Saturday, June 27, 3 p.m.; Garden Stage.)
The Wild Coyotes • The Pocatello, Idaho, band plays traditional American roots and folk music, combining vocals with old-time string band instrumentation. (Saturday, June 27, 6:15 p.m.; Park Stage.)
John Gorka • Gorka, a pioneer of the "New Folk" movement, will lead the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association's showcase. (Saturday, June 27, 9 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Royal Southern Brotherhood • The blues-rock supergroup, led by percussionist Cyril Neville (of the Neville Brothers). (Saturday, June 27, 9:45 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Kruger Brothers, featuring the Kontras Quartet • The Kruger Brothers play a hybrid of jazz, classical and bluegrass styles. The band will team with the Chicago string quartet, The Kontras Quartet, to premiere a new work, Jens Kruger's "Lucid Dreamer." (Saturday, June 27, 9:50 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Rachel Lee Priday • The acclaimed violinist will perform as part of "Pathways Between Shores," a program of the Asia/America New Music Institute. (Sunday, June 28, 5 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Vaudeville Etiquette • An Americana roots-rock quintet from Seattle. (Sunday, June 28, 6:30 p.m.; Park Stage.)
The Lloyd Jones Struggle • Swamp-blues music, bolstered by Jones' trademark songwriting and guitar. (Sunday, June 28, 8:30 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Aurelio • The Honduran musician represents the Garifuna tradition, encompassing African and Caribbean Indian roots of his ancestors — shipwrecked slaves who intermarried with local natives on the island of St. Vincent, but deported to the Central American coast in the late 1700s. (Sunday, June 28, 9:45 p.m.; Festival Stage.)
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials • Chicago blues masters, mixing slide-guitar boogies and raw-boned shuffles. (Sunday, June 28, 9:55 p.m.; Amphitheater Stage.)
Sound Mass II: Spiritual Docking • A collaboration of soundscapes created by Salt Lake City band Theta Naught and Austin's My Education. (Sunday, June 28, 10 p.m.; The Round.)
Tickets for the Utah Arts Festival are available at the festival's website.