Posts in the category "Music":

Here’s a fun – and funny – airport amenity that you’ll only find at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas: a Dance Heads Video Booth

Located near Gate D-5, this booth looks like a photo booth, but is actually a video booth that lets you pick from one of 45 songs (Elvis – of course – Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, James Brown and others) then superimposes your face over animated videos of dancers. Then it makes a recording. For $10, you get a DVD copy of the “performance.” Extra copies, $10 as well.

If you try it out, be sure to send a copy along to StuckatTheAirport.com.

Categories: Airports, Environment, Music
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Since way back in 1999, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has been presenting free, live local music in the terminal.

Now the music program is hitting a big milestone: on Friday, October 7, 2011, when jazz musicians Silvie Rider and Red Young begin performing on the Asleep at the Wheel stage at 3:30 p.m. it will the airport’s 5,000th live music performance.

The Austin airport’s Music in the Air program launched in June 1999, just one month after the airport opened. Back then, there were two performances per week. Now there are 13 shows per week and, beginning in November, the schedule will expand to 15 performances a week.

Venues include Ray Benson’s Roadhouse, The Saxon Pub, Lefty’s, Earl Campbell’s Sports Bar, and Austin City Limits/Waterloo Records & Video.
Performances are held Mondays through Fridays. Here’s the schedule.

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The Philadelphia International Airport is having a summer-long customer appreciation festival.

Throughout the summer, passengers can hang out in the Chillin’ Zone by Gate D-4 -

And each week there’s a fresh line-up of events. Here’s what coming up next.

On Friday, July 29, Swing Shift will be strolling through the airport playing Dixieland, blues and swing from 3:30p pm to 5:30 pm.

On Monday, mascots from McDonald’s and Jamba Juice will be wandering the airport handing out treat coupons from 11 am until 1 pm.

On Tuesday, August 2, its doo-wop music by Memory Lane from 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm, and  on Wednesday, August 3 travelers can stop by the Terminal B/C food court stage between 3 pm and 5 pm for beauty makeovers from The Body Shop.

On Thursday, August 4, the PGA Tour Shop will be hosting a putting competition from 4 pm to 5 pm at the Terminal B/C Food Court Stage and on Friday, August 5 the Paula Jazz Quartet
takes the Terminal B/C Food Court Stage from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.

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In Austin, the self-proclaimed live music capital of the world, you can’t spit without hitting a Grammy winner.

So it makes sense that even the kids in town make music you’d like to hear.

That’s the idea behind Kid Band Week, underway now at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

On Wednesday, July 20th, check out blues rock guitarist Carson Brock, who’s been playing since he was four.

On Thursday, July 21st, The Aviators make a return visit to the airport. The rock group, which had its first gig at the airport during Kid Bank Week 2008, is made up of six students, ages 11 to 16 from the Natural Ear Music School.

And on Friday, July 22 the Rian C band takes the stage. Fifteen year old Rian Castillo plays guitar, piano, and lead vocals with his twin Riley on drums, and 13 year old Brandon Vizcarra on bass guitar. The group plays a variety of country, rock, Spanish and alternative music.

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The pop-up piano phenomenon is spreading.

This summer Sing for Hope has sprinkled 88 artist-decorated pianos around New York City, including this one by William Conroy Lindsay at the Air Train Terminal.

Like the pianos around New York, anyone may sit down and play a tune on any of the painted pianos that have popped up in St. Paul, Minnesota.

That includes the piano at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport.

“The Jazz Masters Dojo,” painted by artist Jesse Golfis, is on the baggage claim level near the central escalators. Learn more about St. Paul’s Pianos on Parade project.

Categories: Air Travel, Art, Exhibits, Music
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