APRIL 13 - 14, 2024

Live Entertainment featuring some of the Omaha Area’s best musicians in the Food Court

Saturday, April 13th

12 noon to 2 PM   –    The Coconuts

Tropical Island-style band  featuring Steve Yoneda and Mike Baysa play a wide variety of music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s thru today, gravitating toward introspective songs from the heart, along with contemporary Hawaiian music from when he grew up in Hawaii.   Come sit, sip and enjoy!

3 PM to 5 PM  –   Joey Gulizia

Joey Gulizia is a native of Omaha where he has played music professionally since the age of ten. He has worked for the Nebraska Arts Council as an artist-in-schools from 1979 to the present. In 1996 he received the Governor’s Arts Award for excellence in education.  He has performed on many cruise ships and traveled extensively. He can be heard on jingles for TV and radio and for many CDs. Residency activities can include a trip around-the-world with various percussion instruments, a look into the field of computer music, and a history of jazz. Activities can work with students of all ages.

Sunday, April 14th

12 noon – 3 PM – Daniel Martinez

Flamenco guitar wizard, composer and teacher hails from Iquitos, Peru. Growing up surrounded by the ocean and the Amazon, Martinez first picked up the guitar as a young teen at the encouragement of his mother. He quickly discovered his natural talent for playing guitar and followed the natural path of a teenage boy pushing the boundaries. It wasn’t until he moved to the United States in 2002 that he started to take his music seriously. Martinez honed his skills through the mastery of classical guitar training and preparing for and winning national guitar competitions. Daniel has performed in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and across the United States. Today, he plays all musical styles, but his specialties are Latin rhythms such as Flamenco, Rumba, Bossa nova, Jazz, Bolero, Bachata and more. He has four solo instrumental recordings later, and many music collaborations, he is a sought-after instructor of all styles of guitar for all ages as well as being a familiar presence on stages in the region. Daniel is also guitar professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Union College and owner of Daniel Martinez Music. Martinez is a Music and Culture touring and teaching artist through the Nebraska Arts Council, Teaching Artist for The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Guest Artist for John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. He is also a passionate instrumental artist for Pacific Press, Chapel Records, 3ABN TV station, and Loma Linda Broadcast Network TV.

In 2023, Daniel Martinez was awarded with The Mayor’s Choice Award and with the record of most voted artist of the year.

Produced by:

Mid-America Expositions, Inc.
7015 Spring Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68106-3518

Mike Mancuso
(402) 346-8003
FAX : (402) 346-5412
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