No entertainer can move and excite an audience like Tony Orlando. One of America’s most endearing and enduring stars, Tony is celebrating his 50th year in show business. Tony brings to the stage a warmth and exhilarating energy that electrifies an audience. He has sold millions of records, including five number one hits: “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree,” “Knock Three Times,” “Candida,” “My Sweet Gypsy Rose” and “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You).” Tony worked for Don Kirshner at the famous Brill Building, recording demos for Carole King, Barry Goffin, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. He became a teenage idol at sixteen with his first hit, “Halfway to Paradise.” Soon after he became a music publisher for Clive Davis at April-Blackwood Music, where he signed such songwriters as James Taylor. Tony has had huge success in all aspects of the industry. The enormously popular Tony Orlando and Dawn variety show ran on CBS from 1974-1976. He starred in Barnum and Smokey Joe’s Café on Broadway. Orlando remains one of America’s best-loved personalities. He has been a recipient of three American Music Awards and a People’s Choice Award. For outstanding achievements to the entertainment industry Tony was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990. Tony has played to packed arenas and for five Presidents. His universal appeal has bridged many a generation gap. Tony was one of the first entertainers to be featured as a subject of VH1’s Behind the Music in 1998. The episode received as one of the network’s highest ratings for the series. Since 1993, Orlando has been a resident of Branson, Missouri where he has performed close to 2,000 shows. Tony has been named Branson’s Entertainer and Vocalist of the Year.
Tickets are $35 & $25 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, GFCR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 3pm for the 4pm show.
Must be 21 yrs of age or older to attend
Pistol Annies
Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 9pm (outdoor show)
Featuring Ashley Monroe, Miranda Lambert, and Angaleena Presley
It began on a wild hair: Two girlfriends on a giddy whim, calling a third gal late one night with an invitation to join the fun and maybe start a little trouble — and a band. “I thought they were in slumber-party mode,” recalls Angaleena Presley of that midnight call she got nearly two years ago from her friend, fellow Nashville-based singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe. Monroe wanted Presley to email every song she had immediately because she “and Miranda” had hatched a plan to put a band together and they wanted her onboard. “I was like, ‘Girls, you’re going to wake up tomorrow and realize you’re stupid,” Presley continues. “And then I went, ‘Miranda who?’ And Ashley says, ‘Lambert!‘ That’s when I was like, ‘Oh … better get out of bed right now!’” Between the two of them, Presley and Monroe (from Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively) had landed a handful of cuts working Nashville’s Music Row for the better part of the last decade. Monroe had also worked on projects with famed indie-rocker/producer Jack White and released a major-label debut, while Presley has an exceptional album of her own waiting for a proper home. Lambert, meanwhile, has been one of country music’s biggest stars with three successive No. 1 albums: 2005’s Kerosene, 2007’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and 2009’s Revolution … and odds are that her forthcoming Four the Record will continue the hot streak later this fall. Monroe actually co-wrote two songs with Lambert for Revolution, including the chart-topping single “Heart Like Mine.” But the songs they’d begun writing that fateful night at Lambert’s cabin in Oklahoma two Novembers ago begged for an entirely new and different outlet. “They really weren’t right for me or her individually, but they sounded so cool, we were like, ‘What can we do with these songs?’” says Lambert. “But we also didn’t want to give them to anybody else,” adds Monroe. “It’s like in our minds, we already knew what was going to happen.” That’s when Monroe asked Lambert if she had ever heard her friend Presley’s songs, and promptly made her listen to a few tracks online. “I knew if I played her one note, she’d flip.” She did, and a flurry of excited phone calls, covert meetings and one name change later (their original handle, Calamity Janes, was already owned by a stripper), the Pistol Annies were born. Only then did they break the news to their respective managers, publishers and label reps. As Presley explains, “Our motto is, ‘We ask for forgiveness, not permission.’” Full on, and fast. The newly formed trio began writing and recording songs together straight away, but barely had six tracks down when they were offered an opportunity to make their official debut on national TV via the Academy of Country Music’s Girls Night Out special on CBS in April, 2011. “I told our manager, ‘Well that’s great, but I don’t know if we’re actually ready yet!’,” says Lambert. “It was scary. I’ve never been more nervous in my life.” “The first time we ever played with a live band behind us was actually at rehearsal the day of the show,” marvels Presley. “The show itself was the second time. We literally just jumped in the water, and it was sink or swim. Indeed: The Pistol Annies’ performance that night of their original song, “Hell on Heels,” hit the proverbial bull’s eye, with the three women trading chilling verses and marrying their three distinct voices together on the chorus, a hair-raising declaration of wicked girl power dished out with the dangerous beauty of deadly sirens. Never before or since has the old country maxim “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels” seemed more true. Fittingly, “Hell on Heels” is both the title track and the opening song on the Pistol Annies’ smoking debut, which delivers on the promise of that first high-profile performance in spades. Clocking in at a lean-and-mean, filler-free 30 minutes, the album is equal parts sass (“Hell on Heels,” “Bad Example,” “Takin’ Pills”), heartache (“Beige,” “The Hunter’s Wife,” “Family Feud”) and hard knocks (“Lemon Drop,” “Housewife’s Prayer” and “Trailer for Rent”), sweetened with just enough wistful Southern romance to reveal a teasing hint of vulnerability (“Boys from the South”). Every song was written by one or more of the Annies, with only one intrepid outsider — Lambert’s husband, Blake Shelton — sneaking in for a quick co-writing credit. Presently, though, Lambert’s own shows are the only place to see the Pistol Annies live: To hone their chops in preparation for their own tour in the near future, the Annies have been accompanying Lambert on her solo dates, with room made in many of her full-production concerts to accommodate mini Pistol Annies sets that are already going over like gangbusters. Lambert notes that fans at her pre-show meet-and-greets have started routinely asking her, “Are the Pistol Annies with you? Are they going to sing tonight?” “We’re just taking it a step at a time because we don’t have a rule book, and bringing them out with me has been cool because we’ve already got the busses and the production and the fans to play to,” says Lambert. “But I can’t wait until we go do Pistol Annies shows just as Pistol Annies, because that’s my goal. And because I don’t want the pressure all on me — they have to share it, too! That’s what’s fun about being in a band, you know?”
Tickets are $70 (VIP reserved seating), $50 (VIP general admission seating), & $35 (general admission) plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets go on sale Friday, February 8, 2013 at 10am cst and can be purchased in the Gift Shop and online, or by calling 877-511-4FUN.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Gates open approximately 1.5 hours before show time. Seating is provided in the VIP sections. Guests in the general admission section are welcome to bring a lawn chair. No outside coolers/beverages allowed. Valid Photo ID will be required to purchase and/or consume alcohol.
Concert open to all ages.
REO Speedwagon
Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 9pm (outdoor show)
Sure, you can call the members of REO Speedwagon rock stars. But if you have to label them, here’s the more accurate term they prefer: Working musicians. Formed in 1967, signed in 1971 and fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972, REO Speedwagon has – for decades – been a confounding blend of consistency and change. They rode in station wagons, going from tiny gigs to even tinier gigs, just to get the REO name out in the early days. Later they rode the top of the charts with a RIAA certified 22 million albums sold in the U.S. and 40 million around the globe, with a string of gold and platinum records and international hit singles. The 9-times certified Hi Infidelity remains a high-water mark for rock bands. Make all the “Ridin’ The Storm Out” or “Roll With The Changes” cracks you want, but that’s exactly what the band has done. REO Speedwagon has that Midwest work ethic. What never backfires is a great live show. In 2009 REO Speedwagon hit the road on the Can’t Stop Rockin’ Tour with STYX and 38 Special, three of the hardest working bands in America. Sponsored by VH1 and Rock Band ®, the tour was a recession-buster night of rock ‘n’ roll, offering the best value of the year, with some tickets as low as $13.50. At the close of 2009, not only did they end up being nominated for the Most Creative Tour Package by Pollstar, but they were was also one of the highest grossing, most successful shows of the year! This sort of victory seems to be the way for them right now, and we suspect it’s because they know what people want to hear during this particularly difficult time in our history. Hope. Passion. A reason to do the things we do. And songwriter Cronin is a longtime fan of hope. It’s a busy life, but it always has been for the band. Formed loosely in the late ‘60s at college in Champaign, IL, REO (famously named after a fire engine) and its fans quickly realized there was much more going on here than your average frat-party band. Today it’s all about what it has always been – taking good care of the band’s legacy while keeping the focus on the future. That may be even more important these days, Cronin believes. "The world is going through a weird phase, and everybody needs music now more than ever. We all need to join our friends, pool our resources, combine our energies, because there is power in people coming together,” he says.
Tickets are $65 (VIP reserved seating), $40 (VIP general admission seating), & $25 (general admission) plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets go on sale Friday, February 8, 2013 at 10am cst and can be purchased in the Gift Shop and online, or by calling 877-511-4FUN.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Gates open approximately 1.5 hours before show time. Seating is provided in the VIP sections. Guests in the general admission section are welcome to bring a lawn chair. No outside coolers/beverages allowed. Valid Photo ID will be required to purchase and/or consume alcohol.
The last of our summer concert series trio! Grand Falls Casino Resort is excited to announce our final summer concert.
Originating from Flint, Michigan in 1969, this top selling American rock group of the '70s is “COMIN’ TO YOUR TOWN TO HELP YOU PARTY IT DOWN." Grand Funk Railroad is extremely excited to be touring in 2012 marking a 44 year milestone. After playing to millions of fans on the band’s tours from 1996 to 2011, Grand Funk’s 2013 Tour will continue to reach both new and long-time fans.
Known as “The American Band," the high-energy five-piece group will play forty shows all over the USA this year. Grand Funk Railroad includes original founding members Don Brewer (vocals and drums, writer and singer of the multi-million selling hit, We’re An American Band) and bassist Mel Schacher, “The God Of Thunder." Joining Don and Mel are true “All Stars." Singer Max Carl is a rock veteran from 38 Special. Max penned and sang 38’s biggest hit “Second Chance” and was co-founder of California’s legendary Jack Mack and the Heart Attack. Don refers to Max as “the best blue-eyed soul singer on the planet." Lead guitarist Bruce Kulick is best known for his 12 years with KISS and also has credits with Michael Bolton, Meatloaf and Billy Squier. (KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were influenced early on by Grand Funk.) Keyboardist Tim Cashion has a master’s degree in music from the University of Miami. Affectionately called “Dr. Tim," his credits include stints with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and English soul man Robert Palmer. Grand Funk laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen and Bon Jovi with its signature hard driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation and forceful pop melodies. The fact that Grand Funk’s legacy still reigns over the Classic Rock landscape forty years after its 1969 birth in Flint, Michigan is a testament to the group’s influence and staying power. Mega-hits We’re An American Band, I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home, Locomotion, and Some Kind Of Wonderful still receive continuous airplay on Classic Rock radio. Internationally acclaimed Grand Funk has toured the world, selling out in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and South America. A 1971 performance at New York’s Shea Stadium sold out faster than the Beatles. The group’s widespread appeal is also evident in its prestigious recording achievements. Over their career, Grand Funk has had 19 charted singles, 8 Top 40 hits and two Number One singles (We’re An American Band and Locomotion, both selling more than one million each). The group has now accumulated 13 gold and 10 platinum records with record sales in excess of 25 million copies sold worldwide. The most recent gold CD award was presented to the band May 10, 2002 for their greatest hits package Grand Funk Railroad The Collectors Series.
WAR What do you get when you take Funk, Jazz, R&B and Rock & Roll and mix it all together? Well, you get one of the greatest bands of all time; WAR has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Lonnie Jordan, original lead singer, keyboardist extraordinaire and musical director has always been the voice of WAR and is one of the most versatile and musically talented men of the twentieth century. His powerful voice presides over WAR’s political, historical and downright fun songbook. Whether listening to “Lowrider” on “Grand Theft Auto San Andreas" or on classic vinyl, WAR’s music is a timeless thread in the quilt of American pop culture. In 1969, Eric Burdon and WAR recorded and released their first album entitled “Eric Burdon Declares WAR” featuring the number one single, “Spill The Wine.” Following its release, Eric Burdon and WAR embarked on an extensive tour of Europe and the UK recognize by England’s New Musical Express (1969) as “The best live act I ever saw”. On September 16, 1970 Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon and WAR for a jam session at London’s Famous Ronny Scotts Jazz Club. Unfortunately, this would be Jimi’s last jam session as he passed away later that night. Stunned and devastated by the death of his friend Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon made the heavy hearted decision to leave the band and return to Los Angeles. WAR continued their European tour without their former front man before returning to the states. To date, WAR has sold nearly 50 million records and performs for 1,000,000 people a year. In addition, WAR has been honored with 17 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. These include: triple platinum The World Is A Ghetto, multi-platinum Why Can’t We Be Friends? All Day Music, and Deliver the World, and gold singles from their Quad platinum Greatest Hits Album. Also, “Summer,” their single from WAR’s Greatest Hits Live album sold gold and set a new record as the first single from any greatest hits package to become a hit. Today, WAR is a permanent part of America’s pop cultural landscape and has profoundly impacted the music industry.
Tickets are $45 (VIP reserved seating), $35(VIP general admission seating), & $20 (general admission) plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets go on sale Friday, February 8, 2013 at 10am cst and can be purchased in the Gift Shop and online, or by calling 877-511-4FUN.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Gates open approximately 1 hour before show time. Seating is provided in the VIP sections. Guests in the general admission section are welcome to bring a lawn chair. No outside coolers/beverages allowed. Valid Photo ID will be required to purchase and/or consume alcohol.
During the early 1980s, Travis was rejected by every major record label in Nashville. His early demo tapes were criticized by record executives as being "too country." In 1985, Warner Bros. Records released the single "On the Other Hand" which peaked at No. 67 on the country charts. His next single, "1982", became a Top 10 hit single. In 1986, Warner Bros. re-released "On the Other Hand", which became Travis' first number one hit. His debut album, Storms of Life, went on to sell more than 4 million copies. In the late 1980s he had a string of hits, including "No Place like Home" and "Diggin' Up Bones". A song from his second Warner Brothers album Always and Forever titled "Forever and Ever, Amen" arguably launched the neo-traditionalist country era. For two years in a row, Travis won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, for the albums Always & Forever in 1988, and for Old 8x10 in 1989. He also won the ACM award for Best Country Newcomer in 1986.[4] Off the success of his first two albums, Old 8x10 was certified platinum, and[6] Always and Forever was number one for 43 weeks. In 1992, Travis took a break from music to concentrate on acting and landed roles in several Western-genre films. He returned to recording with the 1994 album This Is Me and the hit single "Whisper My Name". Three years later, Travis parted ways with Warner Brothers and signed with DreamWorks Nashville. He recorded You and You Alone, which produced the top 10 hits "Out of My Bones", "The Hole" and "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man". After the 1999 release of A Man Ain't Made of Stone, Travis shifted away from mainstream country and focused on Gospel. During this time, he recorded the albums Inspirational Journey (2000), Rise and Shine (2002), and Worship & Faith (2003). The single "Three Wooden Crosses" from the Rise and Shine album reached No. 1 and won the CMA song of the year in 2003. That same year, Travis ranked No. 13 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music. Additionally, he continued to act in film and television; he appeared in several episodes and in the series finale of Touched by an Angel.[13] His album, Passing Through, was released in November 2004 and included his song about mothers titled "Angels." It combined the country music of his earlier years, with the gospel influences from his latest albums. After the release of Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise in 2005 and the Christmas albumSongs of the Season in 2007, Travis released his brand new single "Faith in You" as a free download from his official website. It heralded the July 2008 release of his album, Around the Bend, his first collection of mainly secular recordings in nearly a decade. In February 2009, Travis' "I Told You So" was released as a single by Carrie Underwood, who had recorded the song for her 2007 album Carnival Ride. The next month, radio stations were sent a duet version of the song, featuring Randy Travis on vocals. From then, he was credited with Underwood on the single, which peaked at No. 2 on the Country charts and No. 9 on the U.S. Hot 100. That month, Travis released the 2 disc greatest hits compilation I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis. In June 2011, he unveiled his latest album, Anniversary Celebration.
Tickets are $45 or $55 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, GFCR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a Saturday night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Join us in October for the 52nd Anniversary show of Comedy Legend Bob Newhart performing at Grand Falls Casino Resort!
Bob Newhart has been entertaining the English-speaking world for over a half-century and was recently Emmy®-nominated as “Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series” for his turn in TNT’s “The Librarian.” In 2009, the NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters, presented the veteran entertainer with its “Hall of Fame” Award at a gala in Las Vegas, the site of some of Newhart’s biggest stand up triumphs, performed alongside friends such as Frank Sinatra. Newhart also recently marked another career milestone, the 35th anniversary of “The Bob Newhart Show,” the iconic TV sitcom that surely made him a household name and set the tone for a generation of TV shows. The paperback edition of his best seller, “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This” (Hyperion Books), is currently in bookstores. Now, the comedy legend celebrates his 52nd anniversary in show business. He kicked off his career’s golden milestone with a series of live concerts nationally and The Paley Center also hosted a special event. Signed to a record contract by Warner Bros. in 1959, a comedy recording of his early stand up act hit a nerve and became a huge best seller in 1960, winning multiple Grammy® awards, including “Album of the Year” and “Best New Artist,” simultaneously sitting atop the number one and two positions on the Billboard charts for many weeks, a record only broken by the hard rock band, Guns ‘N Roses. Newhart was nominated for a 2006 Grammy® award for the spoken word version of the book and appeared alongside host Conan O’Brien at the Emmy® Awards, becoming a part of TV history as the man who kept the awards show from running past three hours. “The Bob Newhart Show” (via Mary Tyler Moore’s MTM Productions) ran on CBS TV from 1972-78, followed by the successful “Newhart” series, also originally on CBS. PBS recently saluted Newhart’s rich career with a rare honor, an “American Masters” presentation, and his first ever book, the hardcover edition of “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This,” was a New York Times bestseller. A recent guest appearance on TV’s top drama, “NCIS,” drew more critical acclaim, and he now has a recurring role (starting 5/2) on “The Big Bang Theory.” Since 1962, Bob Newhart has appeared in 14 feature films, including “Elf,” and “Catch 22” and provided character voices for major animated films.
Dont miss out on this one night show at Grand Falls Casino Resort.
Tickets are $55 & $45 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, GFCR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm show.
Must be 21 yrs of age or older to attend. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 24 at 10am CT.
WE'RE BRINGING THEM BACK! Folks, you said it and we listened. Back by popular demand from our guests.
Williams and Ree, the self-professed “Indian and White Guy,” have been entertaining audiences around the world with their unique and irreverent comedy/musical style for over three decades. Bruce Williams and Terry Ree have established themselves as proven headliners at fairs, festivals, arenas, and casino venues. They continuously refresh and reinvent themselves show after show by incorporating topical and observational humor “dripped from the headlines.” Williams and Ree have the added “wow” factor of being terrifically talented musicians and singers as well. Numerous television, radio, and commercial appearances have cemented their relationship with their fan base, promoters, and marketing directors. The sheer longevity of this dynamic duo has allowed them to attain legendary status and point up the fact that they are truly America’s favorite comedy team! Come out for an afternoon of fun and laughter!
Tickets are $20 & $15 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, GFCR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-511-4FUN or 712-777-7777. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 3pm for the 4pm show.
Must be 21 yrs of age or older to attend *Tickets go on sale Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10am*
