Wyoming Artists Showcase

Presented by: Join The Center and KHOL for the Wyoming Artists Showcase in the Center Theater! Wyoming Artists Showcase The Center and KHOL present the return of the Wyoming Artists Showcase, highlighting regional talent from across the state. The Wyoming Artists Showcase brings the greatest hits featured on KHOL’s “Intermountain Best” radio show to The Center stage. The show will feature church bats, De Gringos y Gremmies, Missy Jo, and Bryan Piironen from My Model Airplane. Showcase schedule: 7:00-8:10 PM: Sets from Missy Jo and Bryan Piironen 8:15 PM: De Gringos y Gremmies 9:30 PM: church bats church bats church bats is an alt rock band hailing out of Jackson, Wyoming. What started as coworkers getting together to make noise turned into a band known for bringing raw, high-energy to the stage. The band formed organically when David Gorka and Andrew Skinner — longtime collaborators who had spent years writing music together — connected with bassist Louis Grassell. Blending the energy of classic garage rock with unexpected psychedelic and groove influences, church bats are unapologetically heavy, danceable, and utterly their own. De Gringo y Gremmies From the late ’90s through the early ’00s, a trio from Laramie, Wyoming named the Custom Caravans purveyed a rare brand of Surf-o-Phonic Trash-Rock Mayhem. Known for their energetic, loud, and often outrageous live performances, the Custom Caravans would often break bass strings and beer bottles, sometimes appear in leotards and wrestling masks, and every now and then would show up wearing nothing but slim strips of animal print loin cloths! Having gone separate ways in 2003, the fellas found themselves back in Laramie in 2017 and reunited as De Gringos Y Gremmies. Ready for a fresh start with an older and calmer approach, the trio continues to refine their sound and channel their love of all things tiki, surf, and western into their unique brand of Spaghetti-Infused Western Surf Garage Rock from the High Plains of…