Ali Thibodeau to open for Aug. 26 DMM Groovin’ in the Park

August 10, 2023

Singer/songwriter Ali Thibodeau and her band Deau Eyes will be opening for the Aug. 26 Groovin’ in the Park at the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s waterfront. Her album “legacies” has won the 2023 Newlin Music Prize; best full-length album from the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area in the previous year based solely on artistic merit without regard to style or popularity. (Contributed)

They’re coming! Stuck On A Name will be on the waterfront stage to solve all our reggae/musical problems Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park’s Groovin’ in the Park concert series. They’ll be playing 6-8 p.m. under the pines and oaks of the DMM’s waterfront park overlooking Mill Creek. There won’t be palm trees, but it won’t make any difference as Stuck On A Name lays down that island back beat!

No worries. Be happy!

Groovin’ welcomes new opener Deau Eyes with singer/songwriter Ali Thibodeaux starting off the concert at 5 p.m. with a breath of fresh indie-pop air. Gates for the concert open at 4 p.m.

Deau Eyes is Ali Thibodeau, born and raised in Richmond. She is a singer-songwriter, recording artist, and arts educator with a slew of experience in more than 45 colorful occupations to supplement her work. Lifelong dreams of a career in performance brought her to live in New York, Florida, Idaho, and all over Virginia, to work in theaters, theme parks, studios, classrooms, festivals, and cruise ships. For most of her life, Thibodeau has been part of an ensemble — dancing, speaking, and singing from a script. It has only been in recent years that she has listened to herself, to her original inner voice, and began to translate her wide range of experiences into her own music. Her debut album Let it Leave, released in May 2020, delivers a message of power and resilience through loss, leaving, and womanhood.

Ali will be bringing saxophonist and keyboard player Charles Owens for her rhythm line. Charles is a master tenor sax player, composer, educator, bandleader and recording artist.

Ali Thibodeau and Charles Owens as Deau Eyes open Groovin’ in the Park at 5 p.m. and Stuck On a Name takes command of the waterfront stage at 6 p.m.

Tickets may only be purchased online or the DMM office. Nauti Nell’s store also has tickets. Check the website. Unless there is a sellout you will be able to get tickets. You may still purchase online using your Smartphone and showing your receipt at the gate.