Help KORY and the FIREFLIES get a gig with KISS! VOTE HERE: http://eventful.com/competitions/kiss2010/detroit"target TELL US YOU VOTED HERE: http://www.facebook.com/koryfireflies Kory and the Fireflies on Facebook and Twitter! http://www.facebook.com/koryfireflies http://www.twitter.com/koryfireflies 8/7/09 - KORY and the FIREFLIES have a Great Offer for our next show with Peter Frampton, August 14 at Sioux Empire Fair! The FRAMPTON FIREFLIES FOUR PACK works like this...Buy 2 tix Get 2 tix FREE! Click here to purchase online also available at fair box office. Tell your friends and we hope to see you at the show! 8/3/09 - Lucky Winner to join Kory as a VIP for AEROSMITH is... .......Lisa G. From Tucson, AZ! Thanks to everyone who supported us at Kory and the Fireflies 5th appearance on the Main Stage at Buffalo Chip. Also, for any of you in the running for our $1,000/Signed Electric Guitar giveaway, remember the drawing will be held at our last show of the year TBD, and we'll contact you if your name is drawn, you do NOT need to be present to win! Peace! 7/28/09 - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Kory and the Fireflies kick off the Sturgis Rally on the Main Stage at the Buffalo Chip Fri, July 31st and One Lucky Winner will join Kory as a "VIP" for AEROSMITH! Purchase a Kory and the Fireflies CD, DVD or T-Shirt at their show and you'll have a chance to Win a VIP package for Aerosmith and join Kory for a "Once in a Lifetime" Experience! 6/26/09 - NICE STORY IN THE RAPID CITY JOURNAL TODAY. Visit address below to read story and come see us Thursday, July 2nd at the HERITAGE FESTIVAL in Rapid City and Friday, July 3rd at ROYAL RIVER CASINO, both shows outdoors under the stars! http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/06/26/ entertainment/top_stories/doc4a43a8208a2d7823610053.txt 5/29/09 - RIBFEST TONIGHT! SEE YOU THERE! 5/23/09 - Hi Everyone! Kory & the Fireflies are on SD Public TV TONIGHT! Sat, MAY 23rd @ 10PM Central! Tune in to see their "Love to Give Concert" filmed at "Ribfest" last summer! Following the show, please send a nice email to: programming@sdpb.org. Find Your SDPB Station: http://www.sdpb.org/about/tvcable.asp ALSO - Catch KORY & the FIREFLIES "Live" at this year's Ribfest FRIDAY, MAY 29TH. FREE TICKETS can be picked up at any Sioux Falls GAS STOP while supplies last! 5/22/09 - Hi Everyone! Kory and the Fireflies will be on South Dakota Public TV TOMORROW NIGHT!! Sat, MAY 23rd at 10PM Central! Find Your SDPB Station: http://www.sdpb.org/about/tvcable.asp Please tune in to see their "Love to Give Concert" filmed at "Ribfest" last summer! Kory is also interviewed between segments of the show. Following the show, please send a nice email to: programming@sdpb.org. ALSO - Catch KORY & the FIREFLIES at this year's Ribfest LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 29TH. FREE TICKETS can be picked up at any Sioux Falls GAS STOP while supplies last! 3/24/09 - New dates have been posted and there are MORE TO COME! Keep checking back and we will see you SOON! 2/12/09 - More 2009 dates to be posted soon! Check back, mark your calendars and make your plans! We look forward to seeing you all at a show this Spring/Summer. Peace! 1/5/09 - Happy New Year to Everyone! We hope all of you have a great 2009 and look forward to seeing you at a show! We will be posting New Dates for 2009 very soon! Peace and Happiness to you and your Families from Kory and the Fireflies! 11/15/08 - Hi Everyone! Kory and the Fireflies will be on South Dakota Public TV TONIGHT!! Sat, Nov 15th at approx. 10PM (Central) following the State Football Championship! Find Your SDPB Station: http://www.sdpb.org/about/tvcable.asp Please tune in to see their concert filmed at "Ribfest" in Sioux Falls this past summer! Kory is also interviewed between segments of the show. Following the show, please send a nice note to SDPB. Reach them via email at: programming@sdpb.org Thanks and Peace! 8/25/08 - Lots of good stuff going on for Kory and the Fireflies! Label interest, New shows coming in, LIFELIGHT performance this Friday, more TV possibilities and More! Please ask your 4 closest friends to sign up as a Myspace Friend and stay tuned for more updates! Also, have you heard about Popfly by Microsoft? Maybe we need to get Popfly by Kory and the Fireflies over to Microsoft and team up! Peace to all! 6/4/08 - The "Love to Give" project raised just shy of $30,000! So we rounded up to make up the difference and officially donated $15,000 EACH to Make A Wish and Los Cabos Children's Foundation! THANK YOU to all the businesses who helped us and to everyone who bought "Love to Give"! The money was raised entirely from CD sales between the dates of March 13 and May 31 of this year! If anyone has any friends at USA Today, let us know because we feel it is a pretty good story. PEACE!!! and THANKS!!! 5/15 - To date, we've raised over $28,000 from CD sales of "Love to Give" that will go directly to Make A Wish and Los Cabos Children's Foundation through our "Love to Give" Promotion. Please see details below (3/20 entry). Special thanks to The Gas Stop, Vern Eide Motorcars, Lewis Drug, Burger King, Henkin Schultz, Results Radio, Sisson Printing, Workplace Technology, Avera McKennan, First Premier Bank and First National Bank for their belief in this project and their support! AND Thanks to all of you that have picked up your copy of "Love to Give" at either The Gas Stop or Lewis Drug! Peace, and we'll see you at Ribfest! 3/20 - Less Expensive Gas ALL SUMMER for the price of a CD! - Amazing Deal for Everyone in/around Sioux Falls! Kory & the Fireflies' latest CD "LOVE TO GIVE" is now available at The Gas Stop and Lewis Drug for only $9.99! Everyone who purchases "Love to Give" at these locations will get 5¢ OFF Every Gallon of Gas ALL SUMMER at The Gas Stop! and Also receive Great Deals from Burger King and Lewis Drug PLUS Chances to Win an iPod, $1000 Cash and a 2008 HONDA ACCORD! lease from Vern Eide Motorcars! All prizes given away following Kory and the Fireflies performance Sat., May 31st at Ribfest! 100% of Net Profits benefit Make-A-Wish of SD and Los Cabos Childrens Foundation! Please help these two great charities and pick up a copy of "Love to Give" Today! Thanks for your support! Kory and the Fireflies 2/18 - "She's Comin' Back Again" is being heard in Millions of Homes across the Nation on the New TV Spot for "Trading Spaces"! This super catchy song seems a perfect fit for the Hit TV show! Download "She's Comin' Back Again" RIGHT HERE for only 99¢! TV spot can be viewed at tlc.com! PEACE to all! Kory and the Fireflies 12/3 - NEW YEAR'S EVE!!! - Kory and the Fireflies Rock In the New Year at Carnaval Bra zilian Grill! Doors at 8PM, Great Music, Great Fun, Great Food! Show includes complimentary sushi, wood roasted pizza, brushcetta and more plus champagne at midnight and a String Trio to open the show! Come join the Fireflies for a Great Night! Tickets av ailable at the Carnaval Brazilian Grill (next to Century Theaters). SEE YOU THERE! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 9/18 - See you this Saturday in Sioux Falls near the "Falls" at Phillips and 5th. We're Headlining "Taste of South Dakota!" Music starts at Noon and The Fireflies take the stage about 9PM. There will be food, art and music all day! Also...be on the look for the "Local Best" publication that will be out Very Soon. Check out the Entertainment section...more specifically...the Band section...and watch for more "Love to Give"... 7/31 - Some BIG shows since last update...RibFest was GREAT with a giant crowd and lots and lots of "Love to Give" for everyone! Estelline almost tripled it's population and OKOBOJI was filled with fireworks, fun and FIREFLIES! REA LLY GREAT to see all our fans at these shows and we look forward to seeing you at the next one! HERE's our iPod winner from Okoboji - Winner will be notified by phone too...ONE 30GB iPod!!! to Gerri W.! We have raised over $4,000 for charities so far this year and will keep doing it as long as we have "Love to Give"! Peace, and thanks to everyone for the support! Charities supported include: Childrens Miracle Network, Camp Gilbert (camp for Kid's with Diabetes), Kinship Kids Season of Smiles (helping kid s in Okoboji area and providing season passes to the park), Shayla Bee Foundation, Mike Miller Foundation and Make-A-Wish, Corey Briest Family (Corey was wounded serving in Iraq). 5/31 - If you can't wait OR if you live too far away to make a show you c an get the NEW CD DIGITALLY at our MySpace Site: http://www.myspace.com/koryandthefireflies For the REST of you we'll see you at RibFest! 5/28 - Kory & the Fireflies CD Release Party is SUNDAY, June 3rd 4:30 - 6PM at RibFest. The new CD "Love to Give" av ailable ALL FOUR DAYS of the Festival at the Fireflies/Vern Eide Booth. Look for the CUSTOM HONDA ELEMENT completely wrapped in Kory & the Fireflies CD artwork created by Kirby Schultz and wrapped by Cabana Banners. Every CD sold has a chance to WIN a HON DA ELEMENT Lease and CD sales benefit Children's Miracle Network! 1/31/07 - NEW RECORD IS SET TO BE RELEASED JUNE 2007!!! 12/13/06 - Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Check back as we will be adding dates very soon. Peace to all. 10/12/06 - Last weekend we had the honor of performing at the McGovern Library Dedication in Mitchell. Senator George McGovern and President Bill Clinton were both present along with Senator Tom Daschle, Tim Johnson, John Thune and Rep. Stephanie Herseth. An unbelievably beautiful and historic day honoring a great man. Senator McGovern continues to inspire people everywhere he travels and he works tirelessly helping to put an end to World Hunger. Again, it was an honor. Please consider helping to make a di fference and check out: www.mcgovernlibrary.com and www.friendsofwfp.org. 8/8/06 - Kory and the Fireflies are headed to another Ribfest! The performance is at the Midamerica Center in Council Bluffs. The band will be on at 8:45 and TONIC will follow. Mak e the road trip if you can it's going to be a great night! 6/9/06 - Thanks to EVERYONE who made it out to our Ribfest show, all 15,000 of you! Thank You. Thanks for helping make it a great night. We will look forward to seeing you again this summer at ot her shows and we'll continue to add dates so check back often. PEACE. 2/20/06 - Working on record #4 and setting up Spring/Summer Calendar for '06. We greatly appreciate your support and your Patience :-) - Peace...we will be posting dates very soon. 1 1/16 - Starting December 1st Kory and the Fireflies single "She's Comin' Back Again" will be available right here on the band's official website. The song will cost just 99 cents and the band will be donating 100% of their royalties to the One Campaign. S tarting December 1st you can also hear Kory and the Fireflies on the One Campaign Podcast at www.one.org! 9/8 - Please tune in to the station nearest you from the growing list of stations below and CALL and request "She's Comin' Back Again!" by Kory and the Fireflies.The more REQUESTS the more they play the song! PLEASE CALL NOW! Sioux Falls - KMXC "Mix 97.3" - 605 331 6499 Marshall, MN - KKCK - "99.7" - 507 532 5100 Marshall, MN - KARZ - "107.5" - 507 532-2282 Willmar, MN - KQIC - "Q102" - 320 235 1025 Rapid City - KRCS - "Hot 93.1" - 605 343 1355 Rapid City - KKMK - "Magic 93.9" - 605 348 9390 Rapid City - KSKY - "95.1" - 605 716 5759 Mitchell - KQRN - "Hits 107.3" - 605 996 1073 Vermillion - KVHT - "Mix 106" - 605 665 2711 Brookings - KBRK - "B-93" - 605 692 9370 Watertown - KIXX - "Kixx 96" - 605 886-9696 Winner - KWYR - "Magic 93" - 605 842 3333 Worthington, MN - KWOA - "KO-95" - 800 457 5962 Spencer, IA - KLLT - "Lite 104.9" - 712 262 1240 Spirit Lake, IA - KUOO - "Campus Radio" - 712 336 2161 Carrol, IA - KKRL - "93.7 KKRL" - 712 792 4321 Winona, MN - KAGE - "KG - 95.3" - 800 584 6782 4/13 - Over the past month we have been putting the final touches on our upcoming single. Keep you r ears set to your favorite station. We will be hitting the airwaves again SOON! Please check back as we will be adding more summer dates to the schedule as well as updates on the single. As always...thanks to all of you for the love and support. 3/2 - J ust back from a performance in Hawaii!! The "gig" was at Turtle Bay on Oahu and we would like to give a special thanks to all of those that made it happen...first and foremost thanks to Nick and Jackie Newell, Terry and Cathy Koch and Pat and Cathy Newell. What a great bunch of people and the "venue" couldn't have been any closer to paradise! 12/31 - New Years Eve!!! Tonight we are at The Holiday Inn City Center, Sioux Falls. The concert starts at 7:30 and Kory and the Fireflies are on at 10PM. Following our show everyone can caravan down to Falls Park for FIREWORKS to ring in the New Year!!! We hope your holidays have been blessed with Love, Family and Friends and we hope to see you tonight!!! Happy New Year!!! 11/19 - Kory and the Fireflies fans in SD and parts of MN, IA and NE get a special opportunity to see the bands concert "Live in Vegas" Saturday, Nov. 20th @ 9:30 PM CT/8:30 MT on South Dakota Public TV. The entire concert was filmed by VH1 and SD Public TV added an interview piece to complete t he show. "While we knew there were a lot of Kory and the Fireflies fans amongst our viewers, we were overwhelmed at the response we got from this special. The program actually tripled our ratings in that time slot. It's a pleasure for us to be able t o showcase some of South Dakota's most talented musicians." Bob Bosse, Director of Television, SDPB 11/6 - Wow...OK...well we march on. We will be recording and playing a handful of shows through the fall and winter while we work on some new recordings. Be on the lookout for a new single on the airwaves this coming spring. 'Til then please do try to make one of our winter shows and say hi if you do. PS - If you haven't seen "Kory and the Fireflies Live in Vegas" tune in to SD Public TV 9PM CT on Novemb er 20th!!The entire performance was filmed by VH1 and SD Public TV added an interview. This is the fourth time it has been aired due to the great response. Cheers! 9/13 - What a GREAT CROWD! The Clay Co. Fair was a great time, with a great crowd and REO was super nice to work with. Thanks to everybody from the fair, REO and to all of you in the stands. PEACE! 9/5 - On the Waterfront was on of the best outdoor music fetivals we've ever played. Every person we worked with that day was so kind and seemed so happy to be there. Very cool. The whole festival is non-profit and the positive vibe is very apparent. Tesla was great to work with too and to all of you that were cheering for us...Thank You!!! It was our second time to Rockford, supporting the Goo Go o Dolls was our first and we will be back again! 8/18 - Kid Rock last night! Here is a partial list of other National Acts we've supported... 3 doors down, america, april wine, bacon brothers, blessid union of souls, blues traveler, bodeans, cheap trick, def leppard, the donnas, everclear, the fabulous thunderbirds, foghat, foreigner, the fixx, gin blossoms, goo goo dolls, hootie the blowfish, indigenous, jackson browne, jayhawks, journey, kansas, kid rock, lynard skynard, mathew sweet, neil young, night ranger, nine days, the outfield, pat benatar, reo, sheryl crow, sister hazel, smash mouth, soul asylum, spin doctors, stroke 9, styx, sugar ray and tesla... 8/17 - Kor y and the Fireflies are the sole support act for KID ROCK tonight at the Sioux Falls Arena! 8/16 - July was a great month with a lot of BIG shows including the Fourth of July in Okoboji with over 5,000 in attendance. We are currently working on some dates with Kid Rock and will be flying out to Illinois next month for a huge outdoor festival called "On the Waterfront". This weekend we will be at "Riverboat Days" in Yankton. Last year we had over 3,000 at that show and they expect more this year! Join us if you can. Peace. 6/21 - Since the last update we've played in front of 13,000 at Ribfest for our DVD release party and this morning we just flew back from Racine, Wisconsin where we played with EVERCLEAR at Harborfest. Great shows and great weather. Th anks to Scott and Russ at the Arena and thanks to Don and Lauren at NiteLite, and thanks to Rich and everyone else at Harborfest. Peace!....Ahh yes...and thank you so much to all of you who vote for us every year for "Best of...". That was a very nice sur prise to come home to. Cheers. 6/4 - Last weekend we were on a boat on Lake of the Ozarks playing with Sister Hazel thanks to Budweiser and Mix 92.7! It was a great time. Sister Hazel was great, Budweiser was great and so was the entire crew from Mix 9 2.7. Thanks to everyone that helped make it happen! This Saturday our DVD is being released at RibFest! It is also available here on our site if you can't make the show. We hope to see all of you sometime this summer. We've got a lot of fun shows coming u p! Don't forget June 12th at 11PM CT Pioneer Public TV will air our Live From Las Vegas Concert shot by VH1. 5/13 - We have been very busy since the last update. A lot of college shows, some recording in Minneapolis at the Terrerium, wrapping up the DVD and so on. Also...we have the winners in our latest contest. They are #1. Johnna H. - Brookings, SD #2. Scott W. - Jackson, NE #3. Cassi M. - Hartley, IA. Congrats to them and thanks to all of you who entered we appreciate your support and there will be more chances to win! ALSO... PLEASE Note: South Dakota Public TV will air Kory and the Fireflies Live from Vegas MAY 22 @ 10PM Central. Also Pioneer Public TV will air the concert JUNE 12th @ 11PM Central. If you would call or email both stations and t hank them for the support we would be very grateful!! Their info: SDPB - 800 456 0766 email - programming@sdpb.org Pioneer Public -320 289 2622 email - sschwarz@pioneer.org 4/10 - Response to our VH1 Vegas Concert was so great that SD Public Broadcasting will air it again Saturday, May 22nd at 10PM Central. Also, Pioneer Public T.V. in Minnesota will air it Saturday, June 12th following Austin City Limits! Please tune in, tell your friends and thank SDPB and Pioneer Public T.V. for the support. 4/1 - T hanks to SD Public Broadcasting and to all that tuned in to see our VH1 Vegas concert. Thanks also to all of you who wrote in. Your support is greatly appreciated. There's a very good chance the concert will air again so get the VCRs "ready ". We're headed to Minneapolis for the Twins home-opener Monday. Should be fun. Come back for a report and please check out all the new dates we have posted for spring and summer. 3/6 - Just found out our VH1 Vegas concert will air on South Dakota Public Broadcasting Saturday March 27th at 10PM Central. Please call the station and let them know you appreciate them supporting The Fireflies. Their # is 800 456 0766. 3/5 - Just returned from San Francisco. Had a chance to meet up with Nadine Condon the Music Guru of San Fran. What a great soul she is! Also met up with Alex Oana who produced and mixed the title track off "Everyone". He is know residing in the area and after visiting I can see why. NOTE: This week The Fireflies will appear on KELO (CH3) Saturday morning. KELO will be airing a nice piece Kirby Schultz put together from our Kennedy Center performance. Also on March 27th SDPB (CH8) will air our entire perfomance from Las Vegas courtesy of VH1. PLEASE tune in and let the stations know you appreciate them supp orting the Fireflies. 2/3 - Great trip to D.C. The Kennedy Center couldn't have gone better. Great people, great energy and a great venue. S.D. Senator Tom Daschle introduced us and we had dinner with him and his family after the show. It was a very spe cial evening. We flew back home Thursday and traveled to Okoboji for Winter Games on Friday. Temp was somewhere around -15. The fans were warm though and it's always nice to play in Okoboji. Even when it's winter! Saturday we traveled up to the Red Carpet in St. Cloud to wrap up the weekend. Good times. Thanks to all of you who watched the Kennedy Center Live. If you missed it you can still see it in the archives where it will be FOREVER....Peace. 1/26 - Check out our show at the Kennedy Center LIVE on the internet Wed., Jan. 28th - 5PM Central: 1. go to: www.kennedycenter.com 2. go to: "Find a Performance" and scroll to "Millenium Stage". 3. click on: If you can't make it to the Kennedy Center... Enjoy the Show! 1/6 - Happy New Year to Everyone! We had a great time New Years Eve and had a huge show with lots of friendly faces in the crowd. Now we are getting ready for our trip out to D.C. to play the Kennedy Center. For those of you that can't make it check out www.kennedy-center.org. on January 28t h the entire show will be webcast. Again Happy New Year and let's all hope for a more peaceful year in 2004. 12/15 - It's been one of our most successful years yet. A lot of great shows and the theater tour with the Goo Goo Dolls was amazing. Then, thanks to Budweiser and all of our fans who voted, we won the opportunity to play the "Summers' End Concert" in Las Vegas with The Donnas and Goo Goo Dolls. Budweiser True Music and VH1 threw the party. Our entire show was filmed by VH1 and highlights of our performance appeared on VH1 everytime the concert was aired. Stay tuned...