Wyoming Public Media’s “Retro Cocktail Hour”

This August, Wyoming Public Media takes their radio program, The Retro Cocktail Hour, on the road! They stop in Cody at the Center of the West on Saturday, August 17 for a Retro Cocktail Hour Party.

This benefit for Wyoming Public Media includes hors d’oeuvres, and offers a cash bar. DJ Darrell Brogdon bring on the retro cocktail music for listening and dancing. Retro attire, while optional, is encouraged!

To learn more about this event for Wyoming Public Media and buy tickets for it, click here to visit their website.

The Retro Cocktail Hour can be heard on Wyoming Public Radio. The music is served “shaken, not stirred” with vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era. Among the artists featured on The Retro Cocktail Hour are lounge legends like Frank Sinatra and Juan Esquivel; tiki gods Martin Denny and Les Baxter; swinging combos featuring The Three Suns and Jack “Mr. Bongo” Costanzo; and mambo king Perez Prado. The series also spotlights up and coming lounge/exotica artists, including Waitiki, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Voodoo Organist and many more. Join host Darrell Brogdon at the underground martini bunker for the sounds of space age pop.

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Wyoming Public Media partner on a multimedia journalist position, based at the Center. To find the stories Olivia Weitz produces from Cody, click here.