Aug 23, 2022 | Breaking News, Entertainment, Special Events
A special music competition that will award up to $5,000 returns to the Wolf Den November 9th – December 7th
For the first time since 2019, Locals Live presented by Mohegan Sun and Hall Communications returns to the Wolf Den! Local acts with big dreams of performing in an award-winning venue where Luke Bryan, Barenaked Ladies, Pentatonix and more have taken the stage will have their shot this fall.
Mohegan Sun and Hall Communications will be hosting another exciting four-week contest searching for local bands and musicians in the area to ultimately perform in the Wolf Den and compete for a grand prize of $5,000. The contest will feature eight weeks of submissions from Tuesday, August 23rd to Monday, October 17th. Submissions can be made online through the WCTY website.
Mohegan Sun and Hall Communications will select 14 bands/musicians (12 to perform and two alternates) to perform live in the Wolf Den starting November 9th every Wednesday (excluding November 23rd) from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. The first rounds will be a text-to-vote competition from 8:00pm to 11:00pm each night of first-round events. Voters can text in their vote up to a maximum of five times, and the band who receives the most votes on the given performance night will proceed to the final round on December 7th.
During the finals, there will be guest and celebrity judges to assist in determining the winner as well as text-to-vote influence. The winner will be announced that night and receive a $5,000 cash prize and the runner up will receive $1,000.
Admission to Locals Live is free, and guests can enjoy $4.00 Coors, Coors Light, and Miller Lite specials. Guests may line up no sooner than three hours before the show. Come early, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Must be 21+ to attend.
For the purposes of this competition, talent is defined as musicians, bands, or singer-songwriters ONLY. All talent must be 21 years of age or older and from CT, RI, MA or NY. Performers must adhere to all Mohegan Sun rules and sign a guidelines contract prior to performance. Talent must be able to set up by 5:00pm on date of performance for sound check. All rules subject to change/management interpretation.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN:
Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic Southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 70 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
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Aug 19, 2019 | Community Relations, Entertainment, General News, Special Events
A special music competition that will award up to $5,000 takes place in the Wolf Den November 6th – December 11th
WHAT: Local acts with big dreams of performing in an award-winning venue where Luke Bryan, Barenaked Ladies, Pentatonix and more have taken the stage will have their shot this fall. Mohegan Sun & Hall Communications are excited to present Locals Live 2019 inside the Wolf Den – one lucky band or musician could be chosen to perform live at Mohegan Sun, win a grand prize of $5,000 cash and earn the title of Locals Live 2019 Champion! Submissions can be made online through the WCTY website.
WHEN/WHERE: Every Wednesday from November 6th – December 11th (excluding November 27th) from 8:00pm – 10:00pm in the Wolf Den.
IN DETAIL:
Locals Live is back! Mohegan Sun & Hall Communications are hosting another exciting five-week music competition every Wednesday from November 6th – December 11th (excluding November 27th) from 8:00pm – 10:00pm. Sixteen local bands and musicians – four per week – will compete live at the Wolf Den. The four bands/musicians that receive the most overall votes from the audience will advance to the finals on December 11th, where they will perform in front of expert judges to vie for the $5,000 grand prize and the title of Locals Live 2019 Champion. Second place receives $1,000.
Guests are encouraged to come out to the Wolf Den and vote for their favorite! The first rounds will include a text-to-vote competition from 8:00pm – 10:00pm. Voters can text in their vote up to a maximum of five times, and the talent who receives the most votes on a given performance night will proceed to the final round on December 11th. During the finals, there will be a guest and celebrity judges to assist in determining the winner in addition to the text-to-vote influence. The winner will be announced on December 11th. Admission to Locals Live is free, and guests can enjoy $3.00 Miller Lite and Coors Light. Must be 21+ to attend.
Talent can enter to participate in Locals Live here. The deadline for submissions is Monday, September 16th. For more information about Locals Live and other events inside the Wolf Den, please visit our website.
For the purposes of this competition, talent is defined as musicians, bands, or songwriters ONLY. All talent must be 21 years of age or older and from CT, RI, MA, or NY. Performers must adhere to all Mohegan Sun rules and sign a guidelines contract prior to performance. Talent must be able to be set up by 5:00pm on the date of the performance for sound check. All rules subject to change/management interpretation.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN:
Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 80 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
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Sep 17, 2018 | Breaking News, Community Relations, Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Charity concert with Top Country Female Artist Maren Morris set for Friday, October 26th in the Wolf Den
WHAT: MADD About Maren Morris – a Mother’s Against Drunk Driving 10th Annual Charity Concert returns to Mohegan Sun. MADD is teaming up with Mohegan Sun, WCTY, The Day, Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, Buckley Wynne & Parese and Faxon Law Group. This year’s MADD concert in the Wolf Den is a free event!
WHEN/ WHERE: Friday, October 26th at 8:00pm;
Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun
IN DETAIL: Taking over the Wolf Den, MADD About Maren Morris with special guest Nick Wayne will be the featured entertainment for the 10th annual MADD benefit. Longtime supporter and radio host, Shelly Martinez of WCTY – FM, will also be on – hand to give a special message before the concert. Festivities will include a silent auction at The Shops at Mohegan Sun starting at 5:00pm and throughout the night.
Donations to MADD will be accepted at the auction table throughout the night. All proceeds benefit MADD.
Wolf Den performances are free and open to the public. Must be 21 years of age to enter the Wolf Den. Lines form early and seats are given on a first – come, first – serve basis until we are at full capacity. Limited seating available.
For more information, visit MoheganSun.com.
ABOUT MAREN MORRIS:
Twenty – seven year old Columbia Nashville singer/songwriter Maren Morris has quickly established herself with vocal stylings that reflect her Country, Folk and Pop influences. Armed with sheer talent, honest lyrics and a completely magnetic presence, Morris’ label – debut album, the Gold – certified HERO, released on June 3, 2016. One week after it was available, HERO entered the Billboard Country Albums chart at No. 1 and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, which spans across all genres. Morris’ debut single from HERO, “My Church,” set a record at Country radio by having the most chart reporting stations to play a debut single by a Country artist with 107 stations the week it hit the airwaves in addition to being certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Later in 2016 Morris tied for the most nominations with five at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, including “New Artist of the Year” which she won, marking her first CMA Award. She received the Billboard “Breakthrough Artist’ Award” at the 11th Annual Billboard Women in Music Gala as well as being awarded the “Breakthrough Artist Award” by the Music Business Association.
Kicking off 2017, Morris took home the Grammy for “Best Country Solo Performance” for “My Church” in addition to having the most nominations for a Country music artist with four to her credit. She received six nominations for the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards including “Female Vocalist of the Year,” “New Female Vocalist of the Year” which she took home the trophy for, “Album of the Year” (as artist and producer) for HERO, and “Single Record of the Year” (as artist and producer) for “My Church.”
In the fall of 2017, Morris received three nominations for the 51st Annual CMA Awards including nominations for “Female Vocalist of the Year,” as well as “Music Video of the Year” and “Musical Event of the Year,” both for the No. 1 hit song “Craving You” by Thomas Rhett featuring Morris. In addition, she received her fifth career Grammy award – nomination for “Best Country Solo Performance” – “I Could Use A Love Song.” In addition “I Could Use A Love Song” is Morris’ first No. 1 country radio single, as both the performer and songwriter, reaching the top of both Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country charts in January 2018. Morris’ current single for Country radio is the fun fan favorite song “Rich.”
ABOUT MADD:
The mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is to stop drunk driving, to support the victims of this violent crime and to prevent underage drinking. MADD Connecticut is committed to clearly and powerfully advocating for victims of alcohol – related crashes. MADD delivers quality services to hundreds of families each year at no cost to them, as well as help victims/survivors through the multitude of emotions and criminal proceedings that take place through court accompaniment and by providing grief counseling and support groups. MADD’s goal is to eliminate drunk driving and educate Connecticut youth about underage drinking. MADD introduces and follows legislation concerning bills to strengthen drunk driving laws.
ABOUT WCTY:
WCTY based in Norwich, Connecticut, is the home of continuous Country favorites for listeners in southeastern Connecticut. Owned by Hall Communications, a family-owned company that owns and operates 21 radio stations on the East Coast including six stations in Connecticut, Hall Communications has been in operation in Eastern Connecticut since 1964.
ABOUT THE NEW LONDON DAY:
The Day Publishing Company, established in 1881 by John A. Tibbits, publishes The Day, a daily newspaper covering a 20 – town region in eastern Connecticut with a daily and Sunday readership of nearly 100,000, and theday.com, a website generating more than 3 million page views a month.
The Day Publishing Company also publishes a variety of print and online feature and tourism magazines; including Connecticut Coast & Country, the definitive annual visitors guide for the region, with a distribution of 250,000 copies at 400 locations in four states; Go Westerly, an annual tourism magazine with a circulation of 60,000; Sound & Country, an in – market tourism glossy magazine published three times a year; Aspire, a quarterly high – end lifestyle magazine; and Connecticut Family, a quarterly publication devoted to the happiness and well – being of parents and children statewide. The company also runs Day Printing, a division specializing in commercial printing, graphics and bindery services.
ABOUT KOSKOFF KOSKOFF & BIEDER, PC:
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, PC, is a nationally known Connecticut law firm described by The Hartford Courant as “reputedly the best plaintiff’s law firm in the state.” Serving the public for more than 75 years, Koskoff handles cases throughout Connecticut. On some occasions, we work in association with cooperating attorneys on cases in New England and throughout the nation from our offices in Bridgeport, Danbury and New Haven.
ABOUT BUCKLEY WYNNE & PARESE:
Back in 1881, a young lawyer named John Wynne opened a law office in Connecticut, starting a family tradition of striving to provide excellent legal service. In 1986, fourth – generation lawyer John Wynne, Jr. joined with John Buckley in a legal practice that concentrates all the firm’s experience, energy, and resources on helping personal injury victims and the families of wrongful death victims. John Parese joined the firm in 2007. The Buckley Wynne & Parese practice areas include personal injury, wrongful death, and professional malpractice.
ABOUT FAXON LAW GROUP:
Faxon Law Group has handled virtually every type of civil legal case where a person has been wronged financially and/or physically and is seeking recovery from the wrongdoer – whether it’s a botched medical procedure, a negligent municipality, a highway defect, a defrauded investor, a defective drug or product, a wrongful denial of insurance benefits, poor legal advice, a drunk driver, a brain injury, a spinal cord injury, a wrongful death, a burn injury, a truck, train, car or plane accident, a power plant explosion, an industrial accident, a bridge collapse, a catastrophic fire, or sexual abuse to a minor. It is the creative and intelligent way that we approach each case that adds value. We take pride in our ability to select a small number of the most deserving cases for our attention, and then tenaciously fighting the forces that would deny a just result.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN:
Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
Sep 4, 2014 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Mohegan Sun is once again in search for great local talent with Locals Live; A $5,000 first place prize up for grabs
WHAT: Local Bands and musicians looking to win some cash and play the same award-winning Wolf Den that has hosted the likes of Dustin Lynch, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentlley, Eddie Money and plenty more, here is their chance with Mohegan Sun and Hall Communications Locals Live 2014!
WHEN/ WHERE:
Submissions:
Now through October 5th
Contest performances:
Every Tuesday from October 7th – December 16th (excluding December 9th) from 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Wolf Den
IN DETAIL: The 5-week contest (final 4 bands compete the week before Christmas) will place some great local bands and musicians on center stage at the Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun. The grand prize is $5,000 and the runner-up will be awarded $1,000. The contest will feature 4 weeks of submissions now through Sunday, October 5th.
Hall Communications will be taking band/artist demo videos at this link. Mohegan Sun and Hall Communications will then select bands/musicians (18 to perform, 2 alternates) to perform live in the Wolf Den starting October 7th and running every Tuesday, excluding December 9th, from 8:00pm – 11:00pm.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN: Owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and dining destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, like on Pinterest and view us on YouTube.
Apr 8, 2014 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
The first-ever non-musician Wolf Den Hall of Fame recognition is set for Friday, May 2nd before the Jana Kramer performance
Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den has long been known for bringing great Country acts, both up-and-coming and established, to Connecticut, so much so that the venue has been awarded the small capacity industry award “Casino of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music. The ability to continually bring in high-caliber live Country music, at free admission, is unmatched in the region and it would never be possible without the help and great partnership with 97.7 WCTY-FM. That is why Mohegan Sun will be honoring the whole team over at Eastern Connecticut’s Country station, WCTY-FM, as the next Wolf Den Hall of Fame inductee.
The induction ceremony will take place on The Wolf Den stage prior to the start of the Jana Kramer performance on Friday, May 2nd at 8:00pm. Mohegan Sun executives and Tribal leaders will be on hand to present this honor to the team over at WCTY-FM.
“Our entertainment programming here at Mohegan Sun is designed to recognize a very loyal Country Music fan-base with much of the credit going to Joe Soper, our Director of Entertainment. WCTY-FM certainly share’s our passion, and without them it would have been impossible for The Wolf Den to be recognized nationally. We can now both celebrate our first ever Wolf Den ACM Award with their first ever Wolf Den Hall of Fame Award, the first non-musician honoree.” They’re long past deserving said Tom Cantone, Senior VP of Sports & Entertainment for the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority.
Dave Elder, WCTY Program Director added, “This is an honor for the entire staff at WCTY-FM. Our partnership with Mohegan Sun and the Wolf Den has been a pleasure and a privilege. We have had the unique opportunity to play new music from up-and-coming Country stars that play the Wolf Den. Our staff and listeners in eastern Connecticut have watched these artists grow in front of their eyes becoming major international stars. From Rascal Flatts and Toby Keith to the Zac Brown Band and more, so many talented Country music performers have played the Wolf Den stage and are now headlining Mohegan Sun Arena! The Den and Arena are “Nashville – Northeast!”
Fan’s should be sure to tune into WCTY-FM all month long as the station will be running an on-going trivia contest for a chance to win seats in the special WCTY VIP section at the Jana Kramer performance and Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, May 2nd.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, a 34-story, 1,200 room luxury hotel, a world-class spa and golf course, over 75 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and view us on YouTube.
