Weekend Photo Galleries: Danny Brown, The Verve Pipe, Barry County Roots Music Fest, Ladyfest at the Lakeshore, Tycho rev up fans

From Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo, Middleville to Grand Haven, weekend — and mid-week — warriors were on the march, from rock to hip hop to folk to punk. Check out the images at Local Spins.

 

WEDNESDAY

California’s Tycho, fronted by futuristic ambient/downtempo/chillwave artist Scott Hansen, had a busy night on Wednesday.

Not only did Tycho play a headlining affair at The Intersection — with Heathered Pearls and Com Truise also on the bill — but it followed that with a special “secret” midnight show hosted/organized by Uber at The Pyramid Scheme (the first-ever such Uber show in Grand Rapids).

PHOTO GALLERY: Tycho at The Intersection
Photos by Anthony Norkus

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FRIDAY

To say that some folks were fired up about seeing Detroit hip hop artist Danny Brown at The Intersection on Friday might be an understatement.

The raucous packed house cheered the rapper — and fellow Detroit act ZelooperZ and Texas-based Maxo Kream — inducing audience rap-alongs and more. Check out the photos by Anthony Norkus.

PHOTO GALLERY: Danny Brown at The Intersection
Photos by Anthony Norkus

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SATURDAY

Meteorologically speaking, September cooperated beautifully for the second annual Barry County Roots Music Fest on Saturday.

Held for the first time at Middleville’s Sesquicentennial Park, the festival staged by the Thornapple Arts Council boasted sets by Megan Dooley & The Last Roots, The Change, Peter Madcat Ruth, The Northern Fires, Big Dudee Roo, Seth Bernard & The Electrons, Eric Engblade, Ed Englerth Trio and more as part of a lineup organized by musician Tony LaJoye, who also performed.

The day-long event also featured workshops, craft beer and a post-party.

PHOTO GALLERY: Barry County Roots Music Fest in Middleville
Photos by Anna Sink

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The first-ever Ladyfest at the Lakeshore held at Grand Haven’s Grand Armory Brewing on Saturday was met with a steady flow of supporters throughout the afternoon and into the night. The event was a fundraiser for Girls Supporting Girls, a non-profit dedicated to programs supporting women, both locally and internationally.

Jessica Fogle, organizer of Ladyfest at the Lakeshore, said the outpouring of support was truly great to see.

“It was good — lots of love, lots of good vibes,” Fogle said. “We had an 89-year-old woman read poetry, right after a 13-year-old girl performed an emerging songwriters’ set. It was amazing.”

More than a dozen acts performed at the festival, from Charlie Darling, who kicked things off, to Jes Kramer, who closed out the night.

PHOTO GALLERY: Ladyfest at the Lakeshore at Grand Armory Brewing
Photos by Loren Johnson and Matt Marn

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Members of The Verve Pipe are still “hometown” heroes.

The Grand Rapids-based alt-rock band played to a sold-out house at Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo on Saturday, with 900 fans cheering on the group’s lengthy sets, which featured songs spanning the band’s 20-plus-year career.

Local Spins photographer Derek Ketchum said the show — moved to the outdoor Beer Garden when it sold beyond the capacity of the back room — has “a feeling of a homecoming” with fans old and new enjoying a perfect night of fall weather for the show that had the band “put on an amazing, two-hours-plus performance playing songs from just about all of their releases.”

The jam-packed concert also was indicative of the band’s recent resurgence, after releasing its first rock album in more than 13 years in 2014, with another studio recording in the works.

“Three years ago, it was hard to get 250 people to come to that show,” said frontman Brian Vander Ark. “Very proud of the way that the band has turned things around. The Kalamazoo crowd is always stellar; the perfect audience.”

PHOTO GALLERY: The Verve Pipe at Bell’s Brewery
Photos by Derek Ketchum

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