August rolls on with the usual outdoor deck and patio shows, plus a few bigger concerts, including Jenna Mammina launching a SW Michigan drive-in series. Browse this week’s live music guide at Local Spins.
Performing Live this Week: Patty PerShayla plays solo in Grand Rapids on Thursday and with her band The Mayhaps in Muskegon on Friday. (Photo/Pennie Spence)
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Congratulations to Local Spins reader Chad Wedeven. He was the first person to email john@localspins.com with “Listening Lawn” in the message field and won four tickets to Thursday night’s “Listening Lawn” show at the Studio Park piazza starring Mark Lavengood, with special guest Patty PerShayla opening the show.
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Until the pandemic pulled the rug out from under things, this shaped up as one of the busiest weeks of the summer.
A full schedule of amphitheater shows at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture in Grand Rapids and Bell’s Brewery Beer Garden in Kalamazoo would have added to a robust lineup of music festivals, including Cowpie Music Festival, Farmfest, Unity Christian Music Festival, Grand Haven’s Walk the Beat and others.
Jenna Mammina (Courtesy Photo)
On the flip side, some outdoor series are getting into a groove amid “the new normal,” including Grand Rapids bluegrass fave Mark Lavengood (with special guest Patty PerShayla) playing the third weekly show in the Listening Lawn series on Thursday night outside Studio Park in downtown Grand Rapids, and Benton Harbor’s The Mendel Center hosting the first show in its “Drive-In Concert Series” at 5 p.m. Sunday with Jenna Mammina, The Andrew Fisher Quartet and Doc Revolver.
Check out this week’s concert guide below. Also, Michigan artists and festivals continue to host live-stream performances that allow fans to experience music from the safety of their own homes. Find some of those online here.
As usual, we encourage those attending in-person concerts to wear masks, social-distance, wash their hands and follow guidelines as recommended by health officials. (Purchase a Local Spins bandana/face covering here and help Local Spins keep rolling: Local Spins Gift Shop.)
If your business or your band has a live, in-person performance to add to this concert listing, email the information to john@localspins.com.
THE BIG LIST CONCERT GUIDE (Aug. 3-9)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to changing conditions and unexpected closures, check with the restaurants or venues on this list before you make plans to attend a show to make sure they’re still open.
MONDAY
• Trilogy outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Monday
TUESDAY
• Decades outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• The New Standard jazz jam at Dee Lite, 24 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• The Adams Family playing “Music in the Park” at Rosewood Park in Jenison, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• Taylor & DeMarr at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Sweet Justice playing “Concerts in the Park” at the Allendale Community Park Bandshell, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• The Bozung Boys playing the “Driveway Concert Series” in Grand Rapids Township, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Get details, directions and register online here.)
WEDNESDAY
• Strumble Head performing at Bates Alley for “Beats on Bates” in Kalamazoo, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
• Brena outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Wednesday
• Vincent Hayes at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
THURSDAY
• Bucket O’ Maybes outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Thursday
• Coty Bouchard playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 6 p.m. Thursday
• Big Daddy Fox playing at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 6 p.m. Thursday
• Tony Halchak at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Thursday
• Brena playing the Kentwoood Summer Concerts series behind Kentwood City Hall, 4900 Breton Road SE in Kentwood, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Bill Hyde’s All Star NYC Quartet playing the Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion, 100 S. Lake St., Cadillac, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Sweet Justice playing “Dancing Into the Sunset” at the Pomona Park Bandshell in Fruitport, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Al Hight & M6 West playing Ramona Park at 8600 Sprinkle Road in Portage, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Mark Lavengood and special guest Patty PerShayla playing the “Listening Lawn” series on the piazza at Studio Park outside Listening Room at Oakes Street and Ionia Avenue SW in downtown Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Thursday, $35. (Get details online here.)
• Earth Radio’s “Reanimate: The Listening Session” at the Rake Beer Project in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Thursday (tickets and details online here)
FRIDAY
• Balsam Brothers playing the “Pocket Park Music Series” in downtown Big Rapids, noon Friday
• The New Standard Duo playing outdoors at Sandy Point Beach House, 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Friday
• Moonshot outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Friday
• Dave & Connie D playing Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 6 p.m. Friday
• Fat Animals playing the “Riverbank Music Series” at DDA New Amphitheater in Lions Sesquicentennial Park at 91 E. Main St. in Middleville, 6:30 p.m. Friday
• Jake & Jimmy Band playing Cheers Restauratn, 3944 Plainfield Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Friday
• Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 7 p.m. Friday
• Kindred at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Friday
• The NEXT at Caledonia Family Tavern, 114 E. Main St. in Caledonia, 8 p.m. Friday
• Borrowed Time playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 8:30 p.m. Friday
• Blue Jay Bridge playing River City Saloon, 1152 Leonard St. NW in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Friday
• As Am I playing Itty Bitty Bar, 1136 Ottawa Beach Road in Holland, 9 p.m. Friday.
• Megan Rae playing Twisted Bull Saloon, 3230 Eastern Ave. SE in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Friday
SATURDAY
• Be. Joy Music Gathering at Devonwood Farms in Ada Township, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, $30 (get details online here)
• JMM Jazz playing outdoors at Sandy Point Beach House, 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Saturday
• Three’s a Crowd outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Brad & Jordan playing Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Jetts at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Bronk Brothers Duo playing “Good Times at the Gazebo” at the gazebo in downtown Allegan, 7 p.m. Saturday
• John Shea Trio playing Noto’s Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th St. SE, 6:30 p.m. Saturday (Call for reservations)
• Lynn & the Moonshine Runners playing Wicks Park Bar & Grille, 449 Water St. in Saugatuck, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Ben Erhart playing Guardian Brewing, 3657 63rd St. in Saugatuck, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Post Fontaine at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Saturday
• Chris Clayton playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 8:30 p.m. Saturday
• Trapped on Mars playing River City Saloon, 1152 Leonard St. NW in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Saturday
• The Left Paul Trio playing Itty Bitty Bar, 1136 Ottawa Beach Road in Holland, 9 p.m. Saturday.
SUNDAY
• Flatland Grip at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, noon Sunday
• Tommy Foster at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 2 p.m. Sunday
• Travis Atkinson playing “Singer-Songwriter Sundays” at Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 2 p.m. Sunday
• Jenna Mammina, The Andrew Fisher Quartet and Doc Revolver playing the first show in the “Drive-In Concert Series” at The Mendel Canter, 1100 Yore Avenue in Benton Harbor, 5 p.m. Sunday, $50-$60 per carload; details online here.
• Iron Town outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Sunday
Have a show to add to the Not-So-Big-List? Email john@localspins.com.
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