The Big List (Feb. 5-11): Marilyn Manson, Luke Combs, The Verve Pipe, Public Access, Robbie Fulks, The Jammie Awards, NF, Avatar

Christian rapper NF kicks off the week with another sold-out show at 20 Monroe Live, but there’s more, including Albert Lee, Lady Ace Boogie, Hippo Campus, Edye Evans Hyde, Old Salt Union, The Jetbeats and That Beatles Thing. And win tickets to The Verve Pipe.

 

THE BIG LIST: Feb. 5-11

For an expanded listing of upcoming shows at West Michigan venues, check out The REALLY Big List at Local Spins. Have concert listings you think deserve to be spotlighted? Email date, time, ticket prices, location and details to liz@localspins.com.

NF, NIGHTLY
When: 8 p.m. Monday
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

He’s done it again. For the second straight year, Christian rapper NF has sold out this Grand Rapids venue with his highly acclaimed, nationally recognized talents. The native of Gladwin, Mich., (aka Nate Feuerstein) continues to draw big crowds and attention for recordings that have topped Christian albums charts.

But he’s even upped the ante further with his third and latest album, “Perception,” which was released in October through Capitol CMG and NF Real Music and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And all but a few dates on his current North American tour have sold out. Read more about NF at Local Spins here.

THE JETBEATS @ LOUDER THAN WORDS: BRITISH INVASION
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
Admission: Registration Closed
Where: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids

The last day for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s exhibit “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics,” examining the relationship between modern music and politics, is Sunday. The museum is sending the exhibit off to the William J. Clinton Presidential Museum in Little Rock, Ark. propelled by Grand Rapids band The Jetbeats, whose British Invasion-style presentation is an apt fit for the topic of this final get-together.

Longtime West Michigan disc jockeys Rob Brandt, Michelle McKormick, Kevin Matthews and Andy Rent, with moderator Jay Allen, will have a discussion that harks back to the early 1960s when the likes of The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks crossed the pond and revolutionized America.

LOCAL SPINS WEDNESDAY:
THAT BEATLES THING
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Admission: Free
Where: SpeakEZ Lounge, Grand Rapids

The inaugural “Local Spins Wednesdays Tribute Month at SpeakEZ Lounge” kicks off with a band paying homage to what rightly is considered the greatest and most influential rock band of all time: The Beatles. That Beatles Thing led by guitarist-singer James Murphy has become a big draw in the Grand Rapids area with its robust renditions of classics by The Fab Four, making this the perfect way to launch a month of tribute shows (with Kathy Lamar’s Valentine’s Day show on Feb. 14 featuring Sade tunes and various love songs, The Honeytones unfurling Grand Rapids’ first-ever Steve Earle tribute night on Feb. 21 and Jack Leaver performing his Tom Petty tribute on Feb. 28).

Local Spins Wednesdays are presented by SpeakEZ Lounge, Local Spins, Perrin Brewing Company and WYCE. As always, there are Michigan beer specials on tap, and free parking in the lot kitty-corner from SpeakEZ on Monroe Avenue NW.

MARILYN MANSON
AMAZONICA
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Tickets: $60
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

So, for those willing to give shock-rocker/industrial metalist Marilyn Manson credit, the attention-getting singer has managed to continue injecting fresh life into his career, with his latest album, “Heaven Upside Down,” earning favorable reviews from critics and debuting at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart after it was released in October.

He’ll wrap up his U.S. tour later this month and heads overseas to Europe in May. By the way, he’s injured himself more than once while performing the new album, which at one point required dates to be rescheduled.

ROBBIE FULKS
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $20-$30
Where: Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake

Local Spins considers it a real coup that this Spring Lake listening room has snagged a tour stop by singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks, an underrated artist of the highest caliber. The Grammy-nominated, alt-country singer and guitarist, who is based in Chicago, has released more than a dozen albums during his career, including the highly acclaimed and nominated recording “Upland Stories,” which was released in 2016.

His witty and insightful material is difficult to pigeonhole, but terrifically entertaining. He follows up his West Michigan show with a stop Friday at Green Wood Coffee House in Ann Arbor. Get tickets for the Spring Lake concert at pindropconcerts.com.

EDYE EVANS HYDE:
CONCERTS UNDER THE STARS
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $12
Where: Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids

Edye Evans Hyde’s voice sets the standard for the sound of jazz vocals in West Michigan. She offers more than 30 years of performing and teaching jazz, pop and blues vocals and has appeared in numerous local musical theater productions as well as with musicians such as her husband, Joe Hyde. Now Evans Hyde gets a most unique stage in the Public Museum’s Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium as part of the Concerts Under The Stars series, with video art soaring above the performer and the audience.

Find your tickets online here and scroll down to the Under-the-Radar Picks for a Lowell show Saturday starring Hyde and her guitarist husband. Next up in the Concerts Under the Stars series: Jes Kramer, March 1; Dan Rickabus, March 22; and Major Murphy, April 12.

OLD SALT UNION
THE HONEYSUCKLE
When: 9:30 p.m. Thursday
Admission: Free
Where: Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids

The first stop in Old Salt Union’s mini-tour of Michigan is Founders Brewing Co. here in the River City. This five-piece bluegrass strings band from Belleville in southern Illinois offers a musical sensibility informed by classical training, hip hop, The Four Freshmen and horticulture. Old Salt Union follows this show with stops at Short’s Brewing in Bellaire on Friday and at Otus Supply in Ferndale on Saturday. They’ll be joined by progressive folk and chamber pop purveyors Honeysuckle, a trio from Boston, whose most recent recording is “Catacombs.” Overall, expect a down-to-earth bluegrassy, folky presentation from two bands starting to gain some notice.

Founders follows up with Chicago trio Mutts at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, $5.

WYCE JAMMIE AWARDS SHOW
When: 5:30 p.m. Friday
Admission: $5 donation
Where: The Intersection, Grand Rapids

With 25 different artists performing on two stages, the WYCE Jammie Awards really does rank as West Michigan’s biggest night for music. Not only that, but the region’s robust version of the Grammy Awards will dole out honors for best recordings of the year in more than a dozen categories, with well-known nominees such as May Erlewine, Afro Zuma, Organissimo, Hannah Rose & The GravesTones, Lipstick Jodi, Hollywood Makeout and more playing short sets on two stages. Jam band Desmond Jones will play the after-party starting at 11:30 p.m.

Read more about the Jammie Awards later this week at Local Spins.

LUKE COMBS
ASHLEY MCBRYDE
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $25-$30
Where: DeltaPlex Arena, Walker

Platinum-selling country singer Luke Combs brings his “Don’t Tempt Me with a Good Time Tour” to Walker’s DeltaPlex Arena, and clearly, West Michigan fans are really looking forward to this show: General admission floor seats already are sold out. The 27-year-old singer and guitarist recently released the latest single, “One Number Away,” from his 2015 album, “This One’s For You” (which peaked at No. 24 on the U.S. Country chart).

Opening the show will be singer Ashley McBryde. Get tickets and details online here. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

LUKE WINSLOW KING
10 STRING SYMPHONY
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $30
Where: Tri-Cities Historical Museum, 200 Washington Ave., Grand Haven

The Red House Concert Series’ “Music at the Museum” continues with Michigan native Luke Winslow King, who spent years in New Orleans absorbing the amazing mix of Delta blues, jazz and more, and weaving it into his own incredible folk and roots rock music while touring the globe. He recently moved back to Michigan and has been regaling home state audiences with his distinctive genre-melding music.

10 String Symphony, the other performance of the evening, is a Nashville-based fiddle duo made up of Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer. Their voices join together perfectly in every song to create a beautiful album. Just as smooth a blend as the performers’ voices, their instruments create a perfect backdrop, upon which they lay their immersive lyrics and storytelling. They are  primed to drop a new album of 10 songs.

“10 String Symphony is one of the most anticipated bands we have coming to this season of ‘Music at the Museum’ in Grand Haven,” said Jack Clark, co-organizer of Red House Concert Series and the Music at the Museum Series. “We knew that 10 String Symphony is a band that most have never heard before. We often hear people at our shows tell us that even if they have never heard of an artist before, they know they will enjoy, because they trust our judgment and our track record for bringing talent to West Michigan. That’s something we truly appreciate.”

Get details and tickets online at tri-citiesmuseum.org.

ALBERT LEE
When: 8 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $25-$35
Where: Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake

Legendary English “guitar wizard” Albert Lee returns to West Michigan for two shows at this Spring Lake listening room with keyboard player John “JT” Thomas, bassist Will MacGregor and drummer Jason Smith. The Grammy-winning Lee is known for his fingerstyle guitar work and has performed with the likes of Emmylou Harris, The Everly Brothers and Bill Wyman, among others.

He’s played this terrific listening room before and it’s always been an entertaining evening. Details at pindropconcerts.com. (Grand Haven’s Chris Wiser and Melanie Marod will open Sunday’s show.)

THE VERVE PIPE, SPONGE
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $18-$38
Where: 20 Monroe Live, 11 Ottawa Ave. NW, Grand Rapids

LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY: Congratulations to reader Chris O’Connor. He was the first person to email john@localspins.com with “THE VERVE PIPE” in the message field and won a pair of tickets to Saturday’s show. Visit The Big List every week for a chance to win concert tickets.

Platinum-selling, Michigan-based alt-rock band The Verve Pipe may be best known for some of its giant 1990s hits (including “The Freshmen”), but the band has also made a splash with more recent albums such as 2014’s “Overboard,” and 2017’s “Parachute,” both of which may have been among rock’s most underrated albums released in their respective years. Detroit’s Sponge, which also first emerged onto the scene in the 1990s, will open the Grand Rapids show.

Read more about The Verve Pipe and its return to 20 Monroe Live later this week in an interview with frontman Brian Vander Ark at Local Spins. Get tickets online at 20monroelive.com.

WAYLAND
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $15 in advance, $25 day of show
Where: Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo

The hard-rocking Wayland actually offers fans two types of shows in West Michigan this week. First up is an 8 p.m. acoustic-style show at Unruly Brewing Co., 360 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon on Wednesday night, where Grand Rapids’ The Autumnatic will also entertain. Tickets, $8, are available online here. 

Wayland — yes, bred in and named after the Allegan County city off of U.S. 131 — also is selling VIP packages at the band’s website. On Saturday Bell’s Eccentric Cafe hosts Wayland’s 21+-only show in Kalamazoo with openers Sixes And Sevens and Autumn’s Fall. Check for Bell’s tickets here. Wayland seems to have made a smooth transition last year to new drummer Nigel Dupree as the tour continues behind their September release “Rinse & Repeat,” with the single “Through The Fire” reaching #35 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Charts. Not bad for a band that found its start back in 2010 on the airwaves of Grand Rapids radio station WGRD and Allegan County stages like McDuff’s and Wayland Hotel. Wayland’s work week also takes the boys to Westland, Fort Wayne, Ind. and Saginaw.

(On Friday, Unruly Brewing offers pop-rock bands The Stick Arounds and The Deputies; more on the schedule here.)

Bell’s kicks off the weekend with The Dustbowl Revival and Kuinka on Thursday and Eric Paslay plus Sarah Lynn Band on Friday. Details and tickets available online here.

PUBLIC ACCESS CD-RELEASE SHOW
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $15
Where: Wealthy Theatre, Grand Rapids

This West Michigan super-group Public Access, featuring Steve Leaf, Dan Rickabus, Ben Zito and Seth Bernard is unleashing its sophomore album, “Unlimited,” which boasts some truly infectious and compelling instrumental rock – another step forward for these guys that have all enjoyed success with other bands before coming together for this project, which also features a number of special guests.

Read more about Public Access and the new album – whose tracks all are named after national parks – later this week at Local Spins. Get tickets for Saturday’s show online here.

LADY ACE BOOGIE PRESENTS:
A DOPE ASS LINEUP
When: 9:30 p.m. Saturday
Admission: $10
Where: Billy’s Lounge, Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids hip hop favorite Lady Ace Boogie has assembled a superstar lineup for this special show of hip hop, funk and pop at Billy’s Lounge, with JRob and Bedrock, Callab, Ajax Stacks, Flexadecibel and DJ Dean Martian.

As Lady Ace, aka Linda Tellis, puts it, this is “a show not to be missed. Come see the best of what Grand Rapids’ local music scene has to offer.” Get more info online here.

AVATAR
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $23 advancce, $25 day of show
Where: The Intersection, Grand Rapids

Avatar promises “a spectacle” of metal mayhem in support of the Swedish band’s latest LP, “Avatar Country,” which was released on Jan. 12. The melodic death metal/prog-metal outfit has been firing up stages for 17 years, and brings its U.S. tour to Grand Rapids along with The Brains and Hellzapoppin.

Get tickets and details online at sectionlive.com. (A limited number of four-for-$60 tickets are available.)

UNDER-THE-RADAR PICKS

Hippo Campus playing The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Tuesday, SOLD OUT – This Minnesota indie-rock band is touring behind its latest EP, “Warm Glow,” which obviously has generated a buzz. Also on the bill: Sure Sure.

78 Revolutions Per Minute EP-Release Show at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Wednesday, $8 advance, $10 day of show – Skitchin’ presents Grand Rapids punk band 78 Revolutions Per Minute for the group’s all-ages EP-release party at The Pyramid Scheme, with Daisys, reggie and Minkus also on the bill. Details online here.

Laura Bennett and Chris Corey playing the Zeppelin Cocktail Lounge at New Holland’s The Knickerbocker in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Thursday, free – Singer Laura Bennett and Chris Corey last month kicked off a regular Thursday night jazz series upstairs at The Knickerbocker. Details online here.

Back Forty & Uncle Rhombus Reunion Show at Park Theatre, 248 S. River Ave. in Holland, 9 p.m. Friday, $12 advance, $17 day of show – With guitarist Dan Ripke, mandolinist Andy Benes, drummer John Tax fiddler Collin Murphey and bassist Jeff Friesen, Back Forty – a one-time staple of the Midwest music scene – reunites for a night of funkgrass. Joining them: Holland-based Uncle Rhombus which hasn’t “seen the lights of a stage” in more than five years.

Moto, Rip VanRipper and Old Fire on Friday, Slant and Four Lincolns on Saturday, and The Sailor Kicks, Fire Kitten and Acid Wizard on Sunday, playing Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids – After the Tip Top revved things up with three straight nights of punk last weekend, this weekend they’re lighting up the stage with some of West Michigan’s most captivating rock bands. Get the lowdown on the Tip Top’s Facebook event page.

Edye Evans Hyde and Mike Hyde playing the Lowell House Concerts Series at LowellArts in Lowell, 7 p.m. Saturday, $10 advance, $12 at the door – Grand Rapids jazz singer Edye Evans Hyde is an award-winning favorite in West Michigan, and when she performs with her guitar-playing husband, Mike Hyde, the results are magical. Check this duo out in an amazing environment at LowellArts. Details online here.

Mid-Life Crisis playing One Trick Pony in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Saturday, free – This is always a special night at One Trick Pony in downtown Grand Rapids. Classic rock’s Mid-Life Crisis is a crowd favorite and truly enjoys playing in this intimate setting. Call 235-7669 for reservations.

REALLY BIG LIST, PLUS ON THE HORIZON

Monday, Feb. 5
SOLD OUT NF, 20 Monroe Live
John Shea, Republic
BassBin: Sylock/Meta:Tone/Ross Berens, Billy’s Lounge
Jazz Jam, What Not Inn, Fennville
Jim Shaneberger, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Dan Willenberg Trio, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Tom Duffield, Old Dog Tavern

Tuesday, Feb. 6
SOLD OUT Hippo Campus/Sure Sure, The Pyramid Scheme
Take Three Jazz Ensemble, Grand Theatre Bar, Grand Haven
A Mays & Blue, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Jazz Jam, Rupert’s Brew House, Kalamazoo

Wednesday, Feb. 7
That Beatles Thing, Local Spins Wednesday @ SpeakEZ Lounge
Marilyn Manson/Amazonica, 20 Monroe Live
78 RPM (EP release), The Pyramid Scheme
Coty Bouchard, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Dublin Irish Dance: “Stepping Out,” An Extravaganza Of Sights And Sounds Of Irish Culture, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center
Louder Than Words: British Invasion with Rob Brandt, Michelle McKormick, Kevin Matthews, Andy Rent and moderator Jay Allen/The JetBeats, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Will Springsteen, 7 Monks Taproom
Tom Hagen Trio Featuring Rick Reuther, Noto’s, Cascade
Jack Leaver, Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Wayland (acoustic), Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Everett Domeier, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
WMU Jazz Jams, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Kathy Ford & Mocha Man, Potters Lounge @ Four Points Sheraton, Kalamazoo
Blue Veins, Shakespeare’s Pub, Kalamazoo

Thursday, Feb. 8
Edye Evans Hyde, Concerts Under The Stars, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Grand Rapids Public Museum
Old Salt Union/Honeysuckle, Founders Brewing Co.
Jerry Folk x SAINT WKND, The Stache inside The Intersection
Ganja White Night/Opiuo/Dirt Monkey/Subtronics, The Intersection
Laura Bennett & Chris Corey, New Holland Brewing’s The Knickerbocker
Justin Wierenga, Harmony Hall
Olivia Mainville, One Trick Pony
Skyking/The Russ Brothers, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Brena, Red Affair @ The Wheelhouse
Paddlebots/Zoofunkyou/The Hacky Turtles, Rocky’s Bar & Grill
Daniel Paddet, Fricano’s Pizza, Comstock Park
Brian Oberlin, Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Robbie Fulks, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Chris & Andy, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
My Thin Place, Sandy Point Beach House, West Olive
Nate Holley, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
JMM Jazz, Big Lake Brewing, Holland
Gabrial James/Decades, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
The Dustbowl Revival, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Tom Duffield, O’Duffy’s Pub, Kalamazoo
Sidewinders Quintet, The Union Cabaret & Grill, Kalamazoo

Friday, Feb. 9
The Jammies XIX, The Intersection
Luke Combs/Ashley McBryde, The DeltaPlex
Panama (Van Halen tribute), 20 Monroe Live
John Shea, JW Marriott
Scott Veenstra Trio, Rendezvous Lounge at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Avon Bomb, H.O.M.E. At The B.O,B,
Rostam/Joy Again, Calvin College SAO @ Ladies Literary Club
Januzzi Watchmen/Odd Space/Long Term Access, Mulligan’s Pub
Starfarm, Billy’s Lounge
Moto/Rip VanRipper/Old Fire, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Grand Rapids Symphony, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 9-10)
Retro DLuxe, The Pyramid Scheme
It Takes Two, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Stolen Horses, Back Forty Saloon
Mojo, Twisted Bull
The Moonrays, Rocky’s Bar & Grill
Trixy Tang, River City Saloon
Emma Lou & Sam, Bier Distillery, Belmont
Rukus, Shots On The River, Belmont
Oh Gee, Nick Fink’s, Comstock Park
Marquita Bernard, Bostwick Lake Inn, Rockford
OTC, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Grand Valley State University Opera Theatre, “Oklahoma!,” Louis Armstrong Theater, Allendale (Feb. 9, 10 & 11)
Chunk Of Funk, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Back Forty/Uncle Rhombus, Park Theatre, Holland
Albert Lee, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake (Feb. 9 & Feb. 11)
Luke Winslow King/10 String Symphony, Red House Concert Series, Tri-Cities Historical Museum, Grand Haven
Kari Lynch Band, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Three’s A Crowd, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
Hollywood’s Greatest Melodies, West Shore Symphony, Frauenthal Theater, Muskegon
Swinging Stem Cells, The Alley Door Club, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon
Jordan Finn, 18th Amendment Spirits Co., Muskegon
JGJ, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Family Traditions, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
Coty Bouchard/P.S.Dump Your Boyfriend, Gun Lake Casino
The Sound of Music, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo (Feb. 9-11)
Eric Paslay, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Trailer Hippies, Louie’s Trophy House, Kalamazoo
Tom Duffield, Webster’s Prime, Radisson Hotel, Kalamazoo
Tony Fields & Doug Decker, Potter’s Lounge, Four Points Sheraton, Kalamazoo
Steve Stone/Prime Suspects/Original Bread Gettas/Frisco Sinatra/Upper Hand/Napaulum/A.I./DC BUCS/Blake Wilson/DJ E-Nyce, Papa Pete’s, Kalamazoo
Greg Nagy, The Union Cabaret & Grill, Kalamazoo
Cheap Trick, Firekeepers Casino & Hotel Event Center, Battle Creek
Gateway Rugs, Acorn Theater, Three Oaks
Watching For Foxes, The Livery, Benton Harbor
Rivertown Jazz Band, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey

Saturday, Feb. 10
Sponge/The Verve Pipe, 20 Monroe Live
Grand Rapids Symphony, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 9-10)
Neil Gordon Trio, JW Marriott
Mega 80s, The Intersection
Defunk/Megan Hamilton/B/S/Sandose, The Stache inside The Intersection
Mutts, Founders Brewing Company
Serita’s Black Rose, One Trick Pony
Valley Girl/Last Night Saved My Life/The Autumnatic, The Pyramid Scheme
Slant/Four Lincolns, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Public Access (CD release), Wealthy Theatre
Lady Ace Boogie/Callab/Ajax Stacks/Flexadecibel/DJ Dean Martian, Billy’s Lounge
DJ Sun*Rise/Super Dre, Black Girl Magic Showcase, Creston Brewery
Jedi Mind Trip, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Jim Shaneberger Band, Harmony Hall
Choke & Throttle/Blackfront Ink, Quinn & Tuite’s Irish Pub
Hal Beverage Band, Flamingo Lounge
Rocket Fuel Haulers, River City Saloon
Stolen Horses, Back Forty Saloon
Mojo, Twisted Bull
Sleeping Timmy (CD release), Rocky’s Bar & Grill
Michael Guitierez, Bier Distillery, Belmont
Decades, Shots On The River, Belmont
John Shea, Noto’s, Cascade
Oh Gee, Nick Fink’s, Comstock Park
Trilogy, Rogue River Tavern, Rockford
The Rogue Fraternity, Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Edye Evans Hyde + Mike Hyde, LowellArts Unplugged House Concert, Lowell
OTC, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Grand Valley State University Opera Theatre, “Oklahoma!,” Louis Armstrong Theater, Allendale (Feb. 9, 10 & 11)
Plain Jane Glory, Trail Point Brewing, Allendale
Charlie Driscoll, Saugatuck Brewing Co., Douglas
Marlane Lewis, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Randy Johnson, Sandy Point Beach House, West Olive
Jimmie Stagger, Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery, Holland
Kalimba (Earth, Wind & Fire tribute), Legends Series, Park Theatre, Holland
All In, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Three’s A Crowd, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
The Stick Arounds/The Deputies, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
PRIM/Dubphin/Co-Lu/West Coast Wook, Pope’s Pub, Fruitport
Let There Be Rock (AC/DC tribute), Airline Bar, Norton Shores
West Michigan Luthier Concert, Dogwood Center for Performing Arts, Fremont
Detroit Party Marching Band (Wassail),Virtue Cider, Fennville
Hark Up Horns, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
P.S. Dump Your Boyfriend/Bill Ellingboe, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Pauli-o & Ivan Grielich, Potter’s Lounge, Four Points Sheraton, Kalamazoo
Another Lost Year/Veilside/Hyporium/86 The Evil (Bruce Tuck’s birthday), The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Olivia Mainville & the Aquatic Troupe, Gopherwood Concerts, Elks Club, Cadillac
Luke Winslow-King, The Mitten Bar, Ludington
Winter Microbrew & Music Festival, Mt. Mancelona, Mancelona
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Traverse City Opera House
The Sound of Music, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo (Feb. 9-11)
Wayland, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
s2r/Adam Marth, Arcadia Ales, Kalamazoo
Duke & the Loose Cannons, Rupert’s Brewhouse, Kalamazoo
Dirty Devils/Fox/Temporary Arrangement, Papa Pete’s, Kalamazoo
Katie Needs A Life/Lokella/reggie/Petrillo/First Responders, Shakespeare’s Lower Level, Kalamazoo
Big Boss Band, Black River Tavern, South Haven

Sunday, Feb. 11
May Erlewine & Max Lockwood, KDL Sunday Afternoon Live, Cascade Township Branch
Castalia Quartet, Sunday Classical Concert Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Greg Miller, Sunday Brunch, JW Marriott
Isaac Norris, Creston Brewery
HBS Trio, Harmony Hall
The Brains/Hellzapoppin/The King/Avatar, The Intersection
Jonathan Bratt Carle, baritone/Eric Strand, organist, First United Methodist Church
Randy Marsh & Friends, SpeakEZ Lounge
Robin Connell & Ivan Akansiima, Jazz In The Sanctuary, Fountain Street Church
The Sailor Kicks/Fire Kitten/Acid Wizard, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Grand Rapids Community College Alumni Recital Featuring Deonna Cattledge, soprano, Alfred P. Smith Music Center, Grand Rapids Community College
The Goddamn Gallows/James Hunnicutt/Saint Christopher Webster/The Devil’s Cut/Wormfoot (A Gathering to Remember Bennett Robinson), Mulligan’s Pub
River North Jazz Brunch, The Old Goat
Toby Bresnahan, Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Grand Valley State University Opera Theatre, “Oklahoma!,” Louis Armstrong Theater, Allendale (Feb. 9, 10 & 11)
Albert Lee, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake (Feb. 9 & Feb. 11)
Plain Jane Glory, C3 Spiritual Connection, Community Center, Grand Haven
Dr. Adrienne Wiley, Hempy Keyboard Series, Saugatuck Center For The Arts, Saugatuck
Annie & Rod Capps/The Springtails, Salt Of The Earth, Fennville
Dale Wicks, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
Joe Laureano, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Big Trouble, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo
Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Family Discovery, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo
“The Sound of Music,” Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo (Feb. 9-11)

Monday, Feb. 12
Starset/Palisades/Grabbitz/Year Of The Locust, The Intersection
John Shea, Republic
BassBin: Just Alexander/Joel Oliver/Nef Bass, Billy’s Lounge
Jazz Jam, What Not Inn, Fennville
Steffan Copenhaver, Gun Lake Casino
Dan Willenberg Trio, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo

Tuesday, Feb. 13
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
Brockhampton, The Intersection
Take Three Jazz Ensemble, Grand Theatre, Grand Haven
Alex Mays Band, Gun Lake Casino
Cheap Dates, The Union Cabaret & Grill, Kalamazoo
Jazz Jam, Rupert’s Brew House, Kalamazoo

Wednesday, Feb. 14
Kathy Lamar, Sade And Other Love Songs, Kathy Lamar, Local Spins Wednesday Tribute Series @ SpeakEZ Lounge
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
Valerie June/Birds Of Chicago, Calvin College SAO @ Ladies Literary Club
Sleeping With Sirens/Set It Off/The Gospel Youth/Southpaw, The Intersection
Tom Hagen Trio with Mary Rademacher Reed, Noto’s, Cascade
JMM Jazz Band, The Black Sheep Baa & Grill, Holland
Toby Bresnahan, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
Jake Stevens, Gun Lake Casino
WMU Jazz Jams, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
May Erlewine, Rare Bird Brewery, Traverse City

Thursday, Feb. 15
Pop Evil, 20 Monroe Live
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
Fyrrh, Music In The Stacks, Grand Rapids Public Library Main
Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy, Founders Brewing Company
Twin Flame (EP release), The Pyramid Scheme
Mary Rademacher Reed Trio Featuring Dave Proulx, One Trick Pony
Deadlight Holiday, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Laura Bennett & Chris Corey, New Holland Brewing’s The Knickerbocker
Deerfield Run, Harmony Hall
Damn The Witch Siren/Milliken Chamber/Maggie May, Rocky’s Bar & Grill
Cole Hansen, Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Joshua Davis, Salt Of The Earth, Fennville
Chris & Andy, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Nate Holley, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
The JetBeats, Big Lake Brewing, Holland
Sean Copenhaver/Beer For Breakfast, Gun Lake Casino
Megan Stagl, The Union Cabaret & Grill, Kalamazoo
Jake Kershaw, “On The Rise Artist Showcase,” Williams Auditorium, Ferris State University, Big Rapids

Friday, Feb. 16
Stone Sour, 20 Monroe Live
Here Come The Mummies/The Soul Syndicate, The Intersection
Lokella/Jesse Ray & the Carolina Catfish/Hail Your Highness/Tired Blood, The Pyramid Scheme
Borrowed Time, Grand Woods Lounge
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
John Shea, JW Marriott
Mike Frost Trio, Rendezvous Lounge, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Grand Rapids Symphony, The Classical Coffee Concert/Beethoven, Haydn & Mozart, St. Cecilia Music Center
Funkle Jesse, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Secret Geometry/Lazy Genius, Creston Brewery
Cabildo/Pancho Villa’s Skull/EPCYA/LaTyranna y El Cid, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Asamu Johnson & Associates Of The Blues, Billy’s Lounge
Hoffey/Mark Harrell/Pete And Bergie, Mulligan’s Pub
Beer For Breakfast, River City Saloon
Homespun, Twisted Bull
Lynn Thompson, Bier Distillery, Belmont
Azz Izz, Shots On The River, Belmont
Grand Rapids Community College Ensembles, Musical Moods, Jenison Center For the Arts, Jenison
Bill Ellingboe, Bostwick Lake Inn, Rockford
Wonder Lush, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Yellow Brick Road Dueling Pianos, Caledonia Family Tavern, Caledonia
Gabrial James, EB Coffee & Pub, Caledonia
Parker Quartet, Great Performance Series, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland
The Moonrays, New Holland Brewing’s Pub On 8th, Holland (7 p.m.)
That Beatles Thing, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Catfish & the Man, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Sweet J Band, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
Brad Fricher’s MOODS, 18th Amendment Spirits Co., Muskegon
The Hawkeyes, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
DC-90, McDuff’s Bar & Grille, Wayland
Jack Leaver/Black Diamond, Gun Lake Casino
Guitar Up!/Vishaps/Silphium Blooms, Rupert’s Brewhouse, Kalamazoo
WMUsic Showcase Spectacular, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo
The Ballroom Thieves, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Delilah DeWylde, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Crystal Bowersox, Acorn Theater, Three Oaks
Slim Gypsy Baggage, The Livery, Benton Harbor
Kari Lynch, Schuss Mountain, Bellaire
Kelly Shivley & Dan House, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, The Parliament Room @ Otus Supply, Ferndale

Saturday, Feb. 17
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience, Founders Brewing Co. (Dec. 30-31)
Saved By The 90s, The Intersection
Sixteen Candles, 20 Monroe Live
Mid-Life Crisis Band, One Trick Pony
Kari Holmes, Back Forty Saloon
Homespun, Twisted Bull
Talib Kweli, The Pyramid Scheme
Mary Rademacher Reed Trio, JW Marriott
Mike Frost Trio, Rendezvous Lounge, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
David Mosher/Kitty Donohoe, Grand River Folk Arts Society, Wealthy Theatre Annex
Refurbished/Big Boss Band, Flanagan’s Irish Pub
Atomic Radio, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Vincent Hayes, Billy’s Lounge
That Beatles Thing (The Beatles tribute) vs. The Doors Opened (The Doors tribute), Battle of Tribute Bands, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Corelocked Band, River City Saloon
Lighting Matches/Silent Pear/The Sauce/Midnight Strange, Quinn & Tuite’s Irish Pub
17 Degrees, Bier Distillery, Belmont
Azz Izz, Shots On The River, Belmont
Brant Satala, Thornapple Brewing Co., Cascade
John Shea, Noto’s, Cascade
Beer For Breakfast, Rogue River Tavern, Rockford
The Fast Hands Band, Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Barenaked 90s, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Parker Quartet, Hope College Great Performances Series, Holland
Gabrial James, Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery, Holland
Elton Rohn (Elton John tribute), Legends Series, Park Theatre, Holland
Pretty Rage, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Vincent Hayes, Tripelroot, Zeeland
Jack Leaver, Saugatuck Brewing Co., Douglas
Dave & Connie D, The Pipeline Smokehouse & Grill, West Olive
Bootstrap Boys, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Sweet J Band, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
The Left Paul Trio, Hennessy’s Pub, Muskegon
Greenbrook, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Hinder, Little River Casino, Manistee
Silent Bark, McDuff’s Bar & Grille, Wayland
Marquita Bernard/Black Diamond, Gun Lake Casino
Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet, Fontana Chamber Arts, Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
The Mainstays/Nashon Holloway, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Hairmainia, Shakespeare’s Pub, Kalamazoo
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy/Out Of Favor Boys, Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Shelby Lentz, Arcadia Ales, Kalamazoo
Groove Lab, The Union Cabaret & Grill, Kalamazoo
Sons Of Apollo/Dark Triogy, The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Blue Water Ramblers (Foundry Hall show), Epiphany Church, South Haven
Cold Mountain Child, The Livery, Benton Harbor
Jewell And The Future, Czar’s 505, St. Joseph
Kari Lynch, Schuss Mountain, Bellaire
Kevin Johnson/Indigo Moon/Eliza Thorp/Nelson Olstrum, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey

Sunday, Feb. 18
Marillion, 20 Monroe Live
Karisa Wilson Music/Zion Lion/Noel Webley and Jazzy Friends Quintet/Julius J. Hight & Bedrock, Taste Of Soul Sunday, Grand Rapids Public Library Main
Mike Frost & Mike Hyde, Jazz Brunch, JW Marriott
River North Jazz Brunch, The Old Goat
Badfish/Tropidelic/Dance Contraption, The Intersection
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical,” DeVos Performance Hall (Feb. 13-18)
Helen Luken, piano/Dr. Stephan Jones, trumpet, Sunday Classical Concert Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Randy Marsh & Friends, SpeakEZ Lounge
Kyle Rasche (of Chain Of Lakes)/Jessica In The Rainbow/Nicholas James Thomasma, Creston Songteller Sessions, Creston Brewery
River Rogues Jazz Band, Harmony Hall
Robin Connell Trio & Jim Cooper, First United Methodist Church
The Alien Dogs/Switch Pit/Tube Socks, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Jack Leaver, Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Watching For Foxes, C3 Spiritual Connection, Community Center, Grand Haven
Gifts Or Creatures/Lincoln County Process,Salt Of The Earth, Fennville
Coty Bouchard, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
Tony Reynolds, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Kalamazoo Academy Of Rock, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University Symphonic Band, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo
Winners And Winds, Frauenthal Center For The Performing Arts, Muskegon

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