The Big List (Oct. 30-Nov. 5): Janet Jackson, Periphery, Animals As Leaders, Chris Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Regina Spektor, Lamp Light Music Fest, Colin Hay, The Used

Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet jumpstart the concert week, which also boasts Cold Hard Cash, Kalamashoegazer, Jake Kershaw and more, with ticket giveaways to Periphery and Elephant Revival.

 

THE BIG LIST: Oct. 30-Nov. 5

SCROLL DOWN TO LISTINGS FOR ELEPHANT REVIVAL and PERIPHERY FOR TICKET GIVEAWAYS

For an expanded list of upcoming shows, check out The REALLY Big List at Local Spins. Have concert listings you think deserve to be spotlighted? Have an upcoming holiday musical event? Planning a music festival for 2018? Email date, time, ticket prices, location and details to liz@localspins.com.

IRMA THOMAS
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
PRESERVATION HALL LEGACY QUINTET
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday
Tickets: $40 for individual tickets, if available
Where: Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hill Ave. SE

New Orleans “soul queen” Irma Thomas is a Grammy-winning singer and member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame who deftly handles blues, R&B and gospel. Her first recording, “Don’t Mess With My Man” in 1960 reached the Billboard R&B chart and she’s been on stage ever since. A year later, Preservation Hall opened in The Big Easy and this quintet features alumni of its famous band: Gregg Stafford on trumpet, Freddie Lonzo on trombone, Joe Lastie Jr. behind the drum kit, Calvin Johnson playing the reeds, and Christopher Vaughn on keys.

Gospel group The Blind Boys Of Alabama has a history stretching back before World War II, playing primarily to black church audiences. In the early 1980s, then the Five Blind Boys of Alabama was tabbed to play Oedipus (as a group) in an award-winning musical theater production, “The Gospel At Colonus,” and the group’s time of wider fame began. Today, four blind singers are joined on stage by four musicians to carry on the gospel tradition. These three acts are touring together under the Columbia Artists umbrella, and the FHFAC show tops off their Mitten State weekend which began in Detroit.

Get ticket details online here, plus read a Local Spins preview of this show and upcoming season.

BASS COUNTRY HALLOWEEN
When: 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
Tickets: $20 in advance; $15 for the first 100 at the door; $25 day of show
Where: The Intersection, Grand Rapids

Everybody dances likes monsters at this EDM Halloween blow-out party for the age 17-and-over set (ID required). The night features Crizzly, Dion Timmer, We’re Not Friends, Jphelpz, Chime, Dekglo, b2b Attak, Reign n Bliss and Willy Wompa to shake the seeds out of your pumpkin. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Check for tickets at sectionlive.com and for info on Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows at The Intersection’s main room and The Stache front room.

JANET JACKSON
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Tickets: $29.50-$99.50; add $20 for aisle seating
Where: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids

Before there was Beyonce, there was Janet Jackson.

Now, the singer is bringing her “State Of The World” tour to Grand Rapids. With 11 CD releases, Janet Jackson stands on a mountain of pop music that, combined with acting and dancing, puts her at a summit with adoring fans. Jackson is 51 and gave birth to her first child, a son, in January, and reviewers in tour cities have been marveling at her quick return to energetic performances in a video- and dance-oriented show. Adam Graham, pop music critic for The Detroit News, said Jackson “appeared refreshed and somewhat relaxed” at her Little Caesers Arena show on Sunday. He described a production that starts out with the most depressing social trends of today but quickly veers into a party atmosphere, featuring a string of Jackson hits from the 1980s and 1990s. Set lists from earlier shows indicated that Jackson is delivering about 25 songs, including “Nasty” and “Rhythm Nation.” Plenty of tickets are available here.

LOCAL SPINS WEDNESDAY:
BLUE WATER RAMBLERS WSG PETE BARDOLPH
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Admission: Free
Where: SpeakEZ Lounge, Grand Rapids

The perfect post-Halloween celebration. Blue Water Ramblers is quite literally a folk institution in the Grand Rapids area, creating fetching harmony-laden originals that not only pay tribute to the great folk tradition but also to the great state of Michigan. And the band’s appearance for the Local Spins Wednesdays series has become an annual late October/early November tradition.

This time, the ramblers are bringing a special guest: well-known Grand Rapids musician Pete Bardolph. It all signals a marvelous night of folk-hued music in an intimate setting.

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

COLIN HAY
BRIAN VANDERARK
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Tickets: $35-$65
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

Colin Hay first made a splash as frontman for Australia’s Men at Work (1981’s “Down Under”) but his solo catalog is considerably larger and more robust than that short-lived but popular group. Hay has released more than a dozen solo albums since the late 1980s, with his most recent album, “Fierce Mercy,” being described as “an epic, cinematic step forward” for a guy who’s admired “for his intimate, confessional shows.”

Opening the Grand Rapids tour stop will be West Michigan’s own Brian Vander Ark, who similarly made a splash as frontman for alt-rock’s The Verve Pipe, but who’s gone on to enjoy success as a solo artist, too. Get tickets and details online at 20monroelive.com.

ELEPHANT REVIVAL
JOE PUG
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $20-$40
Where: Park Theatre, 248 S. River Ave., Holland

LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY: Congratulations to Local Spins reader Mary Masters. She was the first person to email john@localspins.com with “ELEPHANT REVIVAL” in the subject field and won two tickets to see Elephant Revival at Park Theatre. Check The Big List every week for your chance to win concert tickets.

Colorado’s Elephant Revival brings an eclectic style to the stage, meshing indie-folk, bluegrass, rock, Celtic and more. The band has released a half-dozen albums since 2008 and is currently in the midst of a North American tour that’s sold out upcoming shows in Toronto, Ontario, and Burlington, Vt. As The New York Times puts it, if the band “doesn’t make you smile, something is wrong with you.”

To up the ante, acclaimed Maryland singer-songwriter Joe Pug opens this show. Get tickets and more information online here.

ESSENTIAL STRING TRIOS
When: 7:30 pm. Thursday
Tickets: $38-$43
Where: St. Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom Ave. NE, Grand Rapids

Essential String Trios, an affiliate of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, promises an aural feast of viola, violin and cello. The Lincoln musicians on the bill are Arnaud Sussmann, violinist; Paul Neubauer, violist; and cellist David Finckel, who is also the Chamber Music Society’s co-artistic director. On the program: Trio in G Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 9, No. 1, Beethoven; Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Penderecki; and Divertimento in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, K. 563, Mozart. A 6 p.m. pre-concert reception, with wine and hors d’oeuvres, is available for $15. Check here for tickets.

And check scmc-online.org for information about two upcoming jazz concerts later this month at St. Cecilia.

SONGTELLER SESSIONS:
LEXI ADAMS, RALSTON BOWLES
NICHOLAS JAMES THOMASMA
When: 8 p.m. Thursday
Admission: Free
Where: Creston Brewery, 1504 Plainfield Ave. NE, Grand Rapids

Songteller Sessions sprang from the brain of Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Nicholas James Thomasma.

What if you sat three songwriters with guitars on bar stools and get them to talk about writing songs? Well, we’ll learn the answer to that question on Thursday when the first Songteller Session occurs at Creston Brewery. A native of Plainwell, Lexi Adams will be joined by longtime GR guitarist and singer Ralston Bowles, and, of course, Thomasma.

Get more information online here.

PERIPHERY
ANIMALS AS LEADERS
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $25 advance, $29 day of show
Where: The Intersection, Grand Rapids

LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY: Be the first person to email john@localspins.com with “PERIPHERY” in the subject field and you could win two tickets to see Periphery and Animals as Leaders at The Intersection. Check The Big List every week for your chance to win concert tickets.

Washington D.C.’s Periphery earned a Grammy Award nomination for the track “The Price is Wrong” from the acclaimed prog-metal band’s most recent album, 2016’s “Periphery III: Select Difficulty,” which has been described as the group’s most diverse recording yet.

The band has paired up with fellow D.C.-ites Animals As Leaders for what is being dubbed “The Convergence Tour.” Animals As Leaders is considered one of the preeminent bands in the “djent” scene, which Wikipedia says is known for its “distinctive high-gain, distorted, palm-muted low-pitch guitar sound.” The band released its most recent album, “The Madness of Many,” late last year and it jumped to No. 1 on the U.S. Hard Rock chart.

Also on the bill for this all-ages Grand Rapids show: Car Bomb. Doors open at 6 p.m.; get tickets and details online here.

FLUSHED, LIPSTICK JODI
EMMA LOO, UNDER THE PINK
TERRIBLE LOVELIES
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $8
Where: The Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids

This is a collection of talented, estrogen-driven musicians from Grand Rapids: FLUSHED is a three-piece garage band. Indie-rockers Lipstick Jodi have gained a lot of traction regionally and just dropped the band’s first full-length CD, recorded at River City Studios. The ever-inventive Emma Loo, all-around musician, and feminist pop-punk act Tonia Bug round out the show.

The “Plan B” concert is a fund-raiser for Planned Parenthood. Get more information online at pyramidschemebar.com, where you can also get details about Saturday’s show featuring The Wrecks, Vesperteen, The Technicolors and The Great Indoors, $12 advance, $15 day of show.

BIGFOOT BUFFALO CD-RELEASE SHOW
When: 9 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $5
Where: Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill, Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids roots rock band Bigfoot Buffalo has created what group members say is their most impressive studio recording yet. “The Sun Is The Moon” was recorded at Ben Zito’s Centennial Sound studio in Grand Rapids and resonates with the sort of jam-band-hued, rootsy rock that this group led by chief songwriter Kyle Brown has long unfurled. And with drummer Charlie Merkel leaving the group late this year to move to Peru, this is the last chance for Grand Rapids fans to embrace this lineup of the group.

Also on the bill will be Flexadecibel and Conrad Shock & The Noise, making this a stellar local music showcase. Get more info on the Tip Top’s Facebook event page, where you can also find details about Saturday’s return of White Rabbit, with special guest Barrel Bones, $7.

JEFF DANIELS
THE BEN DANIELS BAND
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $35
Where: Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick St., Kalamazoo

When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Where: Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Drive, Three Oaks

When: 4 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: SOLD OUT (Wait list available, call 269-857-2399)
Where: Saugatuck Center For The Arts, 400 Culver St., Saugatuck

Hollywood and Broadway actor Jeff Daniels once again puts on his singer-songwriter hat for a Midwest tour, including 13 dates in Michigan, with The Ben Daniels Band, fronted by his son Ben and featuring his daughter-in-law Amanda.

Jeff Daniels, who lives in Chelsea outside of Ann Arbor, offers a chatty, acoustic show full of anecdotes, humor, family stories and Michigan references. The Ben Daniels Band has an Americana-rock-blues vibe and is sticking with the acoustic theme for this presentation. The 8 p.m. Saturday show at Acorn Theater in Three Oaks and the 4 p.m. Sunday show at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts in Saugatuck are both sold out, but tickets are still available for the Kalamazoo State Theatre date.

Next week, this double-Daniels tour is sold out in Fremont and Traverse City, but seats are still available for the Tuesday, Nov. 7 show at the Ramsdell Regional Center For The Arts in Manistee. All tour dates are listed here.

LAMP LIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL
When: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Tickets: $35 three-day pass advance
$40 weekend, $20 Saturday, $15 Friday or Sunday, $10 single show at the door
Where: Three houses in Eastown, Grand Rapids

This unusual and wildly popular November festival hosts 31 bands in intimate house concerts in three different homes located in the Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids. Now in its sixth year, Lamp Light Music Festival embraces creativity, culture and community with sets by regional acts – including May Erlewine, Mark Lavengood, Blushing Monk, Dan Rickabus, Stef Chura and Gifts or Creatures – as well as several acts from Chicago, covering a wide spectrum of music.

Details online at lamplightmusicfestival.com, and come back to Local Spins later this week for a full preview of Lamp Light. Plus, tune in to Local Spins on WYCE at 11 a.m. Friday (88.1 FM) when Lamp Light performer Pink Sky will be the special in-studio guests.

KALAMASHOEGAZER 11:
AIRIEL, WHIMSICAL
BRIEF CANDLES, DEAD LEAF ECHO
TAMBOURINA, ORATIONS
CRASH CITY SAINTS, HOUSEPLANTS
When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $15
Where: Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

Chill at Kalamashoegazer, an annual event, curated by Kalamazoo’s April Zimont of Glowfriends.

The Bell’s Eccentric Cafe website says “the festival celebrates shoegaze, dreampop, twee and C86-influenced music.” West Michigan is repped by Tambourina and Crash City Saints from Kalamazoo plus Grand Rapids’ Houseplants. They’ll be supported by Airiel, a Chicago band that calls its music loud, pretty and danceable; Whimsical, a five-member shoegaze/dreampop outfit with roots in Indiana; Brief Candles, from Milwaukee, with a dreampop-C86 vibe; Dead Leaf Echo, a “music-art collective” out of Brooklyn that dropped a new recording, “Beyond Desire,” earlier this month; and Oration out of Buffalo. View a promotional video online here.

Snag tickets online here, and read more about this festival later this week at Local Spins.

MUSIC TO BENEFIT MUSIC BENEFIT:
JAKE KERSHAW
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $62.50 (includes dinner, drinks, concert)
Where: The Pinnacle Center, 3330 Highland Drive, Hudsonville

Marshall, Mich. 17-year-old Jake Kershaw has earned a growing amount of attention this year for his jaw-dropping blues-rock guitar-playing and his passionate stage performances. Kershaw also just released his debut album, “Piece of My Mind,” which has been praised by critics and snapped up by fans since its release late this summer.

The high school junior may be the perfect example of what this annual benefit hosted by Music to Benefit Music (led by Bill and Donna Worst) at The Pinnacle Center is all about: Helping foster music education among kids and teens. Over the years, this benefit concert, auction and dinner has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase music equipment and educational supplies for schools in the Grand Rapids area, all intended to foster music instruction. For tickets to the “Readin’, Writin’ & Ryth-ma-tic “ event, contact Worst at bill@mtmbm.org or 481-8183. More info online here.

CHRIS STAPLETON
MARTY STUART, BRENT COBB
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $35.75, $50.75, $70.75
Where: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids

Award-winning and highly praised country singer Chris Stapleton brings his “All American Road Show” to Grand Rapids, building on the success of his most recent acclaimed albums, 2017’s “From a Room: Vol. 1,” which spawned the singles “Either Way” and “Broken Halos.” He releases “From a Room: Vol. 2” on Dec. 1.

The album-of-the-year award winner (for “Traveller”) also features Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb on this national tour. Get tickets and more details online at vanandelarena.com.

REGINA SPEKTOR
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

Anyone who’s seen Regina Spektor perform live wouldn’t be surprised that this Grand Rapids solo show was a quick sellout. Spektor’s unique voice, commanding stage presence and creative indie-pop (or anti-folk) approach has turned many heads since she first burst onto the scene back in 2001 with her debut album, “11:11.”

She’s touring behind her most recent and seventh album, 2016’s “Remember Us To Life,” which Pitchfork says “takes the unabashed earnestness that has always marked her music and rewrites it in a somber, minor key.”

The concert is presented by WYCE-FM; doors open at 7 p.m.

NEIL JACOBS
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $25-$35
Where: Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake

World-class acoustic guitarist Neil Jacobs is a West Michigan gem and there are plenty of West Michiganders who may not realize that this master of the 12-string guitar is one of our own. Based in the Grand Haven area, Jacobs has toured the globe with his world music-influenced songs and performances, with his 2001 release, “American Gypsy,” in particular, earning widespread praise for its take on the gypsy music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. His 2014 album, “The Peasant Sabbatical,” builds on that with original compositions influenced by Balkan, gypsy and Celtic music.

This may be the perfect venue to soak up Jacobs’ music. Get tickets and more details about this intimate listening room show online at pindropconcerts.com.

ROAD TO MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE
When: 2 p.m. Sunday
Admission: $5
Where: Billy’s Lounge, Grand Rapids

Blues bands from West Michigan compete before judges for the chance to play the International Blues Challenge Showcases in Memphis, Tenn. in this West Michigan Blues Society-organized event. Categories include band, solo/duo and youth. Local winners compete in January in semi-finals performances at a handful of Memphis venues, and those winners move onto quarter-finals, with finals slated for Feb. 4.

The Grand Rapids “Road To Memphis Challenge” lineup, hosted by the ever-bluesy Billy’s Lounge in Eastown, includes James Reeser and the Backseat Drivers, Blue Diamond, Weezil Malone Band, Out Of Favor Boys, Big Daddy Fox, Bubba Wilson. The International Blues Challenge is a program of the Blues Foundation in Memphis.

Get more details here.

GILMORE KEYBOARD FESTIVAL RISING STARS:
CHRISTINA & MICHELLE NAUGHTON
When: 4 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $6-$25
Where: Wellspring Theater, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo

Twin sisters Christina and Michelle Naughton say they are so close, as siblings and as performers, that they sometimes forget they are individuals on stage playing separate pianos. Raised in Wisconsin, both women are graduates of The Julliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. They launched their professional careers in 2010. Sunday’s program includes Ravel, Chopin, John Adams, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. If you are unable to attend the performance, it will be livestreamed at the Gilmore website.

Check for online ticket purchases here. Make note: This event received support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

THE USED
GLASSJAW
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $45-$79
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

Utah post-hardcore/emo fave The Used last week released its seventh studio album, “The Canyon,” after spending 2016 celebrating its 15th anniversary by touring the globe and playing two shows on consecutive nights in each city. AltPress.com called “The Canyon” the band’s “most soul-wrenching effort to date.”

Opening the Grand Rapids show (the only Michigan stop on this leg of the tour) will be New York post-hardcore band Glassjaw.

Doors open at 6 p.m.; tickets online at 20monroelive.com.

UNDER-THE-RADAR PICKS

BassBin Halloween Bash at Billy’s Lounge in Grand Rapids, 9:30 p.m. Monday, $5 – Sure, most of the Halloween bashes took place over the weekend, but BassBin keeps the party going with DJ Richard Oxygenn, Pressed and Proper, and a costume contest with cash prizes ranging from $50 to $200. Details at billyslounge.com. Oh, and attendees get a free glow toy at the door before 11 p.m.

The Cold Hard Cash Show and Delilah DeWylde playing the Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Wednesday, $10 – This week’s Local Spins Ticket Giveaway: Congratulations to Local Spins reader Veronica Woods. She was the first person to email john@localspins.com with “JOHNNY CASH” in the message field and won a pair of tickets to this show. The Cold Hard Cash Show is a much-ballyhooed tribute to the late Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three, bringing to life Cash classics from the Sun Records and Columbia Records catalog, led by Merle Travis Peters on vocals and guitar. West Michigan rockabilly/honky-tonk queen Delilah DeWylde opens the show. Get info, tickets here.

G Jones, EPROM and Mad Zach playing The Intersection in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Thursday, $20 advance, $25 day of show – This 16-and-older show features boundary-pushing EDM star G Jones, has him pairing up with EPROM (and Mad Zach), to play solo sets and “B2B.” Get info at sectionlive.com, where you can also find more about the Token, Biffy The Beat Slayer and Aramis show in The Stache the same night.

Griffin House and Lee Coulter playing Seven Steps Up in Spring Lake, 8 p.m. Thursday, $35-$45 – Singer-songwriter Griffin House has sold out several times at Seven Steps Up previously and for good reason: the Ohio folk/pop/rock artist is a much-respected writer and performer who continues to tour behind his most recent album, “So On And So Forth.” Also on the bill: California indie-acoustic artist Lee Coulter. Get tickets at pindropconcerts.com.

Kevin Jones Quintet playing One Trick Pony in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Thursday, free – Billed as “honoring the past, standing in the present and looking to the future,” the Kevin Jones Quintet brings its jazz strains to One Trick, featuring a group of young musicians. Call 235-7669 for reservations.

Kacy & Clayton supported by Mat Churchill, playing at Founders Brewing Co., 9:30 p.m. Thursday, free –Violinist Kacy Anderson and guitarist Clayton Linthicum are cousins from Saskatchewan and say on their website that their resonant folk music taps into centuries of tradition from North America and Britain. Singer-songwriter Mat Churchill opens.

Desmond Jones playing Grand Armory Brewing, 17 S. Second St., Grand Haven, at 8 p.m. Friday, free — West Michigan jam band Desmond Jones starts out a two-weekend mini-tour of the Lakeshore in the cozy confines of Grand Armory Brewing. These five guys play in a rock-funk-jazz fusion style that provides the Tri-Cities a good reason to get out of the house. Next Friday, the band concludes its mini-tour at Unruly Brewing Co. in Muskegon.

Dopapod playing Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo, 9 p.m. Friday, $15 advance, $18 day of show – The Northeast- and Colorado-based Dopapod has quickly built an audience for its prog-rock and dance music, and is poised to release its next studio album, “Megagem.” Earphorik is also on the bill for this West Michigan tour stop. Get details online at bellsbeer.com.

Dallas Higgins playing at 7 p.m. Sunday at Fireside Brewing Co., 430 W. 17th St., Holland, with Carter Lezman and Mark Harrell, free — Massachusetts singer-songwriter Dallas Higgins is spending a month on the road to promote his new, self-released CD, “Falling From The Sea,” and has planned a stop at Fireside on Sunday. Support comes from local guitarists Carter Lezman and Mark Harrell.

ON THE HORIZON

Monday, Nov. 6
Lucero/Two Cow Garage, The Pyramid Scheme
BassBin: Curtis B./Timothy Getz, Billy’s Lounge
John Shea, Rockwell Republic
Brad Fritcher’s Moods, Jazz & Gin Mondays, Long Road Distillers
Hope College: Bill Heid and the Faculty Jazz Trio, Our Brewing Company, Holland
SOLD OUT Jeff Daniels/The Ben Daniels Band, Dogwood Center for Performing Arts, Fremont
Jazz Jam, What Not Inn, Fennville
Dan Willenberg Trio, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Tom Duffield, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

Tuesday, Nov. 7
Grand Valley State University: Sookkyung Cho, assistant professor of piano, Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Haas Center for Performing Arts, Allendale
Take Three Jazz Ensemble, The Grand, Grand Haven
Cheap Dates, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo

Wednesday, Nov. 8
Lapdogs/Great Black Night, Local Spins Wednesday @ SpeakEZ Lounge
Jukejoint Handmedowns, WYCE fund-raiser, Long Road Distillers
Mungion/Lazara, The Stache inside The Intersection
A Tribute To Tom Petty, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Tom Hagen Trio Featuring Rick Reuther, Noto’s
River North Jazz, The Old Goat
Alex Shier, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B
Bob Van Stee. Flat River Grill, Lowell
JMM Jazz, Black Sheep Baa & Grill, Holland
Nora Jane Struthers, Park Theatre, Holland
Grand Valley State University: Amosa Duo, clarient and piano, Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Haas Center for Performing Arts, Allendale
Jazz Mix Night, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo

Thursday, Nov. 9
Aaron Lewis & Blackberry Smoke/Alex Williams, 20 Monroe Live
Birdtalker/Sad Penny/Cold Mountain Child, The Pyramid Scheme
Off The Ledge, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B
Matt Woods and The Natural Disasters, Tip Top Deluxe Bar
Jai Wolfe/Elohim/AOBeats, The Intersection
All Night Tigers/Hex Bomb/Dollar $tore Death Ray, Mulligan’s Pub
Grand Rapids Community College: Student Honors Recital, Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall, Albert P. Smith Music Center
Mid-Life Crisis, Brats And Bonfires, Ada Township Fire House, Ada
Missy Raines & The New Hip/Fauxgrass, Park Theatre, Holland
Nate Holley, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Mark Sala, Coppercraft Distillery, Holland
My Thin Place, Sandy Point Beach House, West Olive
Andy Frisinger & Chris Wiser, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
JMM Jazz, Black Sheep Baa & Grill, Holland
Lewis Black, Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Jonathan Richman, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University School Of Music, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Otherwise/45 To Argos, The Music Factory, Battle Creek

Friday, Nov. 10
Mike Epps, Van Andel Arena
New Found Glory/ROAM, The Intersection
Antiserum/Monxx/Dissonance/b2b/Frybread Power/Babz, The Stache inside The Intersection
Mr. Heavenly/Anna Burch, The Pyramid Scheme
Grand Rapids Symphony, An American In Paris, DeVos Performance Hall (Nov. 10-12)
John Shea, JW Marriott
Fred Knapp Trio, Rendezvous, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Brena, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B
The Moonrays, Rocky’s Bar & Grill
The Yawpers/Red Rio/Talk Radio, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Momz Attic, Potter’s Log Cabin Bar
Carverton/Midwest Skies/Birdie Country, Mulligan’s Pub
Thirsty Perch Blues Band, Billy’s Lounge
Drop 35, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
West Michigan Symphony, Enigma Variations, Frauenthal Center For The Performing Arts, Muskegon
Desmond Jones, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Three’s A Crowd, Kirby House, Grand Haven
Hey Monea, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Plain Jane Glory, Vander Mill Cider, Spring Lake
Funkle Jesse, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
Liz Vice, Campus Ministries/Hope College Concert Series, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, Holland
Decades, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Westlan Brothers, New Holland Brewing Pub On 8th, Holland
Robert VanDyke, Our Brewing, Holland
Big Dudee Roo, The Mitten Bar, Ludington
Jim Shaneberger, McDuff’s Bar & Grille, Wayland
Stephen Hough, Judy K. Jolliffe Theatre, Epic Center (formerly Epic Theatre), Kalamazoo
Joshua Davis, Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo
Drink Their Blood/Cavalcade/Teething/Actor-Observer/Brown Company, Shakespeare’s Pub, Kalamazoo
Darcy Wilkin/Hopie Jo/Lexi Adams/Kaitlin Rose, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo
Smile Empty Soul/Echoed In Eternity/Deepfall/Rahzenburg, The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Surabhi (CD release), Acorn Theater, Three Oaks
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, The Livery, Benton Harbor
The Righteous Brothers, Silver Creek Event Center, Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo
Robin Lee Berry, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey

Saturday, Nov. 11
SOLD OUT NEEDTOBREATHE/Wilder, 20 Monroe Live
Grand Rapids Symphony, The Snowman, DeVos Performance Hall
Grand Rapids Symphony, An American In Paris, DeVos Performance Hall (Nov. 10-12)
Cantus, First (Park) Congregational Church
Fareed Haque & His Funk Brothers, Founders Brewing Co.
The Black Heart Procession/Sam Coomes, The Pyramid Scheme
Borgore, The Intersection
Slow Magic, The Stache inside The Intersection
Jedi Mind Trip, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B
Cadillac West, Back Forty Saloon
Rosali/Pink Sky, Mexicains Sans Frontieres
Azz Izz, Potter’s Log Cabin Bar
Lynn Thompson/Chris Cordle, Grand River Folks Arts Society, 5th Street Hall
John Shea, Noto’s
Fred Knapp Trio, Rendezvous, Amway Grand Plaza
Neil Gordon Trio, JW Marriott
Trilogy, Rogue River Tavern, Rockford
Hoist (Phish tribute), Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Drop 35, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Old Fashioned Opry Show, Zellie’s Opry House, Howard City
Perfect Storm, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Three’s A Crowd, Kirby House, Grand Haven
Mark Lavengood, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Lipstick Jodi/Blanca Luz, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Funkle Jesse, Jack’s Waterfront Bistro + Bar, Spring Lake
Tongue and Groove, McDuff’s Bar & Grille, Wayland
Brahms & Rachmaninoff, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo
The Devil’s Cut/Joe Risdon And The 815/Junkyard Horse, Shakespeare’s Pub, Kalamazoo
Temporary Arrangement/Team Two/Vishaps, Rupert’s Brew House, Kalamazoo
Phil Barry/Brian Koenigsknecht/Matt Martinez, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo
Austin John Winkler (of HINDER)/Shallow Side/Remada/The Kickbacks/19TilDawn/Seven Reasons, The Music Factory, Battle Creek
The Barbarossa Brothers, The Livery, Benton Harbor
Northern Michigan Hip Hop Show, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey

Sunday, Nov. 12
Grand Rapids Symphony, An American In Paris, DeVos Performance Hall (Nov. 10-12)
Kari Jobe/Cody Carnes, 20 Monroe Live
The Nth Power/Ghost-Note/MonoNeon, Founders Brewing Co.
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Intersection
HBS Jazz Trio, Harmony Hall
Randissimo’s Sunday Jazz Jam, SpeakEZ Lounge
Mike Frost & Mike Jyde, Sunday Brunch Series, JW Marriott
River North Jazz brunch, The Old Goat
Brad Fritcher Trio, Derby Station
Fred Knapp Trio With John Proulx & Dave Rosin, Rendezvous Lounge, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
David Pomper, Cedar Springs Brewing Co., Cedar Springs
Grand Valley State University: GVSU Marching Band, Bandorama, Kelly Family Sports Center, Allendale
Steve Poltz, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Rich Burkholder, Kirby House, Grand Haven
Deep Greens And Blues, Salt Of The Earth, Fennville
Matt Plessner, Hilliard’s Corner Lounge, Wayland
The Infamous Stringdusters/Ryan Young & Erik Berry (of Trampled By Turtles), Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Bobby Rush/Charlie Musslewhite/William Bell/Frayser Boy/Al Kapone: Take Me To The River, Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Thoughts Of Ionesco/Child Bite/M. Sord, Shakespeare’s Pub, Kalamazoo
Jazz Brunch/Blues Jam, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

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