Garrett Borns helps launch the Meijer Gardens series on July 3. Photo by Craig Watson Photography.
Boasting 17 of Michigan’s most dynamic bands and performers, 2012’s edition of the Tuesday Evening Music Club series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is sure to pack the outdoor amphitheater on a regular basis once again.
Kicking off on July 3 with Kalamazoo funk/R&B band Funktion and up-and-coming Grand Haven pop singer-songwriter Garrett Borns, the Tuesday night series first started by Grand Rapids’ own Ralston Bowles covers the gamut in genres and styles, from Afro-Cuban to bluegrass to Americana to rock.
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As usual, the Ralston and Friends show will wrap up the nine-week series on Aug. 28.
Ralston Bowles (Photo by Paul Jendrasiak)
The series – which features free admission for Meijer Gardens members and those paying regular Meijer Gardens admission – stars award-winning regional acts and those that have drawn national attentiobn, including The Crane Wives on July 31, Delilah DeWylde & the Lost Boys on Aug. 14, Bowles on Aug. 28, The Icicles/Valentiger on Aug. 21, Kari Lynch Band on Aug. 14, Annabelle Road on July 17, and others.
And look for some of these artists to appear on my Local Spins Live segment on News Talk 1340 AM this summer.
The Tuesday concerts begin at 7 p.m.; here’s the complete lineup:
July 3: Funktion, Garrett Borns
July 10: Grupo Aye, Cabildo
July 17: Annabelle Road, The Wallace Collective
July 24: Orpheum Bell, Fauxgrass Quartet
July 31: The Crane Wives, The Juliets
Aug. 7: Skee-Town Stylee, Blue Molly
Aug. 14: Kari Lynch Band, Delilah DeWylde & the Lost Boys
Aug. 21: The Icicles, Valentiger
Aug. 28: Ralston and Friends
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Great lineup!
how about the Beanpoles? Awesome rockin blues!!!!