From the lakeshore to Kalamazoo, the long holiday weekend offered up plenty of live music. Check out the photo galleries at Local Spins.
Sunset Sounds: Jake Kershaw headlined Grand Haven’s Rockin’ the Boardwalk on Saturday. (Photos/Derek Ketchum)
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Amid the fireworks and parades and Fourth of July hoopla, West Michigan got a healthy taste of funk and blues over the weekend.
Fans also got a chance to celebrate some Michigan-bred talent.
Neal Francis (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
On Friday, Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo not only hosted celebrated New Orleans funk band Dumpstaphunk for a night of dance-friendly grooves, but attendees got a special treat: Chicago-area artist Neal Francis, whose music oozes a soulful New Orleans vibe, was added to the bill promoting a debut single with an album on the way in November.
Francis’ band happens to feature a couple of West Michigan natives: drummer Collin O’Brien of Grand Rapids (Quadraphonic) and guitarist Kellen Beanzma (a Western Michigan University alum).
Speaking of West Michigan natives with a new album in the works, blues-rock guitarist Jake Kershaw of Marshall headlined the first-ever “Rockin’ the Boardwalk” on Saturday in Grand Haven, with WMPA 93.1 FM hosting a free day of music that included sets by Beer for Breakfast, Trixy Tang, Ruxy Muzik and Kershaw at the new Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium.
Revisit the shows in these photo galleries by Derek Ketchum.
PHOTO GALLERY: Dumpstaphunk, Neal Francis at Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo
Photos by Derek Ketchum
Photos by Derek Ketchum
