Marcus King, Chappell Roan reign supreme in Michigan -Local Spins

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The venues stretched from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids to the Manistee National Forest for fan-engaging performances that closed out May and welcomed June. The Local Spins photo galleries.

Flamboyant Show-Stopper: Chappell Roan on stage at Kalamazoo State Theatre. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)

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At a sold-out Kalamazoo State Theatre on Saturday night, it truly was a “Femininomenon,” a colorful “Kaleidoscope” and a fan-energizing spectacle, propelled by the nonpareiled, fast-rising, pop superstar Chappell Roan.

And that came less than two months after she packed The Intersection in Grand Rapids with similarly enthusiastic and resplendently garbed devotees.

Marcus King (Photo/Chelsea Whitaker)

On Thursday at Grand Rapids’ GLC Live at 20 Monroe, meanwhile, the West Michigan return of emerging blues/Southern rock “Hero” Marcus King was full of guitar-driven “Mood Swings” as he toured behind his latest album.

The night before that, it was the hard rock/metal assault of one-time Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, who cranked up the amps with his band at The Intersection in Grand Rapids.

Then there was the opening salvo of the first-ever Hoxeyville Spring music festival in the Manistee National Forest about 116 miles north of Grand Rapids, with the likes of The Infamous Stringdusters, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Luke Winslow-King, Hannah Rose Graves and Airborne or Aquatic heating up the stage on Friday to get the three-day affair started.

Beyond that, Kalamazoo hip-hop cellist Jordan Hamilton staged a listening party at The Clover Room on Friday for his latest release, “Project Freedom.” Scroll down for images from all of these shows.

Check out a separate Local Spins recap and photo gallery of Hozier at Van Andel Arena on Wednesday.

PHOTO GALLERY: Chappell Roan at Kalamazoo State Theatre (Saturday)
Photos by Derek Ketchum