The Big List (Nov. 26-Dec. 2): Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Breaking Benjamin, Bishop Briggs, The Lone Bellow, The LACS, Cody Jinks

Harry Connick Jr. launches a week that also features San Holo, The Midnight Hour, Rodney Atkins, Marcus King Band, The Hill People, Weezil Malone and more. And check out this week’s ticket giveaway.

THE BIG LIST: Nov. 26-Dec. 2

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 elizabeth.slowik@gmail.com.

To be included in our “Big List of Michigan Music Festivals,” organizers should email john@localspins.com with 2019 dates, the event location, contact information and any other pertinent details.

MONDAY

BREAKING BENJAMIN
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
When: 6 p.m. Monday
Tickets: $37.50-$87.50
Where: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids

Between them, these two rock bands have more than 10 million followers on Facebook, so this tour packs a fan-pleasing wallop. The multi-platinum-selling Pennsylvania hard rock band Breaking Benjamin is touring behind its sixth and most recent studio album, “Ember.”

Nevada’s Five Finger Death Punch, meanwhile, also is touring behind a 2018 album, “And Justice for None,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Also on the bill for this Van Andel Arena show sponsored by WGRD 97.9 FM: Bad Wolves and From Ashes to New. Tickets online here.

HARRY CONNICK JR.
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday
Tickets: $87-$122.50
Where: DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids

New Orleans jazz singer Harry Connick Jr. and his band are celebrating the city’s 300th birthday with a tour that centers on “the influences that shaped his career.” Connick and band also will be playing “a selection of holiday favorites” as part of the “New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration Holiday Edition” that stops in Grand Rapids.

A smattering of tickets were left for this concert on Monday; get them online here.

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WEDNESDAY

BISHOP BRIGGS, DRAMA
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Tickets: $28 advance, $30 day of show
Where: Elevation inside The Intersection, Grand Rapids

LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY: The first two people to email john@localspins.com with “BISHOP BRIGGS” in the message field will win a pair of tickets to Wednesday’s show. Check The Big List every week for your chance to win concert tickets.

Bishop Briggs has been ascending the ranks in the pop/indie-rock world over the past year or two, and the native of England, who’s now based in Los Angeles, is currently touring behind her full-length debut album, “Church of Scars,” which was released in April and peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 chart. Briggs (Sarah Grace McLaughlin) first made a splash with her single, “River,” released in 2015.

Also on the bill for the Grand Rapids show is Chicago’s DRAMA, the soul/electronic duo of Na’el Shehade and Via Rosa which released the single, “Ready for Love,” in October. Get tickets and details online at sectionlive.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. for this all-ages show.

LOCAL SPINS WEDNESDAY:
WEEZIL MALONE BAND
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Admission: Free
Where: SpeakEZ Lounge, Grand Rapids

Guitarist and singer Weezil Malone is virtually a blues institution in the Grand Rapids area, having performed and recorded here for years. He now surrounds himself with a stellar bunch of players, aka “the rockin’est little band around” — the Weezil Malone Band. It will be a night to remember.

local Spins Wednesdays are presented by Local Spins, SpeakEZ Lounge, Perrin Brewing Company and WYCE, with Michigan beer specials on tap and free parking in the Sixth Street Park lot off Monroe Avenue a block to the north. Weezil Malone follows this on Thursday with a show at One Trick Pony.

THURSDAY

THE LACS
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day of show
Where: Elevation inside The Intersection, Grand Rapids

Georgia country rappers The Lacs are touring behind a new album, “Dirt Rock,” which was released in May and which peaked at No. 24 on the U.S. Country Albums chart.

Opening the show will be Ohio native and Nashville-based country singer Carter Winter. Doors open for this all-ages show at 6:30 p.m. Get tickets and more information online at sectionlive.com.

THE LONE BELLOW
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Tickets: $30
Where: St. Cecilia Music Center, Grand Rapids

Americana and indie-folk’s The Lone Bellow bring their “Acoustic Triiio Tour” to Royce Auditorium at St. Cecilia Music Center as part of the Acoustic Café Folk Series. The Lone Bellow — Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin and Brian Elmquist — is touring for the first time without a backing band, promoting a new EP, “The Restless,” which was released last month.

The Acoustic Cafe Folk Series partners with the Ann Arbor-based Acoustic Cafe syndicated radio show hosted by Rob Reinhart. A few tickets remain for Thursday’s show; get them online here.

FRIDAY

MARCUS KING BAND
IDA MAE
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $15 advance, $18 day of show
Where: Elevation inside The Intersection, Grand Rapids

LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY: Congratulations to Local Spins readers Jeff Sluiter and Mike Marley. They were the first two people to email john@localspins.com with “MARCUS KING” in the message field and won a pair of tickets to Friday’s show. Check The Big List every week for your chance to win concert tickets.

In a recent interview with Local Spins, South Carolina guitarist and singer Marcus King recounted his upbringing in a musical family and how his band plans to “keep fighting and keep working and knocking on as many doors” as it can to showcase its music (something they’ve done at small venues over the years such as Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill and Wealthy Theatre). King and crew keep upping the ante in terms of the venues where they play (tearing it at State Theatre earlier this year) and are currently touring behind their latest bluesy, rootsy album, “Carolina Confessions,” King’s third full-length effort.

Opening Friday’s show in Grand Rapids will be Ida Mae. Get tickets and the rest of the lowdown online at sectionlive.com.

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR:
ADRIAN YOUNGE
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
When: 10 p.m. Friday
Tickets: $22 advance, $25 day of show
Where: The Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids

So, here’s the scoop on this soul/jazz/hip hop show: “The Midnight Hour is an ode to the cultural sophistication that the Harlem Renaissance established for its people … comprised of Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, alongside a tight rhythm section and a full orchestra.”

Grand Rapids’ own Les Creatif and Dreas are also on the bill for this show. Get details and tickets online at pyramidschemebar.com.

SATURDAY

RODNEY ATKINS & JERROD NIEMANN
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day of show
Where: The Intersection, Grand Rapids

This is billed as a “B93 Holiday Hoedown” starring country singers Rodney Atkins (“Watching You,” “Its America,” “These Are My People”) and Jerrod Niemann (“Lover Lover,” “Drink to That All Night,” “I Got This”) who bring their tour to Grand Rapids for this all-ages show.

Also performing will be Tenille Townes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets available here.

ESCAPING PAVEMENT
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $18-$28
Where: Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake

Ferndale’s Escaping Pavement has been described as the Detroit area’s “most dynamic Americana group,” and the band – Emily Burns on acoustic guitar and vocals, Aaron Markovits on mandolin and vocals and Kosta Kapellas on upright bass – brings that roots-based, harmony-filled sound to this Spring Lake listening room.

The band – which won a 2017 Detroit Music Award for outstanding Americana record – also will be making a stop Friday at WYCE for the 11 a.m. Local Spins on WYCE radio show, so tune in to 88.1 FM for a preview. Get tickets for Saturday’s concert at pindropconcerts.com.

THE HILL PEOPLE
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Admission: Free
Where: One Trick Pony, Grand Rapids

The Hill People were a bluegrass-driven institution back in the 1980s, with fiddler Bob Goodman, banjoist/guitarist Duncan McMillan, guitarist/mandolinist Tom DeVries and upright bassist John Vrieling regaling happy audiences with their genre-spanning acoustic charm and serving as the house band at Bostwick Lake Inn. Decades later, they’re back together and celebrate their reunion with a Saturday show at One Trick Pony, playing “mostly tunes and songs that people will recognize because our fans liked them in the past, and because of a certain timelessness to bluegrass, ole time, swing, Irish and gypsy music.”

Get more info at onetrick.biz and read the Local Spins feature about The Hill People’s reunion.

CODY JINKS
THE STEEL WOODS
TENNESSEE JET
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $37.50
Where: 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids

Rolling Stone magazine calls it “rule-changing country music.” Texas singer and guitarist Cody Jinks started releasing records back in 2008, but didn’t catch fire until 2016’s “I’m Not the Devil,” which peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. Country chart. The outlaw country-leaning artist’s most recent album, 2018’s “Lifers,” climbed to No. 2 and features the single, “Must be the Whiskey.”

Also on the bill for this Grand Rapids show: The Steel Woods and Tennessee Jet. Get tickets at 20monroelive.com.

POST ANIMAL, MAJOR MURPHY
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $15 ($7 Hope students)
Where: Park Theatre, 248 S. River Ave., Holland

The Hope College Concert Series brings Chicago psychedelic rock band Post Animal to Park Theatre, with up-and-coming indie-rock/dream pop band Major Murphy from Grand Rapids opening the show. Post Animal released its full-length debut album, “When I Think of You in a Castle,” in April.

Details online here.

SUNDAY

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
When: 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $46-$77
Where: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids

Commemorating its 20th year of touring, Trans-Siberian Orchestra returns to Grand Rapids on its 2018 winter tour with the “multi-sensory extravaganza” of “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” symphonic rock opera that’s become a holiday tradition, adding some “new awe-inspiring effects.”

Grand Rapids radio station WLAV-FM (96.9) has long helped host these annual tour stops and has some special opportunities for tickets online here.

UNDER-THE-RADAR PICKS

Kate and Emilee of The Crane Wives playing Grand Armory Brewing in Grand Haven, 7 p.m. Wednesday, free – The roots of The Crane Wives began with Kate Pillsbury and Emilee Petersmark performing as a harmony-laden duo. They still play as a twosome and will return to Grand Armory for a mid-week show.

Piano Men tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel at the Van Singel Fine Arts Center in Byron Center, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, $37 adults, $22 students – Jeffrey Allen and Matthew Banks offer up “a night of hit songs, energetic performances, outrageous costumes and true rock ‘n’ roll” as they pay homage to Elton John and Billy Joel. Details online here.

Dacia Bridges Project playing Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Café in Kalamazoo, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, $8 – Southwest Michigan singer Dacia Bridges is a dynamic performer and personality who leads this all-female band through powerhouse pop, soul and indie-rock. DJ Dazzleship is also on the bill. Bell’s follows this on Friday with Steel Giant and on Saturday with Baccano. Details at bellsbeer.com. (Bridges, by the way, is featured in the 2019 Local Spins Calendar, now available for purchase.)

Big Bliss, Lazy Genius and Shane Tripp playing The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Thursday, $10 advance, $12 day of show – Grand Rapids psych-rock-hued artists Lazy Genius and Shane Tripp open the show for this post-punk band, Big Bliss, based in Brooklyn.

Astro Bats, Invisible Mansion and Hagstorm playing Mulligan’s Pub in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Thursday, free – This is a terrific combination of West Michigan rock bands, with the “otherworldly swamp rock” of Astro Bats meeting the “experimental indie-rock” of Invisible Mansion and “musical whirlwind of sound” of Hagstorm.

Steel Panther playing 20 Monroe Live in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Friday, $28-$45 – This parody of “rock ‘n’ roll in all its debauchery and glamour” returns to Grand Rapids after releasing three full-length albums and touring the globe. Opening will be Detroit’s own hard-rocking crew, Wilson.

Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer playing Seven Steps Up in Spring Lake, 8 p.m. Friday, $30-$40 – Singer-songwriter Leigh Nash returns to this vibrant listening room with her “heavenly voice,” something that once graced Sixpence None the Richer. Get tickets at pindropconcerts.com.

San Holo playing The Intersection in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Friday, SOLD OUT – Trap music and ‘future bass’ artist San Holo is another guy who’s climbed the international ranks in electronic music, as evidenced by this sold-out stop on his “Album 1” tour. Also on the bill: Chet Porter, Taska Black and Beaudamian.

Bigfoot Buffalo and Flexadecibel at 9:30 p.m. Friday, The Blue Pines and Casa Blue at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, playing Billy’s Lounge in Grand Rapids, $5 each night – This packs a one-two punch of uber-talented West Michigan bands, starting with roots rock jam band Bigfoot Buffalo on Friday (paired up with Flexadecibel) and bluesy alt-rock group The Blue Pines (paired up with Casa Blue).

Peat in the Creel Christmas Concert at Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery, 332 East Lakewood Blvd. in Holland, 7 p.m. Saturday, $5 advance, $8 day of show – West Michigan Celtic favorite Peat in the Creel plays a “one-of-a-kind Irish Christmas Concert” with traditional Irish and Celtic Christmas music. Tickets are $5 in advance by contacting Joanne at 616-916-1745 or at the Winery; if available, admission will be $8 at the door.

White Rabbit and British Racing Green playing Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Saturday, $7 – They’re back! White Rabbit dishes it out as only this rock band can, and once again, they’ve linked up with British Racing Green (special reunion show) to light up the Tip Top.

Bassel & The Supernaturals playing Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, $5 – Neo-soul and funk outfit Bassel & The Supernaturals sing about “love, loss and a war in Syria” that’s affected Bassel Almadani’s family and millions of others. Chris Wilson and the Heresy, by the way, play Founders’ free show on Thursday night.

Joe Shields, Peter Van Howe and Andy Baker playing Salt of the Earth, 114 E. Main St. in Fennville, 6 p.m. Sunday, $15 – A rare collection of award-winning songwriters and storytellers bring their talents to the cozy confines of Salt of the Earth for a night of tunes in the round. Call 269-561-7258 for reservations.

THE REALLY BIG LIST OF CONCERTS, PLUS SHOWS ON THE HORIZON

Monday, Nov. 26
Harry Connick Jr., DeVos Performance Hall
Isaac Berkowitz, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
BassBin: Jenny Disko/Keith Christopher, Billy’s Lounge
Breaking Benjamin/Five Finger Death Punch, Van Andel Arena
John Shea, Rockwell Republic
In The Blue Jazz Ensemble, Jazz & Gin Mondays, Long Road Distillers
Jazz Jam, What Not Inn, Fennville

Tuesday, Nov. 27
The New Standard, Grand Bar, Grand Haven
Damn Handsome Devil Devon Yeider & Friends, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Hyborian/Bummer, Shakespeare’s Pub Lower Level, Kalamazoo

Wednesday, Nov. 28
Weezil Malone Band, Local Spins Wednesday @ SpeakEZ Lounge
Bishop Briggs/Drama, Elevation under The Intersection
River North Jazz, The Old Goat
Tom Hagen Trio, Noto’s Restaurant, Cascade
Flatland Grip, Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Ivan Akansiim, Mizu Sushi, Holland
Kate & Emilee (of The Crane Wives), Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Mike McIntosh, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University, Live Electronics, Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo
Scott Cook, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey

Thursday, Nov. 29
Who’s Bad (Michael Jackson tribute), 20 Monroe Live
Weezil Malone Band, One Trick Pony
The Lone Bellow, Acoustic Cafe Series, St. Cecilia Music Center
The Lacs/Carter Winter, Elevation below The Intersection
Big Bliss/Lazy Genius/Shane Tripp, The Pyramid Scheme
Astro Bats/Invisible Mansion/Hagstorm, Mulligan’s Pub
Chris Wilson & the Heresy, Founders Brewing Co.
Grand Rapids Symphony, “Home Alone,” DeVos Performance Hall
Great Scott: Night at the North Pole, Wheelhouse
Fiona Dickinson, The Sovengard
Lukewarm & the Not-So-Hots, Fricano’s Pizza Alpine
David James & Jeffrey Allen: Piano Men (Billy Joel-Elton John tribute), Van Singel Fine Arts Center, Byron Center
JMM Jazz, Noto’s Restaurant, Cascade
Jim Spalink, Rockford Brewing Company, Rockford
Upcoast Kin/Ricky Hill: Original Music Showcase Round 3, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Rich Burkholder, Kirby House, Grand Haven
Mona Shores High School Choir Singing Christmas Tree, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon (Nov. 29-Dec. 1)
Nate Holley, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
The Frenchtown Playboys, Big Lake Brewing, Holland
Chris & Andy, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Sean Copenhaver, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Lushh, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Dacia Bridges Project/DJ Dazzleship, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo

Friday, Nov. 30
Broadway Grand Rapids, “Jersey Boys,” DeVos Performance Hall (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
Steel Panther/Wilson, 20 Monroe Live
The Marcus King Band/Ida Mae, Elevation below The Intersection
SOLD OUT San Holo/Chet Porter/Taska Black/Beaudamian, The Intersection
The Midnight Hour, The Pyramid Scheme
Bigfoot Buffalo/Flexadecibel, Billy’s Lounge
Damsel And Distress/Modern Adventures/The Skinny Limbs/Shai-Li, Mulligan’s Pub
Sleeping Timmy/The Ryne Experience/Books Of Symbols, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Baccano/El Brandino, Creston Brewery
Toby Bresnahan (5 p.m.), Flanagan’s Irish Pub
Charlie Millard Band, River City Saloon
Twin Flame/Jake Simmons/Dasterds/Minkus, 741
Scott Veenstra Trio, Rendezvous Lounge @ Amway Grand Plaza
Calvin College Oratorio Society, Handel’s “Messiah,” Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium (Nov. 30-Dec. 1)
City Girls, The Orbit Room
John and Tamara, Bier Distillery, Belmont
Hattrick, Shots On The River, Belmont
Stevie Reidz, Caledonia Family Tavern, Caledonia
Nick DeKoff, Bostwick Lake Inn, Rockford
OTC, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming (Nov. 30-Dec. 1)
In The Blue Jazz Ensemble, Village Inn 44th Street Pizza & Sports Bar & Grille, Wyoming
Brotha James, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Leigh Nash (of Sixpence None The Richer), Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Abram Gunther & the Bear-a-Tones, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven
Van Mason, The Copper Post, Grand Haven
Matt Gabriel, Our Brewing, Holland
Serita’s Black Rose, New Holland Brewing’s Pub On 8th, Holland
Hell In A Bucket (Phish and The Grateful Dead tribute), Park Theatre, Holland
Mona Shores High School Choir Singing Christmas Tree, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon (Nov. 29-Dec. 1)
Luke Winslow King, The Mitten Bar, Ludington
Kevin McDaniel, The Barrel Room @ Saugatuck Brewing Co., Douglas
Upcoast Kin/Sweet J Band, Gun Lake Casino, Wayland
Jeff Mueller (5 p.m.)/The Cheap Dates Live Band Karaoke, Louie’s Trophy House, Kalamazoo
Steve Hilger Band, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Dylan Tolbert, Final Gravity Brewing Company, Kalamazoo
Minor Element/Lushh/Earth Radio, Shakespeare’s Pub Lower Level, Kalamazoo
Steel Giant, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Allie Garland, JB’s Whiskey Old Style Grill, Battle Creek
Ann Hampton Callaway, Acorn Theater, Three Oaks
Jake Allen, The Livery, St. Joseph
Main Street Dueling Pianos: 12th Annual Festival of Lights, Journeyman Distillery, Three Oaks
Loverboy, Silver Creek Event Center @ Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo
Luke Allen/Jim Kish: Northern Michigan Musicians’ Collective Showcase, Studio Anatomy, Traverse City

Saturday, Dec. 1
Bassel & The Supernaturals, Founders Brewing Company
The Blow/Petra Glynt, The Pyramid Scheme
Cody Jinks/The Steel Woods/Tennessee Jet, 20 Monroe Live
Rodney Atkins & Jerrod Niemann/Tenille Townes, The Intersection
The Hill People, One Trick Pony
White Rabbit/British Racing Green, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Flops Ego/Celeste Allison Band/Dead Harvest/Dark Serenity, Mulligan’s Pub
The Blue Pines/Casa Blue, Billy’s Lounge
Dissonance/Frybread Power/Djaxxx/Samil, Creston Brewery
Hazy Past, River City Saloon
Hip Pocket, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Derek Winter Band, Back Forty Saloon
Union Guns, Log Cabin Lounge
Dance Contraption/Mushmen/Paper Thin/Kiwi Army, 741
Calvin College Oratorio Society, Handel’s “Messiah,” Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium (Nov. 30-Dec. 1)
Allendale Jazz Band: Hometown Holiday Celebration, 60th & Lake Michigan Drive, Allendale
Livin’ The Dream, Nick Fink’s, Comstock Park
Fled Five, Shots on the River, Belmont
Crazy Mic, Rogue River Tavern, Rockford
Fast Hands Band, Rockford Brewing Company, Rockford
OTC, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming
Lone Caravan/The Dead Shepherds, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
That Beatles Thing, Hennessy’s Pub, Muskegon
Mona Shores High School Choir Singing Christmas Tree, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon (Nov. 29-Dec. 1)
Kristen Kuiper, Pigeon Hill Brewing Company, Muskegon
Escaping Pavement, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Peat In The Creel: Traditional Irish Christmas Concert, Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery, Holland
Decades, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Christmas Vespers, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, Hope College, Holland
Post Animal, Hope College Concert Series, Park Theatre, Holland
Baccano/Temporary Arrangement, Back Room @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Hannaniah Whitley, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
The Smokin’ Dobroleles, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University, “A Choral Christmas,” First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo
Brass Band of Battle Creek, Holiday Concert, W.K. Kellogg Auditorium, Battle Creek
Trap Karaoke/Love Kianna, The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Ashley Simpson & Allie Garland, JB’s Whiskey Old Style Grill, Battle Creek
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, The Livery, St. Joseph
Jared Knox, Czar’s 505, St. Joseph

Sunday, Dec. 2
Another Mans Trash/The Wrap, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.), Van Andel Arena
Grand Rapids Community College Choral Ensembles, “Songs For The Holidays,” St. Cecilia Music Center, Royce Auditorium
ESME, Sunday Classical Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Scott Cook/Kaitlin Rose: Songteller Sessions, Creston Brewery
The Beggars/Slumlord Radio, 741
Pete Kehoe (noon), Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
The Charlie Jordan Jazz Trio, Waverly Stone Gastropub, Holland
Joe Shields, Peter Van Howe & Andy Baker, Salt of the Earth, Fennville
Gabrial James, Hilliards Corner Lounge, Wayland

ON THE HORIZON

Monday, Dec. 3
In The Blue Jazz Ensemble, Jazz & Gin Mondays, Long Road Distillers
Grand Rapids Community College, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Albert P. Smith Music Center, Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall
BassBin: DJ Godfather, Billy’s Lounge

Tuesday, Dec. 4
Dave East/Shooter/D Jones, Elevation below The Intersection
Straight No Chaser, DeVos Performance Hall
Grand Rapids Community College Percussion Ensemble & soloists (3:15 p.m.), Albert P. Smith Music Center, Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall
Grand Rapids Community College Jazz Ensemble/Jazz Orchestra/Shades of Blue Vocal Jazz Ensemble (scholarship fund-raiser), Albert P. Smith Music Center, Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall
Peter Bergin: Holiday Piano Concert, Hackley Public Library, Muskegon
Ferris State University Jazz Band Holiday Concert, Williams Auditorium, Big Rapids
Damn Handsome Devil Devon Yeider & Friends, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University, Advanced Jazz Ensemble, Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo

Wednesday, Dec. 5
Nathan Walton/Cheap Emotion, Local Spins Wednesdays @ SpeakEZ Lounge
Melissa Etheridge (holiday show), 20 Monroe Live
I See Stars, The Stache inside The Intersection
Rittz & King Lil G, Elevation below The Intersection
Snails/Svdden Death/Hekler, The Intersection
Par-llo Collection, Creston Brewery
Tony Halchak, Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Wind Ensemble Concert, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Concert Hall, Hope College, Holland
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker: Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo

Thursday, Dec. 6
Eve 6/Somme/Party Nails, 20 Monroe Live
Grand Rapids Symphony, “Wolverine Worldwide Holiday Pops,” DeVos Performance Hall (Dec. 6-9)
EGi/Big Sherb, Founders Brewing Company
POSTPONED YBN Yahmir/Almighty Jay/Cordae, The Intersection
Symbiotic/Rampage/TipskyHo/Twisted, The Stache inside The Intersection
Robin Connell Trio, One Trick Pony
Wanyama/Macy Krew, Mulligan’s Pub
Grand Rapids Community College Instrumental Ensembles Winter Concert: Chamber Orchestra, Guitar Ensemble, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Albert P. Smith Music Center, Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall
The Moxie Strings/Brian Oberlin, Wealthy Theatre
Calvin College Symphonic Band, Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium
Toby Bresnahan, Rockford Brewing Co., Rockford
Concert Band Performance, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Concert Hall, Hope College, Holland\
Rich Burkholder, Kirby House, Grand Haven
Western Michigan University Percussion Ensemble, Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo

Friday, Dec. 7
Grand Rapids Symphony, “Wolverine Worldwide Holiday Pops,” DeVos Performance Hall (Dec. 6-9)
1998 Tribute Show, The Pyramid Scheme
Jackyl/Trixy Tang/Tru-burn, The Intersection
Heather Bartman Band/Reason and Rhyme/Maggie May, Mulligan’s Pub
That Beatles Thing, Billy’s Lounge
The Harmed Brothers/Winnow, Tip Top Deluxe Bar and Grill
Union Guns, Back Forty Saloon
Atomic Radio, H.O.M.E. At The B.O.B.
Azz Izz, Log Cabin Lounge (Dec. 7-8)
J. Ryan Berends, Garage Bar & Grill
Mary Rademacher Reed/Terry O’Brien, Bier Distillery, Belmont
The Moonrays, Rockford Brewing Company, Rockford
Paris Blue, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming (Dec. 7-8)
Bar Code, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
The Japanese House, Hope College Concert Series, Park Theatre, Holland
Dale Wicks, Tripelroot, Zeeland
Captain Caravan, 18th Amendment Spirits Co., Muskegon
JGJ, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Jeff Mueller (5 p.m.), Louie’s Trophy House, Kalamazoo
Big Boss Band, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
The Out of Favor Boys, Final Gravity Brewing Company, Kalamazoo
Aston Neighborhood Pleasure Club/Live Band Karaoke/DJ M Sord/DJ Hardbargain: Eccentric Day, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo
Allie Garland, JB’s Whiskey Old Style Grill, Battle Creek
Paddlebots, The Livery, St. Joseph
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Silver Creek Event Center @ Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo
The Beach Boys: Reason for the Season Christmas Tour, Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant

Saturday, Dec. 8
Harry & The Potters/Desmond Jones: Yule Ball, 20 Monroe Live
The Dance Off, The Pyramid Scheme
Manic Focus/Michal Menert/Late Night Radio/Statik/D-Wrex, The Intersection
Oliver Francis/Big Baby Scumbag, The Stache inside The Intersection
Subtronics/Al Ross/Fludder/Chefsquatch, Elevation below The Intersection
Todd Albright/Mama K & The Kosmic Sway, Founders Brewing Company
RESERVATIONS SOLD OUT, WALK IN ONLY Lazy Blue Tunas, One Trick Pony
The Concussions/The Madeira/The Troubadours, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Frankie and Myrrh/Hollywood Makeout, Creston Brewery
Laurentian Tides/Lenore Cult/The Arsonist’s Daughter/Dead Nerves, Mulligan’s Pub
Corelocked, River City Saloon
Old Dominion/Michael Ray/High Valley, Deltaplex
Grand Rapids Symphony, “Wolverine Worldwide Holiday Pops,” DeVos Performance Hall (Dec. 6-9)
Union Guns, Back Forty Saloon
Dennis Palmer & Ken Bierschbach: Grand River Folk Arts Society, Wealthy Theatre Annex
Azz Izz, Log Cabin Lounge (Dec. 7-8)
Calvin College Wind Ensemble, “Sleigh Around The World” (10 a.m.), Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium
Clara Lyon/Doyle Armbrust/Maeve Feinberg/Russel Rolen: Spektral Quartet, Sunday Classical Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Christmas Songs & Stories with John Berry, Olivera’s Restaurant, Ionia
Jaded, Rogue River Tavern, Rockford
The Insane Theatre (The Doors tribute), Rockford Brewing Company, Rockford
Paris Blue, Woody’s Press Box, Wyoming (Dec. 7-8)
Sounds Familiar, Ridge Cider Co., Grant
Project 90, Red’s Sports Bar and Grill, Middleville
Carter Lezman, Tripelroot, Zeeland
All In, Itty Bitty Bar, Holland
Jake Kalmink & Further Closer/Vital Sea/Visk Mono, Park Theatre, Holland
Holland Symphony & Diane Penning: Sounds of the Season (3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.), Dimnent Chapel, Hope College, Holland
Overdrive Orchestra, Grand Armory Brewing, Grand Haven,
The Accidentals & Friends, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon
Country Current, Unruly Brewing Co., Muskegon
Hairmania, Shakespeare Pub’s Lower Level, Kalamazoo
JGJ, The Union Cabaret & Grille, Kalamazoo
Tom Waits Tribute Night Hosted by Megan Dooley, Final Gravity Brewing Company, Kalamazoo
Annual Holiday Concert: “Sounds of the Holiday Season” featuring Western Michigan University Bands, Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo
Abbey Road 2.0, Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo
Wreking Crue (Motley Crue tribute)/The Holy Divers/Dio Tribute Band, The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Ashley Simpson & Allie Garland, JB’s Whiskey Old Style Grill, Battle Creek
The Doors Of Chicago (The Doors tribute), Acorn Theater, Three Oaks
The Crane Wives/Brian Koenigsknecht, The Livery, St. Joseph
The Harmed Brothers, The Mitten Bar, Ludington

Sunday, Dec. 9
How To Live Together/Emma Lou/Bronze Wolf, Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Grand Rapids Symphony, “Wolverine Worldwide Holiday Pops,” DeVos Performance Hall (Dec. 6-9)
For King & Country: Little Drummer Boy, The Christmas Story, Van Andel Arena
Cooper & Connell Sunday Jazz (2 p.m.), Harmony Hall
Organissimo, Sunday Afternoon Live, Kent District Library, Cascade Branch
Toby Bresnahan (noon), Cedar Springs Brewing Company, Cedar Springs
Lee Murdock, Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, Loutit District Library, Grand
Haven
Jennifer Knapp & Margaret Becker, Courtyard Concerts Presents Ho-Ho-Ho Holiday Show, Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake
Red Tail Ring, Salt of the Earth, Fennville
Dale Wicks, Hilliards Corner Lounge, Wayland
Christmas with John Berry, Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Winter Blues Fundraiser (3 p.m.), Kalamazoo Valley Blues Association, Shakespeare’s Pub Lower Level, Kalamazoo
Ryan Evans (fundraiser for Mekhan Batterson), The Music Factory, Battle Creek
Symphonic Santa Sunday, Williams Auditorium, Ferris State University, Big Rapids

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