A couple of new outdoor concert series fire up in Grand Rapids this week, along with the usual patio and deck shows at various bars and restaurants across West Michigan.
July Lineup: An intriguing week of concerts unfolds across West Michigan.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to changing conditions and unexpected closures, check with the restaurants or venues on this list before you make plans to attend a show to make sure they’re still open. Have a show to add to this week’s listings? Email date, time, artist and venue to liz@localspins.com. SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK’S CONCERT LISTINGS.
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In many ways, this has been “the lost summer” when it comes to concerts and festivals, thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.
But the unprecedented situation has also spawned some unique new offerings as promoters and venues look for ways to safely present live music, with a couple of those brand new series kicking off this week in the Grand Rapids area.
First up, the Comprehensive Therapy Center in Grand Rapids will launch its weekly “Driveway Concert Series” on Tuesday, with singer-songwriter Nicholas James Thomasma performing for 90 minutes on a driveway near Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park with organizers encouraging donations from attendees to the nonprofit center that serves children with disabilities but has been hit hard by the pandemic.
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Attendees must register for the show online here, where they can also get more information and a full schedule of upcoming concerts featuring Chris Andrus, The Bozung Boys, Chris Bursley, West Michigan Opera Project and more. Attendees should bring a chair, snacks and mask.
And on Thursday, Studio Park and Listening Room in downtown Grand Rapids host their first-ever outdoor concert on the piazza off Oakes St. SW. Michigan singer-songwriter Luke Winslow-King will perform the inaugural 8 p.m. Thursday show, with Hayes Griffin and Nate Roberts opening.
Tickets are $35 each and, due to social-distancing requirements, must be purchased in batches of four tickets. Get details, tickets online here. The next “Listening Lawn” show takes place July 30, starring Grand Rapids’ Asamu Johnson & The Associates of the Blues.
Check out the rest of this week’s concert guide below. Also, Michigan artists and festivals continue to lean on live-stream performances that allow fans to experience music from the safety of their own homes. Find some of those online here.
As usual, we encourage those attending in-person concerts to wear masks, social-distance, wash their hands and follow guidelines as recommended by health officials. (Purchase a Local Spins bandana/face covering here and help Local Spins keep rolling: Local Spins Gift Shop.)
If your business or your band has a live, in-person performance to add to this concert listing, email the information to john@localspins.com.
THE NOT-SO-BIG LIST CONCERT GUIDE (July 20-26)
MONDAY
• Cheap Dates outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Monday
TUESDAY
• Trilogy outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• The New Standard jazz jam at Dee Lite, 24 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• Brian Randall Band playing “Music in the Park” at Rosewood Park in Jenison, 6 p.m. Tuesday
• Jack Leaver at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Delilah DeWylde playing “Concerts in the Park” at the Allendale Community Park Bandshell, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Nicholas James Thomasma playing the “Driveway Concert Series” in Grand Rapids Township, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Get details, directions and register online here.)
WEDNESDAY
• Brena playing “Gun Lake Live” at Bay Pointe Inn near Gun Lake, 5 p.m. Wednesday
• The Skeletones at Bates Alley for “Beats on Bates” in Kalamazoo, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
• Oxymorons outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Wednesday
• Walt Gutowski & The Bridge Street Band playing Bostwick Lake Inn, 8521 Belding Road NE, Rockford, 6 p.m. Wednesday
• Dale Wicks at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
THURSDAY
• Cabildo playing Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, noon Thursday
• Steve Talaga playing outdoors at Sandy Point Beach House, 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Thursday
• Moonshot outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Thursday
• Coty Bouchard playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 6 p.m. Thursday
• Kevin Schaffer at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Thursday
• Dusty Chaps playing Cutlerville’s “Sounds of Summer” at Cutler Park, 6701 Cutler Park Dr., 7 p.m. Thursday
• Tommy Foster playing at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Funkle Jesse playing the Kentwoood Summer Concerts series behind Kentwood City Hall, 4900 Breton Road SE in Kentwood, 7 p.m. Thursday
• SilentBark playing Bostwick Lake Inn, 8521 Belding Road NE, Rockford, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Tosha Owens w/ Bobbie Murray Allstars playing the Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion, 100 S. Lake St., Cadillac, 7 p.m. Thursday
• The Carl Webb Band playing “Dancing Into the Sunset” at the Pomona Park Bandshell in Fruitport, 7 p.m. Thursday
• Luke Winslow-King, with Hayes Griffin & Nate Roberts, playing the “Listening Lawn” series on the piazza at Studio Park outside Listening Room at Oakes Street and Ionia Avenue SW in downtown Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Thursday, $35. (Get details online here.)
FRIDAY
• Dave Yonker playing the “Pocket Park Music Series” in downtown Big Rapids, noon Friday
• Delilah DeWylde playing the Kalamazoo Mall Market on the downtown Kalamazoo Mall, 5 p.m. Friday
• Bryan Scott Hammond playing outdoors at Sandy Point Beach House, 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Friday
• Country Current outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Friday
• Dave & Connie D playing Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 6 p.m. Friday
• The Mickeys playing the “Riverbank Music Series” at DDA New Amphitheater in Lions Sesquicentennial Park at 91 E. Main St. in Middleville, 6:30 p.m. Friday
• Jake & Jimmy playing the deck at Cheers Restaurant, 3994 Plainfield Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Friday
• Two Dudes in Flip Flops at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 7 p.m. Friday
• Carl Webb & Tom Hull at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Friday
SATURDAY
• Brad & Jordan playing Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 1 p.m. Saturday
• DA7 playing FennValley Vineyard, 6130 122nd Ave. in Fennville, 2 p.m. Saturday
• The New Standard playing outdoors at Sandy Point Beach House, 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Saturday
• Livin’ the Dream outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Diane & Lisa playing FennValley Vineyard, 6130 122nd Ave. in Fennville, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Gabrial James playing Guardian Brewing Co., 3657 63rd St. in Saugatuck, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Bryan & Cory playing Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Steve Talaga playing 18th Amendment Spirits Co., 350 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Frantic Kingdom at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Clovis and the Delroys playing “Good Times at the Gazebo” at the gazebo in downtown Allegan, 7 p.m. Saturday
• John Shea Trio playing Noto’s Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th St. SE, 6:30 p.m. Saturday (Call for reservations)
• Vincent Hayes at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Saturday
• Chris Clayton playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 8:30 p.m. Saturday
SUNDAY
• Toby Bresnahan at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, noon Sunday
• Drew Behringer at Burl & Sprig, 500 W. Western Ave. Suite 200 in Muskegon, 2 p.m. Sunday
• Mark Sala playing “Singer-Songwriter Sundays” at Borrowed Time, 22 E. Center St. in Douglas, 2 p.m. Sunday
• Upcoast Kin playing the Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 4 p.m. Sunday
• Project 90 outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Sunday
Have a show to add to the Not-So-Big-List? Email john@localspins.com.
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