Topping this week’s Not-So-Big List Concert Guide is a new event for Double JJ Resort campers on the same weekend as the canceled Electric Forest, plus more live music shows across West Michigan.
A Good Sign: DJ music at Double JJ Resort this weekend, though not affiliated with Electric Forest. (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
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As it turns out, Double JJ Resort and Ranch in Rothbury won’t be silent this weekend after all.
Campers at the West Michigan ranch who pay an extra $150 to get into the inaugural “Sherwood Forest” event will be treated to sets by dozens of regional DJs and electronic music artists as part of an “appreciation weekend” on Friday and Saturday.
DJ Dean Martian: Part of the Sherwood Forest lineup. (Photo/Anna Sink)
The music — including sets by Fendz, Goodsex, Sloth, Dean Martian, Willy Wompa and many more — unfurls the same weekend originally designated for the mammoth Electric Forest, which was canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s not Electric Forest by any means, but it is the locals who hold it down strong every year in the RV section,” the event’s Facebook page proclaimed last week, with Electric Forest tweeting that “this event is not hosted by or affiliated with Electric Forest festival or Forest HQ.”
Principal organizer Ryan A. Lohss told Local Spins that Sherwood Forest is “not a festival: It’s 300 campsites which is less then 0.05 percent of the Electric Forest and also the ranch’s normal camping capacity year-round which has been full the last four weeks with campers anyway.”
Sherwood Forest: The Lineup
Double JJ Ranch is hosting the event, which hired Lohss and his Dial Up Productions LLC “to play music for them almost wedding-style all day. I’m not a big fan of doing things like that, so out of a tiny budget, I called all my friends that have been partying with us Forest locals over the last nine years in the RV section to come out and have some fun at the ranch during this crazy off year.
“In no way is this a festival, but there will be three sound areas with West Michigan DJs playing a variety of tunes, mostly house or head-bobbing stuff.”
As of Sunday afternoon, there were about three dozen campsites left for the weekend “and the ranch was sectioning off camping areas in the big field and building extra hand-sanitizer stations — pretty much going the extra mile to make sure everyone will be distanced and safe.”
Camping is $200, with $150 for the Sherwood Forest event. Get details online here.
That’s not all, of course. As live music continues to creep back into West Michigan, here’s this week’s Not-So-Big List Concert Guide. If your venue or your band has a live, in-person performance to add to this concert listing, email the information to john@localspins.com.
See a roster of upcoming live-stream shows by Michigan artists in our Viral Virtual Venues Live-Stream Concert Guide. Or, if you’re an artist with an upcoming live-stream, add the info online here.
THE NOT-SO-BIG LIST CONCERT GUIDE (June 22-28)
MONDAY
• Great Scott Band outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Monday
TUESDAY
• Astro Jackson outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.
• Kevin Schaffer at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
WEDNESDAY
• 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
• Six Gun Report at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
• Alternative Music Night with DJ JediStein at Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids, 8 p.m. Wednesday
THURSDAY
• Livin’ the Dream outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.
• Frank Pop at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, 6:30 p.m. Thurday
FRIDAY
• Bryan Scott Hammond at Sandy Point Beach House at 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 Saugatuck Brewing, 2948 Blue Star Hwy. in Douglas, 6 p.m. Friday
• Kevin Schaffer performing at Smyrna Bar & Restaurant, 5022 Whites Bridge Rd, 6:30 p.m. Friday
• Duffield/Caron Project playing Harbor Light Brewery, 516 Phoenix St. in South Haven, 7 p.m. Friday
• Lexi Adams playing Liquid Note Brewing, 119 E. Allegan St. in Otsego, 7 p.m. Friday
• Post Fontaine at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Friday
• Ryne Experience playing Camp Clear Sky, 12400 Grand River Dr. SE in Lowell, 8 p.m. Friday (must reserve a campsite)
• Monroe Moon at the Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Friday
• DJ Greg Knott at Bobarino’s inside The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Friday
• DJ Kane at Eve inside The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids, 11 p.m. Friday
• Sherwood Forest/Appreciation Weekend with various DJs/artists at Double JJ Resort and Ranch in Rothbury, Friday-Saturday (Camping reservation required.)
SATURDAY
• Five Strand Fusion and Bri Baron Band playing a drive-in concert at Rycenga Building Center parking lot in Grand Haven, 4 p.m. Saturday
• Lynn Thompson playing Paddock Place, 1033 Lake Dr. SE in Grand Rapids, 5 p.m. Saturday
• Randy Johnson at Sandy Point Beach House at 7175 Lakeshore Drive in West Olive, 5 p.m. Saturday
• Right Side Up outdoors at The Score, 5301 Northland Dr. NE in Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Saturday
• John Shea Trio at Noto’s Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th St. SE in Grand Rapids, 6:30 p.m. Saturday (Call 616-493-6686 for reservations for the Supper Club Dining Experience required)
• The Still Wonder on the deck at Noto’s at the Bil-Mar, 1223 S. Harbor Dr. in Grand Haven, 6 p.m. Saturday
• Kevin Schaffer performing at Smyrna Bar & Restaurant, 5022 Whites Bridge Rd, 6:30 p.m.
• Acoustic Shenanigans at Wicks Park Bar & Grille, 449 Water St. in Saugatuck, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Alex Mays Trio playing Liquid Note Brewing, 119 E. Allegan St. in Otsego, 7 p.m. Saturday
• HairMania: Under the Stars at JB’s Whiskey Old Style Grill, 3905 W. Dickman Road in Springfield, 7 p.m. Saturday
• Kindred at Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, 415 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, 8 p.m. Saturday
• Serita’s Black Rose Duo at Guardian Brewing Co., 3657 63rd St. in Saugatuck, 8 p.m. Saturday
• Drew Behringer at The Kirby House, 2 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven, 8:30 p.m. Saturday
• An evening with UTO at Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Saturday
• Tweed & Dixie at the Back Forty Saloon, 48 W. Fulton St. in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Saturday
• Billy Gunther Band at the Twisted Bull Saloon, 3230 Eastern Ave. SE in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m. Saturday
• Sherwood Forest/Appreciation Weekend with various DJs/artists at Double JJ Resort and Ranch in Rothbury, Friday-Saturday (Camping reservation required.)
SUNDAY
• Jack Leaver at Cedar Springs Brewing in downtown Cedar Springs, noon Sunday
• Johnny Love playing Liquid Note Brewing, 119 E. Allegan St. in Otsego, 4 p.m. Sunday
• Jam session at Camp Clear Sky, 12400 Grand River Dr. SE in Lowell, 4:20 p.m. Sunday
• Three’s a Crowd 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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