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Live Music Log, October 2023

10 1 23 SOUNDS OF THE ZOO, Day 7 Bronson Park, Kalamazoo AVALON CUTTS-JONES/Erin Zindle & the Ragbirds #14/Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #44

10 3 23 Kait Rose #25 house show, Oshtemo

10 6 23 Benefit Concert for Seth Bernard featuring Frank Youngman, Brian Koenigsknecht, Jonathan Timm, Mike Savina, Laurel Premo, Michael Beauchamp-Cohen, Samantha Cooper, Amber Hasan, Micah Middaugh, Jarad Selner, Chris Bathgate, and Jake Robinson The Alluvion, Traverse City

10 7 23 Drew Nelson #7/Kyle Rasche #13/MICHAEL ROBERTSON Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

10 12 23 The Crane Wives #95/ANNA MOSS Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY

10 14 23 Lo Fi City 10 Year Anniversary Party Southgate House Revival, Newport KY MATTHEW SHELTON/NEVERNEW/NIGHTMARE FRONTIER/SIREN SUIT/GRAVE CLOTHES

10 18 23 Sav Buist #3/Andy Baker #5/Spencer Lajoye #2/Kyle Rasche #14 Hastings High School Auditorium, Hastings

10 19 23 Matt Gabriel #6 Creston Brewery, Grand Rapids

10 19 23 Eric O'Daly #7 (with Brandon Smith) Horrocks, Kentwood

10 20 23 Grace Theisen #27 (with Adam Main) Backyard of Kalamazoo, Oshtemo

10 20 23 The Accidentals #30/Lindsay Lou #10/Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #45/Jordan Hamilton Trio #14 Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo

10 22 23 BAD RELIGION/SPEED OF LIGHT/SCHOOL DRUGS GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids

10 27 23 Stovepipe Stover #17/Cole Hansen #22/DALE WICKS Pux Cider Taphouse, Grand Rapids

10 28 23 Cameron Blake #9/THE CHAPPARALS/Rabbit Fur #2 The Stray, Wyoming

10 29 23 Izubel #3/Cole Hansen #23 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

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Live Music Log, September 2023

9 2 23 Brian Koenigsknecht #30 Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

9 7 23 MAJOR MURPHY/Crooked Spires #8/PHABIES Bell's, Kalamazoo

9 8 23 The Kettle Belles #6 Grand Lady Riverboat, Jenison

9 8 23 Midtown Open Stage, Grand Rapids, featuring Michael Robertson, Kevin Fein, Iain Matthews, Spencer Lajoye, Kyle Rasche, Ralston Bowles

9 9 23 Grace Theisen (with Adam Main) #26 Hops at 84 East, Holland

9 12 23 Carsie Blanton #3 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

9 15-17 23 EARTHWORK HARVEST GATHERING, Lake City: HuDOST/LAROSE/SILVER CREEK REVIVAL/Loren Johnson #8/Seth Bernard #26/Rachael Davis #11/Great Lakes Brass #3/Charlie Millard Band #7/Earth Radio #35/SALTBREAKER/Van Lente #2/Jessica Wolfbird #5/Ben Traverse #11/DITCH LILY/ELIZA THORP/Dick Siegel #2/Kate Pillsbury #18/Jo Serrapere & the LaFawndas #4/THE THIRTIES/SLOW SPELL/Rachael Davis #12/The Crane Wives #94/THE IDIOT KIDS/Moss Manor #3/LAKE EFFECT FAMILY BAND/Darcy Wilkin #50/Frank Youngman All Stars #7/The Schrock Brothers #5/Emilee Petersmark #26/NOBLE JULZ HAMILTON/Monte Pride #7/Sari Brown #5/Phabies #2/THE SISTER TOUR/Emily Rose #2 (with Audra Kubat)/Eric O'Daly #6/Elisabeth Pixley-Fink #9/Chris Dorman #5

9 22 23 Olivia Vargas #35/MARSFADE/Audrey Pearson #3 Speciation Cellars, Grand Rapids

9 23 23 Cole Hansen #21 Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon

9 25 23 Sounds of the Zoo Day 1, Bell's, Kalamazoo: SOPHIA McINTOSH/Yolonda Lavender #2/Elisabeth Pixley-Fink #10

9 29 23 Sounds of the Zoo Day 5, Bronson Park, Kalamazoo: Great Lakes Brass #4/Last Gasp Collective #6/LA FURIA DEL RITMO/Desmond Jones #3

9 30 23 Sounds of the Zoo Day 6, Bronson Park, Kalamazoo: Kalamazoo Academy of Rock student bands/MICHIGAN HIRYU DAIKO/The Rebel Eves #5/LIZ KELLEY/Minor Element #2/ZION LION

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Live Music Log, August 2023

8 1 23 FUNKLE JESSE The Deck, Muskegon

8 3 23 Annagail #3/Carrie McFerrin #54 The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

8 4 23 The Crane Wives #89/Olivia Dear #2 The Magic Bag, Ferndale

8 5 23 The Crane Wives #90 Studio Park, Grand Rapids

8 7 23 KEALA VENEMA/Nathan Walton #8 Greyline Brewing, Grand Rapids

8 8 23 Carrie and the McFerrinheits #55 Montague Bandshell, Montague

8 9 23 Max Lockwood #19 Greyline Brewing, Grand Rapids

8 10 23 Anna P.S. #32 Pierce Park, Flint

8 12 23 The Crane Wives #91/Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #42/EMILY THE BAND Pour Bros. Taproom, Peoria IL

8 16 23 Grace Theisen Band #24 The Deck, Muskegon

8 17 23 Kyle Rasche #12/SAV BUIST/R.O.SHAPIRO/SADIE GUSTAFSON-ZOOK/ROBINSON & ROHE Caledonia Family Tavern, Caledonia

8 18 23 That Beatles Thing #2 Hackley Park, Muskegon

8 18 23 Hannah Laine #7 Fetch Brewing, Whitehall

8 19 23 Aaron Wright #8/Josh Rose #13/DAISYBOX/JONATHAN STOYE The Stray, Wyoming

8 20 23 Sav Buist #2 house show, Whitehall

8 22 23 THE BETHS/DISQ Bell's, Kalamazoo

8 24 23 The Crane Wives (duo) #92 Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids

8 25 23 Grace Theisen Band #25 North Grove Brewing, Montague

8 26 23 FOREST TRAIL MUSIC FESTIVAL, Freesoil: Ted Bounty #2/Beaver Xing #2/Elizabeth Landry #4/Eric Engblade #13/STURTZ/HATCHWING RIDER/Cole Hansen & the Heartbeats #20/Full Cord #6

8 27 23 FAIR GROUND MUSIC FESTIVAL Barry County Fairgrounds, Hastings KYSHONA/Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #43/RUTHIE FOSTER/The Crane Wives #93/The Accidentals #29/JOSEPH

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Live Music Log, July 2023

7 1 23 Smiling Acres Festival, Day 2: August #34/Eric Engblade #12/Normal Mode #4/JONAS FRIDDLE/Stella! #3/Deerfield Run #6/Cabildo #2/Cole Hansen #16/Desmond Jones #2/The Accidentals #28 Smiling Acres, Trufant

7 4 23 Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #40 house show, Marne

7 5 23 Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #41 Rogers Park, Sparta

7 7-9 23 BLISSFEST: THE MOXIE STRINGS/THE DEEP FRIED PICKLE PROJECT/ADRIAN + MEREDITH/Blake Elliott #6 (with Stonefolk)/ANTHONY DA COSTA/THE STEEL WHEELS/DR. GOODHART'S HOME REMEDY/GINA CHAVEZ/MISS TESS/Chris Michels Band #2/COLIN HAY/Charlie Millard Band #6/MOLLY TUTTLE/Seth Bernard #25/Earth Radio #33/LEVITATOR/Laurel Premo #8/Roosevelt Diggs #6/ABIGAIL WASHBURN/MY SON THE HURRICANE/May Erlewine #32/YASMIN WILLIAMS/THE LAVENDER LIONS/KEVIN JOHNSON/The Crane Wives #87/Grace Theisen Band #21/MOSS MANOR/VALERIE JUNE/Earth Radio #34/Rachael Davis #10/Grace Theisen Band #22/Erin Zindle & the Ragbirds #13/Moss Manor #2/The Sweet Water Warblers #9/The Crane Wives #88 Blissfest Grounds, Harbor Springs

7 13 23 COA SHOW: Darcy Wilkin #49/Brian Koenigsknecht #28/Carrie McFerrin #52/The Kettle Belles #4 Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

7 15 23 Anna P.S. #29 Lucy's Backyard, Grand Haven

7 15 23 Anna P.S. #30 Book Nook & Java Shop, Montague

7 19 23 Grace Theisen Band #23/The Rebel Eves #3 The Deck, Muskegon

7 21 23 Anna P.S. #31 Modales Winery, Fennville

7 21 23 Carrie McFerrin #53/Brian Koenigsknecht #29 Green Door Distilling, Kalamazoo

7 22 23 WALK THE BEAT WHITE LAKE: JD and the Bees Knees, Asamu Johnson and the Associates of the Blues, Tommy Foster with Justin Avdek, Bret Balcom, John Merchant, the Rupple Brothers, the Incantations, Mady Simon, Josephella, Lauryn Allen, Lightly Salted, Nomads, Nathan Walton and the Remedy, Phyllis Miner, Nick Veine, Cordero, FlyLiteGemini, Isaac Berkowitz, Nate Dill, Eric Engblade, The Illustrated, Karen and Eric Smith, Gabrial James All over Montague and Whitehall

7 22 23 The Kettle Belles #5 Book Nook & Java Shop, Montague

7 25 23 Cole Hansen & the Heartbeats #17/Valentiger #5 Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids

7 27 23 Jen Sygit #6 North Grove Brewers, Montague

7 28-29 23 WILD THYME FESTIVAL, Allegan DUNEGRASS/Cole Hansen #18/Dede Alder #16/Samuel Nalangira #4/THE WATER STREET WRANGLERS/BRIAN OBERLIN & SALLIE BACON/The Rebel Eves #4/MANDOLINISSIMO/Cole Hansen & the Heartbeats #19/METRO SOUL BAND/Beth Bombara #5

7 30 23 FASTBALL/Valentiger #6 Studio Park, Grand Rapids

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Live Music Log, June 2023

6 1 23 NOMADS/DELANEY SCHULTZ North Grove Brewers, Montague

6 2 23 Cole Hansen #13 Sawyers Brewing, Montague

6 3 23 Hannah Laine #6 Fetch Brewing, Whitehall

6 6 23 Grace Theisen Band #18/Jordan Hamilton #11 Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids

6 8 23 The Kettle Belles #2 Lucy's Backyard, Grand Haven

6 9 23 Blake Elliott #5 Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon

6 10 23 Cole Hansen #14 Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon

6 10 23 August #32/THE UNITED EVERYWHERE Turnstiles, Grand Rapids

6 13 23 Morgan Haner #10 (with Big Dudee Roo) Montague High School, Montague

6 14 23 FLEET FOXES/UWADE GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids

6 15 23 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

6 16-18 23 BUTTERMILK JAMBOREE FESTIVAL: Sam Cooper #11/Great Lakes Brass #2/The Dangling Participles #2/The Kettle Belles #3/Roosevelt Diggs #5/THE MAMMALS/Dede and the Dreamers #15/Jordan Hamilton Trio #12/Elisabeth Pixley-Fink #8/Kait Rose #24/Max Lockwood Band #18/Patty PerShayla & the Mayhaps #39/Jive at Five #6/The Incantations #11/Selwyn Birchwood #2/Mustard Plug #3/Last Gasp Collective #5/Funktion #2/The Schrock Brothers #4/SPENCER LAJOYE/Grace Theisen Band #19/Airborne or Aquatic? #7/Chain of Lakes #11/Erin Zindle & the Ragbirds #12 Circle Pines Center, Delton

6 18 23 ACORN MUSIC FESTIVAL: The Crane Wives #86/Grace Theisen #20 Acorn Theatre, Three Oaks

6 22 23 WOMEN OF ROCK TRIBUTE featuring Jennifer Bartlett, Rachel White, Grace Theisen, Erin Zindle, Hannah Rose Graves, Kait Rose, Carolyn Striho, Suong Nhu Pham, Caitlin Cusack, Rosie Cusack, Fay Burns, Shelby Leigh, Empress Eyes, Elle Lively, Meg Hainer, Hals Smedstad, and Sarena Rae Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids

6 23 23 Jes Kramer #4 house show, Grand Rapids

6 24 23 Dylan Tolbert #4/Seth Bernard #24 & Jordan Hamilton #13 La Luna Recording, Kalamazoo

6 24 23 Whatzit Hour with Darcy Wilkin #48/JOE NEWBERRY Dormouse Theatre, Kalamazoo

6 27 23 Elvis Costello #2/NICK LOWE/LOS STRAITJACKETS Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen

6 29 23 VICTORIA VICTORIA/Olivia Vargas #33 Tip Top Deluxe, Grand Rapids

6 30 23 SMILING ACRES FESTIVAL, DAY 1: SMILING ACRES BLUEGRASS BAND/Ben Traverse #10/Cole Hansen #15/Lighting Matches #5/Josh Rose #12/Les Older #2 with Jack Elliott/Round Creek String Band #3/Jack Droppers & the Best Intentions #2/Earth Radio #32/HENHOUSE PROWLERS Smiling Acres, Trufant

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Live Music Log, May 2023

5 5 23 Anna P.S. #28 Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon

5 6 23 ROOTED IN MICHIGAN with May Erlewine #31/Sarena Rae #3/Grace Theisen #16/Serita Crowley #3 Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck

5 7 23 Carrie McFerrin #51/Josh Rose #11/Andy Baker #4 Salt of the Earth, Fennville

5 11 23 Darcy Wilkin #47/JEROME FORDE The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

5 12 23 Max Lockwood #17/Eric O'Daly #5 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

5 13 23 Aaron Wright #7 Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon

5 17 23 KATE HINOTE TRIO/Loren Johnson #7 SpeakEZ Lounge, Grand Rapids

5 18 23 Kyle Rasche #10/Annie Bacon #2/WES COLLINS Caledonia Family Tavern, Caledonia

5 19 23 THE DANGLING PARTICIPLES/EMILY ROSE UrbanBeat, Lansing

5 20 23 LOCAL SPINS FEST: Grace Theisen Band #17/Lokella #3/Sarena Rae #4/Kari Lynch Band #6/Earth Radio #31/IN THE VALLEY BELOW Studio Park, Grand Rapids

5 26 23 RUSTY VINING/RABBIT FUR/Annagail #2 The Stray, Wyoming

5 27 23 Olivia Vargas & Michael Pierce #31 Horrocks, Kentwood

5 28 23 THAT BEATLES THING The Score, Grand Rapids

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Live Music Log, April 2023

4 1 23 Grace Theisen #15 (with Adam Main) Hops at 84 East, Holland

4 6 23 SUSAN WERNER/JAMIE DRAKE Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

4 7 23 The Missing Generation #5/Brian Koenigsknecht #27 Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

4 8 23 Loren Johnson #6 (album release show) Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

4 12 23 MORGAN JAMES/KIRK THURMOND Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

4 14 23 Sarah V.E. #2 Brickyard Tavern, Grand Rapids

4 14 23 The Wild Honey Collective #3 Speciation Cellars, Grand Rapids

4 15 23 Izubel #2/Cole Hansen #12 Harmony Brewing, Grand Rapids

4 19 23 Brie Stoner #2/Kate Pillsbury #16 SpeakEZ Lounge, Grand Rapids

4 20 23 The War and Treaty #5/WILLIAM PRINCE The Stache, Grand Rapids

4 21 23 Earthwork Music Spring Tour featuring Dede Alder, Seth Bernard, Ralston Bowles, Sari Brown, Sarah Cohen, Samantha Cooper, Chris Good, Jordan Hamilton, Amber Hasan, Josh Holcomb, Audra Kubat, Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, Michael Dause, Vince Russo, Mike Savina, Jo Serrapere, Nicholas James Thomasma and Ben Traverse Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

4 22 23 Whatzit Hour with Darcy Wilkin #46/Jon Shain #2 Dormouse Theatre, Kalamazoo

4 27 23 Kate Pillsbury #17/Eric O'Daly #4 The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

4 28 23 Earth Radio #30/Jordan Hamilton #10 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

4 30 23 Songtellers: Nicholas James Thomasma #35/Sarena Rae #2/Emilee Petersmark #25 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

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Live Music Log, March 2023

3 9 23 Annie Capps #5 with a Badass Band of Women The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

3 10 23 Andy Baker #3/Monte Pride #6/CHRIS COONEY The Stray, Wyoming

3 15 23 MUSIC THAT RAISED US #3 featuring Sarena Rae, Karisa Wilson, Serita Crowley and more Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

3 16 23 THE REBEL EVES/JEFFERSON RINCK Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

3 17 23 Justin Avdek #5 and Eric Engblade #11 Archival Brewing, Belmont

3 18 23 Anna P.S. #27 Thornapple Brewing, Cascade

3 19 23 Grace Theisen Band #13/The Rebel Eves #2 Salt of the Earth, Fennville

3 24 23 Grace Theisen #14/LUCAS POWELL/SARAH V.E./Kate Pillsbury #15 The Stray, Wyoming

3 26 23 They Might Be Giants #5 Old National Centre, Indianapolis

3 28 23 STEVE FORBERT Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

3 30 23 Olivia Vargas #30/LANE ELLENS GR Live at Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

3 30 23 Dede and the Dreamers #14 The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

3 31 23 Kait Rose #23/Jessi Phillips #5 The Clover Room, Kalamazoo

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Live Music Log, February 2023

2 2 23 That Thursday Thing with Justin Avdek and Eric Engblade Rake Beer Project, Muskegon

2 3 23 Kyle Rasche #9/SARENA RAE Music In The Heights at Alger Park Church, Grand Rapids

2 5 23 Darcy Wilkin #45/Drew Nelson #6 Salt of the Earth, Fennville

2 11 23 Josh Rose #10/ANNIE BACON/MICHAEL CRITTENDEN/MICHELLE HELD LowellArts, Lowell

2 12 23 Erin Zindle & the Ragbirds #11/August #29 Park Theatre, Holland

2 16 23 Grace Theisen Band #12 The Playhouse at White Lake, Whitehall

2 17 23 The Whiskey Charmers #3/The Incantations #10 Old Dog Tavern, Kalamazoo

2 18 23 JOHN PRINE TRIBUTE CONCERT featuring Hawks and Owls, Darcy Wilkin, Drew Nelson, Jen Sygit, Mark Lavengood Band, Nicholas James Thomasma, King Possum, Kait Rose, Nomads, Eric Engblade, The Local Commuters, Jake Stilson of the Bootstrap Boys The Intersection, Grand Rapids

2 24 23 THE 23RD JAMMIE AWARDS featuring Nathan Walton & the Remedy, Cole Hansen & the Heartbeats, Grace Theisen Band, Elijah Russ Collective, Fake Baseball, Sarena Rae, Normal Mode, and Moss Manor

2 25 23 Megan Dooley #25 with the Kalamazoo Concert Band Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo

2 26 23 SONGTELLERS: Nicholas James Thomasma #34/Cameron Blake #8/Jordan Hamilton #9 Midtown GR, Grand Rapids

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