The Kalamazoo Django Reinhardt Festival
This is an 18+ seated event | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) Prepare to be transported into the scintillating world of hot club music , as Djangophonique hosts the first ever Kalamazoo Django Reinhardt Festival at Bell’s Back Room! Joined on stage by some of the most captivating musicians on the Michigan jazz manouche scene, including members of The Birdseed Salesmen and Third Coast Swing. Djangophonique honors the legacy of Django Reinhardt while breathing new life and creativity to the craft. The result is a sound that’s unmistakable to fans of the music, and alluring to the uninitiated—a sound that can bring the lively energy of a Parisian dance hall to the quietest listening room or captivate a buzzing festival audience with the aching nostalgia of a shimmering ballad.Experience the legacy of Django Reinhardt through this unforgettable evening!
Vamp Stamp: Vampire Glow Rave
This is an 18+ event with standing room only | 17 under with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) 🩸 VAMP STAMP: Vampire Glow Rave Returns to Bell’s on October 31st! 🩸 Party with the vampires on Halloween night, and let that wild thing loose! Bass. Blood. Glow. Chaos. 🦇 All costumes welcome. Bring glow sticks!
Eclipse Release Party
All Ages | Free Event 🎧✨ Silent Disco + Tie-Dye + Beer Garden = the perfect Friday night! Join us on September 18th from 6 PM to 10 PM for the Oberon Eclipse Release Party. Tie-dye some merch, then pick your channel, and dance to your own beat all night long! 🌈
Octoberfest
Celebrate Octoberfest with us! 🍻 Enjoy plenty of beer and delicious food specials throughout the day. Then head to the Back Room to watch football on our big screen, where you can catch all the action. Grab your crew, raise a drink, and settle in for a full day of beer, food, football, and good times!🏈 Plus, the first 50 pours of Octoberfest receive a can sleeve! Can sleeves are also available for purchase at the General Store
Lee Emi (Emilee Petersmark of The Crane Wives) with Cal in Red
This is an 18+ event with standing room only | 17 under with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) Born in South Korea and raised in Michigan, singer-songwriter Lee Emi has performed her music for audiences across the country and overseas, using those experiences to add grit to her dark, thematic songwriting. Her indie-pop-rock music bears sharp teeth, leaning into the rawness of anger, grief, and self-doubt, weaving powerful melodies around potent lyrics that ask all of us: am I good enough? Originally named Lee Sang-Eun and raised under the name Emilee Petersmark, Lee Emi began her career in 2010 as a primary songwriter and co-lead singer/guitarist in beloved West Michigan indie band, The Crane Wives. For the next 15 years, she would play bars, listening rooms, theatres, and concert venues across the continental US and release 5 studio records with the Crane Wives, all while quietly building a personal cache of songs that would eventually become her first solo record, DESTROY EVERYTHING, to be released in October 2026.
KANIN WREN’S POP HALLOWEEN PARTY THE ULTIMATE DRESS-UP POP PARTY
This is a 18+ event with standing room only| 17 under with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) THE ULTIMATE DRESS-UP POP PARTY Dress as your favorite pop star + WIN PRIZES for the best looks! (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) Taylor • Sabrina • Olivia • Chappell • Tate + more Come for the concert. Dress for the spotlight.
STARFARM
This is a 18+ event with standing room only | Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) “Are you ready to party like it’s 1985?” Do you want your MTV the way you used to crave a giant bowl of sugary Pac-Man cereal on Saturday morning? Do you find yourself glued to VH1’s “I Love The ’80s” reruns just to catch those neon-drenched music videos one…more…time? Well, stop sitting on the couch and start moonwalking to the dance floor – because Starfarm is here to crank your time machine (DeLorean-style, of course) back to the raddest decade ever – the ‘80s! That’s right, Starfarm brings you the most “Totally Awesome” collection of ‘80s hits this side of your old Trapper Keeper. From fist-pumping arena rock anthems to hairbrush power ballads, every song is a blast of nostalgia straight from the decade of pegged jeans, mullets and Aqua Net clouds so thick they’re probably still hovering over your hometown mall.But wait – there’s more! Starfarm doesn’t just play the ‘80s, they bring the whole decade to life:o Adidas track suits (cardboard breakdance floor included!)o Legwarmers brighter than your cousin’s slap braceletso Aviators so cool, Tom Cruise called to borrow themo A sound and light show guaranteed to fry your Rubik’s Cube So, dust off those parachute pants, tease that hair sky-high, shine up those Reeboks and get ready to dance ‘til your Swatch watch says it’s way past curfew – Starfarm is here to make the ‘80s totally awesome – again and again!
Welshly Arms with The Astronomers
This is a 18+ event with standing room only I 17 under with a parent or guardian. Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash). After dropping their anthemic single “Legendary” in 2017, the indie rock world was quickly introduced to Welshly Arms’ penchant for unleashing larger-than-life alt-rock bangers and spine-tingling live performances. Their 2018 album No Place is Home has garnered over 375M total streams and provides a sensational musical journey that hits all the swaggery notes. Put simply, the band injects a powerful dose of emotion that continues to leave the Welshly Arms’ faithful enamored.
The 1985 – Totally 80’s Mixtape LIVE!
18+ Standing Room Only Show | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) The 1985 is the Midwest’s Totally 80’s Music Tribute Band that features the best of the 1980s rock, pop, new wave, metal and club. While we just wanna have fun, we take our roles as performers seriously. We have a fine-tuned, super-charged technical show that combines lights, videos, costumes and more to create a totally immersive music experience. Our goal is to help you turn back time and party like it’s 1985.
Lower Leisure Class with No Bails and Krass Kringle
18+ Standing Room Only Show | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) THE LOWER LEISURE CLASS: With whole-hearted soul and voice, Kalamazoo’s Lower Leisure Class write and perform energized earworms grounded in rock ‘n’ roll while sailing through the sonic stratosphere. The sextet’s acclaimed debut LP, Stories from the Lower Leisure Class, supplies “an unmistakable, identifiable restless sound,” according to Local Spins’ Ryan Boldrey. “To see this group shape their music around those stories is where things take off,” writes Derek Phillips at Glorious Noise. “It’s new, but steeped in nostalgia and references any good midwesterner will recognize.” With stage skills burnished to a fine shine as members of powerhouse Michigan bands including King Tammy, the Sinatras, and the Sleestacks – all of whose Leppotone recordings command a cult following to this day – the LLC move audiences to dance, sing along, activate, and engage. NO BAILS: NO BAILS are a goofy-footed sk8 rock 3peace from Kalamazoo, MI. From the shores of the Mighty Miss in Saint Louis to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in New York City, from shores of Lake Huron in Port Huron to Gulf of Mexico in New Orleans, No Bails has left… impressions everywhere they’ve played, perhaps. Proudly sponsored by Epyx Joysticks, Rag’n Metal, Doan’s, and Onion Dice. This will be their first show since 2019. They’re back, and aching, and back-aching to play! KRASS KRINGLE: Krass Kringle is a world famous holiday tune-master and Christmas crooner. Hailing from the South Pole, where he was raised by Satanic penguins, Krass Kringle is beloved by no one for his offensive, foul and sacreligious seasonal favorites such as “Santa’s Beard Smells Like P@#*y,” “Santa Gave Me HIV,” and “Merry Christmas, Mother F*&@%!”(No socials for Krass Kringle. KK performs strictly in character and keeps his identity a secret for reasons.)
