KALAMASHOEGAZER 17
18+ Standing Room Only Show | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian KALAMASHOEGAZER 17, The longest running Shoegaze & Dreampop Festival in the US, in Kalamazoo, MI. 17 years.
KALAMASHOEGAZER 17
18+ Standing Room Only Show | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian KALAMASHOEGAZER 17, The longest running Shoegaze & Dreampop Festival in the US, in Kalamazoo, MI. 17 years.
The Corn Fed Girls and The Analog Radio Hour
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) The Corn Fed Girls One part salty breakup, two parts bear hug. The Corn Fed Girls are original acoustic Americana from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their sound is earthy and innovative, traditional instrumentation with lush vocal harmonies and a folky aesthetic. Members have played in many of the regions favorite bands over the years including Knee Deep Shag, Daddy Long Legs, Red Sea Pedestrians, Doxie, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Sundog and others. The Corn Fed Girls are a favorite on the Michigan folk festival circuit. The Analog Radio Hour Jazz standards from years gone by performed by Kalamazoo musicians, some familiar and some maybe long forgotten, sing along if you know the words! Mike Fuerst is the featured vocalist with local legends The Birdseed Salesmen providing the instrumental magic. Stories about the songs will be shared in a unique way, with a little “theater” just for fun.
KALAMASHOEGAZER 17 – 2 Day Pass
18+ Standing Room Only Show | 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian KALAMASHOEGAZER 17, The longest running Shoegaze & Dreampop Festival in the US, in Kalamazoo, MI. 17 years.
The Insiders: A Tribute to Tom Petty
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) Close your eyes and you won’t know the difference. Open them and you still might befooled. The Insiders present the premier Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers experience.With 6 veteran musicians and decades of combined stage and touring experience, TheInsiders are genuinely running down the dream. It all starts with frontman Max Lockwood. “I grew up listening to Tom Petty. My momwould play the Greatest Hits record while she worked out. I’d sit at the top of the stairsand listen to those songs—it was my most requested CD as a young kid.” In high school,Lockwood’s band Big Dudee Roo started covering Petty songs at their frequent showsin West Michigan. “Tom Petty was part of the great American landscape to me—alegend by the time I was musically conscious. We got a great crowd reaction with Pettytunes, and people frequently commented that I sounded a lot like him.” Nothing has changed with time. After the passing of Tom Petty in October of 2017,Lockwood organized the band by pulling together some of his favorite musicians for abenefit concert. After a sold-out show that raised thousands for a local domesticviolence shelter The Insiders decided they wouldn’t back down. “We try to honor whatMr. Petty and the Heartbreakers have done for rock and roll each night. We’re fans ofthe music first and foremost. These songs are woven into the fabric of the Americanidentity.” They’ve found no shortage of demand, selling out shows everywhere they go.Local Spins’ John Sinkevics had this to say: “The Insiders set the bar at a new level forTom Petty tributes.” The Insiders are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and currently tour the Midwest andbeyond. They are available for public and private functions.
John R. Miller
This is an 18+ | 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) John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Born in the Washington, DC area and raised in West Virginia, Miller has built a reputation as a thoughtful, boundary-pushing voice in alt-country and Americana, drawing from punk, traditional Appalachian music, and less conventional rock influences. Every song on his thrilling debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. For more information on John R. Miller, and to catch him live, visit jrmillermusic.com.
Pride After Party with DJ MERCURY ULIA & DJ CLUBKID
This is a 18+ event with standing room only | 17 and under with guardian $5 suggested ticket donation at the door DJ Mercury Ulia “Watching clips doesn’t accurately convey what this is all about. I feel like to fully understand & receive this for what it is, you really do just have to come to a show to experience a liveset for yourself,” Mercury Ulia (musical alias of Julian Gonzalez) elucidates. They’re a longtime singer, songwriter, music producer, & DJ hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Debuting in Kalamazoo at 2025’s Pride Afterparty, they’re returning to the stage of Bell’s Eccentric Cafe to close down this year’s festivities. As a DJ, their mission is to bring the genre of Hardstyle to ears & stages who are foreign to the music. “It’s a bit funny; I’m honestly quite quiet & reserved, but I’ve been told the music I play & how I perform is quite a drastic contrast from my personality. The music almost appears like a contradiction of me in that sense, but it’s actually a very genuine side of who I am.” DJ ClubKid has been a staple in Michigan’s queer nightlife industry 20+ years as an MC, Performer and designer! Recently being named DJ of the year, ClubKid is one of the most sought after DJs in Michigan. With a wide range of music spanning top40 pop hits, club anthems, dance music and remixes. DJ ClubKid aims to recreate the not so distant memory of a time before camera phones and social media when people would come together on the dance floor surrounded by each other engulfed in the music, dancing without apprehension.
Deep Blue Something
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) Deep Blue Something is an American alternative rock band formed in Denton, Texas in 1993. the band is composed of Todd Pipes (vocals and bass), his brother Toby Pipes (vocals and lead guitar), Kirk Tatom (guitar and backing vocals), Clay Bergus (guitar and backing vocals), and John Kirtland (drums). The band is perhaps best known for their hit single “Breakfast at TiJany’s” which reached the top 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and became a global hit in 1995, culminating with a U.K. #1 in 1996. The band’s music encompasses a range of styles, including dreampop, alternative rock, pop, and post-grunge. The band’s debut album, 11th Song, was released in 1993 followed by Home in 1995, Byzantium in 1998 and Deep Blue Something in 2000. Each album showcases the band’s songwriting and musicianship, earning them a devoted fanbase and critical acclaim. Deep Blue Something has also earned a reputation as a dynamic and engaging live band, having toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. They have shared the stage with acts such as Oasis, Collective Soul, Phil Collins, Letters To Cleo, Alanis Morrisette, Adam Ant, Spin Doctors, Everclear, Manic Street Preachers, Cheap Trick, and ZZ Top, and have performed at major festivals such throughout the globe. Despite going on hiatus in the early 2000’s, the band reunited in 2014 to perform a series of live shows and released the Locust House EP in 2020. With a renewed interest in touring, the band began recording a new album, Lunar Phase in 2024. The new album will be released by Flatiron Recordings in early 2025. While not a concept album, Lunar Phase was created with a very clear direction in mind. Instead of falling into the trap of trying to sound current, DBS decided to shape the sound of the record to feel as if it had been recorded in 1992—in the glory days of jangly underground guitar bands, from which the band had drawn so much inspiration when solidifying their sound. This was the time of Material Issue, Teenage Fanclub, The Charlatans, and Sugar—when everyone was waiting to see if The Stone Roses would ever make another record. . . before grunge took over. Drawing once again from these early sources of inspiration, Lunar Phase was created with that wonderful time in mind. Over 400 million streams on Spotify alone stands as a testament to Deep Blue Something’s enduring appeal of their distinctive sound and style.
Pokey LaFarge w/ Cicada Rhythm
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) For two decades, Pokey LaFarge has walked his own effortlessly cool road as an exceptionally iconoclastic troubadour – forthright, genuine, and markedly keen to put it all out there. Rent Money now sees him pushing forward yet again in what can be safely declared his finest collection to date, both as an heartfelt expression of personal experience and as no-nonsense social commentary. With its twanging guitars, plucky rhythms, and undeniably captivating melodies, the album soars and swings, its joyous refrains belying the inescapable undercurrent of constant worry and angst that permeates these troubled times. As always, the Illinois native deftly traverses the genre boundaries, seamlessly integrating the myriad strains of 20th-century American music with a freewheeling command of earnest songcraft, inspired performance, and subversive creativity. Rent Money stands tall as an indisputable high-water mark for Pokey LaFarge – a defining collection from a one-of-a-kind artist of rare ingenuity and uncommon candor, now as ever, determinedly crafting a sure-footed brand of deeply human music all his own. “People are always going to tell you what they think you should play,” says Pokey LaFarge, “what you should sing about, how you should sound, how you should look, how you should act. And I’ve always just been like, nah. Nope. I’ve just completely gone my own way, and hopefully I’ve been honest and authentic in the process. “I’m just trying to make music that AI can’t replicate. Things are so homogenized right now. That’s what I’m really, really, really resistant to, especially when it comes to music. I’m not going to do it. I’m not going to conform.”
Kalamazoo Symphony: Beatles in the Beer Garden
2026 Bell’s Beer Garden Summer Concert Series This is a 18 and over event – 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian The Symphony is going out – and you’re invited! Join us in the Beer Garden for a pint of your favorite Bell’s brew and incredible music performed by Symphony musicians. On Tap: Hits from the Beatles! Tickets sold here
