An Evening with Kanola Band: Kalamazoo’s Fat Friday Mardi Gras Party!
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) Kanola Band is a joyful, high-energy 7- piece ensemble that brings the spirit of New Orleans to life. With bold brass, soulful vocals, and grooves that make it impossible to sit still, they cover everything from traditional jazz and second-line to funk, soul, gospel, and R&B. More than just a band, Kanola shares the stories and culture behind the music, honoring the Crescent City’s rich legacy while creating unforgettable moments of joy, connection, and celebration. Every show is a taste of New Orleans – full of heart, soul, and good vibes.
Infamous Love Songs: An Over the Rhine Valentine‘s Concert
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) We have written a lifetime of love songs in all shapes and sizes. We were curious as to what an evening devoted entirely to the possibilities of love songs might feel like. And so, come Valentine’s Day, we’re going to go find a few favorite stages, and find out. We hope you’ll join us.
Bumpin Uglies with Jakob’s Castle
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) Bumpin Uglies’ latest album, Climbing Up the Wall, marks a significant chapter in the band’s evolution. Following their celebrated release of their last album, Lyrics Over Everything, this latest record showcases the band’s enduring commitment to authenticity, bold storytelling, and their steadfast dedication to evolving their craft.
An Evening With – Martin Sexton Live Wide Open Tour
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) Martin Sexton tours in support the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open – the critically-acclaimed double vinyl live album. The show will include these fan-favorites as well as some new material and surprise covers.
BERTHA: Grateful Drag
This is a 18+ event with standing room only I 17 under with a parent or guardian. You can also buy advance tickets in person at the General Store by card only (no cash). BERTHA: Grateful Drag has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to OutFront Kalamazoo and their work serving the LGBTQIA+ community in Kalamazoo County and its surrounding areas. BERTHA: Grateful Drag are the world’s first and only drag-infused Grateful Dead tribute band, born in Tennessee in 2023 as a joyful, defiant response to anti-drag legislation. What began as a one-night experiment quickly sold out, caught the attention of Rolling Stone and the San Francisco Chronicle, and grew into an all-star, Nashville-based roots collective. Blending high-octane late 70’s / early 80’s Dead sound Dead energy with powerhouse female vocals, BERTHA delivers the classic two-set, three-hour Grateful Dead experience complete with fresh setlists every night. Each show also features local drag or burlesque performers and raises funds for LGBTQ+ organizations, turning every performance into both a celebration and a cause.Equal parts jam-band devotion and queer joy, BERTHA has first-timers and Deadheads alike waving that flag wide and bi.
Kalamazoo Academy Of Rock
This is an all-ages event Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) Kalamazoo Academy of Rock is back at Bell’s! These youth bands have been wow-ing audiences for years – come on down for a show like no other! For more information about KAR visit www.kzoorock.com
Kalamazoo Academy Of Rock
This is an all-ages event Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) Kalamazoo Academy of Rock is back at Bell’s! These youth bands have been wow-ing audiences for years – come on down for a show like no other! For more information about KAR visit www.kzoorock.com
Kalamazoo Academy Of Rock
This is an all-ages event Advance tickets may also be purchased in person at the General Store by card only (no cash) Kalamazoo Academy of Rock is back at Bell’s! These youth bands have been wow-ing audiences for years – come on down for a show like no other! For more information about KAR visit www.kzoorock.com
Sicard Hollow
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) Nashville’s Sicard Hollow grew up sick of any existing institution telling them who and what to be. Now, as they navigate adulthood, they’re equally tired of the music institutions telling them what their music should sound like.Before the band met in 2018, none of the members ever considered playing bluegrass. Matt Rennick (violin) was working on electronic music, Will Herrin (mandolin/vocals) was playing guitar in rock bands, and Alex King (guitar/vocals) was barely playing music at all. After a few jam sessions, the bluegrass just kind of happened. Since adding Parrish Gabriel (bass) in the Fall of 2019, the band has been on a journey of self discovery within the genre while challenging themselves to make it their own. Whether it was skateboarding or chasing jam bands, singer/guitar-player Alex King always had a fierce desire to succeed on his own terms. He spent years as an artist without an art-form, searching for a home by pouring every bit of his sweat and heart into anything he was doing. “It took years for me to land on music,” King says, referencing “This I Know” from the album, “but when I found that fire inside my heart, I found my home.” It just so happened that finding that home coincided with the shutdown of live music due to the pandemic that canceled the entire release tour supporting their debut studio record, ‘Secret of the Breeze.’ During that time, the band turned inward to reflect on their identity and how they could add their generation’s voice to a timeless genre of music.The result, with the help of producer John Mailander (Billy Strings, Bruce Hornsby) and Recording/mixing engineer Dan Davis (Billy Strings, Zac Brown Band, Dierks Bentley), was a combination of pop-punk melodies, psychedelic instrumental breaks, and existential song-writing all packaged as a bluegrass quartet dressed in tattoos and tie-dyes. After six years of tearing up festival stages around the country like Peach Festival, Summer Camp, CaveFest at the Caverns, WinterWonderGrass, Blue Ox, and Hillberry, as well as gassing up sold-out crowds supporting artists like the Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Eggy, Sam Bush, Kitchen Dwellers, Dogs in a Pile, Dopapod, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and Yonder Mountain String Band, Sicard Hollow has a full tank and awhole lot guts as they hit the road in 2025.
All American Funk Parade with The Brandino Extravaganza
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) What hath there to say about they whom all hath already been said? Approaching their 20th year of partying with you, from basements to ball parks, stages to stadiums, headlining festivals to hiding in dark sticky places, ravishing audiences, and allowing audiences to ravish them, The All American Funk Parade is still here. And for this, their 6th Annual Bells Holiday Party, they are once again raising the bar, a bar that you thought had reached its absolute zenith… but nay. There exists no ceiling able to withstand the unstoppable penetrating force of the All American Funk Parade’s ability to RAISE THE BAR. When, during the 5th Annual Holiday Party, they brought forth a legendary, generational Accordianisto, or during the 4th Annual Holiday Party, when, from the fog there emerged a fiddle wielding “great” ape, or during the 3rd Annual Holiday Party, when something else really cool happened but I can’t remember what it was. The list goes on and on. If you haven’t yet experienced a Funk Parade Holiday Party, but you are still reading this autobiography, then you are exactly the type of maniac who belongs on the dance floor with us. I 100% guarantee that, should you participate in this evening, it will be the single greatest show you have ever seen, or your money back. I will personally take $22 out of my pocket and feed it to your ungrateful, funk-fearing mouth, all the while encouraging you to try again next year. For perhaps then you will be ready and willing to surrender to the funk, to give yourself with absolute abandon to the Dance Party that layeth out before you. And also, it’s Christmas time for f@%$’s sake, so let’s be jolly.
