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Fruit Bats wsg Minor Moon

Bells Beer Garden 2025 Concert Series This is a 18+ event with standing room only17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Eric D. Johnson rarely lingers at one location too long. “There’s always been motion in my life between one place and another,” says the Fruit Bats songwriter. As a kid growing up in the Midwest, Johnson’s family moved around a lot, but it wasn’t until he became a touring musician years later that motion became a central part of his identity. That transient lifestyle stoked an enduring reverence for the world he watched pass by through a van window. A sense of place is a unifying theme he’s revisited with Fruit Bats throughout its many lives. From the project’s origins in the late ’90s as a vehicle for Johnson’s lo-fi tinkering to the more sonically ambitious work of recent years, Fruit Bats has often showcased love songs where people and locations meld into one. It’s a loose song structure that navigates what he calls “the geography of the heart.” Those pathways extend straight through the newest Fruit Bats album, aptly titled A River Running to Your Heart. Self-produced by Johnson—a first for Fruit Bats—with Jeremy Harris at Panoramic House just north of San Francisco, it’s Fruit Bats’ tenth full-length release. The album finds the project in the middle of a people-powered climb leading to the biggest shows, loudest accolades, and most enthusiastic new fans in Fruit Bats history! It’s hard to pinpoint a single reason for this mid-career resurgence. But after two decades of making music, hard-earned emotional maturity has clearly seeped into Johnson’s already inviting songs, resulting in a sound that’s connected with audiences like no other previous version of the band. A River Running to Your Heart represents the fullest realization of Johnson’s creative vision to date. It’s a sonically diverse effort that largely explores the importance of what it means to be home, both physically and spiritually. And while that might seem like a peculiar focus for an artist who’s constantly in motion, for Fruit Bats, home can take many forms—from the obvious to the obscure.

Todd Rundgren: STILL ME (STILL WE)

2025 Bell’s Beer Garden Summer Concert SeriesThis is a 18 and over event. 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian With U.S. top 40 hits that include “We Gotta Get You a Woman,” “Hello It’s Me,” “I Saw the Light,” “Can We Still Be Friends,” and the iconic single “Bang the Drum All Day,” Rundgren is an iconic musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive art.

Chef’s Fancy Dinner

21+ Event: Includes 5 courses, 5 beer pairings + one additional drink ticket (Gratuity and tax included) Full Menu: Course 1 – Oysters with a mustard and pretzel mignonette paired with Octoberfest Course 2 – Heirloom tomato and cucumber, raspberries, pickled red onion over spinach and arugula with goat cheese and a raspberry orange vinaigrette paired with Raspberry Eclipse Course 3 – Fried trout with potato pave, charred lemon, and dill caper hollandaise paired with Two Hearted Course 4 – Miso and Best Brown braised short rib with grilled broccolini and roasted carrot paired with Best Brown Course 5 – Chocolate Banoffee tartlet paired with Hell Hath No Fury