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Friday
April 17Ten Pound Fiddle Presents
Emma's Revolution
Bay Area folk activists Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow perform as Emma's Revolution, the NPR-featured duo mentored by Pete Seeger
7:30 PM · University Lutheran Church (ULC) · $25.00 · All Ages
Dead Honey Collective
Lansing psychedelic folk outfit Dead Honey Collective brings cosmic country and Grateful Dead tributes to their Eastside home base
8 PM · Moriarty's Pub
Nocturne: Rebloom
NO.AH, rinbossanova, sero, IZOTROPE, DEGEN
New York R&B artist NO.AH headlines an electronic showcase with Lansing's rinbossanova and a stacked undercard of regional DJs
9 PM · The Avenue Cafe · 21+
Saturday
April 18Saturday's Pick
Thomas Dolby, Gail Ann Dorsey
MTV-era synth-pop pioneer Thomas Dolby headlines with longtime David Bowie collaborator and Philadelphia bassist Gail Ann Dorsey opening
7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $40.82 · All Ages
Album Release Show
Danger Cat, Premium Rat, Cylindrical Blazingstar
Lansing riot girl punk trio Danger Cat headline a local showcase with Ypsilanti's Premium Rat and Cylindrical Blazingstar
8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Spoonful
Lansing R&B-rock outfit Spoonful takes the small stage at the neighborhood institution known as Mort's
8 PM · Moriarty's Pub
Wednesday, April 22
The LACS, Giovannie and the Hired Guns, Night Shift Special
Country rap pioneers The LACS bring their Dirt Rock Empire sound with Warner Nashville's Giovannie and the Hired Guns supporting
7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $40.82 · All Ages
This Month's Pick
May Erlewine, Packy Lundholm
Big Rapids folk veteran May Erlewine headlines with Chicago chiptune rocker Packy Lundholm from I Fight Dragons in support
8 PM · The Green Door · $40 · All Ages
Friday, April 24
Ten Pound Fiddle
Lucy Kaplansky
Greenwich Village folk veteran Lucy Kaplansky brings her harmony-rich songcraft and cross-genre collaborations to an intimate supper club setting
7:30 PM · Urban Beat · $30 · All Ages
Cheerleader Roadkill, AWannabe, Pure Intention
Trio of Midwest punk and indie acts led by Chicago's Cheerleader Roadkill, with Madison's AWannabe and Chicago's Pure Intention
8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Gina Garner and the All Night Long Band
Lansing blues outfit Gina Garner and the All Night Long Band bring their Michigan BluesFest sound to the pub stage
8 PM · Moriarty's Pub
Friday, May 1
Starfarm
Local 80s tribute act Starfarm brings two decades of synth-pop nostalgia and costume changes to downtown
7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $27.22 · 18+
Let It Rot, Accuser Of The Brethren, DeadXWitch, Brugada, Sins Ov Madness
Lansing deathcore outfit Let It Rot headlines a stacked local metal bill with Accuser Of The Brethren and a loaded undercard
8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Sunday, May 10
Tumbleweed World Tour
Drake Milligan
Fort Worth country singer Drake Milligan brings his Elvis-meets-George Strait swagger following his America's Got Talent breakthrough
7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $27 · All Ages
The Queers, Singing Lungs
New Hampshire punk veterans The Queers bring four decades of Ramones-inspired mayhem with Grand Rapids pop-punks Singing Lungs opening
8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Week of May 11th
Pick of the Week
Animals As Leaders, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Assume Nothing
D.C. instrumental prog-metal virtuosos Animals As Leaders headline with Asheville steel pan innovator Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and local metalcore outfit Assume Nothing
Thursday the 14th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $46.39 · All Ages
New Mainstream Tour
Miles Minnick, Tommy Zuko
San Francisco Christian rapper Miles Minnick headlines with Kentucky's Tommy Zuko in a faith-driven West Coast hip-hop showcase
Friday the 15th · 8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
30 Years of Underground
Kottonmouth Kings, A Killers Confession, Kungfu Vampire, Jimi Kanklez, Knowledge da MC
Long-running California stoner rap collective Kottonmouth Kings headline with former Mushroomhead vocalist's A Killers Confession opening alongside local support
Saturday the 16th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $27.22 · All Ages
Week of May 18th
Pick of the Month
THE DOGS, The Strains, The Drastics
Friday the 22nd · 8 PM · The Green Door · 21+
Greg Austill Trio, Critter Ruwart, The Rusty Snails
Otisville's Greg Austill Trio headline a triple bill of folk storytelling with Wyoming's Critter Ruwart and Detroit's The Rusty Snails
Saturday the 23rd · 8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Week of May 25th
Buckcherry
Hard rock veterans Buckcherry headline with eleven albums of sleaze rock anthems including Billboard top-ten hit "Sorry"
Wednesday the 27th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $40.82 · All Ages
The Sonder Bombs
The Sonder Bombs bring their unique uke-punk sound and deeply personal songwriting from Cleveland to the Green Door
Thursday the 28th · 8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages
Cody Parks and the Dirty South
Nashville outfit mixing Southern rock tradition with country metal edge for songs about trucks, cash, and rural pride
Friday the 29th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $27.22 · All Ages
Opening Night of Fish Ladder Music Park
DJ Dav, Starfarm
Michigan DJ Olympics winner DJ Dav opens for East Lansing 80s specialists Starfarm and their Madonna-to-A-ha repertoire
Friday the 29th · 7 PM · Fish Ladder Music Park · Free · All Ages
Pick of the Week • The Lady in Red Tour
Vana, cloudyfield, Deadlands, RedHook
Sumerian Records' Vana brings trap-infused industrial metal from New Zealand, supported by German shoegaze act cloudyfield and Long Island metalcore duo Deadlands
Saturday the 30th · 6 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $35.38 · All Ages
Moon Walker, Pretoria, Super Cassette
Three-city indie rock showcase led by Denver's Moon Walker, featuring Chicago transplants Pretoria and viral Oakland trio Super Cassette
Saturday the 30th · The Green Door · 18+
Week of June 1st
Secret Songs Tour II
Citizen Soldier
Salt Lake City post-grunge outfit Citizen Soldier brings mental health anthems and their chart-topping single "Burden" to Lansing
Tuesday the 2nd · 6 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $40.14 · All Ages
Delta Sleep, Michael Cera Palin, Computer
Brighton math rock outfit Delta Sleep headlines with Atlanta emo trio Michael Cera Palin and a stacked undercard of intricate indie
Friday the 5th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $34.02 · All Ages
Ellis Bullard
Texas honky-tonk band Ellis Bullard mixes classic country with rock elements, fresh off festival runs at ACL and SXSW
Saturday the 6th · 8 PM · The Green Door · $19 · All Ages
Week of June 8th
Pick of the Week
Covet, LITE, Hikes
San Francisco math rock trio Covet headlines a loaded instrumental bill with Tokyo's LITE and Austin experimentalists Hikes
Thursday the 11th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $34.02 · All Ages
Texas Hippie Coalition
Denison's Texas Hippie Coalition brings two decades of southern-fried metal and their chart-climbing "Peacemaker" album
Friday the 12th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · $34.02 · All Ages
Week of August 17th
The Michael Allman Band
Southern rock royalty visits Lansing as Michael Allman continues his father's musical legacy with his own band
Friday the 21st · 8 PM · The Green Door · $25 · All Ages
Songs & Stories Tour
Belles, Johnny Gates
East Nashville's Belles brings Loretta Lynn-inspired country to the Door with former Voice contestant Johnny Gates opening
Saturday the 22nd · 7 PM · The Green Door · $19 · All Ages