Max & Ruth Bloomquist

Max & Ruth Bloomquist Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7 pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students Bio: Max and Ruth celebrate 45 years of performing their style of Acoustic Americana, with roots in Folk, Bluegrass, and traditional Country music. Ruth is well known for […]

Steel City Rovers

Steel City Rovers GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students The Steel City Rovers perform dynamic and expressive music that is a unique composite of traditional Celtic music and North American styles including bluegrass, folk […]

Them Coulee Boys

Them Coulee Boys GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, July 1, 2022 at 7 pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students Them Coulee Boys craft a brand of Americana that blends folk, punk, bluegrass, and rock & roll. They sing their conversational songs in 4 […]

Vieness Piano Duo

Vieness Piano Duo GEM OF A SEASON EVENT DuoEva Schaumkell & Vijay Venkatesh Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 2 pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students The Vieness Piano Duo from Los Angeles, with Eva Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh, has enthralled audiences with their electric […]

Blooze Brothers

Blooze Brothers GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, July 22, 2022 at 7pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students This high-powered, choreographed 11-piece show band covers music from the ‘40s to today: Motown, Soul, R & B, Classic Rock, Swing, and of course the music […]

Cold Tone Harvest

Cold Tone Harvest GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7 pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students Southeast Michigan quartet Cold Tone Harvest is no stranger to the slow burn. Even the name evokes the reflective, stock-taking wistfulness of a midwest […]

Kelly Jackson

Kelly Jackson GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 7pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students Kelly Jackson, a tribal member of the Lac du Flambeau Band, is a singer, songwriter, philanthropist, a tribal advocate, and of course most importantly, a mother […]

Luminae Trio

Luminae Trio GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2 pm Admission: Included in Gem of the Season ‘22 subscription, $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 students THE LUMINAE TRIO, based in New York City, is committed to combining traditional works with lesser known music of the past and present. Individually, its […]

The Way Down Wanderers

The Way Down Wanderers GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, March 31, 2023 7:00 PM The Way Down Wanderers sing like angels but write songs with guts that are unmistakably earthbound: a soon-to-be dad, excited but scared, fighting for self-growth; someone recovering from alcohol dependency, devoted to healing but with a confession to make––there are […]

Karen Morgan, Comedian

Karen Morgan, Comedian GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, April 21, 2023 7:00 PM Karen Morgan was born and raised in Athens, Georgia but now calls Maine home. A former trial attorney, she began her professional comedy career as a Finalist on Nickelodeon Television’s “Search for the Funniest Mom in America.” Karen’s comedy specials can […]

Dave Sharp World’s Quartet

Dave Sharp World's Quartet GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Sunday, May 7, 2023 2:00 PM Recognized in the Jazz Times 2010 Critic’s Poll, the DAVE SHARP WORLDS QUARTET masterfully blends rhythms, sounds, and textures from across the globe with world music inspired original compositions. Featuring oud, violin, electric bass, synthesizer and world percussion, the WORLDS […]

War Bonds – The Songs and Letters of World War II

War Bonds - The Songs and Letters of World War II GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Saturday, May 27, 2023 7:00 PM WAR BONDS: The Songs and Letters of World War II " is a musical journey through a war that redefined the world. This multi-media living history cabaret is interspersed with personal letters from […]

Michigan I-O

Michigan I-O GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, June 23, 2023 7:00 PM In the 19th century, while the lumber and mining trades prospered in Michigan, so did the folk tradition. That’s owed mainly to the workers themselves, who, after a hard winter spent felling trees, or a dangerous voyage in a freighter filled with […]

The Blooze Brothers

The Blooze Brothers GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, July 21, 2023 7:00 PM For over a quarter of a century (yes, really), the Blooze Brothers Band has been one of Chicagoland’s most in-demand show bands.  They not only honor the music made by the original Blues Brothers in movies, & TV, but also embrace […]

Mustard’s Retreat

Mustard's Retreat GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Saturday, August 19, 2023 7:00 PM Mustard’s Retreat has always sung the songs they enjoyed and cared about, regardless of the trends of the music industry and pop culture. They are committed to simply being themselves, not chasing fame or brass rings, while delighting in and connecting with […]

Fourever Fab

Fourever Fab GEM OF A SEASON EVENT Friday, September 8, 2023 7:00 PM Fourever Fab and its founding members have been performing the hits of the world’s most-loved lads, The Beatles, for over twenty years.  From the Asia-Pacific to the east coast of the US, audiences have fallen in love all over with the magic that […]