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Bell’s Back Room Concert: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney “Superwolves” with Emmett Kelly

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

Where once was Superwolf, now roam Superwolves, the new album and demon spawn of Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, out digitally April 30th on Drag City and available physically on June 18th. Today marks the arrival of their new single “Hall of Death,” which follows “Make Worry For Me.” Sweeney and Will Oldham (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) wrote “Hall Of Death” with visionary Tuareg guitarist and producer Ahmoudou Madassane. […]

$27

ARTbreak: The Dance of Social Justice

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Helanius Wilkins has devoted himself to using the lenses of Black masculinity and cutting-edge choreography to rethink race, class, identity, human diversity and tragic turns of inhumanity…”— Clarence E. Page, Pulitzer Prize Journalist, Chicago Tribune. Helanius Wilkins, an award-winning choreographer, performance artist, innovator, and educator based in Boulder, Colorado, will present a lecture-demonstration titled “The […]

Mardi Gras Party – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

WHO'S UP FOR A POST FAT TUESDAY MARDI GRAS PARTY? WE SURE ARE! Save the date for Thursday, March 3rd beginning at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm) with live entertainment from The Kanola Band, jambalaya, Mardi Gras themed burger, King Cake raffle & fresh Consecrator Doppelbock on tap! This event will be free to those 21+ and proof of […]

Free

Hands-On Event at the Kirk Newman Art School

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Create during an evening of art! The biennial Hands-On event is returning to the Kirk Newman Art School on March 4, from 5-8 p.m. Participants can try their hand at several projects, taking home their own masterpieces at the end of the evening. This event is for all skill levels: current students interested in trying […]

$1 – $25

Bell’s Back Room Concert: May Erlewine – Tiny Beautiful Things Album Release

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

Sometimes a book saves your life. It shows up just in time, and you cling to each page. They don’t always tell you love can be an endless stormy ocean, and when your dreams unravel, sometimes you need saving. “Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it […]

$23

Music of The Americas

Miller Auditorium 1341 THEATRE DR, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

We're celebrating the Americas with engaging music from Dvořák, Copland, and Soro and are thrilled to present Derrick Parker in his KSO debut singing Aaron Copland’s playful and sentimental "Old American Songs." The KSO also presents the North American premiere of a major symphony by one of South America’s greatest composers. Chilean Enrique Soro’s "Sinfonia […]

Event Series Rootead in youth

Rootead in youth

Downtown Kalamazoo 162 E Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

For younger children, we’re offering our Rootead in Youth program, which meets once a week on Saturday mornings (March 5th - April 9th) and includes instruction on movement, songs, rhythms, and storytelling centering on the African Diaspora. The program is a great primer for youth who’ll move on to join the RYDC and RYDE programs. […]

$50

2022 Virtual Fretboard Festival

Virtual Event

The Fretboard Festival is a celebration of Kalamazoo's stringed-instrument legacy and musical heritage. The 17th Annual Fretboard Festival by the Kalamazoo Valley Museum will be presented virtually on Saturday, March 5. This year's festival will feature four live-streamed musical performances and three live-streamed workshops. These will not be recorded and will only happen once, so […]

Bell’s Back Room Concert: TIME OUT Tour w/ The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey, Beth Nielsen Chapman

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

TIME OUT is an unforgettable songwriters in the round concert. Reminiscent of a night at the legendary Blue Bird Cafe where award winning writers swap personal stories and inspirational songs in an intimate setting, TIME OUT is a lyric lovers dream. The Accidentals (Sav Buist and Katie Larson) spent the better part of the last year […]

$25

Bell’s Back Room Concert: Cycles

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

Cycles epitomize the power-trio format with ripping guitar, fat bass grooves played out through furious slapping, and viciously dynamic drum beats flowing over intricate tempo changes. Each member wields a unique take on their instrument that when played together, forms a truly fresh and cohesive sound. Patrick Harvey commands the guitar with speed and precision […]

$10

Bell’s Back Room Concert: Armchair Boogie

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

Rising from the forests and rivers of central Wisconsin, Armchair Boogie's high-energy take on the Jamgrass genre fuses intricate arrangements of acoustic guitar and banjo with the funky back beats of electric bass and drums. Augie Dougherty (banjo, vocals) and Ben Majeska (guitar, vocals) started playing together in the fall of 2014 while attending the University […]

$12

🎵 Bell’s Back Room Concert: Todd Snider

Bell's Eccentric Cafe 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo

You don’t often hear about an artist reinventing their sound twenty albums into a celebrated career. But for Todd Snider, his latest release, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, isn’t so much a sudden change in direction as an arrival after years of searching. Since debuting in 1994, Snider has gone through his own incarnations. […]

$30