Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Sun
7
July 7 @ 7:30 pm

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

The music of Asheville, North Carolina based outfit Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters is nuanced, bringing insight and wit to the stories Platt tells through songwriting. Lyrically driven, the band’s country roots music often inspires introspection, whether it be about life on the road, heartache, or hope.

$20
Thu
27
June 27 @ 8:00 pm

Jared Deck Band

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

Jared Deck has been praised for his “powerful, beautiful voice” by Alejandro Escovedo. Raised on the dusty plains of an Oklahoma family farm, Jared worked in the fields as well as the town grocery, owned by his parents. Later he worked in an oilfield and a factory. During the Great Recession he got by with a job as a pianist in a Black church, where over the next six years, he received an unparalleled musical education. His songs tell stories in an honest voice of Midland America. “The American Dream” won first place in the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. 

$20
Tue
13
August 13 @ 7:30 pm

Iris DeMent

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

The youngest of 14 children, Iris DeMent was born in Paragould, Arkansas, and moved to California with her devoutly religious family when she was three. As a teenager she absorbed the country music of Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash, as well as the folk classics of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Her 1992 debut album, “Infamous Angel,” distilled these influences into a poetic yet down-to-earth songwriting style. With a heartfelt, homespun voice that listeners recognize instantly, Iris released some of the most powerful roots albums of the 1990s with the beautifully sparse “My Life” and the harder-edged “The Way I Should.” Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces.

$35
Fri
13
Special Event
September 13 @ 7:30 pm

Old Crow Medicine Show

Michigan Theater 603 East Liberty Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

Old Crow Medicine Show’s concerts are legendary thanks to the band’s virtuosity and breakneck tempos, their strong original songwriting and deep respect for traditional American music. Their rise began in 2000 after a chance meeting with the flatpicking guitar and mountain music legend Doc Watson, when the band was busking on a street corner in Boone, North Carolina. Over the years, their string band revival sound has found a growing legion of fans hungry for roots music and it has captured the hearts of acclaimed artists like John Prine, Gillian Welch and Marty Stuart who helped propel their music. 

$50, $60, $70, VIP packages available
Sat
3
August 3 @ 8:00 pm

The Tim Shelton Syndicate

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

The Tim Shelton Syndicate is made up of NewFound Road co-founders Tim Shelton and Jr. Williams as well as NFR alum, Joe Booher on mandolin, Pittsburgh native, Avery Welter on guitar, and Sam Lauderbaugh on bass. In short order, The Tim Shelton Syndicate has proven to be an exciting and powerful presence on stage. The band effortlessly transitions from hard driving, intense bluegrass tunes to heart wrenching country ballads, adding elements of classic rock, all while remaining anchored to Bluegrass music.

$20
Sun
12
May 12 @ 7:30 pm

Robbie Fulks & Scott Miller

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His current release, “Bluegrass Vacation” on Compass Records, returns him to his bluegrass roots, with a large group of masterful musicians including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, and many more. Recently inducted to the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, fiery roots-rock singer/songwriter Scott Miller returned to his native Virginia to tend the family farm while continuing to release and perform new music informed by that rural area, history, and Appalachia.

$25
Wed
13
March 13 @ 8:00 pm

The Shootouts

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

Hailing from Akron, Ohio, The Shootouts are known for their energetic blend of honky-tonk, Americana, and Western swing. The band has been nominated for “Best Honky Tonk Group” at the 2023 and 2024 Ameripolitan Music Awards – a nomination the band was also honored with in 2020. In 2023, The Shootouts released their third album, “Stampede,” kicking off their album release tour with their Grand Ole Opry debut. The album features special guest appearances from Ray Benson & Asleep at The Wheel, Marty Stuart, Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, and Raul Malo.

$20
Thu
13
June 13 @ 8:00 pm

The Whiskey Charmers

Opener: The Darkness Brothers

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

The Whiskey Charmers’ captivating Spaghetti Western sound is cinematic in scope and evokes imagery of a lonesome desert highway. This evening they celebrate the release of their fifth album.

$20
Wed
22
May 22 @ 8:00 pm

Tim Easton

The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States

A mainstay of American roots music for more than 20 years, Tim Easton crafts songs that blur the lines between folk, blues, and workingman’s rock & roll. It’s an honest sound influenced not only by the flat-pickers and folksingers who came before him, but also the arc of Easton’s own experience. Born within a stone’s throw of the Niagara River, he spent his childhood in upstate New York and midwestern Ohio, raised on the sounds of trailblazers like Doc Watson and Woody Guthrie. Following in his heroes’ footsteps, he grew into a modern-day troubadour, busking his way around Europe for the better part of a decade before heading back home to America.

$20
Wed
21
Special Event
August 21 @ 6:30 pm

The Avett Brothers

With Special Guest: Sammy Rae & The Friends

Masonic Temple Theatre

Three-time Grammy Award nominees The Avett Brothers made mainstream waves with their 2009 major label debut “I And Love And You.” In 2016, the band was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Their latest album, “The Third Gleam” debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, #1 Rock Albums, and #1 Vinyl Albums. “Swept Away” – a musical inspired by & featuring the music of The Avett Brothers – premiered in January 2022 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre to rave reviews from audiences and critics and is currently in D.C. for a limited pre-Broadway engagement at Arena Stage.

$45, $55, $69.99, $89.99, $129.99, $250