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April 2018
Cosmic Strings
This Jam-Folk trio from Madison, WI, featuring Emma Bee ,Spencer Houghton and Tyler Willenbrink plays a variety of musical styles and genres. Their songs are a combination of collaborations and original tunes played in an original folk style all their own.
Find out more »Jones O’Marro J.O.B. Blues Band
The blues band collaboration of guitarist Max Jones and harpist Shawn O’Marro has been best described as, “...a grotesque, filthy abomination insulting everything mannerly and decent in modern western industrial society…” and “...fun in the same style as pig wrestling in your prom dress”.
Find out more »The Hook Up
The Hook Up is a dirty rock & roll trio formed in Appleton, WI. Their music is driven with compelling hooks, and lyrical density that will take the listener on a musical journey. Harry Right and Nicholas Rodello are the dynamic duo that make up the backbone of the group. With two lead singers the band offers original music that infuses their unique styles, while still feeling like cohesive works. It's as if Weezer, Foo Fighters and The Raconteurs melded…
Find out more »Seth Raddatz
Seth Raddatz in concert, solo and with special guests! Seth Raddatz weaves folk-rock and country styles with haunting and heartfelt lyrics, ushering in the new folk generation. His songs reflect a passion for life and the universal hardships that life brings, with all the heart of new love, and the wisdom of an old soul.
Find out more »WVC Album Release // Appleton
Come celebrate the release of the Wisconsin Vinyl Collective Volume Two charity album, benefiting the Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund. http://wivinyl.com/ Tickets on sale right now for this amazing charity event!! https://wivinyl-appleton.brownpapertickets.com/ Featuring performances by: J-Council // https://www.facebook.com/jcouncilmusic/ Zach Pietrini Band // https://www.facebook.com/zachpietrini/ Tundra Blood // https://www.facebook.com/tundrablood Boom Forest // https://www.facebook.com/theboomforest/ Peridot // https://www.facebook.com/peridotband/ WVC Partners: Heat For Heroes Noon Thirty Design Stone Arch Tundraland Mile of Music Sooper Dooper MarxUn Promotions Hamtone Audio
Find out more »KBP–Kal Bergendahl Project
The Kal Bergendahl Project (KBP) is a six-piece instrumental jazz-funk band. The vibrant unit features some of SE Wisconsin’s most familiar jazz faces displaying extraordinary musicianship and technical precision.Blending free-flowing funk and memorable melodies; the ensemble is driven by a stellar horn section. Groove and melodic hooks are constantly weaved in their deeply focused musical landscape of Jazz-Funk, R&B and Soul. By exercising the vocabulary of popular music in the environment of jazz, KBP has a youthful, pop edge permeating their sound.“Melody, melody, melody.” says composer…
Find out more »Small Forest
Small Forest is as original singer/songwriter progressive folk/pop band from Door County. Jeanne Kuhns and Marybeth Mattson on acoustic guitar and lead & harmony vox, w/ Patrick Palmer on bass/backup vox. http://www.smallforestmusic.com/index/
Find out more »The Listening Party
GMH is proud to welcome back Listening Party! Americana/Folk rock trio out of Milwaukee, WI that has put their own twist on acoustic music. Stories of love and personal struggle are presented playfully and performed sincerely by singer-songwriter, Weston Mueller. He is complemented by crafty musicianship from mates Joshua Hester (Mandolin, Guitar, Bass) and Jacob Wood (piano, vocals); former California surf rock bassist and music education teacher, respectively. Recently, they have been featured on NPR and also are repeat performers…
Find out more »Marah in the Mainsail and FEATherWOLF 6:30pm Sat. 4/28
SHOW INFO: WHO: Marah in the Mainsail AND FEATherWOLF WHEN: Saturday, April 28 Show starts at 6:30p.m. (Doors open at 4:30 p.m.) WHERE: Gibson Music Hall 211 W. College Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911 TICKETS: $8 (+fees) Online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3391747 $10 at-the-door OTHER: Must be 21+ Cinematic is the word most often used to describe Minneapolis based Marah in the Mainsail's sound. Precise yet primitive jungle drums set the stage for the eclectic…
Find out more »Mile of Music Presents: Hayward Williams Record Release Show!
Mile of Music Presents & Gibson Music Hall Present: Hayward Williams Record Release Concert! Four-time Mile of Music alumnus Hayward Williams returns to Appleton for a special record release concert promoting his new album, Title. This listening-room experience features an exclusive full-band performance from Hayward Williams! You don't want to miss this great Sunday showcase at Gibson Music Hall! Tickets are FREE to 2018 Music-Makers before April 26 & $5 for Music-Makers AFTER April 26. Tickets are $10 to the…
Find out more »May 2018
Altered Five Blues Band
For 15 years, Altered Five Blues Band has been winning audiences with a swaggering stomp of bruising, barrelhouse grit. According to Downbeat magazine, frontman Jeff Taylor “sings powerfully” and “Jeff Schroedl’s live-wire guitar reaches the high bar of mixed invention and fluidity.” Blues Bytes magazine declares the group features “the funkiest rhythm section outside of Memphis.” For its fourth album, Charmed & Dangerous, the Milwaukee-based quintet joins forces with Blind Pig Records, one of the world’s premiere blues labels. Produced by multi-Grammy-winner Tom…
Find out more »The Family Business
After twelve years together, one thing has remained constant for Wisconsin rock & rollers the Family Business - it's always been about the music. "Looking back to when we started out, most of us were still in High School, so a lot has changed for each one of us personally. Somehow we've all remained very close friends who still like making music together," says bassist Garrett Wartenweiler. And they haven't just made music, they've done so at a proli c…
Find out more »Paladino
Equally rich in meaning and melody, Paladino delivers honest, heartfelt lyrics and soaring, stirring harmonies. Their songs blend genres (Americana Rock, Indie Folk, Progressive Bluegrass) with poetic imagery and novelistic detail, shot through with real emotion and dynamic musicality. Founded in late 2014, long-term friends Mark Harrig (mandolin/vocals/guitar) and former band member Phil Wamser (concertina/keyboard) set out to start a bluegrass band. Having picked up a mandolin and concertina, they both joked about their miniature instruments and thought to start…
Find out more »They GuanUS
TheyGuanUs -A Mexican/American Fusion Reggae Band. From Milwaukee Wi. Buena Vibra/Musica. Influences: Los cafres, Dread Mar I , Cultura Profetica, Bob Marley https://www.reverbnation.com/theyguanus
Find out more »Wild Skies
While Wild Skies has carved out their own, unique sound at the intersection of folk, rock and Americana, the band members have come from all different musical backgrounds, each of them bringing a different perspective to the collaboration. That diversity, at its core, is what has helped Wild Skies forge their own path and distinctive sound. The Chicago based foursome came together through a series of Craigslist ads posted by Ohio transplant and singer/songwriter Aaron Lechlak while searching for band…
Find out more »Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames
Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames, an authentic blues band from Chicago with versatile talent, variety, and a cohesive show. Their blues is classic in nature, the standards are revitalized with striking three part vocal harmony, three vocal stylists, Passionate slide guitarist, Dave Weld schooled from Grammy Winning Master J.B. Hutto, along with blues diva and Rami winner Monica Myhre, Red Hot Saxman Rogers Randle, Jr, creamy voice of Jeff Taylor with a solid beat on drums and tight, rock…
Find out more »Tom Theabo & Janet Planet “Still Crazy After All These Years”
“Planet Theabs” Tom Theabo & Janet Planet Yup! One of the many performances during our illustrious careers was the “Casbah Cafe”, College Ave., Appleton. We’re BAAAACCCCCKKK!! Gibson Music Hall will be the host and there will be some wonderful surprises!!Can’t wait to share with you some guest artists along with some of the songs that we love to play. Come early 7:30-9:30. http://www.janetplanet.com/events/gibson-music-hall-tom-theabo-janet-planet-still-crazy-after-all-these-years/
Find out more »June 2018
Gibson Music Hall’s 1st Anniversary! June 1st, 2018
This Friday, June 1st come celebrate our 1st anniversary with 3 awesome bands, Spatola, The Jay Edward Band, Dirty Deuce! NO COVER! Spread the word! We truly thank each and every one of you for all your help and support! Cheers to many more years!
Find out more »Gary Weber
Gary has been singing and playing guitar since high school. He studied classical guitar in Vermont and jazz and blues guitar in Ann Arbor Michigan. He became a very sought after lead guitar player for rock bands while in high school and formed a number of folk groups in college. Gary is one of a few solo artists to have headlined at Art Street and His Oasis (Plainfield, Wisconsin) multiple times. Gary is an advanced guitarist / vocalist / entertainer…
Find out more »Sweet Delta Dawn
Sweet Delta Dawn is a four piece rock ensemble from Madison, Wisconsin consisting of a talented group of musicians/songwriters with a strong technical experience in sound engineering, and software design. Starting in 2012, Sweet Delta Dawn has been a staple in the Madison jam community ever since. Together, they tell a futuristic tale of American life with a wholesome blend of the past. Covering a variety of folk, classic rock, jazz, funk, and modern music alongside a multicultural mix of…
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