Blind Dog Hank and the Burdickville Boys played an Empire Area Emergency Fund concert in the Friendly Tavern’s outdoor beer garden on May 26. The venue is for sale, and local musicians hope the beer garden remains a dynamic locale for them to jam. Photo by David Geisler
From staff reports This coming Sunday, June 28, from 4-6 p.m. the Empire Area Community Emergency Funds monthly concert series will be held at The Manor on Glen Lake with a featured performance by “Jazz North” As always these fine musicians and performers are volunteering to donate their time and talent to support the efforts […]
From staff reports The next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert will be held next Sunday, May 31, from 4-6 p.m. at The Manor on Glen Lake. Featured performers are “The Older Than Dirt Boys Band” featuring Adair Correll, Patrick Niemisto, John Kumjian, Kurt Westie and Norm Wheeler who have come together for this event […]
The next Empire Area Emergency Fund concert — which raises money for anonymous local individual in need — will be held on Sunday, March 1, from 4-6 p.m. at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor.
The next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert will be held on Sunday, July 27, from 4 until 6 p.m. at the Empire Museum and will feature a musical performance by recording artists Laura Jean Thompson and Kate Quinby with a special appearance by the legendary Dean Robb as Mark Twain.
Gerry Shiffman, president of the Empire Area Community Center, reports that last Sunday’s Empire Area Emergency Fund Concert was a blast — and marked the two-year anniversary of the unique, community supported effort. The performers at Art’s Tavern were folksinger Jim Crockett along with Chris Skellenger, Patrick Niemisto and the gifted Beach Bards including Norm Wheeler, Bronwyn Jones and Joe Vandermeulen, who played to a full house. The impromptu appearance of Louan Lechler, Sandy Blumenfeld and the Leelanau School’s budding musicians was icing on the cake.
The Empire Area Emergency Fund will hold the next of its monthly concerts on Sunday, Jan. 26 from 4-6 p.m. at Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor. The Awesome Uncle “Z” Band will perform a free live concert. Organizers will pass the bucket to collect free will donations to support the efforts of the Emergency Fund.