Nashville-based Mike Miz is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Northeast Pennsylvania known for soulful and energetic live performances.

https://youtu.be/JWTLbB51f7U

https://youtu.be/B6CF-tpUAc4

https://youtu.be/oEFhqviYj_o

He has had the privilege to open for Jason Isbell, Jakob Dylan, Blues Traveler, Derek Trucks, America, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lukas Nelson, Shawn Colvin, Leon Russell, Chris Isaak, Peter Wolf, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and many more.

His 2021 single ‘Virginia’ was called “a monster of a jam rocker” by Rolling Stone. The new album ‘Only Human’ came out on LA based Blackbird Record Label on April 14 2023.

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket sales go to the artist.

Come celebrate St. Patrick's Day with On The Lash, one of Michigan's hottest rising Irish trad bands. The four members of OTL bring accomplished fiddle, flute, mandolin, guitar chops and tight harmonies to established classics and new arrangements alike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=152_AqwNa3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-iuZHrES0

The band never fails to tap into the inherent energy and versatility of the genre. Their last show at Stony Lake sold out, so don't wait to reserve your seats.

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, all ticket proceeds go to the artists!

Three-time Grammy nominee Peter Case, a rocker who helped usher in what we know today as Americana music, is bringing his incredible songwriting gifts to Stony Lake Brewing in Saline.

As a founding member of the early punk era trio The Nerves, in 1977 Case toured the nation sharing bills with the Ramones, Mink DeVille, Pere Ubu, and Devo. The Nerves single “Hanging on the Telephone,” was covered by Blondie.

In 1979, Case formed the Plimsouls, a record-breaking live act in California, recording albums for Planet/Elektra and Geffen. Their independent single, “A Million Miles Away,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgBMNhsKU) entered the Billboard charts and remains a garage rock standard.

After the Plimsouls, Case rediscovered his musical roots on his self-titled solo debut, produced by T Bone Burnett. The New York Times declared Peter Case the best album of 1986. It earned a five-star Rolling Stone review and a Grammy nomination.

As one of the first songwriters of his generation to turn from rock music toward an acoustic sound, Case also helped usher in what became known as Americana music with songs like “Two Angels” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRXS6V_LPf4

He made his network television debut on Late Night with David Letterman in 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jltLomuNmao

“I try to take things I love and use them in a new way,” Case says of his 16th solo album, “Doctor Moan,” an 11-song collection, largely performed on piano. Released by Sunset Blvd Records on March 31, Case’s piano-based songs are emotionally, sonically and stylistically rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUR3fgMSbCs

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket sales go to the

Gerry O’Connor, one of the great fiddle players of his generation, grew up in the town of Dundalk, County Louth in a family of musicians, dancers and singers.

From an early age Gerry was involved Irish music and dance, winning numerous All Ireland titles between 1967 and 1973 in a range of formations including duet, trio and four Céili Band titles.

He has played and recorded with such highly regarded groups as Lá Lúgh (Eithne Ní Uallacháin, Sony Music) and Skylark (Len Graham, Gary O’Briain & Mairtin O’Connor). Gerry has toured and recorded with members of all the legendary groups including Planxty, Bothy Band, De Dannan, Boys of the Lough and Chieftains. His solo album “Journeyman” was counted in the top five Albums of the year 2004 by the Irish Times.

He is currently touring and has recorded 6 albums with much celebrated Irish-Canadian group The Irish Rovers.

Tonight, Gerry is performing with guitarist Don Penzien whose dexterous work on DADGAD-tuned guitar provides solid, driving rhythms to traditional tunes as well as perceptive and sensitive accompaniments to songs and airs. Don is a Michigan native with strong roots in Irish culture and an affinity for Irish traditional music.

He now resides in NC where he works as Professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1NseZVOHX0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXtgauXZhJU

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=179600532965723

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket proceeds go to the artists.

On clawhammer banjo, Allison de Groot has become a significant voice in the traditional, Americana and roots music scenes. Her style is adventurous and grounded, and No Depression writes it “transports the listener to a different plane”.

Nic Gareiss, one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” is a singular voice in the realm of dance, music, and the traditional arts. Gareiss’ work draws from many percussive dance practices to weave together a technique facilitating his love of improvisation, clog, flatfoot, and step dance.

Together, they lean into their rhythmic and spontaneous musical connection.

Their latest release ’The Thrill’ included on NPR’s 'Best Roots Music of The Year’ list. https://nicandallison.bandcamp.com/video

Like all Acoustic Routes shows at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of the cover goes to the artists!

The Whiskey Charmers are a Detroit-based band led by Carrie Shepard and Lawrence Daversa. Fans have often compared their sound to riding through the desert with the top down, or the feeling of being in some lonesome smoky bar off the side of an abandoned highway, or music from a Spaghetti Western.

Check out Straight and Narrow (https://youtu.be/m2a5uGTcTGg?si=nIKRetU3Kz097nf-) and Nobody Cares (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYCngWqzDCk) and Late Night Driving (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Q9DMtGXYk)

William P Davis (Former Deputy Director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville) says of the band, “I’ve heard a lot of good musicians. The Whiskey Charmers remind me of no one – and, to me, that is one of the best compliments an act can receive.”

Ken Capobianco, Boston Globe Music Critic describes their latest release as a “sharply executed and evocative set of Americana rock filled with superbly arranged songs about the struggle to find connections, a sense of home, and a center in a ghost town of a world”.

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket sales go to the artists!

"Originality, solid musicianship, amazing vocals and an openness to experimentation...Hey Mavis has the qualities I love in a great band,"
Adam Aijala, Yonder Mountain String Band

Banjoist/songwriter Laurie Michelle Caner and violinist/fiddler Eddie Caner formed Hey Mavis while serving as artists-in-residence in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Hey Mavis has appeared on NPR’s Mountain Stage, NPR’s Whad'ya Know?, and PBS’s Songs from the Center. The group has performed standing-room-only shows at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival as well as nine consecutive sell-out concerts in their hometown of Akron Ohio. In 2018, Melissa Etheridge personally chose Hey Mavis to perform on her music cruise featuring Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan.

Check out these amazing performances:

Red Hot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4C_9xdvMRY&t=8s
Love We Give: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4V4_GWdLcI

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket sales go to the band!

Guitar virtuoso Dakota Dave Hull from the Twin Cities, a veteran of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion and the musician who played at the inaugural Acoustic Routes Concert 10 years ago, is returning to Saline with his arsenal of guitars in tow.

Dakota Dave plays a uniquely personal blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and vintage pop, all fingerstyle. He has recorded or performed with legends, including Utah Phillips, Doc Watson, Dave Van Ronk, John Renbourn and Norman Blake.

Check out this fancy fretwork and picking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OkuqN8VKmg...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6KeqkPCFew...

The Boston Globe wrote that “Hull is something of a guitar god in his native Midwest, where he's been dazzling audiences for over 30 years with his lush finger-picking and quicksilver flat-picking. He is also a sly raconteur with an encyclopedic knowledge of vintage American music.”

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket proceeds to go the artist.

When 2020 brought us lemons, Voxanna made lemonade.

The result of two musician couples combining their talent during lockdown to pass the time and stay sane, Voxanna’s sound is uniquely eclectic, groove focused and drenched with three-part harmonies and sparkling acoustic guitar.

Their songs travel deftly through the realms of neo folk, psychedelic rock and jazz with touches of The Byrds, Miles Davis and the sentimental musicals of the 1950’s, with a world beat sound provided by the rhythm section.

Check out Time Stands Still https://youtu.be/zK5slCtrhX8 and

Free Fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXQgtcadHM!

Reserve your seats in advance…Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake, 100% of the cover goes to the artists!

Award-winning Aberdeenshire folksinger Iona Fyfe, one of Scotland’s finest singers, is deeply rooted in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland.

Critics and fans from across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia praise her hauntingly beautiful singing in both English and the Scots language, and her infectiously gorgeous style is on fully display in songs like The Cauld (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFDXfzXoJVs) and Guise of Tough (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVHjc1qAUU).

In 2021, she became the first singer to win the coveted title of Musician of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, and her major concert events include performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as part of the world premiere of the Disney-Pixar film “Brave” at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket proceeds go directly to the artists.

Cup O’Joe is a progressive folk and bluegrass band founded and based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland by three siblings Tabitha, Benjamin and Reuben Agnew, later joined in 2019 by Tabitha’s husband David Benedict. Their unique mix of original compositions and re-imagined traditional songs paired with their lively performances has given them a growing presence in the acoustic music scene surrounding Ireland, The United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, and beyond.

Like every Acoustic Routes show at Stony Lake, 100% of ticket proceeds go straight to the artists!

The Bootstrap Boys exist in the same world that Waylon Jennings inhabited: unfiltered country rock that has attitude yet keeps your foot tapping.

Hailing from Grand Rapids, the band is made up of lead singer and songwriter Jake Stilson (“Big Jake Bootstrap”), guitarist Nick Alexander (“Nicky Bootstrap”), bassist Jonny Bruha (“Jonny ‘Bubba’ Bootstrap”) and drummer Jeff Knol (“Jeff Bootstrap”).

Listen to any of their original songs and you'll hear the influence of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Bob Wills on the sound, along with technical masters such as Tony Rice, Kenny Vaughan and Clint Strong.

Here a few cuts to whet your appetite:

City Livin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3l6pQ1sjI
Strong Drinks for Heavy Hearts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tc-QGFYjAU
Some Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT09c8UnIRE

Like every Acoustic Routes show at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket proceeds to go the band.

Nashville based singer-songwriter Chloe Kimes is following up her set at Ann Arbor's Sonic Lunch concert series with her first-ever show at Stony Lake Brewing!

Chloe's Ludington-born, but she has honed her craft in Nashville, where she earned recognition from NPR's Emerging Artist Spotlight as one of "10 Nashville Artists on the Rise."

Take a listen and you'll hear an old-soul sensibility for storytelling in a spirited alt-country outfit.

Here's "Thunder": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZe5guvj7A4

and "I'll Be Going": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV8_VSZ0psI

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of ticket proceeds go straight to the artists!

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023 AT 8 PM

Acoustic Routes' 10th anniversary celebration continues with the return of Luke Winslow-King to Stony Lake Brewing along side the slide guitar master Roberto Luti of New Orleans (via Livorno, Italy).

Luke's impressive body of work combines Mississippi delta blues, folk music, traditional jazz, and roots rock & roll. His alchemical songs blend contemporary ideas with styles from bygone eras producing a sound that is rustic and urbane, elegant and entirely his own. When he's backed by Roberto's hot licks on his Strat or his steel-bodied National guitar, watch out!

Check out "Watch Me Change" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8au-KrA5snU, "Lissa's Song" and this live pandemic era street concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TbDc2MVvc and hear for yourself why they've built such a large and growing international following.

Like all Acoustic Routes Concerts at Stony Lake Brewing, 100% of the cover goes to the artists!

Reserve your seats in advance - this is an intimate space and you don't want to miss this show!

Acoustic Routes is celebrating 10 years of bringing live music to Saline with an incredible two nights of music in April featuring old friends and some new ones!

For our celebration finale, we're welcoming Wilson Thicket -- Michigan's newest bluegrass supergroup with virtuoso picker Jason Dennie on mandolin and vocals, Scott Kendall on bass, Keith Billik on banjo and vocals and Aaron Markovitz on guitar, mandolin and vocals -- to Stony Lake Brewing. Expect plenty of roots and lots of grass. There may be some thorns but also some flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v05sTDAtLV8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEr0fB7smw

Like every Acoustic Routes show in Saline, 100% of the ticket price goes straight to the artists.

Acoustic Routes is celebrating 10 years of bringing live music to Saline with an incredible two nights of music in April featuring old friends and some new ones!

For Night #1, Peter Madcat Ruth’s C.A.R.Ma Quartet – the latest project from the Grammy Award-winning harmonica legend – is returning to Stony Lake Brewing!

Joining Madcat are three virtuoso players from the Ann Arbor area with international reputations -- Grammy-winning tabla player John Churchville, Macpodz founder Brennan Andes on bass and multi-genre singer and guitarist Dan Ripke.

The range of musical influences they bring to the party – from jazz and blues to rock, funk and Indian drumming – brings new perspectives to traditional music and opens the door for some amazing improvisations.

Here's just a taste! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTK8D35NjYQ

Like all Acoustic Routes shows in Saline, 100% of ticket proceeds to to the artists!

A Steel City Rovers concert stands out for the group’s dynamic and expressive arrangements of traditional Celtic music, bluegrass, folk and American roots music.

With incredible vocals and expert musicianship on guitar, fiddle, pipes, mandola and percussion, they breathe life into newly- instrumental melodies from centuries ago and their original works touch on love, loss, celebration and heritage.

In this special Winter Tidings concert, they bring their incredible talents and passion to a celebration of the holiday season.

The cover is $20 per person and like all Acoustic Routes shows at Stony Lake, all proceeds go to the band!

In honor of Irish traditional music, the four members of On The Lash create timeless sounds through original voices.
With new takes on classic songs and original constructions of established standards, OTL aims to explore the inherent energy and versatility of the genre.
$15
100% of ticket sales go to the band.

Join is in the intimate 50-person tasting room of Stony Lake Brewing for an evening with Tony McManus, listed as one of the 50 transcendental guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine and hailed by John Renbourn as ‘the best Celtic guitarist in the world,’

Born in Paisley, near Glasgow, Tony’s surname is the legacy of an Irish grandfather, McManus. His fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with still further-ranging flavors, such as jazz and east European music.

Long applauded for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristic of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings, McManus is increasingly being acknowledged also as a pioneering figure in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres.

The cover is $20 and 100% goes to the artists.

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Peter Madcat Ruth’s C.A.R.Ma Quartet – the latest project from the Grammy Award-winning harmonica legend – is coming to Stony Lake Brewing in Saline on Friday, September 23 at 8 p.m.

Joining Madcat are three virtuoso players from the Ann Arbor area with international reputations -- Grammy-winning tabla player John Churchville, Macpodz founder Brennan Andes on bass and multi-genre singer and guitarist Dan Ripke.

The range of musical influences they bring to the party – from jazz and blues to rock, funk and Indian drumming – brings new perspectives to traditional music and opens the door for some amazing improvisations.

The cover is $18 and 100% goes to the artists.

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Unmistakably Nordic in flavor, Sofia Talvik somehow still conforms to American interpretations of her own original music, a North Sea siren blending sparkle and melancholy, creating a special niche of folk music.

The cover is $15 and 100% goes to the artist.

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Annie and Rod have done it all, from rock to musical theater. While they draw from a wide range of genres and influences, what comes out is a hybrid sound all their own -- songs about broken things and poignant little ponderings delivered with a rootsy vibe, a touch of twang and a soulful groove. Better yet -- they have an arsenal of new songs and a record in the works!

Join us for a great night of music and high gravity ales.

The cover is $15 and 100% goes to the artists.

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North Sea Gas is one of Scotland’s most popular folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Harmonica, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUUf5T3o1U4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63hSugNc3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU_XjqE2aDY

Get ready for a rousing night of sing-along vocals, big heartfelt ballads and tongue-in-check humor!

The cover is $20. Reserve your seats early at Stonylakebrewing.com . All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the artists!

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The Steel City Rovers' shows at Stony Lake Brewing and The Saline Celtic Festival are legendary.

Each show is a masterclass in the power of traditional Irish, Scottish and American roots music to stir you emotions.

They have an incredible repertoire of jigs, airs, reels and ballads propelled by powerful lead vocals, rich harmonies, fiddle, guitar and even the Scottish small pipes.

Join us for a night to remember! It will be an intimate show, so reserve your seats now. The cover is $18 per person and like all Acoustic Routes shows at Stony Lake, all proceeds go to the band!

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We are very lucky to welcome the Bierkeller Boys Oompah Band BACK to Stony Lake Brewing for a Sunday Brunch/Lunch performance. Join us for this special concert performance from Noon - 2pm. Reserve your table today!

The cover is just $10 per person, 100% to the band!

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America’s premier youth fiddling show band from Saline is returning to Stony Lake Brewing. The musicians, all from Saline High School, present an energetic and polished show that features a diverse range of music from American folk, fiddle, bluegrass, jazz, western swing, and Celtic traditions.

Advance reservations requested. 100% of the $10 cover does to the artists!

It's a holiday tradition for us to host our great friend, the singer, songwriter and master guitar and mandolin picker Jason Dennie for a night bluegrass, rock and folk tunes just before the season gets really crazy. The show is always amazing and the date's his as long as we're all vertical.

This year, Jason will be joined by another roster of great musicians, bassist John Sperendi, banjo picker Keith Billick and Rochelle Clark on vocals and guitar.

Reserve your seats in advance at Stony Lake's website and join us for a night of great tunes and strong ales.

The cover is $15 and 100% goes to the artists to pay for bail, strings and parking tickets.

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See you at the brewery!

Beer, Brats, and Polka... does anything go better together?

Join us for a rare brunch/lunch show as we welcome the Bierkeller Boys for their first-ever performance on the east side of the state!

BRATS AND SIDES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE SHOW.

Reserve your table today as seating is limited.

Cover is just $10 per person.
100% to the band!

Reserve your table today! The cover is just $10 per person, 100% to the band!

BUY TICKETS HERE

The Bierkeller Boys are (as far as we know) the Midwest's premier polka-playing tuba quartet. These four low brass aficionados specialize in what tubas do best — oompah music — including traditional and contemporary German-American polkas, waltzes, marches, folk songs, light music, and other dances.

They regularly perform across the Midwest, spreading Gemütlichkeit whether they are playing Harmoniemusik for the dining hall or lively dances for the Oktoberfest Biergarten.

Their unique instrumentation, dynamic audience engagement, and varied musical selections create an enjoyable atmosphere, whether you want to dance, sing along, or listen and chat. Their versatile and engaging performances have brought them to contemporary and historic German-American venues alike.

Nessa is a Celtic fusion group led by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist, Kelly McDermott, known for her dazzling flute technique and beautiful, soulful voice. She is joined by co-founder/multi-instrumentalist Rob Crozier to research and arrange the music of Nessa.

Reserve your table today! The cover is just $15 per person, 100% to the band

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This hard-working team re-imagines the ballads and dances of the U.K. and Europe, uniquely blending elements of classical, folk, jazz, funk and world music to create rich, complex musical hybrids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6kR2HQAAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO6lEkHhFPw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Ek9y6WtzE

With no shortage of virtuosity, Nessa includes some of Southeastern Michigan’s hottest players. The band moves audiences with funky reels, “barn burner” jigs, and deep, soulful glimpses of old stories.Nessa has a mystical, dreamy side akin to the music of Loreena McKennitt, an energetic aspect not unlike Solas, a touch of global fusion a la Pentangle and Eilleen Ivers, and a depth and dimension similar to Brian Eno.

The Gavins return to Stony Lake Brewing. Join us for a special concert performance from 7 pm - 8 pm. Then stick around for more music, an open session led by the Gavin family and friends. Reserve your table today! The cover is just $10 per person, which all supports our headliners