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January 2010

5th Annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest

Comstock Park, Home to the Whitecaps

$35.00 in advance and $40 at the gate if tickets are still available

Mock Winter. Celebrate Beer. Over 35 Michigan microbreweries will be participating in this outdoor beer festival. Located in the outfield parking lot, the booths will be under tents and, weather permitting, a bonfire in the center of it all. Though there will be over 200 brews to keep you warm, remember that this event is held outside and to dress accordingly.

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Extreme Beer Fest

Session one 1:00pm to 4:30pm, session two 6:00pm to 9:30pm. Located at the Boston Center for the Arts in the Cyclorama

$45.00 for both sessions

Click here for tickets

SOLD OUT FOR BOTH SESSIONS

With over 100 Extreme Beers, this festival showcases American brewers that push the boundaries of creative brewing. Its no wonder that Shorts is a big hit every year!

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Short’s After Party at Arie lounge

SBC – raises the bar again – If Short’s knows how to get fancy this is how we do it. We’re featuring SBC art, fancy beers, and fancy clothes in a fancy place! We can’t divulge anymore cause that would ruin our fancy surprise!

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34th White Pine Stampede w/ Team Huma

Cheer on Shorts as the brewers take to the trails and compete for the first time as team Huma. For those who do not wish to race, Shorts Pub is but a stone throw away. For information about the pub, contact us at 231.533.6622

White Pine Stampede – 40km point-to-point cross country race ending at Shanty Creek Resorts. http://www.whitepinestampede.org/

Saturday, February 6^th at Shanty Creek resorts

For race information please call 231.587.8812

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Kung Fu Rodeo

Based out of Northwest Lower Michigan, Kung FU Rodeo, is a band comprised of five veteran musicians with deep musical pockets and a relentless sense of groove. After having played and jammed together in different projects for the past few years, the current lineup was formed in late 2009. K.F.R. leaves no musical stone unturned, with a collection of well-written and interesting originals that showcase the band’s ability to play and meld a variety of styles that run the gamut from rock to blues, reggae to jazz, gospel, latin, world beat, americana, and more. It’s all there, delivered with the conviction, talent, and energy of five individuals who have anchored some of the best bands the Michigan music scene has to offer.

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Macpodz

“Ann Arbor’s jazz rock outfit, The Macpodz, throw some of the coolest parties around. With a little bit of everything in its musical grab bag, The Macpodz easily please music lovers, from fans of far out jazz to those rootsy jam band-style grooves. The inventor and namesake of its own brand of funky dance music, coined ‘disco-bebop,’ The Macpodz pay homage to kinky musical concoctions like the groovy, unstructured big band instrumental works of the late, great Frank Zappa with psychadelic tinges of sunglasses-and-afro era Miles Davis. With two solid albums under its belt and a slew of foot-shuffling fans across the region, The Macpodz impress as only an open-minded band can, taking the core of genuine American music and tossing in tasteful touches of world music grooves and lots and lots of swinging horn licks that rouse and comfort all at once.” -RAB, Toledo City Paper

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Nik James

Nicholas James was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI. His songs are a folksy blend of rock, pop, and bluegrass firmly rooted in a bed of deep country and traditional folk. Wearing his heart on his sleeve his songs are about real life, true love, and heartbreaking loss. Michigan is certainly listed as an influence and the Great Lakes State shines proudly through his music.

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Younce Guitar Duo with Robin Lee Berry

The Younce Guitar Duo along with special guest Robin Lee Berry will be performing standards, original songs and
altered classics. Robin Lee Berry, a native of Michigan, started a professional career in the folk clubs of East Lansing in the late 1970′s. A few years of touring with small children brought her home to northern Michigan to put some roots down and perform, write music and record creating three CD’s.After 20 years of performing in clubs and festivals Robin is currently recording in her own home studio and raising children while building exotic cedar furniture with her husband through their company www.logartinc.com

The Younce Guitar Duo is an inspiring acoustic guitar instrumental duo with dynamic to behold. Together they carve out a time, space and sound that is uniquely balanced, rich with imaginative approach, expression and distinctive guitar interchange. Their music embraces jazz while being vibrantly connected through many genres of music, playing original compositions and original arrangements of well-known songs. Creative and innovative, while accessible and audience friendly, the Younce Guitar Duo’s music is beautifully spoken, intuitively spirited and is played with virtuosity and soul.

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Seth Bernard

Seth Bernard was born and raised on a farm in Lake City, Michigan. After graduating from Lake City High School, Seth opted for a postgraduate year at Interlochen Arts Academy where he studied theatre, music and poetry. As a performer, Seth is equally at home playing his introspective, socially-charged ballads as he is joining a 10 piece electric ensemble on lead vocals, bass, steel or electric guitar. He can shred with the best of them, but also bring it home with stylish, mellow fingerpicking. His singing is intimate and raw. In his latest recording effort, This Here, Seth’s abilities at orchestration are apparent. With nearly 30 participating musicians representing the best of the Michigan folk, jazz and roots scenes, the album is nothing less than epic. It moves with theatric intent, and perhaps the greatest triumphs are the transitions between tunes—each carefully contemplated—bridging themes and ideas throughout the entire piece, the first of a two part life cycle. The second album in the series can be expected to hit the airwaves in the coming months.

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