Chelsea Festivals & Events

Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights

[Matt Watroba]

MATT WATROBA

Matt Watroba's excellent guitar playing, mellow voice, and sense of humor give his audience a most entertaining and enlightening evening. Watroba's love of folk music has led him to his position of "Folks Like Us" radio host, a position he held for over 19 years on WDET-FM.

THE HUMMINGBIRDS

Three time Detroit Music Award winners The Hummingbirds are certainly creating a buzz of their own.  You can expect a twangy mix of memorable melodies and sweet harmonies from this unique "electro-coustic" duo.  Talented multi-instrumentalist Stephen Grant Wood adds his telecaster twang into the mix, while songwriter, Rachel Lynn lays down the rock steady rhythm with the acoustic guitar. Their harmonies and intertwining of vocals are a signature sound of the group.

BILL BYNUM

Bill Bynum and Company is one of the area's tightest bluegrass bands. Bill's songwriting weaves a tale of a humble man with a gigantic talent for capturing life's lessons in a bluegrass way. Bynum is a regular performer at the Trinity House Theater in Livonia, a 2004 Metro Detroit Songwriting Contest winner, and was voted Open Mic Performer of the Year in 2006 at The Ark and by the Windsor Folk Music Society

Performance Schedule 2008

Click here for a printable performance schedule (PDF file, 11k), with stage location information included.

JUNE 19

Bull Halsey

Josh & Roy

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Hole in the Wall

Natural Phenoneom

Bill Bynum & Co.

Jen Koppin

Derek & the Silver Tops

Dorkestra

Heather Z

Jamie Anderson

Charlotte Prenevost

JUNE 26

FenderBender

Michigan Crazies

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

The Hummingbirds

Derek & the Silver Tops

Motor City Outlaws

Bachelors of Harmony

Phonetic Sound

Big Ben

Bill Personke

Warzak

Heather Z

JULY 3

Dorkestra

Michigan Crazies

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Wes & Friends

Matt Watroba

Robert Jones

Bob Skon Trio

Storm Front

Warzak

Heather Z

JULY 10

Natural Phenomenon

Josh & Roy

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Amelia Raines

Charlotte Prenevost

Afternoon Round

Derek & the Silver Tops

Motor City Outlaws

Black Train

Jamie Anderson

All About Eve

JULY 17

North Creek Fiddlers

Michigan Crazies

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Matt Watroba

Bachelors of Harmony

Storm Front

String Cheese

Royal Garden Trio

Jamie Anderson

Bill Personke

JULY 24

Afternoon Round

Josh & Roy

Balloon Emporium

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

All About Eve

Bull Halsey

The Hummingbirds

Art III

Royal Garden Trio

Amelia Raines

MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS Benefit Concert

JULY 31

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

David Bloom

Michigan Crazies

Balloon Emporium

Charlotte Prenevost

ART III

North Creek Fiddlers

Big Ben

String Cheese

Hole in the Wall

Wes & Friends

AUGUST 7

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Coconut Radio

Josh & Roy

Balloon Emporium

North Creek Fiddlers

Motor City Outlaws

Bull Halsey

Dynamic Duo

Storm Front

Trio Voco

Bill Bynum & Co.

Bill Personke

AUGUST 14

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Jen Koppin

Michigan Crazies

Balloon Emporium

Trio Voco

The Hummingbirds

Coconut Radio

Calliope

Irish Hills Blues Project

Amelia Raines

AUGUST 21

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Calliope

Josh & Roy

Balloon Emporium

Dorkestra

Bachelors of Harmony

Hole in the Wall

Black Train

David Bloom

Dynamic Duo

AUGUST 28

Common Gentry Carriage Rides

Coconut Radio

Warzak

Balloon Emporium

Calliope

Matt Watroba

Irish Hills Blues Project

Art III

Trio Voco

Black Train

Dynamic Duo

Jen Koppin

*Schedule subject to change without notice.

Need more information?

For information, please call the Chelsea Center for the Arts at (734) 433-2787 or email soundsandsights@chelseafestivals.com

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