2022/2023 Season
With a goal of providing a series of monthly concerts for our community and surrounding cities, the Grand Island Music Series prevents a great variety of musical performances in a number of diverse styles. This includes folk music, bluegrass, jazz, Latin American music, country, pop and classical. The Grand Island Music Series recognizes the diversity in our community and wants to be as inclusive as possible in providing music for the greater Hall County area and beyond.
Concerts at Stuhr Museum are FREE for all.
Concerts at College Park are $15 – Season Passes are Available: artsincorporated.org/GIMS
Students are admitted free to all events.
Catering to each event by the Chocolate Bar of Grand Island
For more information call (308) 850-3307
Mariachi Los Galleros
7 pm Friday, September 30 at Stuhr Museum
FREE ADMISSION
Mariachi Los Galleros represents 26 years of mariachi tradition. In 1996, Miguel Gonzalez, Margarito Gonzalez and Inez Soltero founded Mariachi Los Galleros in Omaha. They have continued to go strong over the years as they added members to the group. Each member brings their musical talents and combined offer traditional mariachi sound, both historic and modern.
The Lightning Bugs
7 pm Tuesday, October 25 at College Park
Admission is $15
The Lightning Bugs are a popular jazz trio specializing in “Moonbeam Swing”. The band’s name is borrowed from the title of the pop music classic, Glow Worm. Smooth vocal harmonies in the Mills Brothers tradition are a hallmark of a Lightning Bugs show. The Bug’s repertoire features jazz and pop standards from the 30s and 40s when the big bands were blowing and the dance floors were crowded.
Jackie Allen & Hans Sturm: Bass Meets Voice
3 pm Sunday, November 13 at College Park
Admission is $15
Jackie and Hans met as students attending UW-Madison in the early 1980s. Inspired by voice/bass duos of Shelia Jordan and Arild Anderson, they began developing a duo repertoire of creative arrangements of standard jazz and popular tunes, and original works. Over the past three decades the duo has released several recordings and appeared on five continents.
Nebraska Brass
7 pm Thursday, December 15 at College Park
Admission is $15
The Nebraska Brass has reached audiences in communities throughout the state since 1987, presenting a five-concert series each season in multiple cities. Members have performed with symphony orchestras throughout the U.S. and are experienced educators. The ensemble features Dean Haist and Brad Obbink, trumpets, Rick Ricker, horn, Mark Mendell, trombone and Bo Atlas, Tuba
The McGovern String Band
3 pm Sunday, January 29 at College Park
Admission is $15
The McGovern String Band plays acoustic Americana and bluegrass featuring the vocals of father and son Kelly and Brian McGovern. The band features Mike McCracken on dobro, Jenny Richardson on upright bass, Matt Richardson on banjo, Lia Havlena on guitar, and Thad Miller on fiddle.
Midnight Wanderers
7 pm Tuesday, February 21 at College Park
Admission is $15
The Midnight Wanderers are composed of Nebraska music scene veteran members Matt Richardson, Jenny Richardson, Thad Miller, Joel Grenemeier, and rotating member Colten Welch. They breathe fresh life into bluegrass, Americana, folk, and country standards with fun arrangements and harmonies that are sure to please.
OTHER CONCERTS INCLUDE:
-Greenblatt and Seay, Tuesday, March 21
-The Toasted Ponies, Tuesday, April 25
-The String Beans, Thursday, May 18
-Brad Colerick, Sunday June 25
-Paddywhack, Tuesday July 18
-Angie Kriz and the Polkatoons, Thursday, Aug. 17
For more information call (308) 850-3307.
