Past Grand Rapids Events

November

Nov 9, 2013
2013 Breakfast Stout Breakfast – SOLD OUT
9:00 am
$30
Nov 9, 2013
Fauxgrass
with The Northern Skies
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 10, 2013
The Crane Wives and Friends!
9:00 pm
FREE
Nov 14, 2013
Mutts
with The Tosspints, Dustbowl Revival
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 16, 2013
Oracle: 20th Anniversary Show
with Devin and the Dead Frets
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 17, 2013
Cymbals Eat Guitars
with Stagnant Pools
9:00 pm
FREE
Nov 21, 2013
Big Daddy Love
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 23, 2013
Evergreen Grass Band
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 28, 2013
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Thanksgiving
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 30, 2013
Fresh Hops
9:30 pm
$5

December

Dec 5, 2013
Rubblebucket
with Rich Aucoin, Alexis
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 7, 2013
The Main Squeeze
with The Scott Pellegrom Trio
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 12, 2013
Jamaican Queens
with Valentiger, Mail Order Monsters
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 14, 2013
The Ditchrunners
with Left Lane Cruiser
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 15, 2013
The Rad Trads
with The Ridges
8:30 pm
FREE
Dec 19, 2013
Yarn
with Mat Churchill
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 21, 2013
Nathan Kalish and The Wildfire
with Benjamin Riley, Chuck Whiting & His Rowdy Friends
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 26, 2013
Chordis Bell
with Slim Gypsy Baggage
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 28, 2013
A Triple Record Release Party
with The Real Lazy Genius, The Extra Texture, Matt Ten Clay and the Howlers
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 29, 2013
Bernie Worrell Orchestra
9:00 pm
FREE
Dec 31, 2013
Founders New Year’s Eve Party
with Grand Rapids Soul Club
9:30 pm
$5

January

Jan 2, 2014
The Macpodz
with FlyPaper
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 3, 2014
Terrapin Flyer
with Melvin Seals, Mark Karan
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 4, 2014
The Jim Shaneberger Band
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 9, 2014
Bad Veins
with Bangups, AOK
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 11, 2014
March Forth
with Devin and the Dead Frets, AB!, ConvoTronics
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 16, 2014
Ghost Heart
with Morseville Bridge, North Atlantic Drift
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 18, 2014
Gasta
with The Moxie Strings
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 23, 2014
River Whyless
with The Wallace Collective
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 25, 2014
The Coop
with Ty Beat, Vapor Eyes
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 26, 2014
Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
8:30 pm
FREE
Jan 30, 2014
Greg Nagy
9:30 pm
FREE

February

Feb 1, 2014
Rick Chyme
with Molly Bouwsma Schultz & Scott Schultz, Sir Manley
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 6, 2014
Roster McCabe is Night Phoenix
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 8, 2014
The Scott Pellegrom Trio
with Chordis Bell
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 9, 2014
PitchBlak Brass Band
with DJ Providence
8:00 pm
FREE
Feb 13, 2014
The Defibulators
with The Carboys
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 15, 2014
Afro Zuma
with Chance Jones
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 15, 2014
Founders Firkin Freezout
12:00 pm
FREE
Feb 20, 2014
YUM
with Mavericks and Monarchs, Soundmeetsound
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 22, 2014
Terrapin Flyer
with Melvin Seals, Tom Constanten, Mark Karan
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 23, 2014
Graveface Roadshow
with The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Dreamend
9:00 pm
FREE
Feb 27, 2014
Lehnen
with Frank Booth, InAeona
9:30 pm
FREE

March

Mar 1, 2014
Anna Lee’s Company
with Shotgun Soul
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 6, 2014
Max Lockwood and the Michigan Basement
with Gifts or Creatures, The Dan Rickabus Nooftet
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 8, 2014
March Forth
with Lo Mobb, Head, DJ Dean Martian
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 13, 2014
Bloodshot Bill
with The Hooten Hallers
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 15, 2014
PUNKSUHATE
with Ozay Moore, James Gardin, Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish, Cemetary Circus
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 16, 2014
Islands
with Escondido
9:00 pm
FREE
Mar 20, 2014
Eric Lambert and Friends
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 22, 2014
KBS Draft Release Party starring Twiddle
with Medicinal Groove
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 27, 2014
The Ragbirds
with Slim Gypsy Baggage
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 29, 2014
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers
with Chemical Edge
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 30, 2014
The Rad Trads
9:00 pm
FREE

April

Apr 3, 2014
The Appleseed Collective
with Adam Ezra Group
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 5, 2014
Andy Frasco and The U.N.
with The Mainstays
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 10, 2014
Whiskey Shivers
with The Claudettes, Nate Holley
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 12, 2014
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
with Tokyo Morose
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 13, 2014
Caroline Smith
with Vox Vidorra
9:00 pm
FREE
Apr 17, 2014
Dustbowl Revival
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 19, 2014
Black Party 2014
with Nathaniel Rateliff, Caroline Rose, Oracle
11:00 am
$10/$8
Apr 20, 2014
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Easter
12:00 pm
FREE
Apr 24, 2014
Black Eyed Vermillion
with Whiskey Dick
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 26, 2014
The Carboys
with Big Dudee Roo, Ben Daniels Band
9:30 pm
$5

May

May 1, 2014
Serita’s Black Rose
with Joel Rydecki Band
9:30 pm
FREE
May 3, 2014
Mike Adams at his Honest Weight
with Advance Base, Empty Orchestra
9:30 pm
$5
May 8, 2014
The Wallace Collective
with Up the Chain, Bella Ruse
9:30 pm
FREE
May 10, 2014
March Forth
with Lady Ace Boogie, Fly Paper, Lady Reign
9:30 pm
$5
May 15, 2014
O’Death
with Left Lane Cruiser, White Trash Blues Revival, Dead Eye Zack
9:30 pm
FREE
May 17, 2014
7th Annual Bob Dylan Tribute
with Nicholas James and the Bandwagon, Juke Joint Handmedowns, Devin and the Dead Frets, Ian Gorman, Josh Rose
9:30 pm
$5
May 18, 2014
Bad Veins
with Paucity
9:00 pm
FREE
May 22, 2014
Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy
with The Calamity Cubes, Jeff Shepherd and the Jailhouse Poets
9:30 pm
FREE
May 24, 2014
The Concussions
with The Boss Mustangs, VODA
9:30 pm
$5
May 29, 2014
Thick as Thieves
with The Barbarossa Brothers
9:30 pm
FREE
May 31, 2014
Seth Bernard
with Joshua Davis, Stovetop
9:30 pm
$5

June

Jun 5, 2014
Henhouse Prowlers
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 7, 2014
ConvoTronics
with J Rob, Dean Martian, March Forth, Action Figures
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 12, 2014
Pistolbrides
with Sacred Strays, Heaters
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 14, 2014
Crushed Out
with Bruiser Queen, The Extra Texture
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 19, 2014
The Ragbirds
with Birds of Chicago
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 21, 2014
Founders Fest 2014
with Lettuce, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Break Science, The Budos Band, The Giving Tree Band, Fauxgrass, Valentiger, FBC All-Stars
3:00 pm
$25/$20
Jun 26, 2014
The Mainstays
with Rumblefish
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 28, 2014
Mark Lavengood’s Bluegrass Bonanza
9:30 pm
$5

July

Jul 3, 2014
Sidewalk Chalk
with Vox Vidorra
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 5, 2014
Fiesta del Cuatro Chiquito
with Cabildo, Los de Afuera
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 10, 2014
Blair Crimmins & The Hookers
with Rusty & Kelsy Vining and Josh & Alexis Kohns
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 12, 2014
Ventucky String Band
with Run Boy Run
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 17, 2014
After Funk
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 19, 2014
Rick Chyme
with The B.E.A.T., Lady Ace Boogie
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 20, 2014
The Soul Rebels
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 24, 2014
The Go Rounds
with Divino Niño, Maraj
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 26, 2014
The Crane Wives
with The Accidentals, The Collection
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 27, 2014
Trails and Ways
with Valentiger
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 31, 2014
Big Leg Emma
9:30 pm
FREE

August

Aug 2, 2014
Mama Sol and Tha N.U.T.S.
with Devin and the Dead Frets, March Forth w/Bedrock & DJ Dean Martian, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 7, 2014
The Main Squeeze
with Vox Vidorra
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 9, 2014
the Soil & the Sun
with Carbon Tigers
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 10, 2014
2014 Founders Brewing Company Golf Outing
12:00 pm
$60 per player
Aug 14, 2014
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
with Red Tail Ring
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 16, 2014
Dead Gaze
with Heavy Times, Cave Needles
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 21, 2014
Dave Arcari
with The Tosspints, White Trash Blues Revival
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 23, 2014
Fauxgrass
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 28, 2014
Mail Order Monsters
with Noisewaves, Mavericks and Monarchs
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 30, 2014
BADBADNOTGOOD
with Ty Beat, Maraj
9:30 pm
$5

September

Sep 4, 2014
The Kickstand Band
with The Vonneguts, The Cheetahs, Junk Food Junkies
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 6, 2014
Hank Mowery & The Hawktones
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 11, 2014
Jakubi
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 13, 2014
Mat Churchill
with Valentiger, Lambo
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 14, 2014
Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
9:00 pm
FREE
Sep 16, 2014
Mosaic Promise Tapping
4:30 pm
FREE
Sep 18, 2014
Hymn for Her
with Butcher Knives, Slots Crowder and the Rattlesnake Stranglers
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 20, 2014
Alexis
with Tunde Olaniran, Andre Obin, Millie and Jam
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 25, 2014
Matuto
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 27, 2014
Afro Zuma
with Rick Chyme, Azizi Jasper
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 28, 2014
Jessica Lea Mayfield
with Great Caesar
9:00 pm
FREE

October

Oct 2, 2014
Birds of Chicago
with The Appleseed Collective
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 4, 2014
Nicholas James and the Bandwagon
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 9, 2014
Sophistafunk
with The Mainstays
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 11, 2014
Harvest Party 2014
with Whiskey Shivers, The Hooten Hallers, The Carboys, Angela Sheik
11:00 am
$10/$8
Oct 16, 2014
Steppin’ In It
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 18, 2014
Rock for Crash’s
with The Muteflutes, hi-ker, Cabildo, Miss Pussykatt
9:00 pm
$5
Oct 19, 2014
Empires
with Mavericks and Monarchs
9:00 pm
FREE
Oct 23, 2014
Royale
with YUM, North Atlantic Drift
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 25, 2014
Ten Foot Polecats
with Scissormen, Cannibal Ramblers
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 26, 2014
The Toasters
with The Sailor Kicks
9:00 pm
FREE
Oct 30, 2014
Harley Poe
with The MisTakes, Secret Geometry
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 31, 2014
Founders Halloween Spooktacular
with Anoraak, Alexis, Tunde Olaniran, Millie and Jam
9:00 pm
$5

November

Nov 1, 2014
Día de los Muertos
with Cabildo, AB!, Sonorama, Guapachosos
9:00 pm
$5
Nov 2, 2014
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Company Party
12:00 pm
n/a
Nov 6, 2014
The Campanellis
with Hollywood Makeout, Trophy, Away Game
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 8, 2014
Breakfast Stout Breakfast – SOLD OUT
9:00 am
$30
Nov 8, 2014
The SEVENth
with Waldo, The Action Figures, Sheefy McFly, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 9, 2014
Caroline Smith
with Jason Singer
9:00 pm
FREE
Nov 13, 2014
The Pimps of Joytime
with Shotgun Soul
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 15, 2014
Survival Knife
with Hungry Ghost, Pink Avalanche
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 20, 2014
Jahman Brahman
with Pleasant Drive
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 22, 2014
Back Forty
with Black Jake and the Carnies, Anna Lee's Company, Cattledog Orchestra
9:00 pm
$5
Nov 23, 2014
Feedback 2014
with The Fuzzrites, Domestic Problems, The Honeytone All-Stars
4:00 pm
$5 Donation
Nov 27, 2014
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Thanksgiving
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 29, 2014
Ghost Heart
with Vox Vidorra, Backyard Songbook
9:30 pm
$5

December

Dec 4, 2014
Yojimbo
with Low Spark
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 6, 2014
IndigoSun
with The Mainstays
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 11, 2014
The Main Squeeze
with ConvoTronics
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 13, 2014
AB!
with Moxieville, Choppy Blades, George Moss
9:00 pm
$5
Dec 18, 2014
The Appleseed Collective
with Douglas Brown
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 20, 2014
Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza
with Billy Strings & Don Julin
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 27, 2014
Genetics
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 31, 2014
The Crane Wives
with Possessed by Paul James, Joseph Huber
9:00 pm
$10/$8

January

Jan 1, 2015
Jim Shaneberger Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 3, 2015
Terrapin Flyer
with Melvin Seals, Mark Karan
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 7, 2015
The Fever Haze
with Zannies, Bet on Rats
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 8, 2015
Dan Tedesco
with Nicholas James, Bigfoot Buffalo
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 10, 2015
Earthwork Music Collective Winter Tour
with Joe Reilly, Seth Bernard, Micah Ling, Sam Cooper, Gifts or Creatures, Red Tail Ring, Joshua Davis, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Max Lockwood, Ralston, Dede & the Dreamers
9:00 pm
$5
Jan 14, 2015
La Famiglia
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 15, 2015
Hannah Rose and the GravesTones
with The Sleeping Gypsies
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 17, 2015
Seth Bernard
with Chris Bathgate
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 22, 2015
Ty Beat
with Nunca Duerma, Nortroniks, Vapor Eyes
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 24, 2015
Afro Zuma
with King Crabapple
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 26, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 1
with CBS
11:00 am
n/a
Jan 27, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 2
with CBS, Curmudgeon
11:00 am
n/a
Jan 28, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 3
with CBS, KBS, boyl'rmayk'r, Sweet Repute, BA Cran
11:00 am
n/a
Jan 29, 2015
The David Thom Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 29, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 4
with CBS, Imperial Stout
11:00 am
n/a
Jan 30, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 5
with CBS, Backwoods Bastard
11:00 am
n/a
Jan 31, 2015
Left Lane Cruiser
with White Trash Blues Revival, GUN
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 31, 2015
Cellar Raid 2015 – Day 6
with CBS, KBS
11:00 am
n/a

February

Feb 5, 2015
The Main Squeeze
with Lady Ace Boogie
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 7, 2015
Founders Firkin Freezeout
11:00 am
FREE
Feb 7, 2015
Dumela Project
with Sons of Our Fathers
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 12, 2015
Forest & The Evergreens
with Mo Lowda & The Humble, Benjamin Riley
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 14, 2015
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
with Miss Tess & The Talkbacks
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 19, 2015
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
with Lambo
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 21, 2015
The.Black.Opera
with Mama Sol & Tha NUTS, March Forth
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 26, 2015
Founders Educational Beer Dinner Series – Inaugural Event – SOLD OUT
6:30 pm
$80
Feb 26, 2015
Joe Marcinek Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 27, 2015
Rick Chyme
with The Accidentals
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 28, 2015
Rick Chyme
with Vox Vidorra, AOK, Venson Dix
9:30 pm
$5

March

Mar 5, 2015
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
with Rio
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 7, 2015
The Carboys
with Big Dudee Roo, The Fever Haze
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 12, 2015
The Ragbirds
10:00 pm
FREE
Mar 14, 2015
KBS Draft Release Party
with Mat Churchill & The Backyard Town, The Tosspints
11:00 am
FREE
Mar 16, 2015
Bach and Brews
with Leanne King MacDonald
8:00 pm
FREE
Mar 19, 2015
Skankadank
with Big Sherb
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 21, 2015
Suport
with Assorted Anonymous, Choppy Blades
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 22, 2015
Jimkata
with Ty Beat
9:00 pm
FREE
Mar 26, 2015
Sidewalk Chalk
with Convotronics
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 28, 2015
The Ballroom Thieves
with The Way Down Wanderers
9:30 pm
$5

April

Apr 2, 2015
The Go Rounds
with Wilder Maker, The Antivillains
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 4, 2015
Organissimo
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 5, 2015
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Easter
11:00 am
n/a
Apr 9, 2015
The Howlers
with The Extra Texture, Shane Tripp
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 11, 2015
Trout Steak Revival
with Less is More
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 12, 2015
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra – Special 2nd Sunday Performance
5:30 pm
FREE
Apr 16, 2015
The Bright Light Social Hour
with Talk in Tongues
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 18, 2015
14th Annual Black Party
with Oracle, The Collection, Angela Sheik, Mavericks and Monarchs, DJ Providence
11:00 am
$10/$8
Apr 23, 2015
A Family Affair
with Suport, Rio, Hundo, Brain Transplants, NIcholas James
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 25, 2015
Vox Vidorra
with Maraj, Mr. Fables
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 30, 2015
Jamaican Queens
with Ghost Heart, hi-ker
9:30 pm
FREE

May

May 2, 2015
AB!
with Rosewood 2055, Dante Cope, The Extra Texture
9:00 pm
$5
May 6, 2015
Brew Dogs Viewing Party
9:00 pm
FREE
May 7, 2015
The Hooten Hallers
with The MC-1 OMB & Lone Wolf OMB, Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish
9:30 pm
FREE
May 9, 2015
Mustard Plug
with Unlikely Alibi, I Believe in Julio
9:30 pm
$5
May 10, 2015
EMEFE
9:00 pm
FREE
May 14, 2015
Empires
with Hollywood Makeout, Drawing Monsters
9:30 pm
FREE
May 16, 2015
8th Annual Bob Dylan Tribute
with The Carboys, Nicholas James and the Bandwagon, Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish, Bigfoot Buffalo, Great Notion
9:30 pm
$5
May 19, 2015
2nd Installment of Our Educational Beer Dinner Series – SOLD OUT
6:30 pm
$60
May 21, 2015
Valentiger
with Steve Leaf & The Ex Pats, Fiona Dickinson, Tom Hymn
9:30 pm
FREE
May 23, 2015
Rubblebucket
with Vacationer
9:30 pm
$5
May 28, 2015
Dirty Bourbon River Show
9:30 pm
FREE
May 30, 2015
The Moxie Strings
9:30 pm
$5
May 31, 2015
Built to Spill
with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Clarke and the Himselfs
8:00 pm
$10

June

Jun 4, 2015
Lady Ace Boogie
with Maraj: Voyager Clan, Brother Adams
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 6, 2015
Pleasant Drive
with G-Snacks
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 11, 2015
Andy Frasco & The U.N.
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 13, 2015
SP3
with Psychedelic Elephant Machine Gun, Plain Jane Glory
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 14, 2015
Voodoo Glow Skulls
with Slow Children
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 18, 2015
July Talk
with Purple, hi-ker
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 20, 2015
Founders Fest 2015
with Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Elephant Revival, Gringo Star, Billy Strings & Don Julin, Devin & the Dead Frets, Organissimo, FBC All-Stars
3:00 pm
$25*
Jun 25, 2015
Little Hurricane
with Young Buffalo, Bangups
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 27, 2015
Max Lockwood and the Michigan Basement
with Saltbreaker, Big Dudee Roo
9:30 pm
$5

July

Jul 2, 2015
Nathan Kalish and the Lastcallers
with Mike Blair and the Stonewalls, Benjamin Riley
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 4, 2015
The Legal Immigrants
with Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 9, 2015
The Defibulators
with Whiskey Shivers
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 11, 2015
The Revivalists
with Rio, Michael Riley
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 12, 2015
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 16, 2015
The Claudettes
with Corvids
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 18, 2015
March Forth
with Mike G & La Fam, B Sykes, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 19, 2015
Mr Twin Sister
with Moon King
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 23, 2015
Dave Hardin
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 25, 2015
The Sailor Kicks
with The Mushmen, The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 26, 2015
Little Tybee
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 30, 2015
The Macpodz
with Big Sherb
9:30 pm
FREE

August

Aug 1, 2015
Fauxgrass
with Big Slyde
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 2, 2015
5th Annual Founders Brewing Co. Golf Outing at North Kent Golf Course – SOLD OUT
12:00 pm
$60
Aug 6, 2015
Bigfoot Buffalo
with Hannah Rose and the Gravestones
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 8, 2015
Alpha Rev Unplugged
with Jared & The Mill
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 13, 2015
The Calamity Cubes!
with The Ford Theatre Reunion, Jeff Shepherd & Rachel Kate
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 15, 2015
Rick Chyme
with The B.E.A.T., Counterfeit Money Machine, Nick Leydorf
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 20, 2015
Lowdown Brass Band
with Coyote Union
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 22, 2015
Jim Shaneberger Band
with Hank Mowery & The Hawktones
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 27, 2015
Black Bear Combo
with RHYTA MUSIK
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 27, 2015
Founders Educational Beer Dinner Series – 3rd Installment
6:30 pm
$60
Aug 29, 2015
The Crane Wives
with Steve Leaf & The Ex Pats
9:30 pm
$5

September

Sep 3, 2015
Frontier Ruckus
with Nos Vemos, Major Murphy
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 5, 2015
Bangups
with Hollywood Makeout, Mavericks and Monarchs
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 10, 2015
Jessica Lea Mayfield
with Adam Faucett, PM Buys
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 12, 2015
Mia Dyson
with Fiona Dickinson, Lipstick Jodi
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 17, 2015
Horse Feathers
with Ancient Warfare
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 19, 2015
Skee-Town Stylee
with Brain Transplants (with 82), Rio, Bri, DJ Snax
9:00 pm
$5
Sep 20, 2015
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Sep 24, 2015
Diet Cig
with PONYSHOW, Vamos, I Believe in Julio
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 24, 2015
Founders Palate Exploration Series with Special Guest Aperitivo
6:00 pm
$40
Sep 26, 2015
Chip Fundy
with The Real Lazy Genius, Soudmeetsound
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 27, 2015
WAKE THE SUN
with Baby Go! Bright Light
9:00 pm
FREE

October

Oct 1, 2015
Serita’s Black Rose
9:30 am
FREE
Oct 3, 2015
Trout Steak Revival
with Chris Bathgate
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 8, 2015
Tumbleweed Wanderers
with The Way Down Wanderers
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 10, 2015
Big Dudee Roo
with Steve Leaf & The Ex Pats, Rustbell
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 15, 2015
James and the Drifters
with Wilder Maker, Woven Tangles
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 17, 2015
12th Annual Harvest Party
with HONEYHONEY, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, David Ramirez, My God, the Heat
11:00 am
$10/$8
Oct 22, 2015
Marco Benevento
with And the Kids
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 24, 2015
Heaters
with Moonwalks, Shane Tripp, Coffin Problem
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 25, 2015
Radiator Hospital
with I Believe in Julio, Flushed, Highways
9:00 pm
FREE
Oct 29, 2015
The Appleseed Collective
with Olivia Mainville, Tatiana Crespo
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 30, 2015
Palate Exploration Series Featuring The Cheese Lady
6:00 pm
$43
Oct 31, 2015
Founders Halloween Party
with The Crane Wives, Mama Sol & Tha NUTS, Nortroniks
9:00 pm
$5

November

Nov 1, 2015
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED ALL DAY for Employee Party
with Not Open
12:00 pm
n/a
Nov 5, 2015
Paucity
with Cosmonaut, Bermudas
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 7, 2015
Movits!
with Sidewalk Chalk
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 7, 2015
2015 Breakfast Stout Breakfast – SOLD OUT
9:00 am
SOLD OUT
Nov 8, 2015
The Toasters
with The Lippies
9:00 pm
FREE
Nov 11, 2015
theNewDeal
10:00 pm
FREE
Nov 12, 2015
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
with Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 14, 2015
The Hooten Hallers
with S.S. Web, Brother Adams
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 15, 2015
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
with Rescheduled from 11/1
5:30 pm
FREE
Nov 19, 2015
Whiskey Shivers
with ROAR! (Featuring Carly Myers)
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 21, 2015
Vox Vidorra
with Strawberry Heritage, Samantha Cooper
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 26, 2015
CLOSED for Thanksgiving
with Happy Thanksgiving!
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 28, 2015
Afro Zuma
with Fatbook
9:30 pm
$5

December

Dec 3, 2015
The Main Squeeze
with Flexadecibel
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 5, 2015
Nordlund and the Nomad Assembly
with Jake Kalmink & the Further Closer, Devin & the Dead Frets
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 10, 2015
San Fermin
with Sam Amidon
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 10, 2015
Founders Educational Beer Dinner Series – 4th Installment
6:30 pm
$60
Dec 12, 2015
AB & Coconut Brown
with Nych G., 61Syx Teknique
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 13, 2015
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Dec 17, 2015
All Them Witches
with New Madrid
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 19, 2015
Suport
with Choppy Blades, RalDawg, D.R.E.E.M. Ent
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 26, 2015
Mark Lavengood’s Bluegrass Bonanza
with Big Dudee Roo
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 31, 2015
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers
with Thick Tint, Big Sherb
9:00 pm
$10/$5

January

Jan 2, 2016
The Go Rounds
with Seth Bernard, The Spice Bois
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 7, 2016
The Fever Haze
with The Zannies, Bet on Rats
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 7, 2016
Afro Zuma
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 9, 2016
The SEVENth
with Superdre, DJ Omega Supreme, Savon, March Forth
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 14, 2016
La Famiglia
with DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 16, 2016
Eternal Summers
with Lazyeyes, Mavericks and Monarchs, Dear Tracks
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 17, 2016
Saved by the 90s
9:00 pm
FREE
Jan 21, 2016
Valentiger
with Woven Tangles, Ladders
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 23, 2016
Chris Bathgate
with Yellow Paper Planes, Bear Medicine
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 27, 2016
Cellar Raid 2016 Day 1
with KBS, CBS
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 28, 2016
Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe/Deep Greens & Blues
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 28, 2016
Cellar Raid 2016 Day 2
with KBS, CBS
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 29, 2016
Cellar Raid 2016 Day 3
with KBS, CBS
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 30, 2016
The Blind Staggers
with S.S Web, The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 30, 2016
Cellar Raid 2016 Day 4
with KBS, CBS
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 31, 2016
Turkuaz
with Ghost Note
9:00 pm
FREE

February

Feb 4, 2016
Black Jake and the Carnies
with The Sailor Kicks, Dead Eye Zack
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 6, 2016
2016 Founders Firkin Freezeout
11:00 am
FREE
Feb 6, 2016
The Tosspints
with Stone Clover
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 11, 2016
Santah
with Old Sea Brigade, Dear Tracks
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 13, 2016
Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta
with Cabildo, Sonorama, Logan Lu
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 14, 2016
Broccoli Samurai
with Everyday Junior
8:00 pm
FREE
Feb 18, 2016
Calliope Musicals
with Woo Park
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 20, 2016
Bigfoot Buffalo
with Big Dudee Roo, Big Sherb
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 21, 2016
People’s Blues of Richmond
with Barbarossa Brothers
9:00 pm
FREE
Feb 25, 2016
Dirty Bourbon River Show
with Brother Adams
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 27, 2016
Rick Chyme
with Nixon, The Accidentals, SuperDre
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 28, 2016
The Motet
with The Heard
8:00 pm
FREE

March

Mar 3, 2016
The David Mayfield Parade
with Elroy Meltzer
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 5, 2016
Tropidelic
with Cosmic Knot
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 10, 2016
Dragon Wagon
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 12, 2016
KBS Draft Release Party
with Billy Strings, Naomi Wachira
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 13, 2016
The Nth Power
with Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
9:00 pm
FREE
Mar 17, 2016
The Moxie Strings
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 19, 2016
The Right Now
with Hannah Rose & the GravesTones
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 20, 2016
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Mar 24, 2016
The Hood Internet
with ShowYouSuck, Lasers and Fast and Shit
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 26, 2016
May Erlewine
with Phil Barry, Max Lockwood, Michael Shimmin
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 31, 2016
Jakubi
with Kyle Megna
9:30 pm
FREE

April

Apr 2, 2016
The Crane Wives
with Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe
9:30 pm
$6
Apr 7, 2016
Sidewalk Chalk
with Groovement
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 9, 2016
The Werks
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 10, 2016
Feedback 2016
with The Accidentals, The Soul Syndicate, The Honeytones
4:00 pm
$5 Donation
Apr 14, 2016
The Ragbirds
with Nick Dittmeier and the Sawdusters
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 16, 2016
15th Annual Black Party
with EMEFE, Animal Years, Hollywood Makeout, Oracle
11:00 am
$10/$8
Apr 21, 2016
Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line
with Girls Guns and Glory, Caroline Spence, The Bootstrap Boys
9:00 pm
FREE
Apr 23, 2016
Chris Bathgate
with Anne Erlewine
9:30 pm
$7/$5
Apr 28, 2016
Jimkata
with Mungion
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 30, 2016
YUM
with Rio, Sleep Cheaters, Baby Go! Bright Light
9:30 pm
$5

May

May 5, 2016
Palm
with Paucity, Brain Transplants
9:30 pm
FREE
May 7, 2016
Bassel & The Supernaturals
with Cabildo
9:30 pm
$5
May 8, 2016
Brass Bed
with PARTS
9:00 pm
FREE
May 12, 2016
Vetiver
with Major Murphy, Tom Hymn
9:30 pm
FREE
May 14, 2016
Mustard Plug
with Rude Boy George, The Sailor Kicks
9:30 pm
$5
May 19, 2016
Bones Jugs
9:30 pm
FREE
May 21, 2016
9th Annual Bob Dylan Tribute
with Seth Bernard, Big Dudee Roo, Nicholas James and the Bandwagon, Michael Beauchamp, Jen Sygit, Jake Robinson, Bill Chesney
9:30 pm
$5
May 22, 2016
Terrapin Flyer with Melvin Seals and Mark Karan
8:00 pm
$10/$5
May 25, 2016
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
10:00 pm
FREE
May 26, 2016
The Claudettes
with The Extra Texture
9:30 pm
FREE
May 28, 2016
Afro Zuma
9:30 pm
$5
May 29, 2016
John Brown’s Body
9:00 pm
FREE

June

Jun 2, 2016
The Accidentals
with Michael Dause and Band of Bros
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 4, 2016
March Forth
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 9, 2016
The Joy Formidable
with Drowners
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 11, 2016
the Soil & the Sun
with Keeps, Caleb Groh
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 16, 2016
Jessica Lea Mayfield
with Dear Tracks
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 18, 2016
Founders Fest 2016
with The Motet, Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, People's Blues of Richmond, The Main Squeeze, Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta
3:00 pm
$20-$35
Jun 23, 2016
The Rad Trads
with The Rooks
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 25, 2016
Nicholas James and the Bandwagon
with Cosmic Knot
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 30, 2016
Hannah Rose & The Gravestones
with Eric Engblade
9:30 pm
FREE

July

Jul 2, 2016
Banditos
with Dead Winter Carpenters
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 7, 2016
Lowdown Brass Band
with Hood Smoke
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 9, 2016
Devin and The Dead Frets
with The Legal Immigrants, Brother Adams
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 14, 2016
Bigfoot Buffalo
with Ben Daniels Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 16, 2016
Saved by the 90s
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 17, 2016
Little Tybee
with All is Well
8:00 pm
FREE
Jul 21, 2016
The All American Funk Parade
with KOA
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 23, 2016
Tuelo
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 24, 2016
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Jul 28, 2016
Joe Marcinek Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 30, 2016
Heaters
with Suzies, Trash Hounds, Darkly
9:30 pm
$5

August

Aug 2, 2016
Founders Film Series Announcement 
8:00 pm
FREE
Aug 4, 2016
Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons
with The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 6, 2016
Desmond Jones
with Everyday Junior
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 11, 2016
Madaila
with Deep Fayed
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 13, 2016
Pilfers
with J. Navarro & The Traitors, The Sailor Kicks
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 14, 2016
6th Annual Founders Golf Outing at North Kent Golf Course
12:00 pm
$60 per person
Aug 18, 2016
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight
with Erin Tobey, Illiterate Light
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 20, 2016
Suport
with Joose the Conqueror, Ozay Moore, Chubbs
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 25, 2016
Convotronics
with Alexander Lynch, Dayz, DJ Dean Martian
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 27, 2016
Big Dudee Roo
with The Go Rounds, Valley Maker
9:30 pm
$5

September

Sep 1, 2016
Freekbass
with Hundo
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 2, 2016
G. Love & Special Sauce
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 3, 2016
The Ford Theatre Reunion
with Stone Clover
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 8, 2016
Galactic Sherpas
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 10, 2016
Railway Gamblers
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 15, 2016
Dave Mata & Esteban La Groue of Impala $ound Champions
with J-Beez, Mr. Fables, Dreas
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 17, 2016
Glassfield
with Darkly, Sone, Prudence
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 18, 2016
The Toasters
with Melophobix
9:00 pm
FREE
Sep 22, 2016
Quilt/Mutual Benefit
with ghost orchard
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 24, 2016
Trout Steak Revival
with Evergreen Grass Band
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 25, 2016
The Drunken Hearts
9:00 pm
FREE
Sep 29, 2016
Paleface
with Brother Adams, Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
9:30 pm
FREE

October

Oct 1, 2016
The Ballroom Thieves
with Maggie Koerner
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 6, 2016
Bassel & The Supernaturals
with Big Sherb
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 8, 2016
The Way Down Wanderers
with Barbarossa Brothers
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 9, 2016
Caroline Smith
with Callie
8:00 pm
FREE
Oct 13, 2016
July Talk
with PARTS, Rio
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 15, 2016
13th Annual Harvest Party
with Horse Feathers, The Hackensaw Boys, Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta, Riley Anglen & The Big Guns
11:00 am
$10/$8
Oct 20, 2016
Tropidelic
with Desmond Jones
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 22, 2016
Fauxgrass
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 27, 2016
Head for the Hills
with Henhouse Prowlers
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 29, 2016
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 30, 2016
McLovins
with Mister F
8:00 pm
FREE
Oct 31, 2016
The Mystery Lights
with The MisTakes
9:00 pm
FREE

November

Nov 3, 2016
Kansas Bible Company
with Major and the Monbacks
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 5, 2016
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
with Kitchen Dwellers
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 5, 2016
2016 Founders Breakfast Stout Breakfast – SOLD OUT
with Galactic Sherpas
9:00 am
$30
Nov 6, 2016
Taproom CLOSED for Employee Party
with Deli, Company Store also not open
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 10, 2016
Gemma Ray
with Spurs, PARTS
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 12, 2016
People’s Blues of Richmond
with Mutts
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 17, 2016
Dave Simonett of Trampled by Turtles and Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 19, 2016
The Moxie Strings
with Hot 'n Bothered
8:00 pm
$5
Nov 19, 2016
2016 Founders Breakfast Stout Breakfast – Encore – SOLD OUT
with The All American Funk Parade
9:00 am
$30
Nov 24, 2016
Founders Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Thanksgiving
with not open
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 26, 2016
Billy Strings
9:30 pm
$5

December

Dec 1, 2016
Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 3, 2016
Rubblebucket
with Mal Devisa, Coffin Problem
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 8, 2016
Sunjacket
with hi-ker, Lazy Genius
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 10, 2016
May Erlewine
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 15, 2016
Mungion
with Aqueous
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 17, 2016
The Crane Wives
with Morgan Haner
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 18, 2016
Joe Marcinek Band
with Joey Porter (of The Motet), Tony Hall (of Dumpstaphunk)
8:00 pm
FREE
Dec 22, 2016
Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
with The Legal Immigrants
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 29, 2016
Genetics
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 31, 2016
Founders New Year’s Eve Party with Grand Rapids Soul Club
with David Haffner
9:30 pm
$10

January

Jan 5, 2017
The All American Funk Parade
with The North 41
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 7, 2017
Afro Zuma
with Chance Jones
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 10, 2017
Spring 2017 Founders Film Series Reveal
7:00 pm
FREE
Jan 12, 2017
Freekbass
with The Underground Circus in Hunderland
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 14, 2017
Ian Sweet
with The Erers, Jerry Dreams
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 15, 2017
Overcoats
with Jes Kramer
9:00 pm
FREE
Jan 19, 2017
Jaime Rojo
with Marcel & Janelle
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 21, 2017
Big Dudee Roo
with Morgan Haner and the Transmitters, Fiona Dickinson and the Stone Flowers
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 25, 2017
Cellar Raid 2017 – Day 1
with Rare & Vintage Draft Beers
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 26, 2017
Cellar Raid 2017 – Day 2
with Rare & Vintage Draft Beers
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 26, 2017
Woody Pines
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 27, 2017
Cellar Raid 2017 – Day 3
with Rare & Vintage Draft Beers
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 28, 2017
Cellar Raid 2017 – Day 4
with Rare & Vintage Draft Beers
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 28, 2017
Seth Bernard
with Friends with the Weather, Chris Good & The Sweet Insurrection, Julian Allen
9:00 pm
$5

February

Feb 2, 2017
Holly Bowling
with TruthInFiction, DJ Providence
6:30 pm
FREE
Feb 4, 2017
Taj Weekes and Adowa
with Vox Vidorra
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 9, 2017
Moon King
with PARTS, Bermudas
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 11, 2017
4th Annual Founders Firkin Freezeout
11:00 am
FREE
Feb 11, 2017
Public Access
with Heavy Color, After Ours
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 16, 2017
Desmond Jones
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 18, 2017
Heaters
with Major Murphy, Lost System, Shiv
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 23, 2017
Valentiger
with Breathe Owl Breathe, Samantha Cooper
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 25, 2017
Madaila
with Big Sherb
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 26, 2017
Tropidelic
with Midwest Hype
9:00 pm
FREE

March

Mar 2, 2017
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
with The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 4, 2017
Trapo
with March Forth, Bamfomania, Wuzee, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 9, 2017
Evergreen Grass Band
with Barbarossa Brothers
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 11, 2017
KBS Taproom Draft Release Party with The Way Down Wanderers
with The Ghost of Paul Revere
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 16, 2017
Earphorik
with Mister F
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 18, 2017
Front Country
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 19, 2017
All Them Witches
with Irata
9:00 pm
FREE
Mar 23, 2017
The Rad Trads
with Forest & The Evergreens
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 25, 2017
The Right Now
with Madelyn Grant
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 30, 2017
Cory Branan
with Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen
9:30 pm
FREE

April

Apr 1, 2017
Ghost Note
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 6, 2017
Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe
with Jack and the Bear, Delilah DeWylde
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 8, 2017
Ben Daniels Band
with Big Dudee Roo, Bigfoot Buffalo
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 9, 2017
Feedback 2017
with The Legal Immigrants, Conrad Shock & The Noise, The Honeytones
4:00 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
Apr 13, 2017
The Drunken Hearts
with McLovins
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 15, 2017
The Ragbirds
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 16, 2017
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Easter
with Happy Easter!
12:00 pm
n/a
Apr 17, 2017
Great Lake Swimmers
with Brooke Annibale
9:00 pm
FREE
Apr 17, 2017
Founders Partners with City of GR for Waste Digester: Public Event
4:00 pm
FREE
Apr 20, 2017
Terrapin Flyer
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 22, 2017
16th Annual Black Party
with Oracle, Rude Boy George, Paper Bird, Night Idea
11:00 am
$10 General Public/$8 for 2017 Mug Club Members
Apr 27, 2017
People’s Blues of Richmond
with Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 29, 2017
The Go Rounds
with Major Murphy, M.SORD
9:30 pm
$5

May

May 4, 2017
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
with Red Rio
9:30 pm
FREE
May 6, 2017
Meat Puppets
with mike watt + the jom & terry show
9:30 pm
$5
May 11, 2017
Caravan of Thieves
with Libby DeCamp
9:30 pm
FREE
May 13, 2017
May Erlewine & The Motivations
9:30 pm
$5
May 18, 2017
Chris Bathgate
with Heavy Color, Samantha Cooper
9:30 pm
FREE
May 20, 2017
Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons
9:30 pm
$5
May 21, 2017
10th Annual Bob Dylan Tribute
with The Legal Immigrants, Barbarossa Brothers, I Believe in Julio, Ralston Bowles, Brother Adams, Deerfield Run, Nicholas James Thomasma
8:00 pm
FREE
May 24, 2017
Shaun Martin
9:00 pm
FREE
May 25, 2017
The Main Squeeze
with The North 41
9:30 pm
FREE
May 27, 2017
Groovement
with Chirp
9:30 pm
$5

June

Jun 1, 2017
Jim Shaneberger Band
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 3, 2017
AOK
with Lipstick Jodi, Little Animal, Jon Zott
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 7, 2017
In the Valley Below
with Alexander Lynch
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 8, 2017
Jon Stickley Trio
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 10, 2017
Last Gasp Collective
with Les Creatif, Passenger 51, DJ Providence
9:00 pm
$5
Jun 11, 2017
The Toasters
with Dance Contraption
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 14, 2017
In the Valley Below
with Valley Hush
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 15, 2017
Naughty Professor
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 17, 2017
Founders Fest 2017 – SOLD OUT
with Umphrey's McGee, Blues Traveler, Leftover Salmon, Mustard Plug, The Accidentals, The FBC All-Stars, DJ Omega Supreme
3:00 pm
n/a
Jun 21, 2017
In the Valley Below
with hi-ker
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 22, 2017
Black Bear Combo
with Carsie Blanton
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 24, 2017
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 29, 2017
Luke the Knife vs Beard o Bees
with LaserTV
9:30 pm
FREE

July

Jul 1, 2017
The Right Now
with Red Rio
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 6, 2017
Off Duty
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 8, 2017
Mike Dillon Band
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 13, 2017
Theatre Bizarre Orchestra
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 15, 2017
KJ & The Good Time Family Band
with Saxsquatch & Bridge Band
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 15, 2017
7th Annual Founders Brewing Co. Golf Outing
5:15 pm
FREE
Jul 16, 2017
Bad Bad Hats
with Jes Kramer
9:00 pm
FREE
Jul 17, 2017
7th Annual Founders Brewing Co. Golf Outing
3:00 pm
FREE
Jul 20, 2017
The Rooks
with The SEVENth, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 22, 2017
Cosmic Knot
with Mondo Mammoth, TruthInFiction
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 27, 2017
The Hollows
with The Weatherheads
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 29, 2017
Little Good Bad
with Rachel B, Fable the Poet
9:30 pm
$5

August

Aug 3, 2017
Sexual Thunder!
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 5, 2017
Deltaphonic
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 6, 2017
7th Annual FBC Golf Outing
12:00 pm
$60
Aug 10, 2017
The All American Funk Parade
with El Brandino
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 12, 2017
Convotronics
with J. Rob, Amos, Cheeze Weez, Bedrock, DJ Omega Supreme
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 17, 2017
Jamaican Queens
with Fee Lion, Darkly
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 19, 2017
Afro Zuma
with Charlie Darling
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 24, 2017
Jane Lee Hooker
with Black Actress
9:30 pm
FREE
Aug 26, 2017
GALAXE
with Alexander Lynch, Brain Transplants
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 27, 2017
Founders Taproom Closed
12:00 pm
FREE
Aug 31, 2017
Sons of F.U.N.K
9:30 pm
FREE

September

Sep 2, 2017
Joe Marcinek Band
with Ike Stubblefield
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 5, 2017
Founders Taproom Closed
3:00 pm
FREE
Sep 7, 2017
Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta
with Money Chicha
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 9, 2017
Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 10, 2017
Dom’s Going Away Party
8:00 pm
FREE
Sep 14, 2017
Mama Juke
with Mark Lavengood
9:00 pm
FREE
Sep 16, 2017
The Moms
with The Erers, I Believe in Julio
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 21, 2017
The Last Revel & The Ghost of Paul Revere
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 23, 2017
Banda Magda
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 28, 2017
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades + Kitchen Dwellers
9:30 pm
FREE
Sep 30, 2017
Antibalas
with Peter Oren
9:30 pm
$10

October

Oct 5, 2017
The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 7, 2017
Desmond Jones
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 12, 2017
The War and Treaty
with The Hacky Turtles
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 14, 2017
Founders 20th Anniversary Party
with The FBC All-Stars, The Concussions, Organissimo, Devin and the Dead Frets, GNR Tribute featuring members of the Founders Family
1:00 pm
FREE
Oct 19, 2017
CARE
with Major Murphy, Darkly
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 21, 2017
David Ramirez: We’re Not Going Anywhere Tour
with Molly Parden
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 26, 2017
Nicholas James and the Bandwagon
with Deerfield Run
9:30 pm
FREE
Oct 28, 2017
Dinosaur Jr.
with Easy Action
9:30 pm
$10

November

Nov 2, 2017
Kacy & Clayton
with Mat Churchill
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 4, 2017
Holly Bowling
with Big Sherb
9:00 pm
$5
Nov 9, 2017
Galactic Sherpas
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 11, 2017
Fareed Haque & His Funk Bros.
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 12, 2017
The Nth Power
with Ghost-Note, MonoNeon
8:00 pm
$5
Nov 16, 2017
Abram Shook
with Blanca Luz
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 18, 2017
Front Country
with Morgan Haner & The Transmitters
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 18, 2017
11th Annual Breakfast Stout Breakfast – First Session – Sold Out
with The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra
9:00 am
SOLD OUT
Nov 19, 2017
11th Annual Breakfast Stout Breakfast – Session 2 – Sold Out
with The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra
9:00 am
SOLD OUT
Nov 23, 2017
Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Thanksgiving
11:00 am
n/a
Nov 25, 2017
Roosevelt Collier + Mike Dillon Band
9:30 pm
$7 GA/$5 Mug Club
Nov 30, 2017
Steve Hilger Band
9:30 pm
FREE

December

Dec 2, 2017
May Erlewine & The Motivations
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 7, 2017
Broccoli Samurai
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 9, 2017
Mister F
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 10, 2017
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Dec 14, 2017
People’s Blues of Richmond
with Night Idea
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 16, 2017
The Appleseed Collective
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 17, 2017
Los de Afuera
5:30 pm
FREE
Dec 21, 2017
Fre3KBasS
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 23, 2017
Mark Lavengood Band
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 24, 2017
Founders Christmas Eve Pickin’ Party
with Mark Lavengood & Friends
2:00 pm
FREE
Dec 25, 2017
Founders Taproom, Deli & Company Store CLOSED for Christmas
with Happy Holidays
11:00 am
n/a
Dec 28, 2017
Hannah Rose and the GravesTones
with Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 30, 2017
Founders New Year’s Celebration starring The Accidentals
with Jake Allen, Stephie James
9:30 pm
$10

January

Jan 4, 2018
Jocelyn & Chris Arndt
with Red Rio
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 6, 2018
Appetite For Destruction
with Overdrive Orchestra, Brain Transplants
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 11, 2018
Ratboys + The Deep Dark Woods
with Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 13, 2018
Black Jake and the Carnies
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 14, 2018
The Budos Band
8:30 pm
$7/$5
Jan 18, 2018
Diane Coffee wsg. Moon King
with Moon King
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 19, 2018
Jesse Ray & the Carolina Catfish
with Chirp
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 20, 2018
Mark Farina
with Pontchartrain
9:30 pm
$7
Jan 24, 2018
Cellar Raid 2018 – Day 1
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 25, 2018
Cellar Raid 2018 – Day 2
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 25, 2018
Cabildo
with Melophobix
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 26, 2018
Cellar Raid 2018 – Day 3
11:00 am
FREE
Jan 27, 2018
Partner
with FLUSHED, Lipstick Jodi
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 27, 2018
Cellar Raid 2018 – Day 4
11:00 am
FREE

February

Feb 1, 2018
The Ragbirds
with Wire in the Wood
9:00 pm
FREE
Feb 3, 2018
West End Blend
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 8, 2018
Old Salt Union
with Honeysuckle
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 10, 2018
Mutts
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 15, 2018
Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 17, 2018
Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 17, 2018
Founder’s Fifth Annual Firkin Freezeout
11:00 am
FREE
Feb 22, 2018
Suzies
with The Harlequins, Glum
9:30 pm
FREE
Feb 24, 2018
El Brandino, Cosmic Knot, Red Rio, Conrad Shock & The Noise
9:30 pm
5

March

Mar 1, 2018
Earth Radio
with LUSHH
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 3, 2018
Harper and Midwest Kind
with Asamu Johnson and the Associates of the Blues
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 8, 2018
The Ganders
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 10, 2018
Sons of F.U.N.K.
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 15, 2018
Hayley Jane & the Primates
with Hannah Rose Graves
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 17, 2018
HEATERS, Divino Nino, Wing Vilma, Frankie & Myrrh
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 18, 2018
Melvin Seals and JGB
8:00 pm
$10/$5
Mar 22, 2018
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
with Head for the Hills
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 24, 2018
Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 29, 2018
The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
FREE
Mar 31, 2018
The All American Funk Parade
with Juice
9:30 pm
$5

April

Apr 5, 2018
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
with Wire in the Wood
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 7, 2018
Bumpin’ Uglies
with The Joey Harkum Band
9:30 pm
5
Apr 8, 2018
Kyle Hollingsworth Band and Joel Cummins at Founders Brewing
with Crosseyed and Phishless
8:00 pm
$12 GA, $7 Mug Club
Apr 12, 2018
Broccoli Samurai
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 14, 2018
Mustard Plug
with The Crombies, Dance Contraption
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 15, 2018
Marco Benevento
with Dogs at Large
9:00 pm
FREE
Apr 19, 2018
Earphorik
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 21, 2018
17th Annual Black Party: A Celebration of Black Beer
11:00 am
$10 GA / $5 Mug Club
Apr 22, 2018
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
5:30 pm
FREE
Apr 26, 2018
Big Dudee Roo
9:30 pm
FREE
Apr 28, 2018
Valentiger
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 29, 2018
Feedback Benefit Concert 2018
4:00 pm
$5

May

May 3, 2018
Joe Pug
with Joe Sturgill
9:30 pm
Free
May 5, 2018
Cosmic Knot
9:30 pm
$5
May 9, 2018
Perpetual Groove
8:30 pm
MC: FREE GA: $5
May 10, 2018
Hank Mowery & The Hawktones
9:30 pm
Free
May 12, 2018
Sunflower Bean
with Dream Wife
9:30 pm
$5
May 17, 2018
Ghost Light
9:00 pm
FREE
May 19, 2018
Little Charlie Baty
9:30 pm
$5
May 23, 2018
Kat Wright
9:00 pm
GA $5/MC Free
May 26, 2018
Desmond Jones
9:00 pm
$5
May 31, 2018
Fre3kbass
9:30 pm
Free

June

Jun 2, 2018
organissimo
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 7, 2018
Blair Crimmins & The Hookers
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 7, 2018
Beer Dinner Series: Spanish Cuisine
6:00 pm
$65
Jun 9, 2018
MAGIC GIANT
with Tall Heights
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 10, 2018
The Toasters
with Dance Contraption
9:00 pm
FREE
Jun 14, 2018
The Lagoons, Future Generations
9:30 pm
FREE
Jun 16, 2018
Founders Fest 2018: A Celebration of Beer and Music
3:00 pm
$40 GA, $25 MC
Jun 21, 2018
Lowdown Brass Band
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 23, 2018
Aaron Kamm and The One Drops
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 28, 2018
The Rooks
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 30, 2018
The Appleseed Collective
9:30 pm
$5

July

Jul 1, 2018
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
5:30 pm
Free
Jul 5, 2018
The Legal Immigrants
with Talk Radio
9:30 pm
FREE
Jul 7, 2018
Bonzo Terks
with Secret Geometry
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 12, 2018
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble
9:30 pm
Free
Jul 14, 2018
The Right Now
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 19, 2018
The Lique wsg Safety Squad
with Safety Squad
9:30 pm
Free
Jul 21, 2018
The Mike Dillon Band
9:30 pm
$5
Jul 26, 2018
Sophistafunk
with The Mainstays
9:30 pm
Free
Jul 28, 2018
Joe Marcinek
9:30 pm
$5

August

Aug 2, 2018
Campdogzz
9:30 pm
Free
Aug 4, 2018
Black Jake and the Carnies
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 5, 2018
SOLD OUT – The 8th Annual Founder Brewing Co. Golf Outing
12:00 pm
$70
Aug 9, 2018
After Funk
9:30 pm
Free
Aug 11, 2018
Timmy the Teeth
with Morgan Haner and the Transmitters
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 16, 2018
The Go Rounds
with Lipstick Jodi
9:30 pm
$5, suggested donation to benefit Ales for ALS
Aug 18, 2018
Shaun Martin’s GO-GO Party
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 23, 2018
Beer Dinner: Global Street Food
6:00 pm
$65
Aug 23, 2018
Earth Radio
with Minor Element
9:30 pm
Free
Aug 25, 2018
Benjaman James and Last Gasp Collective
9:30 pm
$5
Aug 26, 2018
Curmudgeon’s Better Half Brunch
9:00 am
$30
Aug 29, 2018
Jeremy Garrett
with Mike Leslie from Candlebox
9:00 pm
$5
Aug 30, 2018
Jitwam and Faren Strnad
9:30 pm
Free

September

Sep 1, 2018
Steve’n’Seagulls
with Cluster Pluck
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 2, 2018
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
5:30 pm
Free
Sep 6, 2018
Fareed Haque
9:30 pm
Free
Sep 8, 2018
The Pietasters
with Dance Contraption
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 13, 2018
Afro Zuma
9:30 pm
Free
Sep 15, 2018
Old Shoe
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 20, 2018
Nicholas James and the Bandwagon
with Deerfield Run
9:30 pm
Free
Sep 22, 2018
Twang is Dead
9:30 pm
$5
Sep 27, 2018
Dos Santos
9:30 pm
Free
Sep 29, 2018
The Ragbirds
with Seth Walker
9:00 pm
$5
Sep 30, 2018
The Lil Smokies
8:30 pm
$5

October

Oct 4, 2018
Bill Laurance
9:30 pm
Free
Oct 6, 2018
CBDB & Wild Adriatic
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 7, 2018
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
5:30 pm
Free
Oct 11, 2018
Olivia & The Aquatic Troupe, Lagerheads, and Jack & The Bear
9:30 pm
Free
Oct 13, 2018
2018 Harvest Party – A Tribute to American Hops
11:00 am
$10
Oct 18, 2018
The Main Squeeze
with PHO
9:30 pm
Free
Oct 18, 2018
Founders Beer Dinner: Oktoberfest
6:00 pm
$65
Oct 20, 2018
West End Blend
9:30 pm
$5
Oct 25, 2018
The Bootstrap Boys
9:30 pm
Suggested Donation
Oct 27, 2018
Dave Arcari
with Bigfoot Buffalo
9:30 pm
$5

November

Nov 1, 2018
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
9:30 pm
Free
Nov 1, 2018
2018 CBS Bottle Release
11:00 am
$50
Nov 3, 2018
Libby Decamp
with Red Rio, Stovepipe
9:30 pm
5
Nov 8, 2018
Railway Gamblers
with The Tomblands
9:30 pm
Free
Nov 10, 2018
Roosevelt Diggs
with Adrian+Meredith
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 13, 2018
Fox Sports: Football Week in Michigan – At Founders
4:30 pm
Free
Nov 15, 2018
Cosmic Knot – LIVE at Founders
9:30 pm
FREE
Nov 17, 2018
Bob Lanzetti and Jean Rohe
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 17, 2018
SOLD OUT – Breakfast Stout Breakfast
9:00 am
$30
Nov 18, 2018
SOLD OUT – Breakfast Stout Breakfast
9:00 am
$30
Nov 24, 2018
The North 41
9:30 pm
$5
Nov 29, 2018
Chris Wilson and The Heresy
9:30 pm
Free

December

Dec 1, 2018
Bassel & The Supernaturals
with The TJ Zindle Trio
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 6, 2018
EGi – LIVE at Founders
with Big Sherb
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 6, 2018
Founders Beer Dinner: Retro Edition
6:00 pm
$65
Dec 8, 2018
Todd Albright
with Mama K & The Kosmic Sway
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 8, 2018
Barre & Beer
10:00 am
$20
Dec 13, 2018
Harper and Midwest Kind
9:30 pm
Free
Dec 15, 2018
Mark Farina
with Faren Strnad
9:30 pm
$7
Dec 20, 2018
The All American Funk Parade
with The Rocket Boosters
9:30 pm
Free
Dec 21, 2018
Toys for Tots Drop Off Location
11:00 pm
FREE
Dec 22, 2018
Freekbass featuring Sammi Garret of Turkuaz
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 24, 2018
Big Jake’s Pickin’ Party
1:00 pm
Free
Dec 27, 2018
eRoy
with Pause., Sandose
9:30 pm
FREE
Dec 29, 2018
Hannah Rose and the GravesTones
with Chirp
9:30 pm
$5
Dec 31, 2018
NYE at Founders with Theatre Bizarre Orchestra wsg Pinch & Squeal
with Pinch & Squeal
9:00 pm
$10

January

Jan 3
Mike Dillon
with Chestnut Grove
9:30 pm
Free
Jan 4
Blushing Monk Jazz Ensemble
6:00 pm
Free
Jan 5
Lipstick Jodi
with Blanca Luz, Junglefowl
9:30 pm
Free
Jan 10
Brett Newski
9:30 pm
Free
Jan 12
Aston Neighborhood Pleasure Club
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 17
Overdrive Orchestra, El Brandino
9:30 pm
FREE
Jan 19
Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish
with Chirp
9:30 pm
$5
Jan 23
Cellar Raid 2019
11:00 am
Free
Jan 24
TJ Zindle and the Power Lines
with Conrad Shock + The Noise
9:30 pm
Free
Jan 26
Michigan’s 182nd Birthday Party
11:00 am
Free
Jan 31
Cancelled – Ponce’
9:30 pm
FREE

February

Feb 2
The Bootstrap Boys
with Jon Bassin & The Broke Poets
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 6
2019 KBS Ticket Release – Grand Rapids Taproom
10:00 am
$72
Feb 7
The Western Den
9:30 pm
Free
Feb 8
BONUS Founders Open Mic Night
7:30 pm
FREE
Feb 9
Flexadecibel
with Baccano
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 10
Exmag
with Pause.
8:30 pm
Free
Feb 14
SOLD OUT Valentine’s Day Beer Dinner: Latin Inspiration
6:00 pm
$65
Feb 14
Cabildo
with The Luna Blues Machine
9:30 pm
Free
Feb 16
Sixth Annual Firkin Freezeout 2019
11:00 am
Free
Feb 16
Faren Strnad
with Sweater Disco, TRØLL
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 21
The Holy Warheads with Slumlord Radio
9:30 pm
Free
Feb 23
Max Lockwood
with Morgan Haner & The Transmitters
9:30 pm
$5
Feb 28
Joey Harkum Band
9:30 pm
Free

March

Mar 2
Joe Marcinek Band
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 7
Funkle Jesse
9:30 pm
Free
Mar 9
The Crystal Method
with Pressed & Proper
9:30 pm
Free
Mar 9
KBS 2019 Release Party – Grand Rapids Taproom
11:00 am
Free
Mar 14
King Buffalo W/ After Funk
9:30 pm
Free
Mar 16
The Right Now
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 16
Founders Irish Breakfast
9:00 am
$30
Mar 17
Kyle Hollingsworth
with Crosseyed & Phishless
9:00 pm
$7
Mar 21
John Papa Gros with On The Sun
9:30 pm
Free
Mar 23
People’s Blues of Richmond
with The Legal Immigrants
9:30 pm
$5
Mar 28
C2 & The Brothers Reed
with Libby DeCamp
9:30 pm
Free
Mar 30
Jack & the Bear
with The Smoking Dandies and Red Rio
9:15 pm
$5
Mar 31
Magic Beans
8:30 pm
Free

April

Apr 4
Evanoff
9:30 pm
Free
Apr 5
Green Zebra | New Summer Seasonal
11:00 am
FREE
Apr 6
Public Access
with Wing Vilma
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 11
Head for the Hills
9:30 pm
Free
Apr 13
The Nth Power
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 18
Cosmic Knot
9:30 pm
Free
Apr 19
Cerise | Mothership Series Release #6
11:00 am
FREE
Apr 20
Founders 18th Annual Black Beer Party
11:00 am
$10
Apr 24
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers
9:30 pm
$5 GA | FREE for Mug Club
Apr 25
The Mammoths
with Valentiger
9:30 pm
Free
Apr 27
Terrapin Flyer
9:30 pm
$5
Apr 28
Feedback 25: The Crane Wives, The Concussions, The Honeytones
3:00 pm
$5 donation
Apr 30
Open Mic Night
8:00 pm
Free

May

May 2
Barbarossa Brothers
with Paddlebots
9:30 pm
Free
May 3
Taproom Beer Release – Mas Agave
11:00 am
FREE
May 4
eRoy
with Sesh & Koala Bear
9:30 pm
$5
May 9
Nora Jane Struthers
9:30 pm
Free
May 11
12th Annual Tribute to Bob Dylan
9:30 pm
$5
May 13
Free Trivia with Sporcle
7:00 pm
Free
May 16
Harper and Midwest Kind
9:30 pm
Free
May 18
Mustard Plug
with Dance Contraption and Something To Do
9:30 pm
$5
May 19
SOLD OUT Drag Brunch
11:00 am
$35
May 23
As Am I
with Another Mans Trash, Jake Kalmink & Further Closer
9:30 pm
FREE
May 25
May Erlewine
9:30 pm
$5
May 30
Caribbean Beer Dinner
6:00 pm
$65
May 30
The Skatalites
9:30 pm
FREE

June

Jun 1
Thirsty Perch Blues Band
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 3
Free Trivia with Sporcle
7:00 pm
Free
Jun 4
Open Mic Night
8:00 pm
Free
Jun 6
Free Hat
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 7
Taproom Beer Release – Mothership Series Installment #7 (Mucho Lupu)
11:00 am
FREE
Jun 8
Conrad Shock + The Noise
with Joshua Powell and Red Rio
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 10
Free Trivia with Sporcle
7:00 pm
Free
Jun 11
Open Mic Night
8:00 pm
Free
Jun 13
The All American Funk Parade
with Kaitlin Rose Band
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 14
Taproom Beer Release – Double Trouble (Limited)
11:00 am
FREE
Jun 15
Sons of F.U.N.K.
9:30 pm
$5
Jun 17
Free Trivia with Sporcle
7:00 pm
Free
Jun 18
Open Mic Night
8:00 pm
Free
Jun 20
Taproom Beer Release – Founders Pilsner (Limited)
11:00 am
FREE
Jun 20
The Holy Warheads
with Devin and the Dead Frets & Head
9:30 pm
Free
Jun 22
Founders Fest 2019:: A Celebration of Beer and Music
3:00 pm
$40 ADV, $25 MC

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