from Minneapolis, MN the one-man vocal looping sensation Heatbox returns for a CD release engagement for one nite! special guest Chris Gulley with his funk/soul keyboard jams will open the evening
doors 9p showtime 10p $10 at the door

Heatbox at Bella Sol Festival covering Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry Be Happy”

HalloWEEN night

Violent Hippie is the Indiana Clones Band and plays an entire set of
WEEN! Minneapolis stompblues americana rockers Hobo Nephews of Uncle
Frank will share the evening at the Back Porch doors 8p show 9p free!

Costume Contest $50 bar tabs for first place $25 bar tabs for
runner-ups in both male/female categories
must be present to be judged!

from Austin,TX the speakeasy gypsyjazz bluegrass indie rock of Po’ Girl. Final installation of the Octobergrass series. Special guest Max Hay.
doors 9p showtime 10p $7 at the door

Old Timey roughgrass favorites from Minneapolis, MN.
Pert Near returns! With special guest Six Mile Road.
doors 9p showtime 10p $5 at the door

Hankiii’s hellbilly bassist brings his unique one-man show to the Back Porch for one nite only: foot-drums, hardcore slide guitar, and screams from the bowels of hell… special guests .357 String Band open with thier special brand of punkgrass…
Doors 9p, Showtime 10p, $10 at the door

with Violent Hippie, The MadHats, Chuck Will’s Widow, and Max Hay
Funk merchandise on site. All proceeds go to help fund the Shawn Funk School of Art and Music.
Entrance to Spearfish Canyon, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783
Doors 8p Showtime 9p $10 suggested donation at the door

The keys/drums blues-punk duo from Nashville returns to the Hills for one nite only at the Blue Cactus in Lead-and this show is free
showtime 9p

from blackhillsamp.com:

The Black Hills Amp is pleased to announce the Inaugural Prairiegrass Music Festival! The event will start at 1:00 P.M., with the gates opening at noon. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the show. High school and college student tickets, with an ID, are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show. Children under 12 get in free. There will be two stages running all afternoon and evening.

The scheduled acts are:

*Kenny Putnam, Boyd Bristow, Mike Conner and Terry Pospisil
*Euforquestra
*Mountain Standard Time
*Six Mile Road
*Corduroy Vinyl
*Red Garlic
*The Turner Sisters
*Polaris
*Steve Thorpe

There will be food vendors, and a beer garden, featuring Fat Tire and Budweiser products. No coolers will be allowed into the venue.

Click here to order tickets online. Students, please call Black Hills Reservations (1-800-344-6181) or the Amp box office (605-717-9278) to book your ticket at the student rate. Tickets are also available at the Spearfish Chamber and the Saturday Market in the Park.

Please, help us raise funds for Christina Newton, mother, guardsman, Job Corps counselor, and Iraq veteran, who has suffered spinal trauma.  A donation dinner will begin at 6pm, with an auction following from 7-9pm.  Auction includes Deadwood Jam tickets.  Violent Hippie, part of this year’s Deadwood Jam lineup, will perform at 9pm. For more information, call The Blue Cactus at (605) 717-0610. Thankyou.

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