5th Annual Bluegrass Winter Heater

IT'S BACK BABY! The gull darn 5th annual Bluegrass Winter Heater! This lineup is FIRE.

The Milbillies host a litany of wonderful artists to help set your icy souls on fire on Saturday January 24th! Art Stevenson & High Water, Derek Pritzl & The Gamble, Valley Fox and more round out the evening with Jordan Kroeger on emcee duties and visits from special guests Ernie Brusubardis IV and Artist at Large! Get your tickets now!

The Milbillies area bluegrass band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formed in 2018 with members Joe Wais (fiddle), Eben Flood (guitar), Matt Brey (mandolin), Dan Shaw (banjo), and Pat Zimmer (bass). They are known for their blend of traditional and progressive bluegrass, described as energetic and high-spirited. The band gained recognition by winning the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) New Artist of the Year award in 2020 and the John Hartford Memorial Festival band contest in 2022. They have released two albums, the self-titled The Milbillies (2022) and Capital B (2023).

Guitarist, singer, and harmonicist Art Stevenson (Babcock, Wisconsin) has played in bluegrass bands since the late 1970s. Art learned bluegrass guitar after attending the Mole Lake Bluegrass Festival in 1976, and he has played harmonica since early childhood. Art organized Art Stevenson & High Water in 1993. Art is known for his powerful lead singing on traditional bluegrass, early country, and western ballads, and for his driving rhythm guitar playing. His harmonica renditions of fiddle tunes like Orange Blossom Special always bring the house down. Art is promoter of Bluegrass In The Pines, a long running bluegrass festival in Rosholt, Wisconsin, and hosts Back To The Country on WORT 89.9 FM, Madison.

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