LIVE at LEONA's: Chris Acker & The Growing Boys w/ The Montvales
Schedule
Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
406 Galloway St, Eau Claire, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54703 | Eau Claire, WI
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*LIVE at LEONA's*Saturday, April 18
Chris Acker & The Growing Boys (New Orleans, LA)
The Montvales (Knoxville, TN)
Doors 8:30 | Music 9:00
$15 adv // $20 dos
In a genre full of tall tales and marketable lies, New Orleans’ Chris Acker crafts candid songs – weaving his wit and woes into a body of work that exposes the stale plight of the American Songster to the honest, and sometimes hilarious, light of day.
In the tradition of Guthrie and Prine, Chris lends a quavering voice to the half-rotten romance of the unremarkable and unrefined. Regardless if you’re sitting by a backyard fire on a muggy Louisiana night or standing stage-side in some far flung town, when you hear Chris Acker playing, you’re hearing the end result of countless hours of observing the masters of the craft…and the end result of repeating their mistakes.
From the folk revival through the golden age of country music, deafened by punk shows and brass bands alike, Chris’s songwriting is a nod to the absurd yet muted brilliance that inhabits the molded corners of the bars he patrons and cratered street he treads, paired with a pained honesty that merits a long second look.
This tour will be with his band The Growing Boys — Zach Thomas (bass), Nikolai Shveitser (pedal steel), Dave Hammer (guitar, vocals), and Sam Gelband (drums, vocals).
Tour support and opening music by The Montvales. The Montvales play stripped-down, banjo-and-harmony-driven songs that stick with you. Their shows will take you to places both raucous and reverent, equal parts honky-tonk mischief and earnest meditation on friendship, heartbreak, and place.
Presented by Farewell Transmission Radio, Converge 101.9 FM's weekly alt-country & indie folk show heard Mondays from 5-6 p.m.
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406 Galloway St, Eau Claire, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54703Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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