The Eau Claire Male Chorus will present its annual Spring Sing Concerts on Friday May 2, and Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Spring Sing
With Special Guests: Clark County Male Chorus
Friday, May 2, 7pm
St Olaf Catholic Church
3220 Monroe St. Eau Claire
$15 advance, $20 at the door, kids under 12 free
Buy tickets online here, or at Festival Foods.
For more information call (715) 720-9092
THROUGH THE KITCHEN HOLE LIVE AT THE PLUS!
FRIDAY, MAY 2ND
THE PLUS
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI
Through The Kitchen Hole is a rock band based out of Eau Claire, WI. Currently comprised of four members, the band formed in early 2018 as a cover band, but has since begun adding their own original music to their repertoire. After releasing an original track alongside covers of four of their favorite songs in the summer of 2018, they wrote, recorded, and released Snake Eyes in August 2022. Snake Eyes is their first full length album of all original material.
TTKH can be found playing live at many venues across the Chippewa Valley, including The Plus, Jake's Supper Club, and Pioneer Grill. They also competed in the Rockonsin garage band competition at Summerfest in 2018, and the Bitter Jester Music Festival in 2019. The band has recently broken into the music scene in Madison and is excited to continue broadening their audience across Wisconsin.
General Admission | All Ages | 8pm
$10 in advance | $15 at the door
IRIE LIVE AT THE PLUS
SATURDAY, MAY 3RD
THE PLUS
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
General Admission | All Ages
$10 suggest donation
Irie is a locally based singer/songwriter whose single, “The Devil”
(from a forthcoming second EP) will be released on April 18th. Her first
record, ASYLUM, was released in 2023.
Originally from the Fox Valley,
she is beyond excited to broaden her audience by bringing songs to her
newest valley — the Chippewa. Irie has been playing piano, composing
music, and writing lyrics since age 7. With a deep background in
theatre and stage performance, Irie has dedicated herself to a
Recording Arts degree at UW-Eau Claire.
Malamiko | Fend | Two Castles
Monday, May 5th
Live at The Venue
209 Graham Avenue
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
General Admission | All Ages
$10 cover |NOTALOF
minneapolis shoegaze / emo trio malamiko stretch the definition of their genres, shaking you awake with feedback and noise. cynicism and hope fuel their debut all pleasant dreams in equal measure. "[malamiko] carved out a space in Minneapolis with an ambitious debut and some sold-out tapes. Seven tracks of heavy, tender, hopeful, breathless dreaming showcase their range and depth in one swoop." (post-trash)
Fend is trying to tell you something. It might be a secret, it might be familiar wisdom. It could even be everything. The Minneapolis quartet, featuring guitarist/vocalist Josie Villano, guitarist John O’Brien, bassist/vocalist Kate Malanaphy, and drummer Abe Anderson, has covered miles of ground over two EPs and two years. Songs are about cats, but they’re also about rising to the love we receive and overcoming the fear that we’re undeserving. Songs are about partners and friends and whiskey-free Cokes, but they’re also about breaking through the suffocating ice of time’s passage and breathing in the frozen air — alive, questioning, and smiling despite it.
with ec's two castles. lo-fi so fly.
The Taxmen and Night Fever: A Beatles vs. Bee Gees Tribute Show!
Friday, May 9th
The Plus 208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Doors 7pm | General Admission | All Ages
$10 cover in advance | $15 at the door
Night Fever is Milwaukee's premier Bee Gees tribute band, formed by the bassist Tlalok Rodríguez and brothers Christian and Kieran Porter. With Peter Behlmer on drums, Carl Erikstrup on keys/guitar, and lead guitarist John Lenz. Night Fever covers a diverse repertoire of the Bees Gees’ catalog, and infuses their sets with other funky disco, r&b, and soul covers capturing the hearts of their audience, keeping the dance floor groovin.
"The Taxmen", a Milwaukee-based band, featuring Will (Guitar), Anthony (Bass), Jeff (Guitar), and Will (Drums), are not only known for their Beatles Tributes but also for their original compositions. Their performances encompass classics from the 1950s to the present day. Blending the familiar with the new, "The Taxmen" are carving out their unique space in the midwest music scene, captivating audiences with their diverse repertoire of covers and original songs. The Taxmen are going on their first tour in Spring 2025, performing in Florida, NYC, Minneapolis and lots in between!
THE PLUS & CLEAR WATER COMEDY PRESENT: A NIGHT OF OPEN MIC ALL STARS!
LIVE AT THE PLUS
SATURDAY, MAY 10TH
208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI
8pm | General Admission | All Ages
$10 suggested donation
get a ticket today, and you'll get a free drink at the show! Every online ticket comes with a free rail drink, soft drink, or select tap beer.
The Plus began hosting a weekly open mic in 2012- and it's stronger now than it's ever been!
Not everyone can go out on a Tuesday night to catch the music & comedy that shows up every week- that's why we're putting together a Saturday night show, showcasing the talent, community, and supportive environment we aim to create every week. We lift each other up and encourage each other- now you can see what we're up to every Tuesday, but on a Saturday evening!
Short sets from some of the best established and emerging artists in the Chippewa Valley!
This is a showcase of open mic regular performers, meant to show the public how our open mic usually goes each week. This is *not* open mic. This is a booked event, populated by performers who are regulars at The Plus open mic.
***buy a ticket now, and you'll get a free drink at the show!***
Kazha | Acha Koo | HMisfit Live at The Plus
Wednesday, May 14th
The Plus
208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI
General Admission | All Ages
doors at 7pm | $10 in advance | $15 at the door
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Kazha is a rock band originally from Tokyo, Japan. Singer/Bassist Kazuha Oda is classically trained and have worked in various genres of music from Classic to Heavy Metal. She worked with wide variety of Grammy Award-winning recording artists and producers including Bob James from Fourplay.
After the release of their first album in 2010, they made their first U.S.A. debut performing at San Francisco’s Asian Heritage Celebration, shared the stage with hip-hop group Far East Movement. They have toured nationally in the U.S.A. and have performed as a guest of honor at numerous Anime/Comic Conventions and Festivals. They have shared stages with National artists including King's X, Y&T, Lynch Mob, and Adelitas Way.
In 2015, Kazha moved their base of operations to the state of Tennessee. Since then, they have been featured on several local broadcasts. Kazha is now touring as an Official Ambassador of Music Export Memphis, representing the birth place of Rock'N'Roll Memphis, TN.
From Acha Koo:
I am Acha Koo, I enjoy making music because it is a way for me to express my emotions and truly show who I am as a person. Music has always been my source of strength. When I went through hardships, singing and making music was my therapy. I joined 35K Records because they believed in me and my talents. Like they say, when no one believes in you, they don’t care, they believe in you. That is what sparked and made me believe my dreams of becoming a singer is attainable and I decided right there and right then, that I’d become a part of 35K Records. I always loved Marilynn Monroe and Frank Sinatra so my goals with music in the future is to become a jazz musician but I would also love to branch out and try other genres of music as well because why not challenge yourself!
HMisfit
Hmisfit is Hmong Male Rapper, he doesn't shy away from making emotional or vulnerable music that touches people. He believes music is the most diverse language in the world, and not understanding words do not mean one cannot understand the emotions.
The What have yous Live at The Plus featuring Cap'n Seabeard
Friday, May 16th
208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
General Admission | All Ages | 8pm
$10 cover
Allegedly of this planet, the What-have-yous offer a spectrum of services, from the gentle wisps of folk, to bombastic assaults of the spirit and mind. Join us for an evening of exploration and existential crisis; bring friends.
Cap'n Searbeard is a singer/songwriter from Menomonie, Wisconsin. You'll hear originals in an old country style, folk, bluegrass, and other experiments.
LIVE AT THE PLUS
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI
General Admission | All Ages
$15 in advance | $20 at door
Doors 8pm | Showtime 8:30pm
The west coast of Wisconsin is not thought of as a hotbed of ska and reggae music. TUGG has carved quite a career of channeling tropical grooves and breezy melodies. They hold a “local legend” status and pedigree among their faithful in the upper Midwest. In their illustrious career, they have directly opened, toured, and played shows with Ziggy Marley, Bad Religion, Sublime with Rome, Slightly Stoopid, The English Beat, The Wailers, The Dirty Heads, Billy Strings, PASSAFIRE, Barrington Levy, The Itals, The Aggrolites, Iration, Lynard Skynard, Gin Blossoms, Trampled by Turtles, Chris Krueze, Horseshoes & Handgrenades ... and many more. It's no wonder that TUGG garners national attention and have become hometown heroes.
Gundo Live at The Plus
featuring Wolfgang Zank
Friday, May 30th
The Plus
208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI
General Admission | All Ages | 8pm
$10 cover
Gundo
Growing up in small town Northern Wisconsin, emerging Contemporary Country Music Artist Ethan Gunderson (Gundo) had a lot of influences to his music. In an area dominated by farmers, factory workers, and fishermen, Gundo heard plenty of traditional country music through the years. That paired with his dad’s hard rock and the hip hop of his peers built just the basis Gundo needed once he finally found the type of music he loved.
It wasn’t until Gundo was out of school that he heard artists like Zach Bryan, Bailey Zimmerman and Koe Wetzel - this new type of country music which was growing in popularity at the time. Immediately he was hooked by the realism in the lyrics that hit him especially hard as a concrete laborer, spending much of his life on the road, which strained many friendships and relationships.
Prior to 2022, Gundo had never sang in front of anyone, but one night he was talked into singing Zach Bryan’s “Something In The Orange” at a karaoke bar in Eau Claire, and from there it was history. He was re-introduced to his guitar player Jon Kaiser, who he went to school with, and by the end of the first night together, they had written a song. By the Spring of 2024, Gundo had over a dozen songs written and in July, Gundo and Jon traveled to Columbia, Missouri to record the Chose For Life EP with producer Myles Clayborne.
Later that summer, Gundo and Jon were joined by drummer Wolfgang Zank and bassist Matt LaBine, and Gundo’s band played their first show in October to over 150 paid attendees for their EP Release in Ladysmith, WI.
Now as an active songwriter and touring band, Gundo is currently booking for 2025 and planning to release more singles and his second EP in early 2025. The first single off that EP, titled "Twisted", will be released on all platforms February 7, 2025!
Wolfgang Zank
The child of a prog pianist and booking agent, Wolfgang was steeped in the world of traveling musicians and diverse sounds from an early age. The influence of his upbringing and inherent talent ensured that Wolfgang was destined for a life in music.
He has already been an integral member of numerous touring bands, while still passionately supporting the local music scene with a couple bands of his own. Wolfgang's determination to advance his career is unwavering, as he continuously seeks opportunities to make a profound impact on people's lives.
His life is driven by a dual mission: to share the gift of music and the gift of life. Through his performances and interactions, he aims to bring joy, inspiration, and solace to those around him. With each note he plays and every melody he creates, Wolfgang seeks to touch the lives of people with the powerful and transcendent force of music.
COLE DIAMOND LIVE AT THE PLUS
featuring The Driftless Revelers
General Admission | All Ages
$15 cover | $20 at door
Doors 8pm | Showtime 8:30pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI
Mixing up an unlikely concoction of vintage rock & roll and outlaw country, Cole Diamond is, depending on when you ask, either the stage name for singer/songwriter Ryan Otte or the collective handle for Otte and his Band. For years Otte spent most weekends behind a drum kit playing with too many bands to list. The idea for Cole Diamond came about as a way for Otte to step out from behind the drums and try his hand at the front of the stage. In the years since “Cole Diamond” was conceived he has released two EPS, a string of singles, received airplay on 89.3 The Current, and opened for national acts such as Jenny Don't & The Spurs, Corb Lund and The Wilder Blue. Drawing on influences that range from Waylon and Willie to Brooks & Dunn, Cole Diamond delivers a modern take on a classic sound.
"It is old school outlaw music of the 1980s – think Waylon Jennings or Leon Russell. I loved it."
- Ann Treacy, Mostly MN
"I Challenge you to find a purer strain on Honky Tonk in the Twin Cities"
- Carol Roth, Adventures in Americana
Cole Diamond is a Minneapolis treasure and his latest EP is a shining example of good writing, good taste, and down-home good vibes".
- Bill Stoneberg, The Sound 89.5 FM KQAL Winona, MN
The Driftless Revelers
The Driftless Revelers formed in the second spring of the first global pandemic of the 21st century, with one ear turned toward the shellac platters and Victrola virtuosos of the early to mid 20th century, and the other ear glued to the soundscapes of the 1960's & 1970's American freak-folk scene.
Since their debut tour in 2021, the band has billed with Grammy winning bluegrass legends like Tim O'Brien & the Gibson Brothers, toured extensively throughout the Upper Midwest performing with other amazing artists like Big Richard, Willy Tea Taylor, Davey Allen & the Midnights, and had breakout performances at several festivals and events (Sol Grass Music Festival, Mile of Music in Appleton, WI. featured in Rolling Stone Magazine).
These Eau Claire, Wisconsin based weirdos have earned a cult following of devoted fans from Minnesota to Michigan who appreciate their irreverent, highly original, and sometimes slightly psychedelic interpretation of American roots music with a Midwest twist. Their live show banter and thoroughly entertaining sets have earned them comparisons to Ween, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, They Might be Giants, Tenacious D, Cheech & Chong, and the Holy Modal Rounders. Their debut record, American Fork Standards (2022), was well received by their family members, and a few other people who said nice things about it. Their most recent record, Live at the Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret (2024) captures the band's deadpan comedy and musical chops in a lounge environment that demands a proper listen in a leisure suit with a scotch & Pall Mall.
Featuring the original songwriting of Ben Nelson, Matthew R. Sayles, and Jerod Kaszynski, the Driftless Revelers will pleasure a crowd with plectral wah pedal banjo tones, the mournful wailing of resophonic steel guitars, and the up-right bass bellows of an era that can't quite be defined, but revels in the timeless ephemera of weird old-time American music.
With influences as varied and eccentric as a proper musty smelling thrift store record collection, the band grooves merrily through early roots blues and jazz music, to hillbilly and string band howlers, all the way into the not-quite folk but not-quite psychedelic realms of their own creation.
A Driftless Revelers show will lure you in with their joy--keep you dancing with their search for the cosmic groove in the confines of stringed instruments--and will send you on your way with flashbacks of the Driftless Revelry found only in the essence of the intangible reaches of notes once played-- that then fall silent.
THE DOSE: A PSYCHEDELIC COMEDY SHOW
DOORS/Preshow DJ Set 7:00 pm | COMEDY SHOW 8:00 pm
FRIDAY JUNE 14TH
THE PLUS
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI
A mind-bending journey of experimentation, laughter, and healing. Set in a vibrant and surreal venue, THE DOSE is a fully immersive psychedelic experience featuring a carefully curated line-up of some of the best comedians in the country (seen on HBO, Comedy Central, Late Night, Netflix, Don’t Tell, and more!).
At THE DOSE we facilitate the perfect set and setting for both the comedians and the audience to find the funny within their expanding minds. Our Master of Ceremonies and creator of THE DOSE is Steven Gillespie (CONAN, AMAZON PRIME), a nationally touring stand-up comedian and a psychedelic connoisseur.
The show also features our very own DJ and she will play before, during, and sometimes even after the show! Don't miss the pre-show DJ set, its becoming more and more popular :)
Come take a trip with us as we transcend the ordinary, dance on the edges of perception, and explore the healing properties of our boundless imaginations. And also to just laugh and be silly :)
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TICKETS
General Admission - $20 Online | $25 At The Door
The General Admission ticket gives you guaranteed admission to the show, with seat selection on a first served basis the night of the show upon arrival.
JE Sunde Live at The Plus
Friday, June 20th
The Plus 208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Doors 6:30pm | Showtime 7pm
General Admission | All Ages
$15 in advance | $20 at the door
J.E. Sunde (Jonathan Edward Sunde), a Wisconsin native, is now a Minneapolis, MN based songwriter/composer. Beginning in the years studying western classical music with an emphasis in vocal technique at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Jon spent a decade writing beautifully unusual music with indie-folk trio The Daredevil Christopher Wright.
He has since released four solo records, his most recent being Alice, Gloria and Jon. (Vietnam Label) all amassing millions of streams on Spotify. Speaking of his third studio album 9 Songs About Love, Tastemaker Bob Boilen of NPR speaks of the album "as a fight against melancholy that ends up in a surpassing place — it also speaks to the notion of knowing when a good idea has turned into a great one."
With an affinity for the classic American songwriters and performers like Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, and Paul Simon, Jon writes densely poetic songs with a bent toward the philosophical.
There is subtle witty humor threaded throughout the live performance as the music pirouettes between introspective balladry and infectious bouncy folk-pop numbers.
“J.E. Sunde is one of the greatest indie-folk songwriters around.”
- Daytrotter
“His soft falsetto voice and his gift to write flawless ballads are reminiscent of the Paul Simon of the seventies.”
- Front View Magazine
SUNDAY, JULY 13TH
The Plus
208 S Barstow Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
General Admission | All Ages | 7pm
$12 in advance | $15 at the door
Mama Said String Band is an instant classic, since 2016 they’ve been bringing their own brand of the grassroots music you’re so used to hearing to stages everywhere. Based out of Louisville, KY, Mama Said String Band brings a refreshing reinvention to Bluegrass, Folk and Americana while focusing on vocal harmonies and contemporary instrumentation. Having won several notable regional awards including album of the year in the Lexington Music Awards for “Carry The Water”, Best Bluegrass Band in the Appalachian Arts and Entertainment Awards, Bluegrass Artist of the Year in the Lexington Music Awards and with three nominations under their belt, they have made a notable imprint in the Kentucky Music Scene. They bring big, relatable emotions and honest songwriting to every show, leaving fans always wanting more.
Menomonie's Death Metal Music Festival returns for its sixth iteration this August for two days of face melting hardcore music acts. Join us Friday August 15 (6PM) and Saturday August 16 (4PM) for FOURTEEN extreme metal bands.
See full brutal lineup below.
Must be 18 or older to attend Zymurderfest VI.
