Mile of Music Presents: Concerts in the Courtyard, sponsored by Bayland Buildings, Inc. and Renewal by Andersen from Tundraland showcases top up-and-coming bands and singer-songwriters from music hotbeds throughout the country, with local and regional artists blended in.
The music is FREE every Wednesday at the Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard (333 W. College Avenue) in Downtown Appleton, and offers an early-evening music choice for downtown workers and local music fans. The Courtyard opens for seating at 5 p.m. and the music starts at 5:30, ending around 7:30 p.m. This is a rain or shine event – in the event of inclement weather, the music moves inside the hotel.
Bayland Buildings, Inc. and Renewal by Andersen from Tundraland are co-sponsors for this year’s Concerts in the Courtyard, which runs each Wednesday, May 29 through August 28. Concerts in the Courtyard is produced by Mile of Music Presents, in collaboration with the Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley and WHBY Radio.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an all-ages, FREE event. Valid ID is required to purchase alcohol. Artists subject to change/substitution without notice.
PROUD PARTNERS: Bayland Buildings, Inc. | Renewal by Andersen from Tundraland | Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley | WHBY Radio | Mile of Music Presents
FEATURED ARTISTS FOR SUMMER 2019:
Wednesday, May 29:
The Brothers Footman
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Brothers Footman (Indianapolis, IN)
Opening Act: Kari Arnett (Madison, WI/Nashville, TN)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
June 5:
Quiet Hollers
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Quiet Hollers (Louisville, KY)
Opening Act: Christopher Gold (Appleton, WI)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
June 12:
Beth Kille Band
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Beth Kille Band (Madison, WI)
Opening Act: Natural Satellite (Menasha, WI)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
June 19:
The Crane Wives
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: The Crane Wives (Grand Rapids, MI)
Opening Act: Adam Lee (Chicago, IL)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
June 26:
Babe Club, The High Divers
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliners: Babe Club (Charleston, SC), The High Divers (Charleston, SC)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
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July 3:
Próxima Parada
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Próxima Parada (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Opening Act: Horace Greene (Oshkosh, WI)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
July 10:
Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones (Los Angeles)
Opening Act: NONE
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
July 17:
Smooth Hound Smith
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Smooth Hound Smith (East Nashville, TN)
Opening Act: NONE
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
July 24:
Jackie Venson
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Jackie Venson (Austin, TX)
Opening Act: Gabe Burdulis (Nashville, TN)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
July 31:
Me Like Bees
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Me Like Bees (Joplin, MO)
Opening Act: Seth Anderson (Canmore, Alberta, Canada)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
August 7:
Brother Elsey
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Brother Elsey (Grand Rapids, MI)
Opening Act: Auralai (Oshkosh, WI)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
August 14:
The Gentleman’s Anti-Temperance League
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: The Gentleman’s Anti-Temperance League
Opening Act: TBA
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
August 21:
Ruben
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Ruben (Stillwater, MN)
Opening Act: TBA
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
August 28:
Phillip-Michael Scales
Time: Show @ 5:30 p.m., Doors @ 5 p.m.
Headliner: Phillip-Michael Scales – FULL BAND (Chicago, IL)
Opening Act: Nikki Morgan (Greensboro, NC)
Location: Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley Courtyard
Tickets: FREE
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