Barry Bennett Sounds / Grape Juice Plus

LOCM’s summer series continues and wants to remind you that…THE FUTURE IS NOW!! AUGUST 2ND The Outtaspace! 8pm doors. 8:30 show. This evening promises forward sounds, heartland songs, and the absurdist storytelling! GRAPE JUICE PLUS/ MEGAN HAYES/ CRUEL SHOES GRAPE JUICE PLUS What is it? A haunted liquid to stimulate the auditory nerves? Ape Astronaut Zira’s favorite libation? Actually, Grape Juice Plus is a multi-media improvising outfit out of Chicago that has been freaking out/delighting audiences since 2014 and have shared stages with such luminaries as STICK MEN (featuring Pat Mastelotto & Tony Levin from King Crimson) and prog fusion legends, BRAND X. https://grapejuiceplus.bandcamp.com/ MEGHAN HAYES Based out of Nashville, Meghan has shared the stage with a diverse group of musicians, including Hal Ketchum, Tift Merritt, Freedy Johnston, Robbie Fulks, and Ashley McBride. Washington Post says: “dramatic vignettes” that are a mix of “pop and country-tinged verve. The Hampshire Review says: she followed the “lineage that started with Emmylou Harris in the ’70s of female artists — singers and singer/songwriters — in pursuit of Americana and intelligent, heartfelt insight.” https://meghanhayes.com/ STEVE MARTIN’S CRUEL SHOES giggle your behinds off as a host of hilarious humans read bits of this absurdist classic throughout the night! show up early! brought to us with some help from the artistic associates of 16th Street Theater. https://16thstreettheater.org/