Two Great Country Bands come to Galva

Galva’s Wiley Park welcomes country music to the stage for the June 10 Levitt Concert. The concert activities will begin with a Vendor Fair from 1-6. Crazy Pete’s Street Eatz will offer dinner from 4:30 – 6. 2 Dudes Popcorn will have a wonderfrul dessert option available before and during the concert. The Concert begins at 6. Rain location is in the Galva High School.

Mike and the Moonpies
Web: https://www.themoonpies.com/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZz98uKPAm4
Bio: Blue collar honky tonk heroes from Austin Texas. The working man’s working band. Mike Harmeier loves being on the road. In 2017, he and his band, Mike & the Moonpies, played over 180 shows. This year, they plan on pushing that number beyond 200. “I write a lot about my family for some reason. I don’t see my family that much, I’m not really that connected to them, but I tend to write about them a lot. I might be trying to recapture some of that still,” Harmeier says. When his parents divorced, Clint Black’s brother, Brian, himself a musician, rented an extra room in Harmeier’s father’s house. “This guy was playing shows all the time and had a tour bus parked outside, and that was it for me. I was like, ‘OK, this is what I’m fucking doing,'” he says, laughing. They got their start over a decade ago playing a weekly dance night at Austin’s Hole in the Wall, eventually upgrading to larger venues like White Horse and the legendary Broken Spoke.

Evan Bartels and the Stoney Lonesomes
Web: https://www.evanbartels.com/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9R5NTJI9vA
Bio: Evan Bartels is a lot of things, but above all else he is a storyteller. Hailing from Southeast Nebraska, Bartels and his band of brothers, The Stoney Lonesomes, are making honest, hard hitting, Americana Rock that is not easily forgotten. “Evan Bartels doesn’t sound like any singer I’ve ever heard. Ever. His voice sounds old and young at the same time. He sounds like he’s a hard drinker and a gentle soul. He is a contradiction and his writing cuts through the air like a knife.”— EarToTheGround Music. After years of playing the Nebraska music scene, Bartels has spent the better part of 2017 traveling the country on his Great Americana Tour. While on the road Evan has been garnering the attention of national outlets such as No Depression and performing live on NPR Music’s Night Owl series in New York City. With his newly released album debuting #5 on the Billboard Heatseekers West North Central Charts its first week, he shows no signs of slowing down.

About the Galva Arts Council
The mission of the Galva Arts Council is to enrich the quality of life in our town through the advancement and promotion of the arts, the encouragement of the appreciation of the arts through participation and attendance of art events, the provision of membership services, and advocacy for the arts. If you are interested in being a vendor or volunteer at any of the concerts, let the Arts Council know at john.r.taylor@gmail.com or 309-299-4999.

About the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation
The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation is a private foundation that exists to strengthen the social fabric of America. Through its support of creative placemaking, the Levitt Foundation empowers communities to transform underused public spaces into welcoming destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together and invigorates community life. The Foundation’s primary funding areas include permanent Levitt venues and the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards, an annual grants competition. During the past decade, the Foundation has awarded more than $20 million in grants to support access to free, high-caliber live music experiences while bringing new life to public spaces.