Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY Text BONE to 49798 for Venue Presale Info on 10/10/24 @ 10 a.m. All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line. A limited number of table reservations are available by calling 316-722-4201 or in person at The Cotillion.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. In 1991 a group of 4 young street hardened boys by the name of B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e used their musical talents to obtain one way bus tickets to make their way out from the rough city of Cleveland, Ohio. They headed out to Los Angeles and were determined to perform for the top record labels at the time. They constantly called in to prove themselves. Their efforts paid off when they rapped over the phone to legendary N.W.A. member, Eazy E, who owned Ruthless Records. They displayed their melodic rapid fire lyrics with group harmony. Eazy E who was having a show in their hometown sent the group back on the bus to sign contracts under a new name, Bone Thugs -n- Harmony. While the group name changed the boys kept their aliases Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Wish Bone. Eazy put them on a fast track to display their talents to the world.
HjTS Entertainment – Halloween Party
HjTS Entertainment – Halloween Party All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.
Aaron Watson
AARON WATSONAll AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Tickets will be sent via MOBILE delivery only, and will be available 72 hours before the show.All tickets purchased for the original date will be honored for the new date.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. About Aaron Watson:Aaron Watson’s career is perhaps summed up best by Forbes, who says he’s “one of country music’s biggest DIY success stories.” For over 20 years now, Aaron Watson has traveled the land as country’s ultimate underdog troubadour – a truly independent artist with the spirit of the American frontier in his veins, and a self-made empire to match. Working without corporate backers, he has nonetheless reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Country Album chart five separate times – an impressive feat by any standard – and that includes his triumphant 2015 set, The Underdog, which landed at #1, becoming the first independent album in the history of country music to top the Billboard Country Albums chart. Matching sold-out shows across the country with homegrown hits, he’s followed suit at country radio, making history in 2017 with “Outta Style” and “Run Wild Horses.” “Watson has made a career out of giving his fans music that focuses on the positive. Music that serves as a salve to what ails them. Music filled with light and joy and an abundance of pride for the country he calls home,” said People.com of the 2021 American Soul album. Still pushing into the wind, Unwanted Man finds a creative renegade continuing to do what he does best, now working at the most “dangerous” level of his career. With a dozen additional records under his belt, Watson is exceeding major-label-sized metrics while maintaining his independence, further galvanizing his “Texas country’s reigning indie underdog” (Rolling Stone) brand. “There may be no more genuine singer-songwriter at the moment than Watson,” says Texas Monthly, pointing to a self-made businessman, chart-topper, and road warrior whose authenticity has made him a country music staple.
Braxton Keith
BRAXTON KEITH All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line. A limited number of table reservations are available by calling 316-722-4201 or in person at The Cotillion.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. Braxton Keith calls San Antonio home, but the 20something songwriter hasn’t spent much time there in recent years. As one of the newest exports of Texas’ country music scene, he leaves town nearly every weekend, driving his band — and his own tour bus — toward the next show. “That bus is actually the only vehicle I own,” he says. “I drive it everywhere I go.” Whether he’s onstage or behind the wheel, Braxton doesn’t just play country music. He lives it. Inspired by the traditional twang of storytellers like Marty Robbins and Merle Haggard, he writes songs that blend modern sounds with the best elements of old-school country. It’s a balance of the contemporary and the classic, glued together by a proud Texas native who’s learned to create autobiographical music about universal experiences. “These are songs about love, heartbreak, and drinking, which are things everybody knows about,” he explains. “I’m not the only person to write songs about those things. But I’m the only person to do it my way.” Born and raised in the West Texas town of Midland, Braxton grew up playing piano. His parents were dentists. His brothers were athletes. Nobody else in the family wrote songs, but that didn’t stop Braxton from penning his first tunes as a teenager. He began playing guitar during that time, too, laying the foundation for the country sound he’d eventually pursue as a hard-touring road warrior. “When I starting writing my own songs, I wasn’t trying to be in the music industry,” he explains. “At least not yet. I was just doing it because I loved it.” After moving to San Angelo for college, Braxton discovered that a wider audience existed for his brand of raw, rootsy honky-tonk. His earliest fans were the roommates and friends who happened to catch him strumming his acoustic guitar behind the closed door of his dorm room. Informal performances around campus expanded that fanbase even further, as did his debut gig at Rockin Rodeo in Midland. “Make Up Your Mind,” his debut single, was released in 2019 and gathered more than 1 million streams on Spotify alone, broadcasting Braxton’s music to country fans who lived far beyond Texas’ borders. Neon Dreams, his debut EP, arrived one year later. Produced by P.T. Houston, the EP marked the beginning of Braxton’s connection to Nashville, where he would later partner with producer Alex Torrez to record career-defining songs like “A Little Bit Closer” and “Settle for a Beer.”
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert
JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: IN CONCERT All Ages/ All Seating is ReservedConcessions and full bars open!Support acts subject to changeWear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the line. Experience the 80s Cult Classic on Screen With the Iconic Soundtrack Performed by a Live Band on Stage Accompanied by David Bowie’s Legendary Vocals Black Ink Presents, a division of Terrapin Station Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, today announced that due to popular demand, the North American tour of “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” (www.labyrinthinconcert.com) will be extended into 2025 with the addition of more than 35 cities. The additional tour dates kick off March 16, 2025 and will stop in Wichita on April 13th, 2024 at The Cotillion for one show only. The first leg of the tour launched September 24 in Morgantown, West Virginia and is visiting more than 30 cities this fall, including several sold out performances. “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” transports fans to the Goblin City with an exciting fusion of live music paired with JimHenson’s fantasy musical masterpiece Labyrinth, the feature film starring Jennifer Connolly and the iconic David Bowie, presented on a large HD cinema screen. VIP Packagesinclude:-Prime Reserved Seat-Show poster-Exclusive VIP laminate -Exclusive holographic commemorative ticket -Labyrinth tote bag -Exclusive pick-up area / table -Early venue entry
The Panhandlers
THE PANHANDLERS All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. The Panhandlers are four native sons from the outskirts of Texas society, having spent much of their lives in the high desert and southern prairie. Individually, Josh Abbott, John Baumann, William Clark Green, and Flatland Cavalry’s Cleto Cordero have long pursued that Far West Texas mythos and Panhandle lore. Scattered throughout their solo catalogs, the four frontmen have delivered earnest anthems and endearing balladry that embodies a Flatland life and South Plains dreams. Still, that hasn’t ever been quite enough for Abbott, Baumann, Cordero, and Green, who in early 2020 released The Panhandlers. Built around a collection of organic and visceral rural reflections, hardscrabbled character sketches, and a wide open spaces state of mind, The Panhandlers thrived under the guidance of songwriting scholar and album producer Bruce Robison. With a Who’s Who of musicians in tow and recorded on analog two-inch tape at Robison’s The Bunker Studio, the pairings fit hand-in-glove for the set of windswept vignettes and honky-tonk mosaics. Now, some three years later, they pick right up where The Panhandlers left off. Tough Country finds the four songwriters diving further into rough West Texas caliche and rich Panhandle soil, unearthing campfire compositions, forlorn ballads, romantic rendezvous, and charming singalongs. Like their previous efforts, Tough Country finds the four working with Robison together once again at The Bunker for a desert-swept sonic punch that offers hints of Western Swing, Flatland folk, and rollicking country ambiance. Much like the plainspoken poets, dancehall desperados, iconoclast artists, and the cowboy wordsmiths they call heroes, The Panhandlers walk the fine line between romanticizing the rugged land and its hearty inhabitants with gentle acknowledgments and sincere homages, all the while blazing their own trails and reveling in the satisfaction of unveiling their own fresh spin on old traditions.
Jackson Taylor & the Sinners
JACKSON TAYLOR & THE SINNERS All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.
Smells Like Nirvana
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain with national traveling Nirvana tribute Smells Like Nirvana’ as they perform songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more (b sides/rare songs). Make song requests/get tix at smellslikenirvanatribute.com Smells Like Nirvana is based out of Chicago and is composed of seasoned pros and diehard fans of Nirvana fronted by Paul Wandtke (ex Trivium, Dead Original), w/ drummer Sean McCole and bassist Mike Petrasek (Bedlem). Their live tribute to Nirvana is a haunting episode of grunge filled angst playing songs from Nirvana’s albums Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged as well as rare b-sides and more; played without click tracks or backing tracks, a trait that is rare in today’s contemporary musical landscape, a trait and philosophy that Nirvana lived by.
Winger
WINGER All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. “Winger’s musical pedigree was practically unmatched in 80’s metal… the band crafted a debut album that combined hard-pop melodies with plenty of proggy, technically dazzling instrumental work” – Rolling Stone Magazine Winger is an American hard rock band from New York City. Their debut album, Winger, came out on Atlantic Record’s label in 1988 and achieved platinum status in the United States and gold in Japan and Canada. Winger stayed on the Billboard Top 200 chart for over 60 weeks, where it peaked at #21. It spawned such hits as “Seventeen” and “Headed for a Heartbreak”. To support the album, the band toured for over a year with Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla. In 1990, Winger was nominated for an American Music Award for “Best New Heavy Metal Band”. Their follow-up album, In the Heart of the Young, was released in 1990 and just like their first album, reached platinum. It peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Top 200 and hits off this album include “Can’t Get Enuff”, “Miles Away” and “Easy Come Easy Go”. To support this album, Winger toured the world for 13 months, playing over 230 dates with KISS, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Extreme and Slaughter. The change in musical climate of the mid-90’s led the band to go on hiatus in 1994 after the release of their third album Pull, which peaked at #83 on Billboard’s Top 200. In 2001, the band reunited, completed several very successful tours and have not looked back since. Winger has made a name for themselves with relentless touring, while winning back fans and critics alike because of their exceptional musicianship, Kip Winger’s powerful vocals and the band’s incredible songwriting. In 2006, they released their 4th studio album, IV, which is the most musically progressive album of Winger’s career. Lyrically, much of the album is sung from the perspective of U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. In 2009 Kip Winger was presented by U.S. General Harold Cross with an honorary plaque and U.S. flag that had flown in Iraq for the song “Blue Suede Shoes”, which honors the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families. In 2009, Winger released their 5th studio album, Karma. This album was hailed as their best studio album released. The band toured the US, Europe and South America to support the album. In 2014, Winger released their 6th studio album, Better Days Comin’, which entered at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums Chart and at #85 on Billboard’s Top 200. “A hard-hitting album…Winger’s blood is still pumping…so are the tunes” – Kerrang! Magazine Seven, the band’s 7 th studio album, was released on May 5, 2023 and entered at #21 on Billboard’s Top Current Album Sales. The album’s first single, “Proud Desperado”, was co-written by Kip Winger, Reb Beach and Grammy-winning songwriter Desmond Child. To support the new album, Winger has been touring the US, Japan and Europe. “This is a band who refuse to merely glide on past glories… Winger push their own boundaries.” – Classic Rock Magazine
PARAMOUNT 80’S ROCK NIGHT
PARAMOUNT 80’S ROCK NIGHT w/Special Guest Monterey Jack All AgesSupport acts subject to change. Serving local favorites from The Artichoke Sandwich Bar!Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line.All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. PARAMOUNT, BRINGING HIGH-ENERGY 80S ROCK!The rapid growth and popularity of 80s Rock Tribute PARAMOUNT is no doubt in part due to the high energy show the band delivers with concert-style performances and also in part due to the fun music they play! PARAMOUNT’s fanbase continues to grow with regular shows in multiple Midwest cities and states. Larger venues like KC’s Arrowhead Stadium and Wichita’s Cotillion Ballroom continue to add PARAMOUNT to their list of live entertainment offerings as sure-fire crowd-pleasers. Festivals are discovering PARAMOUNT’s 80s Rock Tribute can be fun for the whole family, and the band’s summer events calendar fills faster every year. With Eddie Light on lead vocals, the band plays high energy sing-with-us 80s anthems from Journey, REO Speedwagon, Def Leppard, Poison, Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, and much more. Traveling with amazing sound and light production, PARAMOUNT delivers a Live Experience deserving of the decade called…”The BIG 80s!”