The Old Friends Acoustic Tour starring Ben Rector
The Old Friends Acoustic Tour starring Ben RectorSpecial Guests Jordy Searcy & Stephen DayAll Ages/ All Seating is ReservedConcessions and full bars open!Support acts subject to change Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.
Wade Bowen
WADE BOWENwith Special Guests Tequila RidgeConcessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesActs subject to changeWear 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. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. Twenty years and some 4,000 shows into his career, the name Wade Bowen has become synonymous with Texas country music – and for good reason. An artistic descendant of American icons like Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen and more, Bowen is another link in a Texan chain of roots-rock poets stretching back more than 50 years – but his ambition never ended at the state line.“I will carry that flag proudly,” Bowen says of his well earned Red-Dirt distinction. “But I’ve always said I’m not a ‘Texas artist,’ I’m an artist from Texas, and I think there’s a difference.” Indeed, Bowen has showed the world that difference since 2001 – by going big on integrity. Seen as one of the genre’s finest and most authentic modern voices, Bowen’s approach stays rooted in tradition, but also stands on the creative cutting edge. His focus remains on writing unique songs with a literary quality, and shifting his sonic territory to match his life. And while the hard-touring troubadour is constantly breaking new ground, his course was set early on.Born in Waco and schooled in the clubs surrounding Lubbock’s Texas Tech University, Bowen was raised on hardscrabble country realism and rock showmanship. His mother loved Elvis, the Eagles and Creedence Clearwater Revival, while his father spun Texan giants like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. His first concert was a peak-theatrics Alabama show, but even then, it was the lyrics that spoke the loudest. “Writing songs is just something you have to get out of you, it’s something you have to do,” he says. “I think it’s the same reason firefighters run into a burning house to save someone, it’s a calling. You can’t really be taught, you just have to have that instinct.”“I thought the way to be an artist was to graduate college, then move to Nashville to wait tables and wait my turn in line,” Bowen explains. “But when I saw Robert Earl Keen in concert, it changed my life forever. It was like ‘Wait. He’s playing his own stuff? And he doesn’t have a major record deal? And the place is sold out?’ People were going crazy, and it was like ‘I don’t have to wait? I can do this now?’ I literally went home and found some buddies, and we started jamming.”Bowen soon claimed his place as West 84’s front man, then went solo and found a home in now-iconic haunts like Stubb’s Barbecue and The Blue Light. He arrived amid a literal explosion of Texas country artists. But combining all his influence together, always stood out.
Randall King
RANDALL KINGwith Special Guest Braxton KeithConcessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesSupport acts subject to change.Text COUNTRY to 49798 for concert updates.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. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.Take a seat at any old roadhouse bar and look to your left and right. Some people will be there drinking for fun, and others to forget. But on Shot Glass, the major label album debut from Warner Music Nashville’s Randall King, none of them are drinking alone. A country-music purist whose style carries on an original American art form–with all its highs and lows included–King is something of a study in contrast, and his album is too. He often sounds like he just stepped out of a time machine, full of upbeat honky-tonk swagger and flashing the thoughtful gaze of Western poet. But he’s also got a thoroughly modern edge, driven to prove timeless tradition can co-exist with the pop-country mainstream. And it all comes together on Shot Glass. Four years after his independent self-titled album kicked things off, the West-Texas native has now made the move to Music City, marking the start of a whole new chapter. He’s following a pair of visionary EPs with a top-shelf concept album–and in the process, buying all of classic country another round “I’m that rowdy honky-tonk artist,” King says with conviction. “But I’ve got music and roots that go deeper than just beer-sling in’ tunes. There’s a lot of depth “Inspired by everyone from George Strait and Keith Whitley to Dierks Bentley and Eric Church, King grew up on the endless plains and endless highways of a mythical place in the American story–but its famous ways were never mere fantasy to him. The hardscrabble days, wild nights and heartbreaks were all just part of an everyday cycle, and his music continues to capture that mystique. Back with producers Bart Butler and Ryan Gore–the team behind contemporaries like Jon Pardi who also guided King’s recent She Gone and Leanna EPs–King refuses to settle for the lowest-common denominator. Each track on Shot Glass reveals another aspect of the only life he knows, and the people who live it. Sometimes that means joy, sometimes sadness. But above all, it’s real “If there’s any kind of manufactured, fake aspect to it, it’s not gonna work for me,” says the singer-songwriter, who would have been a third-generation trucker had music not intervened. “I’m not an actor, so I’m gonna give you exactly who I am, where I’m from, and the things that reflect me. My up bringing…my West-Texas roots.”
Kolby Cooper
Presented by 101.3 KFDIKOLBY COOPERw/ Joint CustodyConcessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesActs subject to changeWear 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. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. Kolby Cooper lost his childhood and found his voice.Cooper was 14 when cancer took his dad, and he channeled that painful loss into songwriting. He was 18 with the responsibility of a wife and baby on his shoulders when he used his high school graduation money to record an EP. And now, barely old enough to buy a round for the band, Cooper is pouring his signature blend of scorching break-up anthems and gut-wrenchingly relatable songs into a new record for BBR Music Group.Far from the typical music industry inroads, Cooper has been riding the fast track from a small Texas town driven by necessity and inspired by his father’s working-class principles. “Losing my dad and then becoming a dad made me think, ‘This just can’t be a fun thing.’ I mean, it’s fun – but it has to be a job too,” Cooper said with candor. “I have to work my ass off. I’m not just trying to pay rent.” In three short years, Cooper has accomplished what has eluded seasoned Nashville insiders amassing more than 110 million Spotify streams and playing numerous, sold-out show around the country, with thousands of fans singing along to his searing, wry lyrics. Drawn to his unrestrained, fresh sound, Cooper is earning early praise for his rough-hewn velvet vocals, layered over wailing electric guitar, and a buoyant Texas bottom-end. His new record is Country with clear influences from his Lonestar State roots. The result “is authentic to me,” said the humble outlier. “I’m older and understanding more about myself, and the music, and what I want to say. This is exactly what I set out to sound like.” At 22, he is coming into his own as a master storyteller and an angry advocate for the heartsick as he writes each of his songs— from the deeply personal “Boy from Anderson County,” an autobiographical look at how love can propel a boy into becoming a better man, to “Good For You,” a sneering, steel-guitar slice of resentment, and the dreaded “it’s not you, it’s me” pathos of “Excuses,” which was inspired by his guitar player’s sudden breakup. Cooper is refreshingly kind and happy for someone who can readily tap into rage and angst. He embodies and moves confidently between contradictions from the defiant to the forlorn. “People ask me, ‘Why do you write these breakup songs? You must have a bad past with exes,’” he said laughing. “I’ve been dating my wife since we were seniors in high school.”
Subtronics: ANTIFRACTAL Tour 2023
Live Nation PresentsSubtronics: ANTIFRACTAL Tour 2023w/ Special Guests Blanke, Leotrix, and AusteriaConcessions and full bars open! Acts subject to changeCoat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.
Paramount 80’s Rock Night NYE
104.5 The Fox PresentsParamount: 80s Rock Night NYESpecial Guest Monterey JackText ClassicRock to 49798 for concert updates.Concessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesSupport acts subject to changeWear your Cotillion Merch to jump to the front of the GA line.We are no longer accepting table reservations. All remaining seating at tables that are not reserved are General Admission and on a first come first served basis. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. 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!”
DAVID GEORGE ORCHESTRA ROCK & ROLL CHRISTMAS SHOW
DAVID GEORGE ORCHESTRA ROCK & ROLL CHRISTMAS SHOW Special Guest Ben Husmann 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. COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. The David George Orchestra returns for a 3-show limited engagement. This holiday season DGO will be performing songs from the hit musical Christmas Ain’t A Drag as well as additional big band rock and roll traditional Christmas tunes. Emceeing the night will be Kansas City based comedian Ben Husmann. In 2021, still reeling from the Pandemic, George put together the David George Orchestra (a big band with upright bass, drums, keys, guitar, three vocalists, and a four-piece horn section) and performed songs from his hit musical Christmas Ain’t A Drag at the Record Bar in Kansas City to a limited crowd. This year he is planning on taking the David George Orchestra on the road — with shows in the Midwest and additional songs added to the set for 2022! Getting a call to join John Fogerty’s band was a career-defining moment in George’s life and it threw him into the fire. Learning forty songs in a week and only two eight-hour rehearsals before walking on stage in front of 10,000 people at the first show of many was a challenge but earned him the respect of people he looked up to. Sharing the stage with John was a thrill, and the chance to share a stage with Paul McCartney and perform on Letterman, Leno, and The View was something he could only dream about. From 1999 to 2008 George was the lead singer and guitarist for the alternative rock group Moaning Lisa. Putting out two full lengths and an EP (under the name Culture Killers), the band toured the Midwest extensively before moving to Los Angeles. In 2015 George created the musical Christmas Ain’t A Drag, a fun-filled show about four lives that intersect in a nightclub on Christmas Eve with original music inspired by the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Show and other big band music of the era. Christmas Ain’t A Drag starred Billy Blanks, Jr. and featured Music Director Bob Malone (John Fogerty, Ringo Starr) where it debuted at the legendary Cutting Room in New York City in 2019 to rave revues. Theater Pizzaz called it a “Holly jolly holiday spectacular!” George has spent the last few years producing artists (like singer-songwriter David Luther) as well as releasing five albums of his own material including the acclaimed Radiant Man (2015).
Switchfoot – This Is Our Christmas Tour
SWITCHFOOTTHIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS TOURText ALT to 49798 for concert updates.Concessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesCoat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. SWITCHFOOT has sold almost 10 million copies worldwide of their twelve studio albums (including their 2003 double-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown and 2009’s Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane), racked up a string of Alternative radio hit singles, and performed sold-out tours with over 5 million concert tickets sold in over 40 countries around the world. Through their unique blend of emotionally intelligent and uplifting brand of alternative rock, SWITCHFOOT has earned a devoted and loyal global fan base. SWITCHFOOT has raised over $2 million dollars to aid kids in their community through their BRO-AM Foundation. SWITCHFOOT consists of Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Jerome Fontamillas (keys, guitar) and Chad Butler (drums).
Smells Like Nirvana
SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA (a Tribute to Nirvana)w/ special Guest Dead Original and For The BirdsTEXT ROCK to 49798 for concert updatesConcessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesActs subject to changeWear 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. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. COVID-19 Show Policy: There are no restrictions on this show but we encourage face masks when you can not social distance and ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have been exposed recently to someone with COVID-19. Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain w/ ‘Smells Like Nirvana’ as they will perform songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more (b-sides/rare songs) w/ support from ‘Dead Original’. Make this show special by submitting a song request via smellslikenirvanatribute.com Over 220,000 likes on facebook.com/smellslikenirvanatribute The band features an ex member of the grammy nominated metal band Trivium and hit musical ‘Rock of Ages’ vocalist Paul Wandtke w/ bassist Mike Petrasek and drummer Christopher Scheutz. ‘Dead Original’ has toured and supported the legendary rock band Candlebox and has even supported band such as Seether, Jonathan Davis (Korn), 10 Years and more. Stream Dead Original’s first album ‘Bought and Sold’ available now on all streaming platforms or via deadoriginal.com Dead Original is supporting the show w/ a 30 min set of songs from their first album.
The AC/DC Experience – Noise Pollution
The AC/DC Experience – NOISE POLLUTIONwith Special Guest Throes of RejectionConcessions and full bars open! Also featuring local favorites Nancy’s A-Maize-N Sandwich Booth.All AgesActs subject to changeText CLASSICROCK to 49798 for concert updates.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. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed. Some things in life just keep giving year after year. In the rock n’ roll world, it is the music of AC/DC. From the early days with Bon Scott to the modern era with Brian Johnson, AC/DC delivers the goods. Pure and simple.AC/DC fans can celebrate because Noise Pollution pays tribute to the Aussie heavy weights of rock n’ roll. Based in San Diego, Noise Pollution delivers an amazing replication of the AC/DC concert experience from both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson periods. Fronted by Brian Brown on vocals and Curt Fischer on lead guitar, Noise Pollution presents a chronological look into the music of AC/DC. Because of the monumental nature of AC/DC vocals and guitar work, this is a rare and impressive accomplishment.Noise Pollution has performed for hundreds of thousands of AC/DC fans over the past 5 years. Noise Pollution performs the hits from both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras while guiding audiences through an unforgettable AC/DC experience. The band is professional in their respect for the music and their performance. CBS Los Angeles has declared Noise Pollution “one of the best you’ll find.” “Noise Pollution nails the sound and the energy of an AC/DC performance.” KCAL 96.7 FM called Noise Pollution, “The band that totally, completely kicks ass.” KMMT 106.5 FM, “Noise Pollution is one of the greatest AC/DC tribute bands to ever walk the face of the planet”.From coast to coast in the USA and from Canada to Latin America internationally, Noise Pollution has been performing audience friendly shows to sold out crowds at premier venues throughout the Western Hemisphere.