
may
28may7:30 pmBrule7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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FREE All Ages Show Paul LaRoche is the founder and producer of the award-winning Native American music group Brulé. The group is best known for thrilling audiences with a mergence of
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Paul LaRoche is the founder and producer of the award-winning Native American music group Brulé. The group is best known for thrilling audiences with a mergence of cultural rock and theatrical instrumentations. Now in their 20th season, their national performances carry the same contagious excitement as Trans Siberian Orchestra, Celtic Thunder, and Riverdance—but with the emotional impact of the American Indian culture.
The group is one of the top-selling Native American adult/rock music groups and has chalked up impressive CD sales (over 1 million worldwide). Brulé has released 21 titles in 20 years and has been named “Group of the Year” five times by the prestigious Native American Music Awards, earning seven NAMMYs since 2002. Their annual performance schedule takes them extensively throughout the U.S., touring the casino, performing arts theatre, arena, corporate and festival circuits.
Brulé has pushed the boundaries of contemporary Native American rhythms and classic rock in their genre-blending selections. Their electrifying show consists of a 5-piece rock ensemble augmented with an array of traditional Native American instrumentation. Paired with the stunning steps of one of the top Native American dance troupes, their authenticity brings a multi-dimensional art form to this cultural rock opera. The musical journey of Brulé’s founder, Paul LaRoche, adds an affecting story to audiences and has been well documented in the best-selling biography “Hidden Heritage”.
Brulé is seen regularly on national PBS affiliates across the country. Their history-making concert, “Brulé, Live at Mount Rushmore—Concert for Reconciliation of the Cultures”, has become the longest running Native American concert special on national TV.
Brulé produced over 70 episodes of the TV Program “Hidden Heritage” for cable TV. RFD-TV is a cable TV network that broadcasts to over 40 million homes across the United Sates and international markets. The show “Hidden Heritage” presents positive stories from across Native America.
Brulé is pioneering a new trend in the music industry: the epic Native American Rock Theatre.
Time
(Sunday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
june
03jun7:30 pmLos Chicos Del 5127:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages It is a mind-blowing experience and the closest you can get to live a Selena concert. Simply, the best Selena tribute band out there! All of
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It is a mind-blowing experience and the closest you can get to live a Selena concert. Simply, the best Selena tribute band out there! All of its band members have lived and played to the remarkable music that Selena brought to us for at least 15 years. After living through her music, they wanted to have an opportunity to bring this incredible show to all of her fans. For the past two years, they have performed this amazing experience to Selena fans across the country. These musicians came together and orchestrated an extraordinary show that will have you back in 1995 within seconds of their first song. Los Chicos del 512 will bring to you the finest Selena tribute that you can possibly imagine. Now, get ready to sing, dance and relive Selena!
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
10jun7:30 pmThunderstruck7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages Thunderstruck: America’s AC/DC tribute gives fans so much more than the sound of AC/DC, they truly capture the high voltage energy and experience. For fans, it's
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Thunderstruck: America’s AC/DC tribute gives fans so much more than the sound of AC/DC, they truly capture the high voltage energy and experience. For fans, it’s about a sense of familiarity, and it’s about a feeling that snatches up listeners and takes over. It’s about a contagious kind of power and electricity that few AC/DC tribute bands can provide!
From Tyler Melen’s ridiculously non-stop on-stage performance replicating the Angus Young of the 70’s and 80’s, to Bobby Lee Stamper’s versatile vocals mimicking both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson ranges, to the incredible rhythm section made up of Kevin Feller on rhythm guitar, Corey Baetz on drums, and Chris Jones on bass, Thunderstruck gives a complete and consistently authentic live show as true to the spirit of AC/DC that you can possibly get!
Thunderstruck: America’s AC/DC tribute has performed tribute shows throughout the nation, with a consistent record of sold out shows from coast-to-coast. Thunderstruck, officially established in 2015 (but existing in other variations for several years prior), has continued to grow its fan base by building and maintaining relationships with some of the nation’s biggest promoters and venues, such as Live Nation and the House of Blues, as well as by performing at major music festivals including the Pensacola Tribute Fest and Parr Fest, in addition to live stream performances for major brands such as Number Juan Tequila and Monsters of Rock. Thunderstruck is also the only AC/DC tribute band in the United States to have a major national brand partnership, which is with Number Juan Tequila, owned and operated by Alex Reymundo (Rednexican, Latin Kings of Comedy), and Ron White (Blue Collar Comedy, Horrible Bosses, Comedy Central Presents)
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
24jun7:30 pm90's Rock Show7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages Re-live your 1990's memories with an evening of flannel-filled fun to a soundtrack of the greatest grunge, alt-rock, and 90's pop-punk! WE LOVE 90's ROCK! We are
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Re-live your 1990’s memories with an evening of flannel-filled fun to a soundtrack of the greatest grunge, alt-rock, and 90’s pop-punk!
WE LOVE 90’s ROCK! We are more than a California cover band, we are CONCERT EXPERIENCE with LIVE strings. Bring your pent up angst, flannel shirts, doc martins or whatever makes you feel the rush of 90’s rock flow through your veins and get ready to go back in time to the best decade – THE 1990s!
The 90s Rockshow performs 90s alternative and grunge rock from Nirvana, No Doubt, Alanis Morrissette, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Blink 182, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Sublime, Third Eye Blind, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, The Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Oasis, and more.
90s Rock Show is Seth Romano, Jennifer Jo Oberle(Five For Fighting, Vertical Horizon), Jimmy Keegan(Santana,Asia), Erik Johnson, Steve Fazio
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
july
01jul7:30 pmThe Trip7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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FREE All Ages Show THE TRIP is a cover rock dance band performing pop and rock hits. We're one of the most popular booked corporate, party and wedding bands in California and
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THE TRIP is a cover rock dance band performing pop and rock hits. We’re one of the most popular booked corporate, party and wedding bands in California and on Gigmasters, have won multiple “Top Rock Cover Band” awards, and were voted best cover band by CBS. We have entertained some pretty famous customers. We have performed with Michael Anthony from Van Halen and Chickenfoot, country superstar Toby Keith, Weird Al Yankovic, The GOGOs Jane Weidlin, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) Scott Ian (Anthrax), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) to name a few.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
04jul7:30 pmBilly Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages During the shutdown of 2020, the recording studios in Los Angeles were closed for several months. For avid creators Bud and J.D., this was a time
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During the shutdown of 2020, the recording studios in Los Angeles were closed for several months. For avid creators Bud and J.D., this was a time to start planning and writing for the day that the studios would open again and what sort of new songs would emerge. Over the course of the next year, The Boxmasters would record three new albums. A very personal album called “Nothing Personal” which is yet to be released, “Christmas In California” which was released in November of 2021 and “Help…I’m Alive” which is to be released on April 15th on Keentone Records/ Thirty Tigers.
“It’s been difficult for people to live in this world for the past few years. Normally you hear someone cry out ‘Help, I’m drowning’ or ‘Help, I’m dying’. This song is a tongue-in-cheek way of saying, ‘Wow it sucks being here right now. Help…I’m Alive.’ Well, okay, it’s really not so tongue-in-cheek. I came up with the chorus and melody just walking around the house during lockdown. It just came out in that moment, just as it is on the record. I picked up a guitar and Facetimed J.D.” recalls Bud about the creation of the title track on the album.
“This album was really a cathartic release for us. We were able to be in our favorite place in the world, which is the recording studio. So we made a joyful noise. Meanwhile there was a lot of pain and suffering and fighting all around us. I lost one of my best friends from childhood who took his own life on one of the days that we were recording. So there are those bits of sadness in these poppy and fun sounding songs” says J.D.
The “2022 Help…I’m Alive” Tour runs from April into June and makes stops in all areas of the United States. Familiar stops in Kansas City at Knuckleheads, Atlanta, Annapolis, Oregon and California are joined with new venues in Texas, Wyoming, Ohio and Kentucky. “We were having the best tour of our careers last summer before we had to stop due to the coronavirus. So we are very excited to get back out there and in front of the fans” says J.D. “We should have some new merchandise as well as a few new songs from both “Help…I’m Alive” as well as new songs that we’ve been writing in the last few months.”
Formed in 2007, The Boxmasters have recorded an impressive and diverse catalogue of music that touches on their love of a wide array of influences, but most importantly, the rock and roll of the 1960’s. Listening to The Boxmasters, one can hear obvious odes to the Beatles, Byrds and Beach Boys, but also important to The Boxmasters are The Mothers of Invention, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine and Big Star.
Since forming The Boxmasters, several long-time friends have contributed to the sound of the band, but the core of The Boxmasters has always been Andrew and Thornton. As primary songwriters, the sound of the Boxmasters has been an evolution as the duo constantly strive to find new inspiration, new sounds and new ways of expressing what is in their hearts and on their minds. But at the core, there is a backbeat, a lyric with meaning and music played with emotion.
As a touring band, The Boxmasters have cultivated a rabid cult fanbase across the United States and Canada. Opening for the likes of ZZ Top, Steve Miller and Los Lobos, The Boxmasters have proven to win over large audiences. As a headliner, frequent stops in Kansas City at “Knuckleheads”, Springfield, Illinois at “Boondocks” and “Merrimack Hall” in Huntsville, Alabama have shown dedicated yet still growing audiences. Two appearances at Levon Helm’s “Midnight Ramble” in Woodstock, New York were highlight performances for the band, as well as the “Ramble at The Ryman” that Levon hosted in 2008. The Boxmasters performed on “The Grand Ole Opry” in 2015, another in a growing resume of must-play venues.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
29jul7:30 pmHeart By Heart - Ft. Steve Fossen & Michael Derosier of Heart7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages The original rhythm section for Heart - one of classic rock’s most successful and revered bands - is still locked in and delivering those iconic songs
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The original rhythm section for Heart – one of classic rock’s most successful and revered bands – is still locked in and delivering those iconic songs as faithfully as possible, says bassist and co-founding member Steve Fossen (a member of Heart from 1969 to 1982), of his band Heart By Heart. Along with former Heart drummer Michael Derosier (1975-1982), vocalist Somar Macek, Lizzy Daymont on guitar, keyboards and vocals, and guitarist Chad Quist, Fossen says Heart By Heart is committed to playing the music with as much reverence and respect as possible.
“Our mission is to perform the classic Heart music as faithfully as we can,” according to Fossen.
Heart By Heart began organically as a duo when Fossen met vocalist Somar Macek in 2008. “We started out playing dinner parties, bistros and jam nights around town,” Fossen said of the musical pairing. By 2009, Fossen and Macek were a couple and have since married. “We were so in love, we decided to call the project Heart by Heart,” Fossen says. When booking agents began requesting a full band, Fossen welcomed the opportunity to once again play professionally
with Derosier while sharing the stage with his new love, Somar. Heart By Heart presents a powerful, dynamic show that includes all the favorite Heart hits such as Barracuda, Straight
On, Crazy On You and Magic Man, as well as deep album cuts that Heart fans will love. “We take the music very seriously,” said Fossen. “Ann and Nancy Wilson are rock’s premiere sisters, and with Heart By Heart, we respect and honor that music we made together.”
Aside from regular repeat appearances around their Pacific Northwest home base, Heart By Heart has been touring the US since 2014, taking their show on the road to Performing Arts Centers, indoor and outdoor theaters, casinos, fairs and festivals. Fossen says that one of the most rewarding aspects of Heart By Heart is meeting with fans, who are encouraged to bring Heart memorabilia to shows for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers to sign afterwards. “We have people coming up to us after shows with tears in their eyes,” he said. “They thank us for bringing back memories of those days. Somar and I started singing these songs out a pure love for the material, and now that we’ve branched out and are touring around the country, it’s really rewarding to talk to fans and hear their stories and memories.”
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
august
05aug7:30 pmThe Pork Tornadoes7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages The Pork Tornadoes are without a doubt, the most well-known and loved party band of the Midwest. They are known for putting a unique spin on
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The Pork Tornadoes are without a doubt, the most well-known and loved party band of the Midwest. They are known for putting a unique spin on all of your favorite songs, spanning 5 decades and 4 different genres. Led by singer Mason Greve, who was a finalist on a Not-To-Be-Mentioned National TV singing show in 2014, The Pork Tornadoes will blow you away with an electric mix of covers ranging from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce, all the way to Lizzo, Morgan Wallen, NSYNC and Phil Collins.
Their debut EP peaked on the Apple iTunes Pop charts at #20 and has been streamed over 1.3 million times. They recently achieved viral success with the 5th-most viewed cover of ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ on Youtube and an impromptu performance of ‘In The Air Tonight’ with a drum line that was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. Performing music that people of all ages and musical backgrounds can enjoy, crowds of fun-loving music fans continue to attend every Pork Tornadoes concert that they can. With over 18 million views on their videos and more than 100,000 social media fans worldwide, make sure your summer plans include seeing this band live!
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
06aug7:30 pmSteven Curtis Chapman7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages In a career that has spanned more than three decades, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. With 59 Gospel Music
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In a career that has spanned more than three decades, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. With 59 Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards, five GRAMMYAwards, an American Music Award, and a historic 50 No. 1 singles, he has sold more than eleven million albums with ten RIAA-Certified
Gold or Platinum albums to his credit.
Sponsored By
Okoboji Bible Conference and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lakefield, MN
Time
(Sunday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
12aug7:30 pmElle King7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
Special Guest
AJ Croce
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Free Show - All Ages Iowa’s premier water quality event this summer in the Iowa Great Lakes will culminate with a prestigious musical act on stage. Genre-busting singer, songwriter and
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Iowa’s premier water quality event this summer in the Iowa Great Lakes will culminate with a prestigious musical act on stage. Genre-busting singer, songwriter and rising star Elle King will headline the evening concert of the Okoboji Blue Water Festival. King’s rise in popularity is due in part to her versatility as a musician and her bold forays into several different genres.
King’s musical style is influenced by country, rock and blues, a diversity that has endeared her to fans. Her notoriety as a recording artist is maturing, and she slays a live show. A CMA and ACM Award winner and four-time Grammy Award nominee, King’s music is steeped in every genre of vintage Americana, grown from her hardscrabble upbringing in Oklahoma. With famous parents – superstar actor and comedian Rob Schneider and international model London King – Elle fought early to forge her own identity through her music. The release of her debut album, Love Stuff, in 2015, sent her on the way.
King became obsessed early in life by Otis Redding and Hank Williams, among others, and launched a youthful songwriting resume’ at the tender age of 13. She learned how to play the banjo and began to shape the raucous power delivery of her vocals that today make her live performances so dynamic.
Collaborations with various artists ensued. A highly successful duet with Miranda Lambert became a number one country hit, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”. King moved firmly into the genre with her 2023 album, Come Get Your Wife. She once said “I say that I sing a little bit of country blues, but it changes from song to song, but it changes from song to song, whatever I’m feeling or listening to.” But as soon as you try to classify her as country, she’ll rock your brains out or wail you with the blues. That’s what makes King’s journey so fascinating.
“One of the trademarks of the festival is to end the daylong water quality activities with a celebratory big-name concert,” said co-chair Greg Drees. “Elle King will carry on that tradition.”
Co-chair Julie Peterson agreed. “We were elated when Elle pledged to play our event,” Peterson said. “We anticipate a capacity crowd to rock the green space.”
AJ Croce – Special Guest
Master pianist, songwriter and singer AJ Croce will take the stage at the eighth annual Okoboji Blue Water Festival on August 12 as the prelude to headliner Elle King. “What a coup for the festival,” said co-chair Julie Peterson. “AJ Croce has performed his beautiful music for more that three decades, and we are thrilled that he is on the card for our evening concert.”
Croce draws from a myriad of musical traditions and anti-heroes – part New Orleans, part juke joint and part soul. The author of ten charted studio albums, Croce has illustrated through the years his love and appreciation of several musical genres, including blues, soul, pop, jazz and rock. Early in his career he toured with Ray Charles and B.B. King, and the list of musicians he has played with is lengthy with such names as Willie Nelson, the Neville Brothers and Ry Cooder.
AJ’s love for the music of his late father, the prolific songwriter Jim Croce, has strengthened through the years, and his live concerts are embellished with those lovely renditions.
Sponsored By
Okoboji Blue Water Festival
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
19aug7:30 pmChris Lane7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages Introducing “a decidedly more country sound” (MusicRow),Chris Lane is launching his next chapter with over 1.6BILLION on-demand streams and three #1s to date–platinum “Big, BigPlans,” 3X
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Introducing “a decidedly more country sound” (MusicRow),Chris Lane is launching his next chapter with over 1.6BILLION on-demand streams and three #1s to date–platinum “Big, BigPlans,” 3X platinum “I Don’t Know About You,” and platinum “Fix.” After a spree of releases in2021 and 2022, Lane’s catalog has expanded with hits like latest collaboration “Dancin’ InTheMoonlight” with Lauren Alaina, “Howdy,” “Stop Coming Over,” “Summer Job Money,” “FillThem Boots,” “Ain’t Even Met You Yet,”HIXTAPE: Vol. 2smash “Small Town On It” with Scotty McCreery, Dustin Lynch duet, “Tequila On A Boat,”and the 2X platinum “Take Back Home Girl”with Tori Kelly.The Kernersville, N.C. native has appeared on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,TODAY, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and CONAN, and was featured inPEOPLE’s2019 Sexiest Man Alive issue. He’s scored nominations at IHeartRadioMusic Awards, ACM Awards, and Radio Disney Music Awards. Lane is touring in the Spring and Summer of 2023 including dates with Kane Brown and Jordan Davis, after having previously shared the bill with A-list acts like Florida Georgia Line, Brad Paisley, and Dan + Shay.
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Indian Motorcycle
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
26aug7:30 pmCalifornia Transit Authority7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages In the beginning, there was Chicago Transit Authority. Danny Seraphine, along with his bandmates set out to change the face of Rock and Roll by creating
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In the beginning, there was Chicago Transit Authority. Danny Seraphine, along with his bandmates set out to change the face of Rock and Roll by creating a rock band with horns. During his tenure with Chicago, they scored 20 top 10 hits, (5 reaching #1) and 10 Grammy nominations. He is considered the father of jazz rock drumming. Rolling Stone magazine ranks him as one of the top 100 drummers of all time and Larry Thomas, the former CEO of Guitar Center, calls him one of the top 5 living drummers.
Danny was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2020, he received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2006, Danny came full circle, forming California Transit Authority (CTA). Guitarist Marc Bonilla and Keyboardist Ed Roth have been with CTA since its inception. In 2022, former Chicago bassist/singer Jeff Coffey joined the lineup, making this iteration the most powerful and dynamic in the band’s history.
CTA’s “Take Me Back to Chicago” tour features a dynamic horn section and the iconic hits of Chicago, including all-out rockers “25 or 6 to 4” and “I’m A Man,” pop hits “Saturday In The Park” and “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” and chart-topping ballads “Hard Habit To Break” and “You’re The Inspiration”. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, evidenced by all the Chicago cover bands out there. Why settle for an imitation when you can have the real deal!
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331
september
02sep7:30 pmArch Allies7:30 pm Preservation Plaza
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Free Show - All Ages Arch Allies has always been THE EPIC classic rock sing-along band showcasing dynamic vocals, huge guitars, dashing keyboards and powerful drums. Now they have taken the
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Arch Allies has always been THE EPIC classic rock sing-along band showcasing dynamic vocals, huge guitars, dashing keyboards and powerful drums. Now they have taken the show to a NEW LEVEL to create a One-Of-A-Kind Tribute Show selecting only the very TOP HITS of each of the bands and artists they tribute. Songs that everyone knows and loves to sing-along with!
Arch Allies Is EXPLODING across the country by creating a truly unique LIVE music experience: A Male & Female Tribute Band with complete visual and audible tributes that bring the magic of each character to life! They have combined their original show of audience’s favorite male classic rock tributes (Journey, Bon Jovi, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Def Leppard) and added a beautiful and masterful female vocalist to perform the top CLASSIC ROCK female artists you love to see like Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Lita Ford, Tina Turner and Ann Wilson!
Plus, this band knows how to HAVE FUN on stage and bring that NON-STOP EXCITEMENT and ENERGY throughout every concert, with their video screens, colorful shots of confetti and Tour Quality sound and lighting. Arch Allies have been accused of “Lip Syncing” due to their ability to so perfectly replicate the bands of the 80’s, which is the best compliment they have received! Fans just have a hard time believing any band can SOUND SO MUCH like the real thing! Arch Allies Is more than a concert, It Is a complete SHOW! From the first note to the final bow at the end of the night, fans are completely engrossed with THE EXPERIENCE THAT IS ARCH ALLIES.
Arch Allies has performed from Florida to Washington State, from Mexico to Canada with FAMILY FRIENDLY performances for everything from event entertainment, fairs and festivals and many casinos around the country. With their own tour-quality stage, video, sound and lighting available, Arch Allies is the EASIEST show to book for your next event. No need to go to multiple sources when we bring it all.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Preservation Plaza
37 Lake St, Arnolds Park, IA 51331

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