25/07/2026
We are proud to be a part of this line up! Outside show, or inside if need be. Live music in the summer!
The second band joining us for our FREE Summer Concert Series is The Water Street Hot Shots! Catch them on our hay wagon stage on Friday, August 7th at 7pm.
"The Water Street Hot Shots have been performing acoustic blues and roots music for over twenty-five years. After all that time together, they’ve played a wide variety of venues including blues and folk festivals, college lectures, weddings, BBQ joints, resorts, beer halls, barns, Memphis blues clubs, street corners, and Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Special music opportunities also fell to the Hot Shots over the years including opening for guitar hero Leo Kottke, opening for blues royalty Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins, and shared a bill with delta blues treasure David “Honeyboy” Edwards.
With a strong push to bring the 1920’s and 30’s party time blues vibe to their shows, the Hot Shots draw inspiration and repertoire from the classic jug bands, string bands, delta slide players, hokum blues, and washboard jazz bands of that era.
Slide guitarist Mike Ammons put the band together in 2000, and for over two decades, they played weekly for the supportive home crowd at the Water Street Pub, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Recently, performances at Water Street continue, but now on a monthly rotation.
Other longtime band members include Rich Higdon on washboard, Tim Dekker on fiddle, JR Fenner on bass and jug, Alan “Doc” Mock on mandolin and guitar, and Steve Irby on drums."
It's gonna be a good one, y'all!! Bring a chair and your dancin' shoes.
Below is our full Free Summer Concert Series Line-up!
July 31: Paul Sucherman's Doghouse Big Band
August 7:The Water Street Hot Shots
August 14: MOONGLOW
August 21: Mama Ginger & The Red Hots (Erin Krebs Music)
August 28: Luke Callen
September 4: Radio Free Honduras
*This show is funded in part by the Andi for the Arts Fund, held at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
