![]() ![]() ‘A WILD RIDE WITH MANY PERFORMANCES THAT HAVE FLOORED US’ ![]() strives “to build community by being a connection point between artists and listeners,” said concert booker Hunter VanKlompenberg, the cafe’s music and arts manager. “This can be especially helpful for younger musicians, as bars and clubs represent a good portion of the places musicians typically find opportunity to play.”ĭescribing the concert experience in the 99-capacity space as falling somewhere between a listening room and a house show, The Stray at 4253 S. Friday (Jan 14) and the café will host a rock show featuring Feeding Grizzlies and Laggies.Īs the latest venue to enter the Grand Rapids-area music scene, The Stray aims to “provide additional venue space in the community for acts who are talented but new or relatively unknown, as well as better-known musicians,” Karen said. Chip and Karen VanKlompenberg (Photo/Anthony Norkus)Īdding to all that diversity was last weekend’s performance by Grand Rapids’ Spanish-language group La Furia Del Ritmo, a modern cumbia band that infuses its music with trip hop, reggae, bachata, salsa and more.įast forward to 7 p.m. ![]()
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