Original country/Americana songs that blend humor, heartache, and honky-tonk. With an eclectic style that ranges from hillbilly roots to Nashville pop, the songwriting team of Nikki Grossman and Joe Hart has developed a lively, contemporary take on country music. Their creative lyrics, catchy melodies, and clever stage show have earned them a growing fanbase in the Midwest and beyond.

Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Harmonica Player. John’s deep, rich, blues inflected voice, both powerful and passionate, was honed in the honky-tonks and bars up and down and east and west of the Mississippi River. His relentless harmonica wailing is amazing, intricate and original. His guitar playing runs the gamut from wild and raucous to pure and distinctive. He is also a founding member of two midwestern bands that performed for many years in the Tri-State area: Longshot and Saddletramp. John is a veteran rocker who spent 13 years in Nashville, Tennessee sharpening his songwriting and performing skills. He’s had his songs recorded by artists in California, New York and Nashville

Bring your kids and enjoy Trunk or Treat! Dunk the Sheriff, Superintendent of Galena Schools, City Treasurer or Pastor Bill in the Dunktank. Great family friendly fun.

Join in on the 2021 Music in the Vines Series! Enjoy Galena Cellars wine and live music by your favorite local artists in Galena’s countryside. Wines by the glass & bottle and Wine Flights will be flowing all day! You’re welcome you to bring a picnic and blankets & chairs. Leashed four legged friends are always welcome too!

Original country/Americana songs that blend humor, heartache, and honky-tonk. With an eclectic style that ranges from hillbilly roots to Nashville pop, the songwriting team of Nikki Grossman and Joe Hart has developed a lively, contemporary take on country music. Their creative lyrics, catchy melodies, and clever stage show have earned them a growing fanbase in the Midwest and beyond.

From Denver, Colorado, Jeffrey Dallet combines rock with lyrically driven folk music. Dallet has won awards for his songwriting, winning an Akedamia best folk song award for his song ‘Gypsy Jewel’, and winning a best song contest in the Colorado Music Business Award for his songs ‘Odd Ball Blues’ and ‘Mile High Lament’. Dallet’s myriad life experiences have all contributed to his unique style of songwriting which blends storytelling, social commentary, and lost love

Join Scott Rische’s Open Mic every Sunday at the Grape Escape.

Oct. 28 Galena’s official “Jim Post” Day -7 PM, Turner Hall

Galena’s “Songwriter Laureate”, the inimitable Jim Post, will be featured in this month’s Songwriters Showcase, in an evening of song and storytelling. Jim’s accomplishments include twenty-one albums, most of them of original folk texture. His one rock and roll album included the international hit, Reach out in the Darkness. In 1986, Jim wrote his first play, Galena Rose: How Whiskey Won the West, which he performed more than fifteen-hundred times, including a performance for the Smithsonian Institute.
As usual for Songwriters Showcase, this concert will be donation only. We appreciate sponsorship from the City of Galena for this concert.
For everyone’s safety, masking will be required at this concert.

Burnt Biscuits, band from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, performs vintage bluegrass and gypsy jazz as well as covers everyone will recognize.
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Steeped in the traditions of pre-war jazz and bluegrass music, founders Zach Draper and Elliott Esparza engage audiences with their unique approach to pop songs and traditional American classics. While music lovers will appreciate the influence that artists like Tony Rice, Nickel Creek, and Django Reinhardt have on the Burnt Biscuits sound; its their unique energy and musical intuition that wins the band a broader appeal among fans. Whether it be an Irish pub, supper club or a live outdoor event, Burnt Biscuits brings you back to a time when banjos and steel strings were king.

The largest, longest and spookiest parade in the tri-state area, featuring spectacular floats, marching bands, costumed participants, prizes and treats for guys and ‘ghouls’ of all ages.

Shuttles will run beginning at 3 p.m. from the Walmart parking lot located off of US 20, to downtown Galena.

The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at @8:00 p.m.

Please note* For safety reasons the shuttles cannot run during the parade but will resume after the parade and continue until 11 p.m.

The cost of a round trip ticket on the shuttle is $5.00 per person for ages 6 and up. You will be given a wrist band to ride the shuttle. If you do not wish to ride the shuttle you can access the public parking areas for free or paid parking. City Parking Map attached.

This year we are asking the public to bring nonperishable food items to the parade that will then be donated to the local food pantry. These items can be dropped off at the Walmart parking lot shuttle location from 2-11 p.m. on October 30th.