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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

with Derek Woods Band

Saturday May 24th, 2025

All Ages | Rain or Shine 

Doors Open: 6:00 PM | Show Start: 7:00 PM 

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Featured Food Trucks: Bandwagon, Downtown Fingers, Roll it Up Sushi

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Black Joe Lewis is the realest motherf*cker there is. When Covid sidelined his touring, he started laying concrete to help support his baby mama and his kid. When Joe and his band, the Honeybears, popped onto the national stage over a decade ago, many critics embraced him but still, there were some that maintained that they hadn’t paid their dues. Joe’s still here. Still going. Still cashing checks and snapping necks. The dues of hard work; the delirious heights of the industry as well as the disappointments and low hanging fruit. Through this all, Joe’s only honed his mastery over gut bucket blues guitar and his true voice. It’s a vital and distinctly American voice that never anticipated the attention he wound up receiving, never went looking for it either. It just started happening. The garage, the blues, the propulsive and synergistic live performances that inhabit the spaces of James Brown, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and the MC5…those things happened naturally from the very beginning and could only be accurately communicated in the live experience, not a press release or a slick brand campaign. Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin Malcolm, The Dirtbombs, Detroit Cobras, the Strange Boys; these are some of the artists that Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears shared countless bills with; almost a roll call of the most influential soul and garage bands of the last twenty five years.

If you like whistling in your music and some floppy hat, quaky kneed dudes cloyingly singing at you, then you might not “get it” but whatever…there are enough intrepid, degenerate weirdos that do. Those are the folks Joe cares about. Not the glad handing set. Not the fair-weather friend set getting down with the flavor of the month. Like the title of his last album says, “the difference between me and you” is Joe defining for himself that there’s the belabored wannabes and then there’s dudes that actually “HAVE the blues”...whatever the hell THAT is! Joe’s concrete pouring boss is going to miss him.

Derek Woods Band

DEREK WOODS BAND is an International Award-Winning & Multi-Nominated Rock band. Fresh off a coast-to-coast tour of the US, DWB is gearing up for their next musical odyssey. Worldwide plans are already underway to support their highly anticipated upcoming album, "The Light", including a thrilling tour across the United States, Mexico, and Canada in 2024. Fans can expect an unforgettable live experience as the band showcases their latest material alongside beloved classics. At the heart of DEREK WOODS BAND's sound is a lineup of exceptionally talented musicians, featuring Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone, Bass, and Drums. However, the band's sonic palette knows no bounds, with various other instruments seamlessly woven into select songs, adding depth and intrigue to their already dynamic sound. DEREK WOODS BAND has shared the stage with legendary acts such as Jefferson Starship, Leon Russell, Allman Betts Band, Lisa Marie Presley, Cheech & Chong, Rusted Root, Jimmy Herring, Tim Reynolds and has been featured at many events including Woodstock 50th Anniversary at Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York to performing at The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.