The Balladeer Ballroom

09/08/2025

The lineup for Sounds of the Zoo '25 is heating up!

08/12/2025

Thanks, Kevin!

07/29/2025

The Balladeer Ballroom's Becky Raines and Buster James will both be performing at Sounds of the Zoo for the second year in a row!

📣 Sounds of the Zoo 2025 – Official Lineup & Website Launch Announcement

🐾 THE ZOO IS ALIVE!

We’re proud to officially announce the full band lineup for Sounds of the Zoo 2025 — AND the launch of our new website!

🎶 50 bands
📆 7 days
📍 10 venues across Downtown Kalamazoo
💸 ALL FREE | All Ages | All Genres

🗓️ Here’s the Week at a Glance

Monday, Sept 22
🕕 6:00–10:00 PM

Tuesday, Sept 23
🕕 6:00–10:00 PM

Wednesday, Sept 24
🕕 6:00–10:00 PM

Thursday, Sept 25
🎷 6:00–10:00 PM (Jazz Night)
🎤 6:00–10:00 PM (Push the Zoo: A Night of Culture & Hip Hop)

Friday, Sept 26
🕓 4:00–10:30 PM @ Bronson Park

Saturday, Sept 27
🕛 12:00–10:30 PM @ Bronson Park
🕛 12:00–2:30 PM @ Crawlspace Comedy Theatre
🕛 12:00–4:00 PM @ Kalamazoo Mall (Busking Stations)

Sunday, Sept 28
🕐 1:00–8:00 PM @ Bronson Park

🌐 Head to soundsofthezoo.com
•. See the full band lineup
• Check out the new website design
• Learn how to volunteer, donate, or get involved

🎤 Expect everything from funk, soul, rock, and punk to hip hop, jazz, folk, Afrobeat, experimental, and world music.

07/25/2025

Dropped an amp off at D-Lab Electronics and Terry asked if I was willing to demo his latest circuit, the Route 6l6 🤘🏼

Demo

06/21/2025

Visit The Balladeer Ballroom at Three Rivers Pride Festival

06/18/2025

Thank you, Ken!

06/04/2025

Thanks, Connor!

05/27/2025

Lots of new inventory for your spring and summer gigs, recording sessions, and home collection!

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05/27/2025

2022 Kauer Starliner in two-tone Candy Apple Red over Tahitian CoralA timeless combination of colors and pickup configuration come together in this rock 'n' roll machine. Kauer is making electric guitars the old fashioned and best way: small batches with quality time spend on each one.Specs:Body•....

05/27/2025

2016 G6120T-55GE Golden Era '55 Chet Atkins Hollow Body with BigsbyUndoubtedly the electric guitar was honed during the 1950s and has become known as the Golden Era. Gretsch released their flagship reissue line of guitars as the Golden Era Edition series in 2016 which shortly later become the Vin...

05/27/2025

2024 Fender Chris Shiflett Cleaver Telecaster DeluxeChris "Shifty" Shiflett spec'd a helluva Tele that is nearly identical to the Custom Shop: nitrocellulose Dakota Red finish with matching headstock, 12" radius fretboard with block inlays, a custom neck profile, noiseless P-90 pickups, and ...

05/27/2025

2023 Fender American Vintage II 1966 JazzmasterThe American Vintage II line continues to impress with its spot-on attention to detail. The '66 Jazzmaster reissue has a nitrocellulose finish, bound round-laminated rosewood fretboard with block inlays and 7.25" radius, and Pure Vintage floating tre...