We are a house concert venue in southeast Michigan, near Detroit, dedicated to hosting local and touring musicians in a small, intimate "listening room" environment. Inner Ring Concert Series is a community based House Concert music venue located in southeast Michigan, near Detroit. : My husband Ben and our family began opening our home and environs to local and touring musicians for intimate, "K
itchen Party" concerts in 2014 and continue to hold concerts between April and November. During the Summer months, our concerts move outdoors into our back garden area near our pond where we can accommodate larger audiences--roughly 45-50 people--which makes a very pleasant, sociable summer evening event for musicians and audiences alike. The requested donation is $20.00 per person with proceeds going directly to the musicians. Most of our concerts are booked for Saturday evening although we also have a "Sunday Supper Series" running in the late Winter/early Spring which is a late afternoon concert starting at 4:00 p.m. with a soup, bread and dessert (and wine, soft drinks, coffee/tea) supper to follow. During the Saturday evening concerts, we serve light snacks during the intermission which often include Ben's wonderful baking with wine, beer, coffee, tea or soft drinks and everyone is welcome to linger afterwards to eat, drink and visit with the musicians and other guests. We very much enjoy being part of the Michigan and regional music community and have plans for continuing for many years to come. To musicians who are interested in playing our venue:
We welcome inquiries from both local and touring musicians for our summer concerts. During the winter months, we tend to book local musicians only to avoid cancellations due to weather. We are not routinely able to house musicians in our home--we will consider solo touring musicians on a case-by-case basis but we will do our best to help locate nearby accommodations within our community of family, friends and neighbors and we are more than happy to have you spend down time with us in our home, keeping you fed and happy while you're in town. If you are a solo performer who has booked a show with us and you would like to add someone to the bill, it must be cleared with us first. We create a Facebook invitation list approximately 2 weeks ahead of the concert and update and "boost" it frequently. We ask that our artists share the announcement/invitation list generously, and make sure that any friends who would like to come are added to the list--please do not make and share a separate event invitation--we need to know who is coming and have an accurate head count" as we plan for refreshments and space needs but most importantly because this is our home and we need to know who will be coming into our space. We ask for a $20.00 per person donation with all proceeds going to the musician(s). As a general rule, we do not accept bookings from musicians who have a required minimum--while we work hard to promote our shows and encourage people to come out, we cannot guarantee an audience number. Our shows have been well attended and our audiences appreciative and generous so we feel confident that our musicians will find themselves well compensated for their work. If you have any questions not answered to your satisfaction here, please send us a message and we'll respond promptly. Thank you. Ben, Michelle and Mary Wilbert AKA Inner Ring House Concerts
