Pig Minds Brewing Co. 10th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrate 10 years with us. An all day event with good food and great beer. 3 awesome bands lined up to play all day.

About Gin Mill Hollow

Over seven years and four hundred-plus shows, the ever-evolving Americana outfit Gin Mill Hollow has been showcasing their unique approach to string-band music throughout the midwest and beyond. Born as an acoustic duo at the Up North Bar in Madison, WI, the group found traction in the area after adding mandolin and eventually percussion to the mix. Now a solid four-piece band, Gin Mill Hollow’s live performances look and sound more like a rock show with electric guitar and effected mandolin solos soaring over driving rhythm and harmony, blending genres like bluegrass and folk music with jazz and blues. Plotting their third tour west to Colorado for April of 2022, the quartet are regularly playing bigger venues to larger crowds and are poised to ride that momentum into the summer festival circuit in the coming year. With two studio albums to their credit, the band plans to record new material over the winter months in the hopes of a new release not far behind.

Hailing from McHenry, IL Miles Over Mountains plays a modernized style of progressive bluegrass covering a wide spectrum of genres, dynamics, and feeling. Their live catalogue draws from their studio albums “Five Star Heart Breaker” (2015), “Ballads & Burners” (2017), and “Work Harder Not Smarter” (2020).  The band has been performing, touring, and making records since early 2014 playing an average of 150+ shows per year throughout the Midwest region and beyond. The band looks with excitement and hungry ambition towards the 2021 tour season, coming to a town near you!

The group features Phil Hoffman (upright bass), Caleb Peters (guitar), Sean Shiel (mandolin) and the welcome addition of Pete Smith(banjo) and Shawn Drake(fiddle) in 2021. Collectively the members of the group have thousands of shows under their belt, giving their songs, sound, and performances a musical maturity that echoes their collective years of passion and experience.

Rolling plains, crackling campfires, and late night string sessions are just some of the scenes that float into one’s mind when absorbing one of Midwestern quartet River Valley Rangers’ forthright compositions.