Seating is limited for this intimate performance!
Potluck starts at 6PM Music starts at 7PMAll ages, family friendly-----------
Chad Elliotthttps://www.chadelliott.net/https://youtu.be/c30Ps0OPl5A
Like the dark earth of his Iowa origins, Chad Elliott's life has served as fertile ground for music. Elliott has turned love, loss, fatherhood, divorce and homelessness into lyrics. He performs more than 200 shows each year and is lauded as “Iowa’s Renaissance man” by Culture Buzz. He has cultivated more than 1,000 songs in his career while also honing his skills as painter, sculptor, illustrator and author (Wilderman’s Treetop Tales; Rumble & Flash).Elliott’s early career demonstrates a love of folk, roots and singer-songwriter music. He has worked with many greats and shared the stage with artists of the highest caliber, including Odetta, Tom Paxton, Loudon Wainwright III, R.L. Burnside, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, etc. Today, his songwriting has made a marked shift to Americana.On his 20th album, Wreck and Ruin, Elliott dove into his love of roots-rock, soul and blues music with a rocking band behind his artfully crafted songs. Producer and drummer, Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo) lined up the best rhythm and lead players in Nashville to create Elliott’s greatest album to date. Guitarist and bassist Kenny Vaughan and Dave Roe, legendary Nashville players, add the needed touches to rocket Elliott’s songs into a new arena of hard driving Americana.“Chad Elliott has assembled not only a great group of songs, but some of Nashville's finest roots music practitioners and producer drummer Ken Coomer to make a soulful and beautiful album. Townes would be proud.” - Will Kimbrough about Wreck and Ruin​On his 21st album, RINGGOLD, Elliott recorded songs at his home studio in Iowa. The studio, built in his grandparents’ former home, helped him connect with his roots and explore difficult songs about those closest to him. It was released in 2017.Elliott released his 22nd album, Rest Heavy, in 2018. Rest Heavy was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, TN, with his band, The Redemptions. Greg Brown said of the new album, it’s “low, loose and full of juice. This album’s got a lot of life to it.” Rest Heavy hit shelves August 10, 2018.Press Quotes"This album just oozes soul, truth, and seems rather timeless as it could have been recorded almost any time in the last fifty-sixty years." - Jim Hynes, Elmore Magazine (US) review of Rest Heavy"This is Americana at its finest... Elliott has immersed himself in gospel, blues, roots-rock and white-boy R’n’B to the point where he comes across as a striking combo of Fogerty, Mellencamp and Springsteen." - Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine Magazine (US) review of Rest Heavy"Rest Heavy is a high-energy, dynamic work. One of the best parts about listening to the album is the clear sense you get that Elliott is having the time of his life playing and recording these songs." - Lucas Benson, Little Village Magazine (US) review of Rest Heavy"There is so much to be loved about this album. From start to finish, it's a masterpiece of deep soul and blues that shows you all the pictures of the places that inspired its sounds in every song. You need this album in your collection..." - Amanda Marcazo, The Jamwich magazine review of Rest Heavy (US)“Rest Heavy jumps right at you and doesn’t let go. The whole piece has an edge you can shave with.” - Rob Ellen, Medicine Show Radio (UK) said of Rest Heavy"Elliott’s got a knack for timeless, relatable storytelling, and his songwriting comes with much heart, integrity and vitality." - Take Effect Reviews (US) said of Rest Heavy“Chad Elliott has assembled not only a great group of songs, but some of Nashville's finest roots music practitioners and producer drummer Ken Coomer to make a soulful and beautiful album.  Townes would be proud.” - Will Kimbrough said of Wreck and Ruin"Chad Elliott is a veteran singer/songwriter who writes smooth, feel good songs ranging from soulful drinking songs to upbeat road-tunes to down and dirty tunes worthy of Ray Wylie Hubbard." - Calvin Powers, The Americana Music Show“…Chad Elliott stands out as a timeless and genuine musical poet with supple-strong roots like the bluestem and buffalo grass of Iowa prairie.” - Todd Partridge, NoDepression.com"In the wide scope of Americana music live stories timeless as the land. With dynamic swells amid driven and transient melodies, Chad Elliott tells them one song at a time," - Sam Burrish, Sioux City Journal​Awards and Honors2018 Kerrville New Folk - Finalist2015 Unsigned Only Competition - Semi-Finalist - Americana2015 Folk Alliance International - Official Showcase2014 Newsong Contest - Midwest Finalist2013 Top 25 Albums on brokenjukebox.com - So Sang the Crow2013 Iowa Blues Challenge - Winner Solo/Duo2013 Rising Star - Finalist2012 Show Me the Music Song Contest - Finalist - Americana2012 Int. Folk Alliance Conference - Official Showcase Artist2011 Iowa Motion Picture Awards - Best Original Music Score2011 Mixies Award - "Most Creative Tour" - One Horse Town Tour2009 International Songwriting Contest - 3rd Place Winner - Americana2009 Woody Guthrie Song Contest - 1st Place Winner2008 Kerrville New Folk - Finalist2006 Folkalley.com’s - Open Mic Winner2006 Just Plain Folks - Top 20 New Folk Songs