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Hush Now, Sweet Halo

Hush Now, Sweet Halo formed after its members crossed paths in various underground projects, eventually finding a shared language. Built on a collaborative, experimental process, the band creates a thick, moody intensity matched with unexpected softness—music for the heavy-hearted. Their music leans into a wall of sound that drowns and immerses, with heavy riffs that lift and soar. With their debut single and first Midwest tour in 2025, Hush Now, Sweet Halo stepped into a new chapter, expanding their sound and reach.

Tyler Richton & The High Bank Boys

Tyler Richton and The High Bank Boys are a country band based in Central Iowa. Formed in 2015, the HBB got their start in small-town bars and parties, honing their skills to make more than 50 years of experience combined. Now playing across the midwest everywhere from rockin’ honky-tonks to opening shows for the likes of Tracy Byrd, John Michael Montgomery, Craig Morgan and more, Tyler Richton and The High Bank Boys bring a neo-traditional sound with high energy and real music. Drawing influence from artists like Merle Haggard, Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams Jr., audiences of all kinds find a show they can enjoy and music they can feel.

Braden Bales

VIP Packages Include: -VIP Laminate -Q&A Session-Poster -5-song acoustic performance from Ezra & Braden

Hair Person

Hair Person is an electronic duo from Omaha, Nebraska, made up of Sara Bertuldo (synth, vocals) and Erin Feichtinger (drums). Known for their immersive soundscapes and pulsing rhythms, Hair Person blends moody electronics with raw, percussive energy to create a sound that’s both intimate and expansive. Bertuldo, previously known for her work in Omaha’s indie rock scene, steps into new territory with Hair Person, playing synths and exploring a darker, more atmospheric palette. Feichtinger’s drumming—simplistic but effective—grounds the sound in steady, hypnotic beats that leave space for emotion and texture to take the lead. Hair Person is a testament to collaboration—rooted in friendship, built on sonic experimentation, and shaped by a shared desire to push boundaries.

The Impulsive

Nick Hexum

“Zoom in and obsess. Zoom out and observe. We get to choose.” Rick Rubin, The Creative Act   You probably already know Nick Hexum, the crooner-voiced, laid-back California guy who has long been the lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist in 311. But do you? His three EP trilogy, Waxing Nostalgic, Full Memories, and Waning Time (yes, they are named in honor of the phases of the moon), features a Midwestern man from Nebraska who plays mandolin and pedal steel, and has many memories from the past he’d like to share.  “I’m a person who pretends like stuff doesn’t bother me. So, I knew going into writing this record that it would be cathartic for me,” Hexum says. “I think Covid made me realize just how limited our time really is – it motivated me to create as much as possible,” Hexum said with a laugh. “Is it too late for a midlife crisis?” There is something about reaching not an age, but a stage of life, that forces everyone to slow down and inspires us to look around at what we’ve accomplished, who we’ve become, and what we’re leaving behind. For Hexum, that meant turning to a different style of songwriting. The songs on these EPs are influenced by his foray into Americana, both in instrumentation and songwriting. Reading Saved by a Song by Mary Gauthier and The Creative Act by Rick Rubin pushed him to explore writing far more personal songs inspired by his life.  Listening to Americana artists like Sierra Ferrell, Faye Webster, k.d. lang, Patsy Cline, and Madeleine Peyroux was part of Hexum’s path to making these EPs. The idea to release his first solo albums came after starting SKP, a tech company that allows artists to release albums outside the major label system and retain the rights to their work. Realizing that system, and the distribution it offered, were at his fingertips, was all he needed to release these songs after giving himself permission to become more vulnerable in his songwriting. “I don’t have to wait for other people to say when I can release music,” he says. From Waxing Nostalgic, the slow dance opener that saw Hexum making his debut as a mandolin player, is “Cosmic Connection.” It’s a little more akin to a waltz, with a very ‘60s message about tapping into the universal and letting go of a tribal mentality of ‘us versus them.’ “We’re so much more connected and there is more harmony than feels apparent right now,” he says. “I choose to reflect on that, even if we feel more out of sync as a species than we have at other times.” Making a list of traumatic moments that Hexum felt he needed to explore in songs led to writing “I’m Open” on Waning Time about the time before his brother Patrick passed away following an overdose. Hexum, who is sober, discusses painful moments in the song, like offering to discuss sobriety with his sibling, giving him a guitar that he pawned, and accepting that all anyone can do is offer help.  The EPs also contain a pair of covers, Chapppell Roan’s “California” on Full Memories and Billie Holiday’s “Solitude” on Waning Time. Both tap into his crooner-style voice, with Roan’s song speaking to a near-universal experience of Midwesterners who move to the coast, East or West, in search of a bigger life. It’s a crisis of confidence explored through the delivery of someone who has lived a whole life in California, and reckoned with the decisions made throughout that life.