Americana Nightcap: A New Live Music Series
So we’re doing live music. It’s gonna be a great time. We’re calling it AMERICANA NIGHT LIFE. It will include live music every Friday and Saturday night, and late night food cooking station in our cocktail lounge. We plan on serving late night style food served with a little Americana disco ball flair. Great. Great. Great. All great.
Music starts at 10pm, but you could show up at 9:30 and nobody would make fun of you. And there’s NO COVER CHARGE. EVER.
Join us every Thursday evening during the summer for free live music at the winery. We’ll have wine, sangria and Madhouse beer as well as burgers and brats for sale. Bring your friends, your family and maybe some extra seating for our weekly lawn party. We’ll have plenty of beverages so please leave all outside alcohol at home – along with the pups. Have questions or need additional details? Just give us a call at 
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