Live @ The Huron Stage: Anya Hinkle & Grace Pettis

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Doors 6:30 Music 7:00

$20

We plan for the concert to take place on the outdoor stage. The concert will take place in the indoor listening room/ adjacent covered back deck if it rains.

Free Bar & Potluck

Participating in the potluck is optional, not required for attendance. The bar has alcohol and non alcoholic options, but people are welcome to bring their own drinks.

Dog & Kid friendly

We love dogs here, but we ask that everyone follow a few rules. Dogs must be leashed. Dogs that bark or kids who cry incessantly will be asked to move up to the street until they calm down. We want our guests to enjoy the concert in peace and our musicians to be able to focus on their performance.Guests are welcome to take a break in the dive bar anytime to cool off in the event of hot and humid weather.

We do have a lot of permanent seating, but guests are welcome to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

You can find the venue on Facebook, Instagram @huronstagemusicvenue, Google maps, and YouTube.

Bios below.

Anya Hinkle is an Asheville, NC-based songwriter, steeped in the tones of roots and folk and seasoned by travels across the world. 2019 Merlefest Chris Austin Song Contest winner, “a burgeoning force behind the Appalachian roots revival…” (PopMatters), No Depression calls her 2021 release Eden and Her Borderlands “...one of roots music’s gems so far this year.” She tours extensively across the US, Japan & Europe and releases her newest effort, OCEANIA, in 2024 on Red Parlor Records.

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Born in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, ANYA HINKLE’s music is steeped in the tones of folk and bluegrass and seasoned by travels across the world with vivid storytelling, vibrant musicianship, and arresting honesty.

Anya won the Merlefest Chris Austin song contest and was a finalist in the Hazel Dickens songwriting competition in 2019 for her song “Ballad of Zona Abston,” and was runner-up in the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2022 for “Hills of Swannanoa.”

Anya tours nationally in the US as well as extensively in Japan and Europe. She has played stages at Merlefest, Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, La Roche Bluegrass Festival (France), and Bristol Rhythm & Roots. She has recorded some 10 albums in various collaborations both in the US and Japan. Her most recent album OCEANIA was recorded at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC with storied producer Kevin Moloney (U2, Sinéad O’Connor), featuring legendary Irish guitarist John Doyle and slide guitar master Billy Cardine. It will release in spring of 2024 on Red Parlor Records.

Grace Pettis

Grace's music is described as a little bit of folk, a little bit of country/Americana, and a whole lot of soul.

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Grace is the winner of many of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, grants, and residencies, including NPR’s Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Grace’s songs have been recorded by other esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster, with three co-writes on Foster's Grammy-nominated album, Healing Time (2024).

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Grace was an official showcasing artist at SXSW and Folk Alliance International last year (2024). She has independently released three acclaimed records and signed with MPress Records in 2020. Her debut album on MPress, Working Woman (2021), was produced by lauded singer-songwriter Mary Bragg, mixed by two-time Grammy® Award winner Shani Gandhi (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical), and featured an all-female/non-binary band and creative credits. Guest contributions came from Indigo Girls, Ruthie Foster, Dar Williams, and other luminaries.

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Grace Pettis' much-anticipated sophomore MPress Records release, Down to the Letter, captures the Nashville-based (formerly Austin-based) singer-songwriter at the peak of her songwriting powers. Chronicling the end of a marriage and the reclamation of self after betrayal, codependency, and loss with heartbreaking detail, the lyrics deftly toe the line between personal pain and universal catharsis.

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Produced by Mary Bragg (Natalie Price), mixed by Jon Estes (Robyn Hitchcock, Dolly Parton), and mastered by John McLaggan (Parachute Mastering), the album showcases Pettis' rich voice, perhaps one of the most dynamic and agile of her generation.

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