August 3rd | Giovannie And The Hired Guns | Erin Viancourt | Tennessee Jet | The ShotGunBillys
85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at Kickstands | To GUARANTEE ADMISSION After 5 PM, you need your Kickstands Camping Admission OR Kickstands Bar & Grill Rally Cover Charge Wristband. Nightly Cover Charge after 5 PM at the door (don’t risk waiting for the door; we WILL SELL OUT NIGHTLY).
Giovannie And The Hired Guns | 9PM
Since their inception in 2015, Giovannie and The Hired Guns have made a blockbuster career out of wildly defying expectations. With a visceral sound that merges alt-metal, Red Dirt country, Latin pop, Americana, and much more, the Stephenville, Texas-based five-piece have ascended from playing local honky-tonks to taking the stage at major festivals and arenas across the country, drawing an ardent crowd ranging from cowboys to metalheads to skate punks. As they continue their colossal rise—a journey that’s included scoring a No. 1 radio hit with their smash single “Ramon Ayala” and winning the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Artist in Alternative & Rock—Giovannie and The Hired Guns now return with their new album Quitter: a body of work that pushes the boundaries with even more intensity, matching its explosive riffs and unforgettable hooks with the band’s most brutally honest songwriting to date.
Erin Viancourt | 7PM
Full-hearted, free-spirited, and irresistibly genuine, Erin Viancourt’s take on country music is both timeless and entirely attuned to the chaos of modern life. On her debut album, Won’t Die This Way, the Cleveland-bred singer/songwriter/ guitarist brings her lived-in storytelling to a gritty but gorgeously detailed batch of songs, encompassing everything from Americana to Western swing to classic outlaw country. Rooted in the warm and radiant vocal presence, she’s shown onstage in touring arenas with Cody Jinks (who recently made Viancourt the first signing to his Late August Records), Won’t Die This Way ultimately reveals her rare capacity to soothe the soul and leave the listener newly empowered to live each day to the absolute fullest.
Tennessee Jet | 5PM & 10:30PM
Before Tennessee Jet became known for his genre-defying music that straddles the line between red dirt country and grungy rock, he traveled the interstates with his bronc-riding father and barrel-racing mother. From the bench seat of an old Ford pickup truck pulling a horse trailer to the next rodeo, he'd watch the hills and grasslands of America fly by. Country music was always on the radio, and those honest, heartfelt classics by icons like Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam, both of whom he'd later join on tour, left a permanent mark.
Tennessee Jet’s newest album “Ranchero”continues his diverse musical explorations blending twangy guitars and Appalachian fiddle with the grungy groove in tracks like "Ray Wylie Hubbard" and the platinum streaming hit "Bury My Bones." This album not only nods to his roots but also pushes the boundaries of what country music can be, showcasing his full-band capabilities and collaborative spirit.
Throughout his career, Tennessee Jet has been on a constant journey of self-reinvention, creating music that's uniquely his own. "My career has been a constant purging of what I've done before, so I can reinvent and create something that's uniquely me," he explains. His approach has always been to fuse the contrasting elements of rock's distorted stomp with country's twang, paying homage to influences like Neil Young and Jack White while crafting his narrative reflecting a lifelong exploration of self and place, with lyrics referencing literary heroes like Faulkner, Shakespeare, Kerouac, and Woody Guthrie, alongside his own experiences speeding down the Indian Nation Turnpike or paying homage to the DIY ethos of his early days.
"I'm always looking to challenge the definition of what a specific genre is supposed to sound like," Jet says. "People are aching for truth in country music again, and that's what these records came to represent." His albums, from "South Dakota" through "The Country" and into "Ranchero," are a testament to his artistic crossroads, where nostalgia meets innovation, crafting a version of country music that's both fresh and familiar.
The ShotGunBillys | 2PM
The ShotGunBillys are a high-energy southern rock band that blends Memphis blues with a steady Arkansas country handshake. The band hails from the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. They were nurtured by the sounds that made Memphis great but have carved a distinct sound that blends it all.
"We are proud to be back at Kickstands as the house band for the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally! We have played here for several years as the house band, and everyone at Kickstands has become family to us! We look forward to playing music and partying with all the Kickstands Krazies! The bands, the fans, the staff, all of em'! We have 3 albums of original music out. Just check Spotify or any of the streaming services to listen to SGB! For 2025, we will be bringing lots of new music and a few cool new surprises!"~The ShotGunBillys
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