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Cruz Contreras of The Black Lillies 7pm $20
19
May
2021

Cruz Contreras of The Black Lillies 7pm $20

  • Location:326 Amherst Street
  • Venue:Sportsmens Tavern
  • Length:7pm – 10pm
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 19/05/2021
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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SPORTSMENS presents

 

Cruz Contreras

 

Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 7pm, $20 per person

 

No single seats sold. You are purchasing seating for 2 or for 4 people.

 

 

 

Masks Required unless seated

 

 

 

Food must be orderded to purchase alcohol

 

 

 

No Dancing permitted at this time

 

 

 

 MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, VOCALIST, SONGWRITER, AND PRODUCER CRUZ CONTRERAS HAS ROOTS IN TENNESSEE AND MICHIGAN, BUT HAS IMPACTED AMERICANA MUSIC WORLDWIDE.

 

The frontman, founder, and driving force behind The Black Lillies’ raw and rootsy sound also co-founded Robinella and the CCstringband, and has collaborated with musicians ranging from John Oates and Jim Lauderdale to Langhorne Slim and The Turnpike Troubadours. His projects have topped both the Billboard and Americana radio charts, won Independent Music Awards, and been nominated for the Americana Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award. Contreras is currently performing as a solo act and has been recently collaborating with cellist Dave Eggar, fiddle player Billy Contreras, and wife Molly Contreras.

 

Cruz has appeared on nationally broadcasted television including Late Night with Conan O’Brien, CMT, VH-1, GAC, Bluegrass Underground and PBS Television’s Sun Studio Sessions. His music has been lauded by outlets as diverse as American Songwriter Magazine, Rolling Stone, NPR’s Morning Edition and Vanity Fair, among others. Contreras is currently at work on his debut solo album, ‘Cosmico’, to be released 2021.