Join us Thursday, July 16th for Arkansauce on The LAWN*! The Surf Hotel's newest venue is located in the center of South Main Town Square where we can all responsibly socially distance ourselves while listening to Arkansauce.
Help support the band, mingle outdoors with your family and friends, and dance the night away! Limited availability due to COVID-19 regulations. Kids 12 and under are free!
*See full story about The LAWN below.
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
Tickets: $15
About The LAWN
After nearly five months of living on the beach this winter in Mexico, I woke up one morning completely destroyed from a very long couple days kitesurfing and I was laying in my bed, full of sand. I opened my eyes and they were filled with sand. I looked at my toes, they were cracked and filled with sand. I felt my teeth and it was all grit. I have had enough sand! I realized at that moment that I will never do another show at The BEACH again! It is over.
As I wonder what is next, I start thinking of greener pastures. Where sand is a distant memory... I realized that we need to go to The LAWN! Where soft pastures and cool days in the shade await! The grass IS greener on the other side!
Jed
Arkansauce
Arkansauce is a genre-hopping, four-piece string band from northwest Arkansas, bending the rules and blurring the lines between bluegrass, newgrass, folk, americana, with notes of country, blues, and funk. With a loyal following growing every day in the Natural State and along their tour routes, the band is proud to be stepping into a hard-driving sound unique to the Arkansas quartet.
Their fourth album, Maybe Someday, (release in late 2019) expands the groups sonic direction with introspective songwriting, driving rhythms, tight harmonies, and detailed instrumental arrangements. The hard-working musicians have been beating up the road playing shows from Colorado to Connecticut over the last several years in addition to two tours in Europe. They supported Yonder Mountain String Band for a leg of their summer tour in 2019, and played mainstage spots on festivals with bands (including but not limited to) Greensky Bluegrass, Railroad Earth, The Del McCoury Band, Billy Strings, Leftover Salmon, Tauk, The Wood Brothers, and shared the stage with the legendary Sam Bush as a guest.
The band’s roots go back to 2011 when founding members Ethan Bush, Zac Archuleta, and Stephen Jolly began writing together after becoming acquainted through mutual connections in the close-knit Fayetteville music scene. After a couple of years building a repertoire of original music and releasing their first album (Hambone) as a trio, they were joined by Tom Andersen on the upright bass and Adams Collins on the five-string banjo. The road-tested chops Andersen and Collins brought to the table helped to cultivate the mature, well-rounded sound needed to accommodate their sophomore release “All Day Long.”
An Arkansauce show is riddled with improvisational guitar, banjo, and mandolin leads, paired with powerful harmonies and heart-felt songwriting, all held together by deep foot-stompin' bass grooves. There’s an undeniably intimate connection between the band and their fans that's contagious and leaves everyone in front of, and on the stage wanting more. Arkansauce holds their head high, as they look forward to enjoying everything life and music has in store for them and their fans.
