GTG Fest

Lansing-based DIY record label GTG Records will host its 17th annual GTG Fest, a celebration of independent, local music, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday (Oct. 18) and Saturday (Oct. 19) at the Avenue.

Friday evening will kick off with a performance by LoLo and Friends, a collective that fuses R&B, soul, pop and rock. They’ll be followed by Detroit-based solo artist Willy Fotang; Leisure, a self-described “soft-punk” trio from Lansing; Hardigrade, a Lansing-based indie-folk-rock trio; Brother Wolf, a post-punk band from Grand Rapids; and No Skull, a trio that labels itself as “psychedelic stoner sludge and cosmic doom country.” Local “progressive pop” quartet Narc Out the Reds will close out Friday’s lineup.

Saturday’s concert will be “punks vs. pokes” themed, juxtaposing local country and punk-adjacent groups. Punk band the Plurals will open, followed by country band Flatfoot, pop-punk band Nunya, country-rock duo Deer & Elk and emo band Small Parks. The final act is the Wild Honey Collective, a six-member Americana and psychedelic-rock group.

Both shows are restricted to ages 21 and older and include a $5 cover charge. For more information about the festival and the featured artists, visit gtgrecords.net.