Calendar of Events

Its that time of the year again. Time to dig deep in your closet and pull out your ugliest sweater for the Bill Cosby Ugly Sweater Party at New Holland Brewing Co.

We'll have winter cocktails and Cabin Fever Brown Ale to keep you warm. Live jazz from the Blue Coast Quintet. And of course prizes for the ugliest sweater.

See you there.

The Bluecoast Quintet plays jazz/blues/swing for your listening and dancing pleasure. All members are veteran West Michigan performers: Dan Giacobassi plays saxophones and flute, David Raffenaud plays keyboards, Mark Schrock plays guitar and sings, Rick Slachta plays bass, and Bob Tedlock plays drums. They wear really ugly sweaters. You should too! Join us and the Bluecoast Quintet for the Cosby Ugly Sweater party!!!

THE VANDRIE's sound is influenced by a wide variety of musical styles and genres, from alternative rock and pop such as Muse, The Killers, and Kings of Leon, to hard rock and metal bands like Opeth and Deftones, but THE VANDRIE manage to combine all of those influences into a sound that is unique in and of itself, honest, and passionate.

The band is currently trying to make a name for themselves locally and nationally by giving unrelentingly passionate live performances and captivating audiences with their honesty and unique ability to blend rock music with art and style.

Mr. Whooha's genre of music is a variety of cover music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today. They take requests and cater to the customers, what ever makes them dance and have a good time. Mr. Whooha's lead vocalist Lisa Kolenda, features songs from all the great female vocalists during those eras. Put your dancing shoes on and come on out!

The Beer Barrel Trophy is on the line!

Last year the New Holland team took the trophy home and Schmohz brewery is going to try and take it back.

We'll have an evening of roller derby action with special entertainment between periods.

There will be a VIP party before the bout at 4:00pm. VIP tickets are available at our pub and at Schmohz..

Tickets are $10 in advance and are available for purchase by following the link below.

New Holland Brewing Co. will be the featured brewery at Pickering Creek's Craft Beer Night. Keep the glass, win a prize, and enjoy Mad Hatter IPA, Cabin Fever Brown Ale, and Dragon's Milk on tap!

Natchez Trace is the acoustic classic rock band that was known and loved all the way back to the 1970’s. After a 10 year hiatus, original member, Ronn Burke has teamed back up with veteran member, Steve Damstra, and added new member Robin Spring. Natchez Trace is back! Feel the Natchez magic of acoustic guitars, bass and big harmony as Beatles, Badfinger, Mamas and Papas, Fleetwood Mac and Crosby Stills Nash songs bring back memories of the good times you’ve had. Natchez Trace is now playing venues across west Michigan.

The Spirited Life Tour is comming to Grand Rapids and making it's first stop Billy's Lounge.

New Holland's Spirited Advisor Rich Blair will be available for conversation and libation.

Enjoy $3.50 cocktail features.

Music will start at 9:30pm with blues and swing from Those Delta Rhythm Kings.

Rock in the new year at New Holland with Why Not Astronaut performing live. The evening will be complete with a laser light show, strobes, blacklights, glowsticks and a champagne toast at midnight! Get ready 2010, here we come! Reservations are encouraged. Call 355-6422

The Lee-Tri [Pronounced “Tree”] is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Lee Heerspink, bassist Karel Lille, and drummer Kevin Depree. Their version of fun working man’s “Flannel Jazz” has been thoroughly enjoyed the past couple years by many in West Michigan. Their styles range from instrumental and vocal jazz standards to funk fusion and latin, all of which is highly entertaining and can be enjoyed by crowds of all ages. The Lee-Tri provides the right background for any setting whether it’s an all out party, or a laid back trip to the pub!

10 of New Holland beers wil be on tap!

Stop in and check out Mad Hatter IPA, Full Circle Kolsch, Sundog Amber Ale, The Poet Oatmeal Stout, Night Tripper Imperial Stout, Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout, Charkoota Rye Smoked Rye Dopplebock, Oak Aged Mad Hatter IPA, Pilgrim's Dole Wheatwine and Cabin Fever Brown Ale.

For more info call Andy's at 201-342-9887

The Ben Daniels Band has been busy since their inception in 2008. They have played shows in music hotbeds such as New York City and Nashville, and have already pressed and released two full-length studio albums. Their music is hard to categorize as they draw on many different styles of music to create their unique sound. They use a lot of blues based form in song construction, but combine elements from jazz, hip-hop, indie, and 60’s rock. The resulting sound is pleasantly familiar, yet unforgettably unique.

Playing classics by artists such as: The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Green Day, and Stone Temple Pilots, Formerly Hip has quickly become a favorite here at the pub. Come on down, enjoy a cold beer and tunes by your friends Rick and Chris!

The Spirited Life Tour is making another stop at Billy's Lounge.

New Holland's Spirited Adviser Rich Blair on hand for conversation and libation with Dutchess Vodka and Kinckerbocker Gin in hand.

We'll have $3.50 cocktail features.

Check out the motown and big band sounds from Hip Pocket starting at 10:30pm.

Ultraviolet Hippopotamus is one of the MidWest's most talked about bands with a growing fan base all over the country. Touring in 2010, UV Hippo throws high energy shows with musically tight and diverse song writing; dipping into genres like rock, funk, and electronica jams. You don't want to miss this show!!

The 2nd Annual Great FOX Brew Ha Ha is two nights of non-stop laughs on from hilarious comedians and a Craft Beer Festival featuring more than 100 different beers for tasting and trying. And it's all happening at the Deltaplex, 2500 Turner Northwest in Grand Rapids on Friday, January 15th and Saturday, January 16th. So it really is a Brew Ha Ha! Look for one large room filled with Craft Beers from Michigan and another large room filled with Craft Beers from the U.S. and the world!

Stop by the New Holland table. We'll be pouring Mad Hatter IPA, Sundog Amber Ale, The Poet Oatmeal Stout, Full Circle Kolsch, Dragon's Milk Oak Aged Ale and Pilgrim's Dole Wheat Wine,

Hours are from 3 p.m. - 11 p.m. Friday, January 15th and 1 p.m. - 11 p.m. on Saturday, January 16th. Admission is $15.00 per person in advance or $20 at the door and includes beer sample tickets and a souvenir beer mug, while they last. Only those 21 and older will be admitted. In addition to comedians there will also be a number of live bands from throughout the Midwest performing.

Entertainment schedule:
Friday - January 15th, 2010

3 - 4 p.m. The Vandrie
4:30 - 5: 30 - Sidetrack
6 - 7 - The Envy League
7:30 - 8:30 Comedian Lord Carrett
8:45 - 9:45 Comedian Chris D'Elia
10 - 11 Comedian Kirk Fox


Saturday - January 16th, 2010
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. The Vandrie
3 - 4: 30 p.m. The Envy League
5 - 6 p.m. - Juleus
6:15 - 7:15 p.m. Comedian Lord Carrett
7:30 - 8: 30 p.m. Comedian Chris D'elia
8:45 - 9: 45p.m. Comedian Auggie Smith
10 - Comedian Kirk Fox

To purchase tickets on line follow the link below.

All About Beer Magazine is bringing the World Beer Festival back to Columbia, SC.

Sample over 250 world class beers.
There will be educational seminars from the nation’s leading beer experts.
Taste the best in local cuisine and enjoy local music & entertainment.

New Holland will be on hand pouring Mad Hatter IPA, The Poet Oatmeal Stout and Golden Cap Saison.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click on the link below.

Start the semester out right! Welcome back to school and welcome back the 80's with live DJ's spinning your favorite 80's tunes from 10pm-1am! Costumes are encouraged with prizes for best dressed. Bring your own stein and receive $5 mainstay stein fills all night. $7 for cider.

The Pantones were born in the wake of a derelict printshop in mid-Michigan, the first record recorded to magnetic tape stacks of forgotten paper and abandoned inks. Songwriter Matthew Carlson took the color system he’d employed there as the name of his new band and in 2000 he released “Cosmic Americana” a threadbare group of confidential songs that drew heavily on the Byrd’s “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” and R.E.M.’s “Reckoning”. Two years later came “Memory is All” an album that Popmatters called, “nearly flawless, pretty without being boring.

Carlson’s next offering, 2005’s “Sleepless Nights, Silent Mornings,” saw the band name reduced to simply, “The Pantones” and delivered a program more intelligent pop/rock than the Americana on which they’d built a reputation. Releasing the album on their own Phonophore label. The Pantones made all the right moves to promote it, touring the Mid-west, playing more than 100 independently-booked shows in Michigan, garnering college radio airplay at dozens of schools across the nation, and sharing stages from Toronto to St. Louis with Glorytellers, John Stirratt of Wilco, Healthy White Baby, Great Lakes Myth Society and Canada.

Join us and Keith Scott at the pub for some live blues straight from Chicago!!

“He is the real deal” Michigan Folk Live

“Dave Boutette fuses a sort of classic folk feel ala Woodie Guthrie or early Dylan with kisses of modern alt folk edginess and a touch of crooner blues. The result is unique and refreshing.” Music Morsels

The Spirited Life Tour is Making a stop at The Loading Dock in Traverse City!
And it's going to be a special night as we roll back the clock with a speakeasy night.

Wear your best 1920's attire because we will have prizes for the best dressed.
There will also be prohibition era jazz infusions spun by DJ Psycho.
New Holland's Spirited Advisor Rich Blair and Beer Ambassador Isaac Hartman will be on hand for conversation and libation.

Six New Holland beers on tap! New Holland Artisan Spirits Coctails poured at the bar!

No cover charge! We'll see you there!

4 Courses paired with New Holland beer.

The pigs were raised locally at the MSU Student Organic Farm. The pigs’ feed is antibiotic free and they receive no hormones or other artificial supplements during their lifetime. The pigs also get to roam, run, root and dig, just as pigs like to do. This is how nature intended animals to grow. It promotes a healthy lifestyle and better eating habits, since we know exactly what we are consuming. It also helps create a cleaner environment by buying locally and conserving fuel costs.

New Holland Beer Vange Cost: $45 per person including tax and gratuity.
Menu details coming soon.
For reservations call The State Room at 517.432.5049.

New Holland Brewing Co. will be featured at Crunchy's with 12 beers on tap, including a special 2008 vintage of Dragon's Milk.

The brewery night will start at 7 pm with New Holland Ambassadors Rich Blair, Isaac Hartman and Fred Bueltmann all in attendance to answer all of your questions.

Crunchy's will be featuring New Holland Artisan Spirits' Knickerbocker Gin and Dutchess Vodka, a 100% organic wheat vodka.

Here is the tap list: Cabin Fever Brown Ale, Charkoota Rye Smoked Doppelbock Lager, Oaked Aged Mad Hatter Oak Aged IPA, Black Tulip Trippel, Brother Jacob Dubbel, Mad Hatter IPA, Sundog Amber Ale,The Poet Oatmeal Stout, Full Circle Kolsch, Existential Hop Wine, 2009 & 2008 Dragon's Milk Oak Aged Ale and Pilgrim's Dole Wheat Wine.

Come out and enjoy a pint with us! For more info and directions, follow the link below.

A six-course “Barbecue of the Earth – Vintage Beer Supper,” showcasing the award-winning craft beers from New Holland Brewing Company will grace the table at Salt of the Earth – the new rustic American eatery in downtown Fennville on Thursday, January 28.

Salt of the Earth Executive Chef Matthew Pietsch welcomes NHBC Executive Chef Matthew Millar to his old haunts to collaborate on the fabulous six-course, barbecue-inspired dinner using local ingredients. Each course is paired with a New Holland beer selected by Beervangelist and local beer-pairing expert Fred Bueltmann, for a true culinary celebration of barbecue traditions.

Space for the dinner is limited to 40 people, and reservations are required. Call 269-561-SALT (7258). The cost for each dining experience is only $55 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Dinner starts at 7pm and is expected to last approximately two hours.

The Menu:

African Barbecue-Tasting of Smoked and Preserved Seafood
Paired with 2005 Black Tulip - Trippel

Southern Home Cookin’-Braised Collard and Mustard Greens Soup
Paired with 2009 Imperial Hatter - Imperial IPA

Memphis Salad-Deconstructed BBQ Sauce
Paired with 2009 Charkoota Rye -Smoked Rye Dopplebock

Appalachian Smoke-Oak Smoked Pork Belly
Paired with 2006 Dragon’s Milk – Barrel Aged Stout

Texas ‘cue-Braised Brisket
Paired with 2008 Night Tripper - Imperial Stout

Tres Postres-Mexican Desserts
Paired with 2005 Pilgrim’s Dole – Wheatwine

Join New Holland's Spirited Ambassador Rich Blair for a tasting of our Artisan Spirits.

Rich will be hanging out at the back bar making some special cocktails and answering any questions you may have.

Equipped with a powerful voice and mournful guitar licks, Michael Beauchamp spins beautifully melodic yarns about lost love, travel, and the importance of live music. Beauchamp, a native of Kalamazoo, MI, first cut his folk teeth writing, playing, and recording in The Dumb and Ugly Club and The Ambitious Brothers while attending the University of Michigan. Beauchamp writes songs that hearken back to old time, bluegrass, and the 60s folk revival. He is part of the vibrant and growing Michigan music scene as a member of the The Barn Roughs are made up of some of Beauchamp's favorite Michigan musicians. The members include Ian Gorman from the Red Sea Pedestrians, Mark Lavengood of Winter/Sessions, and Susan Fawcett, a multiinstrumentalist, member of the Earthwork Music Collective, and co-founder of the Northern Michigan production company Fox on a Hill. Friends as well as musicians, the Barn Roughs will draw you into the music by exuding the contagious joy they receive by simply playing for one another.

Refuse, Resist, Drink! Save the date for metro Detroit’s newest winter party, Vodka Vodka.

Metro Times presents their first-ever Vodka Vodka event, taking place at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on Fri., Jan. 29, 2010 at 7 p.m. A portion of the ticket sales and a silent auction will help raise funds for Forgotten Harvest of Royal Oak.

Stop by the New Holland Artisan Spirits table and sample our Dutchess Vodka.

Local restaurants will also be serving Vodka-infused cuisine, including Bastone, Memphis Smoke, Toast, D’Amato’s, Inn Season, Great Lakes Coffee and Party Cakes of Berkley.

Paxahau Event Productions will provide live entertainment.

Ticket prices include food and drink samples, making Vodka Vodka one of metro Detroit’s most affordable upscale events. Tickets will be $25 in advance and $30 at the door and this event is expected to reach capacity.

To purchse tickets on line follow the link below.