Eckers as a music venue
CENTERVILLE, Wis. – The Ecker apple stand once known mostly for pies baked on premises has expanded into the live music business. On Saturday is a 10-hour hootenanny starting at 12 noon. The “Honeycrisp Hootenanny,” they call it with two stages for unending bluegrass. On an open-air stage: Mike Munson, Sheep for Wheat, My Grandma’s Cardigan, and G-E-T vocal and band groups. In the Big Top Tent: Ross Thorn, Lojo, Texas Toast, Heatbox, Maxaphone, and Them Coulee Boys. Admission: $27. There’s an open jam from 3 to 6. Bring your own string or brass or whatever. Cider and beer available. Food trucks to be there. In a couple weeks will be what’s billed a Halloween Hootenanny Fare: $25.
Looking up. Passersby who miss the billboard out front can get idea on looking up bluff above the orchard with the word “hoot” planted unmistakably in white planks.
