Down and Over Next Week

After a short BNP sabbatical through the month of august (multiple band members out of town for extended periods of time) we're proud to announce that we are BACK AT IT, people. Rehearsal last week for the first time in 6 weeks, and we sounded better than ever. This acoustic powerpop juggernaut cannot be stopped. No way, no how.

We return to the stage for our first public gig in Milwaukee since June on Friday Sept 13, 2013 at the Down and Over pub in Bay View, playing with our new friends in Todd Day Wait's Pigpen, a high energy country blues and folk band that can best be described as a roving jug band on steroids.

Multiple other shows lined up for the fall, and working on bookings for some new venues in the winter this year! Stay tuned!

Door County Tour Complete

Friends,

We had so much fun playing up in Door County last week. What a wonderful time! Special thanks to our friends in Sister Bay including Windy Bittorf, Paige Funkhauser, and Sharon Daubner at the Sister Bay Bowl for helping us coordinate some wonderful gigs and to our friends on Washington Island for making the first annual "Death's Door" tour a success. Special thanks to our new friend Clark for helping set up stage lighting for us at the Sister Bay Bowl. These were some of the most fun gigs we've ever played, and we're hoping to make this an annual event!

No shows for the band until September due to multiple long work and family trips for various band members, but we're already looking forward to our first-ever gig at the Down and Over pub in Bay View on Sept 13th, with an opening act that is yet TBD.

Thanks to everyone that came out to our shows in Door County, and thanks to everyone who continues to support live music!

Door County Tour In Progress

We are having a blast playing up in Door County - one show down and two more to go! Check out photos on our Facebook page!

Door County "Death's Door" Tour 2013

BNP'ers,

Many many thanks to the 100 or so of you that came out to see us play on the Vista King last weekend, performing for the Summer Concert Series for Milwaukee Boat Line. Also special thinks to Libby Webber and the staff and crew at Milwaukee Boat Line for making it such a fun night. Awesome bar, huge boat, great views of the city from the harbor, and partying up and down the Milwaukee river with all the folks eating dinner and having drinks on a beautiful summer night both on the boat and the riverside! Can't wait to do it again next year!

If you're thinking you'd like to come and see us up in Door County this summer, you'd better start making plans now! Three shows in a week up in the most scenic part of the state, at the peak of the tourist season. Can't wait to get up there!

More information can be found on our SHOWS page with all the deets you need!

Working on bookings for the fall right now, and our schedule is filling up already! Promises to be a great summer and fall for Bockenplautz...

Thanks again to our families, friends, and fans for all the love and support.

Milwaukee Boat Line Summer Concert Series Cruise - This Friday!

Ladies and gentleman, friends, countryman, West 'Stallians - lend us your ears.

We've had a busy last month with the band. Lots of shows, all of them fun and interesting. Starting off with our performance in Appleton May 18th at Jonnie's old stomping grounds, Chadwicks, and then a week later being asked by our good friends at the Best Place to play their (and coincidentally OUR) third anniversary party... just great fun. It is really awesome to see how far we've come as a band over the last three years, and the number and quality of great gigs we are now getting is a testimony to the hard work we've put in. Having a new CD is the icing on the Bockenplautz cake, for sure! 

This last weekend we played for the Wisconsin Paralyzed Veterans of America for a benefit show, which was also a ton of fun. We were asked to do this due to connections Jonnie has with the VA hospital in town, and were very glad to volunteer our PA and our musical talents to the event. About 100 Harley riders met up with us at the beautiful outdoor courtyard at Mr. B's Steakhouse in Brookfield to relax after their morning ride, have a beer or two, enjoy a raffle, and partake in some acoustic powerpop. Cool for us as it was our first outdoor gig in the sun (sunscreen thoroughly applied to all balding bandmembers, no doubt!), and our first time playing for a Harley riders group, which is a little different than what we normally do. We kept our setlist very classic rock heavy, and they really seemed to enjoy us. We also proved what we have always thought - that we are a great daytime beer-drinking band! We were honored to participate in this event.

This Friday, June 14th, is perhaps the coolest gig we have ever had - the date is finally here! Our Milwaukee Boat Line Summer Concert Series Booze Cruise! Please make every effort to attend - this may be our only show in Milwaukee until September! 

Other things on the horizon:

• Door County Tour 2013! Make your plans now! July 10-13.

1. Wednesday July 10th - Sister Bay Summer Concert Series Featured Artist - free show in the SB Marina.
2. Friday, July 12th - Washington Island Shipwreck - playing at a famous bar on the island, ask us for details.
3. Saturday, July 13th - Sister Bay Bowl

• We hope to be one of the first bands to play at the new Wauwatosa Beer Garden in Hoyt Park! More info to follow on that one.
• September show, hopefully with our friends in one of Milwaukee's best bands The Carpetbaggers - still working on a date for this one. 
• Doc Rock MKE 2013 is set for November 15, and we will definitely be involved once again.

Keep spreading the love people! We appreciate all your support very much.