Kimmi Bitter w/ Ramona & The Holy Smokes

Friday Sept 4th Doors 7PM | Show 8PM$15 ADV | $20 DOS21+ Kimmi BitterBy fusing the golden-era spirit with West Coast energy, her blend of 1960s Nashville grandeur, surf-soaked guitar tones, and mod aesthetics has earned her a devoted following across the country.A fast-rising force in Americana, Bitter first broke through with her acclaimed 2024 debut, Old School. The album landed in the Top 25 of the Americana Album Radio Chart and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Alt. Country Specialty Chart. It was featured in Billboards 8 Must-Hear New Country Songs, named one of Whiskey Riffs Top Debut Albums, and earned eight award nominations. She went on to take home three San Diego Music Awards, including Best Country Album (2025), while also earning back-to-back Song of the Year wins (2024 and 2025). Her live performances have been hailed among the standout sets at both SXSW in Austin and AmericanaFest in Nashville.Based in Central Virginia and with family roots in South Texas, Ramona and the Holy Smokes represent a new generation of honky tonk music. With powerful female vocals that cover an emotional range from determined to comic to vulnerable, and a talented backing band steeped in classic country and western styles of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the bands repertoire includes lush emotional ballads, quintessential two-step dance numbers, gritty country-rockers, and a unique blend of honky tonk and traditional Mexican styles that the group describes as Mexi-tonk. Drawing on the Mexican-American heritage of lead singer and songwriter Ramona Martinez, recognized by Wide Open Country as one of the 15 Latino Artists Shaping Country Music, Ramona and the Holy Smokes are simultaneously rooted in the traditional sounds of country music but unafraid of pushing boundaries and highlighting the connections across border cultures. Their self-titled debut LP offers the group the opportunity to explore this diversity of sounds, leaning into an authenticity and resiliency in songs that chart lifes ups and downs from the perspective of a female voice seeking to maintain a sensitivity and sense of wonder in a twenty-first century world filled with emotional highs and lows. This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.