From Lewiston, Michigan 🏳️‍🌈

Hicks, not Chicks.

Northern Michigan's most rainbow-friendly honky-tonk. Classic rock, outlaw country and southern rock, played loud, with love for everybody in the room.

  • Classic Rock
  • Country
  • Southern Rock
  • Alternative

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New dates are on the way. Our home stage is The Longhorn Saloon in downtown Lewiston. Join the list below or follow the Facebook group and you'll hear about the next one first.

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Y'all means all.

A Side Hicks show is a safe, loud, happy place for every cowboy, cowgirl, cowperson and cow. Wear the hat, wear the glitter, wear both. The only thing we don't allow is being a jerk.

The Side Hicks standing in a field with fall colors behind them

Who are these hicks?

The Side Hicks came out of Lewiston, Michigan with a stack of amps, a lot of heart, and a whiteboard of about a hundred songs, from Creedence to Zach Bryan.

You'll find us at The Longhorn Saloon on Kneeland Street, at summer festivals up and down the northern Lower Peninsula, and anywhere else that'll let us plug in. Bring your boots, bring your friends, bring your requests.

And for the record: the posters said "The Side Chicks" more than once. We're hicks. Not chicks. We love the chicks, though.

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Jeffery the horse, painted on the side of a barn

A love triangle for the ages

The Ballad of Doug, Aaron & Jeffery

Two bandmates. One horse. Zero romance, Jeffery insists. The most talked-about platonic love triangle in northern Michigan.

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116 songs on the board

Browse the songbook →

You pick, we play. Scan the QR code at the show (or tap below) to request a song. Want yours next? Bump it to the top.

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See us play

Straight from the fan group. Turn it up.

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One email when there's a new date. That's it.