Halloween show at BBC's October 25th!

We had an awesome time playing at the Down and Over last week, our first time ever performing there. We hope to be able to return there sometime soon!

Next show for us is on October 25th, playing at G-Daddy's BBC Upper level on the east side of Milwaukee with our friends the Beguhn-Speck Project, featuring Steve Beguhn, an American Idol season 10 contestant right here from MKE. We're looking to play a few new songs including a couple selections specifically for the Halloween holiday. It'll be the spookiest ever Bockenplautz show!

Other upcoming shows:

November 9: Jonnie playing solo at Club Garibaldi's with Evan Christian for Matt "MF" Tyner's birthday bash

November 15: Doc Rock MKE charity concert, supporting healthcare for the uninsured around MKE county

November 22: Triumphant return to the Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery for a Pre-Turkey Day Party - a cornucopia of acoustic powerpop!

Hope to see you guys at some of these upcoming shows!

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.