Double Feature of Pink Sky to wrap up Concerts Under the Stars

Local band Pink Sky will perform March 21 and 22, wrapping up the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s Concerts Under the Stars

By Christie Bender
Grand Rapids Public Museum

The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) just announced a fifth concert in the popular Concerts Under the Stars series. Local band Pink Sky will be performing a second night, concluding the 2019 series on Thursday, March 21,and Friday, March 22. Concert goers can sit back and enjoy the wonder of the cosmos with the wonder of music.

Concerts Under the Stars take place in the GRPM’s Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium featuring live, local bands performing, accompanied by a live light show on the planetarium dome.

Due to popular demand of this sold out Concerts Under the Stars series, Pink Sky will be performing two concerts. The band will play back to back on Thursday, March 21 and now also on Friday, March 22.

Pink Sky is an indie electronica artband that performs immersive live sets with analog synths, drum machines, samplers, electric pianos, and live visual projections. Accompanying Pink Sky with live visuals will be Nate Eizenga.

Concerts Under the Stars begins at 7:30 p.m., with Museum doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments, beer, and other beverages will be available for purchase. Performers will play two sets, with a short intermission in between.

Tickets are $12 for GRPM members and $15 for non-members if purchased in advance, and $15 for members and $18 for non-members on the day of the concert. Tickets are currently on sale at grpm.org, by calling 616.929.1700 or at the Museum’s front desk.

Pink Sky was formed in late 2016 by husband and wife, Ryan and Angelica Hay, as a response to a loss of identity after each suffered separate life-threatening traumas. Since then, Pink Sky has served as an attempt to create immersive beauty while reclaiming meaning and identity. Pink Sky hosts an art and music series (HAY YAH House Shows) in their home studio in Grand Rapids, featuring two synth-based artists and two visual artists each show.

Nate Eizenga is a Grand Rapids native who moonlights as a video artist focusing on accompaniment for live musical performances. By using controllers intended for digital music production to create, mix, and manipulate video in real time, he crafts a visual experience that toes the line between artistic spontaneity and musical synchronicity. Since his first public show in 2015, Nate has performed for numerous events, including Concerts Under the Stars 2017 and 2018.