Live music at Seguin Brewing

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Local Brewery Offers A place to experiece Down home music

Story by Dalondo Moultrie | photos by Felicia Frazar

Seguin Brewing Co. has hosted guests in its downtown brewpub for several years and owners and staff continue to expand the business’s offerings. In recent months, the company opened up its libations to go further than the craft beers for which it is famous, said Ethan Black, taproom manager. Seguin Brewing Co. also kicked up a notch its entertainment offerings around March by beginning to have live bands play regularly, he said.

“It seems like people like music in Texas in general,” Black said. “It seemed like everywhere you go, there’s live music everywhere you go.”

In the beginning, Seguin Brewing Co. had a band called Mike Garcia do a set. The band plays some Country, some Rhythm & Blues, some Bluegrass, Black said.

He learned about the band through social media. The site helped him explore other avenues and increase the number of acts showing up to rock the brewpub.

“I put some ads out on Facebook and in different groups on Facebook,” Black said. “Then I got pretty much bombarded with requests for people wanting to play. We never have a shortage of people wanting to play.”

The long list of acts wishing to perform at Seguin Brewing Co. is for good reason, said members of The Mike Day Band with Robby V & Clint Lipsey.

As the trio geared up for a gig on a recent Friday night at the brewpub, they shared high praise for the venue. It was their second performance and they hoped for more, bandleader Mike Day said.

“We love it,” he said. “That’s why we asked to come back. We love the Seguin Brewing Co.”

While going through a sound check and preparing for the show, Day talked a bit about how the band formed.

They met at an open mic event and other gatherings in the Spring Branch/Bulverde area about a year ago. They tossed around the idea of playing together and did a set or two around the region, Day said.

Their sounds meshed and they formed the band.

So they planned to continue playing gigs and returning to Seguin Brewing Co., Lipsey said.

“If they’ll have us back, if we don’t screw up this week” he said.

There will be plenty of chances to hit the stage at the brewpub, Black said. He has bands every weekend. The venue is large, holding upwards of about 200 people. Plus, they have the ability to host parties inside and out, Black said.

“We’ve done parties where we close the road and we have a party outside in the street,” he said. “That’s something we’re looking to do again, close the road and have parties in the street with different and and stuff.”

Seguin Brewing Co. in recent months went from just offering beer to having a full bar with various liquor options, Black said.

The sky is the limit and Black said he hopes to help take the brewpub as far as it can go, all the way up.