The Old Art Building in Leland presents BIG FUN with Jeff Haas & Friends as part of its FREE Music In The Air summer concert series on the lawn of the OAB. Concert attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets, along with a picnic dinner.

Genres range from funk to jazz to world music and a touch of bluegrass. With multiple composers in the group, the personalities of each masterfully professional musician influences the band's unique sound. The unconventional instrument blending matches the genre fusion that encompasses the exciting, never-heard-before fusion of BIG FUN.

Jeff Haas on keyboard, Don Julin on electric mandola, Joe Wilson on dobro, Jack Dryden on electric 6-string bass, and Randy Marsh on drums.

Traverse City’s very own professional pianist and Detroit jazz scene native, Jeff Haas is BIG FUN’s founder and exceptional keyboardist. Jeff has played with a tireless list of greats such as Marcus Belgrave, Bob James, and Rob Smith.

Don Julin is a mandolin teaching pioneer, a world famous author of Mandolin for Dummies, and a national touring musician.

Joe Wilson, brilliant and passionate lap steel guitarist, has played with one of Michigan’s favorites, Steppin’ In It since 2000, and has expanded his dobro bluegrass background to a BIG FUN eclectic vibe with his new 1959 Fender Stringmaster.

Jack Dryden is a masterful six string bassist, proficient in all genres, and has played with many greats such as Bob James and Leo Creek and in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Broadway. He locally performed for YES with Interlochen’s orchestra, and for 30 years of Jazz at Sunset at chateau Chantal.

Randy marsh is a lifetime professional drummer, in the ever-evolving, renowned band, Organissimo since it’s beginning in 2000, and has nationally and internationally toured for over 50 years. All this while shining his personality from the drum stand, shredding a solo with his feet in the air!