WIN TWO 2‑DAY Eaux Claires TICKETS!
We’re giving away the ultimate festival prize, and every original or no‑proof cocktail purchase at The Lakely gets you an entry to win!

Who: You! And your buds, tag ’em in the comments!
What: PRE EXC VINYL NIGHT PATIO PARTY
When: Thursday, July 23, 6–9 PM
Where: The Oxbow Hotel + The Lakely

We’re turning the patio into a full‑blast summer groove session with Matt Sayles of Philville Records spinning an all‑vinyl set packed with festival‑season energy. And that’s just the start, there’s even more giveaways:

Grateful Dead Crosley record player and other swag, and a Sun Cruiser beach chair and beach gear! Huge shoutout to our prize sponsors at Sun Cruiser, Dogfish Head, and Boston Beer Company!

Must be present to win!

Cocktails + vinyl + sunshine + prizes… this is the patio party you don’t want to miss!

*No purchase necessary, please inquire with our team at the event how to enter.

Matt will be spinning some rarities and oddities spanning early jazz, hillbilly, country, blues, and roots rock & roll.

Matthew R. Sayles is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Philville Records, an independent label he formed in 2000 in Marquette, Michigan.

Get ready for Vinyl Knights: Progressive Rock Edition, hosted by local rock enthusiast and musician Aaron Schye. Ever wanted to fly a spaceship into a black hole, get lost in a fantastical realm, or venture into the dark unknown? This is the night for you! Grab a drink, kick back, and experience the musical adventure that is progressive rock. Aaron will be spinning hits, favorites, and obscurities from his personal vinyl collection featuring bands like Rush, Kansas, and Black Sabbath.

Vinyl night at the Lakely with Matthew R. Sayles of Philville Records! Come down and enjoy some rarities and other eccentricities from Sayles’s personal record collection where he’ll be digging into 45’s and LP’s. The evening will be broken up into three sets of music — hour one will be early string band & rare country music, hour two will feature a variety of international music, and the third hour will feature some of Sayles’s favorite LP’s and singles from Motown and R&B legends with some random rock & roll included.

Matthew R. Sayles is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Philville Records, an independent label he formed in 2000 in Marquette, Michigan. Sayles also hosts the weekly open Mic night at the Lakely every Wednesday (except when he’s on tour), and has guest hosted as a DJ on The Old Dingy Jukebox (Ventura, CA), a podcast that features deep cuts and obscure records from the deep wellspring of down home American Roots Music.

Sayles has toured nationally and internationally, and has had the honor of performing with country, bluegrass, and western swing legends like Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the Duhks, Uncle Earl, Hot Club of Cowtown, members of Bob Dylan’s “Rolling Thunder Review” and a long list of other highly talented regional and national roots music performers.

Philville Records was located in Ventura, CA from 2009-2019, and is now based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Sayles continues to write, record, and produce, as well as perform with his latest project the Driftless Revelers, Wyatt Thomson, Kenny Hotopp, the Ventura based Ventucky String Band, and his California alt. country project the Detroit Sportsmen’s Congress. He also performs solo and does session work with Eau Claire, Duluth, Marquette, Los Angeles, Ventura, Portland and Santa Barbara alt. country and roots music projects.