Chasin' Steel will play Thursday. Chasin' Steel will perform Thursday, August 31, at 7 p.m. at a Bayside Live! concert at the St. Ignace Marina. The concert is free of charge.

The group's name is taken from a reference to band members' favorite pastime of steelhead fishing, as they perform "bluegrass, on the fly." Jonah, Jacob, and Jason Kuhlman and Adam Carpenter make up the traditional bluegrass group and feature mandolin, guitar, hammered dulcimer, bass guitar, banjo, and vocals. They are based in Marquette.

A free Locals on the Bay concert will feature a performance by Simplified, with Chris Sheridan, Wednesday, August

30, at 7 p.m. In addition to Mr. Sheridan, originally of St. Ignace, the band includes lead vocalist Clee Laster of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, drummer Tim Lail, and bassist Chris Lynch, both from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Simplified's music, said Mr. Sheridan, can be described as rock with some southern flair, but it has many elements of reggae, blues, funk, and some "mild country." The band's third album has been popular throughout the southeastern part of the country, Mr. Sheridan said, where the band has been averaging five shows a week. A fourth album is due in September.