Come along as we celebrate 7 YEARS of HONKY TONKIN'! Lucky number 7 features a unique opportunity to experience Duke's and the music that'd made us in an intimate fashion with the VIP Whole Damn Experience (limited tickets available), general admission only tickets also available. Read up below!

John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he's "a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he's seen, three chords at a time." Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. Miller's own guitar-playing is on fine display here along with vocals that evoke the white-waters of the Potomac River rumbling below the high ridges of his native Shenandoah Valley.

Miller grew up in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia near the Potomac River. "There are three or four little towns I know well that make up the region," he says, name-checking places like Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Hedgesville, and Keyes Gap. "It's a haunted place. In some ways it's frozen in time. So much old stuff has lingered there, and its history is still very present." As much as Miller loves where he's from, he's always had a complicated relationship with home and never could figure out what to do with himself there. "I just wanted to make music, and there's no real infrastructure for that there. We had to travel to play regularly and as teenagers most of our gigs were spent playing in old church halls or Ruritan Clubs." He was raised "kinda sorta Catholic" and although he gave up on that as a teenager, he says "it follows me everywhere, still."

His family was not musical — his father worked odd jobs and was a paramedic before Miller was born, while his mother was a nurse — but he was drawn to music at an early age, which was essential to him since he says school was "an exercise in patience" for him. "Music was the first thing to turn my brain on. I'd sit by the stereo for hours with a blank audio cassette waiting to record songs I liked," he says. "I was into a lot of whatever was on the radio until I was in middle school and started finding out about punk music, which is what I gravitated toward and tried to play through high school." Not long after a short and aimless attempt at college, I was introduced to old time and traditional fiddle music, particularly around West Virginia, and my whole musical world started to open up." Around the same time he discovered John Prine and says the music of Steve Earle sent him "down a rabbit hole." From there he found the 1970s Texas gods like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver, and Blaze Foley, the swamp pop of Bobby Charles, and the Tulsa Sound of J.J. Cale, who is probably his biggest influence.

Candi Jenkins is an up-and-coming country sensation from Fayette Co., Kentucky. Accompanied by The Jenkins Twins, Candi's undeniable songwriting and dynamic performances have everyone talking. Despite not having any songs released, she has been seen performing with touring acts Sarah Shook and The Disarmers, Steep Canyon Rangers, Justin Wells, Dale Hollow, Wayne Hancock, and Hank IV. Everyone seems to be jumping in on Candi Land early.

General Admission is for standing room. All other seating is first come, first served.

The Whole Damn Experience VIP includes:

*LIMITED TO 50 TICKETS*

*Early Access 5pm admission to Duke's

*Exclusive Access for closed door soundcheck with John R Miller band

*Early Access to Merch

*Dustin's Fried Chicken Dinner Buffet

*Drink ticket - first one's on us! ^

*11x17 Show Poster

*General Admission to the show

Please note: front tables will be rearranged 15 minutes prior to general admission door time (7pm). VIP includes priority access to preferred seating, however tables nearest to the stage will be reconfigured to accommodate standing room capacity which may require a seating change.

All VIP ticket holders will be emailed full details and itinerary one week prior to show time. Times above are approximate and subject to change.

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SHOW INFO

VIP Whole Damn Experience Doors 5:00 PM

General Admission Doors 7:00 PM

Show 8:00 PM

Age Restrictions: All ages, under 21 must be accompanied by parent/guardian. More info at www.dukesindy.com/faqs

Tickets are for general admission standing room and do not guarantee seating. For more info visit www.dukesindy.com/faqs

House Rules:

1. Be nice or leave.

2. #PSTFU; we’re here to hear the music!

3. No smoking or vaping indoors.

If requiring ADA seating please email us at booking@dukesindy.com. Please note ADA accommodation does not guarantee unobstructed stage view as we are a standing room venue.

No Refunds | Support acts subject to change

Complimentary Parking On Site

Under 21 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian