Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Marshall (Calhoun County)
Backroads Saloon
Closed – archive entry · 2020
A former country bar and concert venue on West Michigan Avenue west of Marshall, with a big dance floor and line-dance lessons; its last listed concerts date from 2018.
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Backroads Saloon had a 5,000 sq ft dance floor, two bars (60 and 30 feet long) and an in-house DJ, and ran weekly line-dance lessons. National country and southern-rock acts played here, such as Colt Ford in 2017 and Jawga Boyz in 2018. The venue has since closed; the exact year is not known.
- 5,000 sq ft dance floor
- Weekly line-dance lessons
- Colt Ford, Jawga Boyz
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