Live music is coming to The V-Club Friday night with a show called Zilla Bash, which will feature bands such as The Settlement, Moonshine Crossing, The Tangled Roots, J Squared and Chris Sutton.

The show will begin at 8 p.m., is for ages 18 and up and costs $7 at the door for entry. The show is called Zilla Bashfor the birthdays of Bob Zilla, guitarist, mandolin and vocalist of Moonshine Crossing, and his wife, Cheri Zilla. They hold the event for each other at the end of February every year.

“Our birthday party became too large for a house party, so we stepped up our game and began holding our party in different music venues, finally landing at The V-Club for the last few years,” Bob Zilla said.

Every year, the Zillas gather together a few new acts, a popular veteran act to bring attention to the show and Moonshine Crossing to form the Zilla Bash. Charlie Brown Superstar will close out the night with a DJ set.

The lineup for the night is J Squared, Chris Sutton, The Tangled Roots, Moonshine Crossing and The Settlement.

The Settlement is a funk-fusion jam band from Huntington, West Virginia, according to the band’s Facebook page. The band was formed in 2014 and has toured throughout West Virginia and Ohio.

“The Settlement cleverly combines rowdy rock riffs, complex jazz harmonies, funky bass lines, creamy pop vocals, jammin’ reggae grooves and a multitude of diverse world music influences,” the band’s Facebook page says.

The Settlement has shared the stage with local acts like Ona, Tyler Childers, Of the Dell and Moonshine Crossing. The band has opened for national acts such as BIG Something, Wayland and The Ying Yang Twins. Among these shows, according to the band’s page, they also released a debut album in September of last year.

The band’s page says their main goal is to bring people together and to spread love through the universal language of music.

Another act on the Zilla Bash lineup is Chris Sutton. Sutton is a West Virginia-based mountain blues performer, singer and songwriter. He has won awards such as a spot in Memphis, Tennessee at the International Blues Challenge, according to his official Facebook page.

“I think that sounds like an amazing event,” Mykala Hopkins, Marshall junior photography major, said. “It would definitely be something I would attend if I had the time to spare. I’m always up for live music and discovering new bands.”

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