Straw hats, suspenders and Wu-Tang: the Amish Outlaws hit The Vine Friday

Lancaster County's most unlikely party band brings its everything-goes cover set to del Lago's 2,400-capacity theater on Nov 13.

Picture the moment the lights come up at The Vine and six men in straw hats and suspenders kick into a Prince song. Then Johnny Cash. Then, somehow, Wu-Tang Clan. That is the pitch for Friday night in Waterloo, and it is a pretty good one for the second weekend in November.

The Amish Outlaws play The Vine Theater at del Lago Resort & Casino on Friday, Nov 13, 2026, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $23.65 through Ticketmaster, and the listing bills the night as 21 and over, so leave the younger cousins at home. The Vine holds 2,400, which makes this one of the bigger rooms a cover act gets in this part of the state.

If you have not caught them before, here is the short version. The Amish Outlaws are a cover band out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2002. According to the band's Wikipedia entry, the lineup is three ex-Amish musicians and three "honorary Amish" ones, and they started out playing together for fun before deciding to make a living at it. The hats and suspenders are part of the show; the setlist is the other part.

That setlist is the reason people keep coming back. The band's repertoire runs from Sinead O'Connor to Prince to Johnny Cash to Wu-Tang Clan, and bandleader Ezekiel has called their style "eclectic," which may be the understatement of the decade. Coverage over the years, collected on the band's own press page, keeps landing on the same note: this is a band built to get a room up and moving. A 2024 write-up from LebTown on their Lebanon Area Fair set said as much in the headline.

From Sinead O'Connor to Prince to Johnny Cash to Wu-Tang Clan, in straw hats and suspenders.

The story behind the band is part of the draw too. A piece syndicated on Yahoo about their following in Delaware framed it plainly: an Amish band that left the church and now plays rap and country tunes. It is a novelty hook, sure, but bands do not last more than two decades on a gimmick alone. They last because the shows are fun.

The Waterloo date sits in the middle of a run through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. They play the Hudson Valley the night before, on Nov 12, then head home to the Lancaster–Harrisburg area on Dec 5 and finish up around Frederick and western Maryland on Dec 19. For Finger Lakes fans, Friday is the stop.

As for the room: The Vine is del Lago's showroom, a theater-style space that has brought a steady run of national touring acts to Waterloo. Its recent bookings on JamBase have included Switchfoot, The Struts, Skillet, Gary Allan and Kenny G. A party band that trades in singalongs is a different kind of night than most of those, and that is the point.

A few practical notes. Showtime is 8 p.m., the room is 21-plus, and at this price, it is one of the cheaper tickets you will find at The Vine this fall. Bring a friend who swears they do not dance. By the time the band gets to the hip-hop portion of the evening, they probably will.

Sources: Amish Outlaws - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); The Amish Outlaws - Press (amishoutlaws.com); Amish Outlaws get crowd up and moving at Lebanon Area Fair - LebTown (lebtown.com); Delaware loves Amish band that left the church and now plays rap & country tunes (yahoo.com); The Vine Theater At Del Lago Resort & Casino - JamBase (jambase.com); Ticketmaster: The Amish Outlaws (Ages 21+) Waterloo 11/13/2026 (ticketmaster.evyy.net)