Moonshine Bandits roll the Handcuffs & Honky Tonks Tour into the Machine Shop on Nov 14

The country-rap duo plays Flint’s mom-and-pop rock club on Saturday, Nov 14, at the end of a Great Lakes swing.

Saturday night on South Dort Highway is about to get loud. On Saturday, Nov 14, the Moonshine Bandits play The Machine Shop in Flint, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are through the Machine Shop.

The Bandits are a country-rap duo, and they come in on the Handcuffs & Honky Tonks Tour, which has them working through the Great Lakes this week: Pittsburgh on Nov 11, Buffalo’s Iron Works on Nov 12, per a Discotech listing, and Toledo on Nov 13, before Flint. Earlier in the month they played Springfield, Oklahoma City and Dallas. For mid-Michigan, this is the stop.

They have been at this a long time. Back in 2013 they joined an Insane Clown Posse tour while heading into the studio for a new album, as 100% Rock reported. Their most recent full-length is Pour Decisions, a 15-track album from 2023, and in 2024 they shared a video for “Party Cove” that pointed toward a coming record titled Confessions of an Outlaw. A year before that, their song “Wild” took off online. This year they brought what Cleveland Country Magazine called “the outlaw party” to Ohio Bike Week.

Kid Rock has called it his favorite live music club in Michigan.

The room is the other half of the story. The Machine Shop was opened by brothers Kevin and Craig Zink to give Flint’s many local bands a proper stage, and it marked its 22nd anniversary in 2024, according to My City Magazine. National acts followed quickly, and it became a regular stop for Midwestern tours. In 2023, Pollstar called it the “last mom-and-pop rock club,” and Kid Rock has called it his favorite live music club in Michigan, per WGRD. It’s known for rock, metal and outlaw country, which makes a country-rap act right at home.

The Machine Shop holds about 550, which is the right size for a show like this: big enough for a real crowd, small enough to feel like a party. Kevin Zink has talked about running the club in a 2015 interview, and the club’s family-run approach is a big part of why bands keep coming back.

What to know before you go: it’s a 7 p.m. Saturday start. Check the Machine Shop’s site for ticket details and any opening acts.

A Saturday in November, a duo that’s built its following on outlaw parties, and a club that’s built its name on being Flint’s own. That should add up to a long night on Dort Highway.

Sources: Moonshine Bandits at Buffalo Iron Works (Discotech) (app.discotech.me); Moonshine Bandits join Insane Clown Posse tour, enter studio (100% Rock) (100percentrock.com); Moonshine Bandits reveal Party Cove video (SNS Mix) (snsmix.com); The new Moonshine Bandits song Wild goes viral (SNS Mix) (snsmix.com); Moonshine Bandits bring the outlaw party to Ohio Bike Week 2026 (Cleveland Country Magazine) (clevelandcountrymagazine.com); Rockin’ Out Flint Style (My City Magazine) (mycitymag.com); Flint’s Machine Shop the ‘Last Mom-And-Pop Rock Club’ (Pollstar) (news.pollstar.com); Kid Rock promotes Machine Shop Flint (WGRD) (wgrd.com); Interview: Kevin Zink of The Machine Shop (Todd Star Photography) (toddstarphotography.com)