Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes play The Livery on Nov. 7

Cody Diekhoff brings 'Homeaid,' his first full-length in six years, to the Benton Harbor brewpub's 250-capacity room a week from Saturday.

The Livery's building has been taking in travelers since the 1800s, back when it was the Palace Livery. A week from Saturday it takes in one more: Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes play The Livery at 190 5th St. in Benton Harbor on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are on Humanitix, the ticketing platform The Livery uses for its shows. With room for 250, it's the kind of night that can sell through, so it's worth buying ahead.

Chicago Farmer is Cody Diekhoff, a songwriter, and The Fieldnotes are the band he tours with. This year he finally put out a new full-length: *Homeaid*, released March 6 on LoHi Records, his first in six years, following *Flyover Country*. Chad Staehly of Hard Working Americans produced it, and it was recorded at Pachyderm studios in Cannon Falls, Minn. Reviewers have described the sound as a mix of Americana, indie-folk and roots-rock. The singles leading into it were "Peshtigo" and "Great River Road," and Diekhoff opened 2026 with another, "Mattress."

His first full-length in six years, in a room built for travelers.

The Livery is a good fit. The brewpub, in the city's downtown Arts District, pairs its own beer and a pizza kitchen with a concert space that holds 250, and it hosts live music through the year. For a songwriter whose best material lives in the details of a lyric, a room that size means you'll actually catch them.

The show falls in the middle of a Midwestern swing. Chicago Farmer plays Chicago on Nov. 6, then crosses the lake to Benton Harbor for the Saturday, before heading to Minneapolis on Nov. 14 and Peoria on Nov. 27. He's back in Chicago for two nights in mid-January. For South Bend and southwest Michigan, The Livery is the closest stop on the run.

What to know: the show starts at 8:30 p.m.; tickets are through Humanitix; and The Livery serves dinner, so you can eat before the band starts rather than racing in from somewhere else.

A new record, a hundred-plus-year-old building and a Saturday night in Benton Harbor. That's about as Chicago Farmer as it gets.

Sources: The Livery — home (liverybrew.com); The Livery — Our Story (liverybrew.com); The Livery — Dinner menu (liverybrew.com); Humanitix — Chicago Farmer and the Fieldnotes (events.humanitix.com); Grateful Web — Chicago Farmer releases Homeaid, announces spring 2026 tour (gratefulweb.com); Grateful Web — Chicago Farmer releases 'Mattress' (gratefulweb.com); Americana UK — Chicago Farmer & the Fieldnotes 'Homeaid' (americana-uk.com)