Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal
Red Cloud Opera House
413 N Webster St
Red Cloud, NE 68970
United States
You voted, and we listened! 2026 Audience Choice winners Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal are performing their very first opera house show in what promises to be a foot-stomping Saturday night! Named “Best Band” at the 2025 30th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, Hoyer and his band leave it all on the stage, performing authentic funk, soul, and blues music across the country and the world. Whether at a music festival in Germany or at a small-town Nebraska venue, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal are the real deal.
Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with the support of the Baldwin Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, and Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
The National Willa Cather Center is ADA accessible. We offer physical, visual, and audio accommodations for all attendees. If you require handicapped accessible seating, an ASL interpreter, or any other accommodations, please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at npowers@willacather.org. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
About the Band
Josh Hoyer formed Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal in 2012 in the famed blues town Lincoln, Nebraska. The award-winning four-piece band includes some of the area's most revered and accomplished musicians. Joining Hoyer (vocals/keyboards/bari sax) is Myles Jasnowski (guitar), Mike Keeling (bass), and Mike Rhian (drums). Inspired by the sounds of Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals, New Orleans and San Francisco, the band continuously crosses musical boundaries both in style and era.
The band has toured extensively in Europe and is a favorite in Spain. They have been a Guest Artist featured on Virgin Voyages in the Caribbean and played hundreds of shows across 39 states and nine countries over the last ten years. Releasing six albums to local, national and eventual international acclaim, their latest record, Green Light, won Best Self-Produced Album of 2022 by the International Blues Foundation. “Hustler” a single off their 5th album, Natural Born Hustler has been featured in an international advertising campaign for Michelob Ultra and on Apple TV’s Slow Horses. Josh Hoyer was a contestant on NBC’s The Voice in 2017.