Maverick Smith - Wheeling Plein Air Art Experience (Special Acoustic Show)

Catch Maverick Smith for a special acoustic set at Bridge Tavern during the Wheeling Plein Air Art Experience on June 20. This intimate performance brings a stripped-down sound to an evening shaped by live art, local energy, and the creative spirit of downtown Wheeling. Maverick Smith arrives not like a neatly packaged genre but like a fistful of stories flipped open in your hands. From Sinking Feeling to Open Up Your Mind, Maverick Smith is more journey than genre: a genre-blending rock band defying classification, weaving indie sensibilities, classic rock bravado, orchestral textures, gritty blues, punk urgency, dreamy orchestration, southern grit, and indie-pop hooks. What makes them compelling is how lived-in it all feels like they’re excavating music, not just playing it. Carrying the dust and echoes of amps cranked up too loud in basements and barns, their songs pull listeners into something real with raw lyrical urgency. With over half a million total streams, Maverick Smith creates a space that’s familiar yet electrifyingly new. At the heart of this restless, heartfelt project are the musicians who bring it to life: Paige Bosic- Frontwoman and expressive lead voice who anchors the band with grit and grace; Charles Kovach- Lead Guitar, an old soul whose playing feels borrowed from another era and brought back intact; Josh Franczyk- Percussion, the kinetic pulse behind every well-timed groove; Dan Bozek- Bass Guitar, grounding the sound with weight and warmth; and Sean Boynes- Rhythm Guitar, the thread that binds chaos and control into something unforgettable. Maverick Smith isn’t interested in fitting in. They’re interested in feeling something real and inviting you to feel it right alongside them.