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Great Northern Festival
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Minnesota’s Great Northern announced their 2025 festival lineup recently.
Their name actually reminded me of the band Great Northern, who I saw in Nov 2007: “… I hadn't heard of them at the time, but was impressed with their dreamy vocals over shoegazey melodies. I even went so far as to produce this drawing of them. The drawing capture (now former) bassist Ashley Dzerigian and singer Rachel Stolte talking about deer and their love of nature (note: horse shirt and crow on the keyboard).”
It would be cool if they could get Great Northern to headline a Great Northern Festival.
Anyway, the Great Northern Festival will run January 23 to February 2, 2025, and will take place at various venues in Minneapolis and St Paul. Most of the events are free, please check their website for additional information.
Some Great Northern events:
The Great Northern Launch Party – January 23 | 6:00 p.m. | The Market at Malcolm Yards.
Kick off the festival with a guided sauna tour along with a special outdoor viewing of Prince’s Sign O’ the Times concert projected onto the United Crushers building. Gather around cozy fire pits to enjoy delicious eats and signature cocktails at the Malcolm Yards food hall.
The Great Northern Sauna Village – January 23-February 2 | Hours Vary | The Market at Malcolm Yards.
The Great Northern Sauna Village offers outdoor sauna sessions, sound bathing, forest bathing and the start and finish lines of a winter run. It also offers special sauna sessions, including Family Day, Senior Day, BIPOC Community Steam, German Aufguss and Guided Thermaculture.
Jeremy Dutcher – January 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Ice House.
Indigenous Two-Spirit singer and composer Jeremy Dutcher (Tobique First Nation) makes his Minnesota debut at the Great Northern 2025 with a show at Ice House. Sung in English and Wolastoqey, the language of the Wolastoqiyik people, Dutcher’s sophomore album Motewolonuwok blends neoclassical, jazz, and pop influences to deliver a moving and powerful performance.
Dutcher’s debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, was awarded some of Canada’s most prestigious music awards, including the Polaris Music Prize and the Juno Award. Don’t miss your chance to see the performer NPR referred to as “the newest light in Canada’s Indigenous resistance.”
Climate Solution Series – January 25 & 26 | 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | American Swedish Institute.
Join us for two days full of talks, live podcasts, and community workshops. Highlights include: nationally recognized experts, Dr. Britt Wray of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry and Leah Thomas, founder of the nonprofit Intersectional Environmentalist, will discuss climate change, navigating climate anxiety and building meaningful community. Additionally, national podcast Vibe Check, with hosts Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford, will record a live podcast about climate advocacy and making sense of the post-election and inauguration moment.
Winter Run – February 1 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | The Market at Malcolm Yards.
All ages and abilities are invited to partake in a winter run, starting and finishing at The Great Northern Sauna Village. Enjoy a healing sauna session after the run.
K’óoben Pop-Up – February 1 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Glass House.
This can’t-miss culinary cocktail party-style celebration features specialty dishes and beverage pairings from renowned local chefs including Gustavo Romero (Oro by Nixta); José Alarcón (previously Centro, Vivir); Noe Lara (Pints & Paddles); Mike Hidalgo (Rumba); Daniel Guerrero (Colita); and Daniel D Torres (Rumba).
thegreatnorthernfestival.com
Minnesota’s Great Northern announced their 2025 festival lineup recently.
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Great Northern at 7th Street (17 Nov 2007)
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It would be cool if they could get Great Northern to headline a Great Northern Festival.
Anyway, the Great Northern Festival will run January 23 to February 2, 2025, and will take place at various venues in Minneapolis and St Paul. Most of the events are free, please check their website for additional information.
Some Great Northern events:
Kick off the festival with a guided sauna tour along with a special outdoor viewing of Prince’s Sign O’ the Times concert projected onto the United Crushers building. Gather around cozy fire pits to enjoy delicious eats and signature cocktails at the Malcolm Yards food hall.
The Great Northern Sauna Village offers outdoor sauna sessions, sound bathing, forest bathing and the start and finish lines of a winter run. It also offers special sauna sessions, including Family Day, Senior Day, BIPOC Community Steam, German Aufguss and Guided Thermaculture.
Indigenous Two-Spirit singer and composer Jeremy Dutcher (Tobique First Nation) makes his Minnesota debut at the Great Northern 2025 with a show at Ice House. Sung in English and Wolastoqey, the language of the Wolastoqiyik people, Dutcher’s sophomore album Motewolonuwok blends neoclassical, jazz, and pop influences to deliver a moving and powerful performance.
Dutcher’s debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, was awarded some of Canada’s most prestigious music awards, including the Polaris Music Prize and the Juno Award. Don’t miss your chance to see the performer NPR referred to as “the newest light in Canada’s Indigenous resistance.”
Join us for two days full of talks, live podcasts, and community workshops. Highlights include: nationally recognized experts, Dr. Britt Wray of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry and Leah Thomas, founder of the nonprofit Intersectional Environmentalist, will discuss climate change, navigating climate anxiety and building meaningful community. Additionally, national podcast Vibe Check, with hosts Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford, will record a live podcast about climate advocacy and making sense of the post-election and inauguration moment.
All ages and abilities are invited to partake in a winter run, starting and finishing at The Great Northern Sauna Village. Enjoy a healing sauna session after the run.
This can’t-miss culinary cocktail party-style celebration features specialty dishes and beverage pairings from renowned local chefs including Gustavo Romero (Oro by Nixta); José Alarcón (previously Centro, Vivir); Noe Lara (Pints & Paddles); Mike Hidalgo (Rumba); Daniel Guerrero (Colita); and Daniel D Torres (Rumba).
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New West
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Canadian band New West, winner of Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year, will be touring in support of their debut LP Based on a True Story.
The group features multi-instrumentalists Kala Wita, Vella, Ben Key and Noel West (assuming the band’s name is named after Noel!).
The band will stop in St Paul, at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall, on March 8, 2025.
NEW WEST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ‘25 TOUR DATES:
Feb 12 - Winnipeg, MB - The Park Theatre
Feb 14 - Edmonton, AB - Midway Music Hall
Feb 15 - Calgary, AB - Commonwealth Bar
Feb 18 - Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
Feb 19 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
Feb 20 - Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater
Feb 21 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Feb 24 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
Feb 25 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall
Feb 27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
Feb 28 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
Mar 01 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room
Mar 02 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
Mar 04 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
Mar 06 - Denver, CO - Marquis
Mar 08 - Saint Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Mar 09 - Chicago, IL - Chop Shop
Mar 11 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5
Mar 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
Mar 15 - Washington, DC - Pearl Street Warehouse
Mar 16 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
Mar 18 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom
Mar 19 - Ottawa, ON - Algonquin Commons Theatre
Mar 20 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
newwest199x.com
Canadian band New West, winner of Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year, will be touring in support of their debut LP Based on a True Story.
The group features multi-instrumentalists Kala Wita, Vella, Ben Key and Noel West (assuming the band’s name is named after Noel!).
The band will stop in St Paul, at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall, on March 8, 2025.
NEW WEST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ‘25 TOUR DATES:
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St. South
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Perth-born, now Sydney-based singer-songwriter St. South has released a new EP called BIG SADS. The record, featuring recent singles “Better Days” and “Didn’t Need You,” alongside the EP’s title track is out now on Nettwerk Records.
Of the EP, St. South says, “BIG SADS is about a lot of things, but mostly it’s about feeling some big feelings. Love, grief, depression, anxiety, heartache, and heart-healing. I’m learning that the pain that comes from losing someone is a testament to how much you love them. When my dad died the world was still in lockdown, and I had this hopeful thought that I would spend the next year at my piano, processing the grief in a productive way. When in reality, grief turned into depression, leaving me feeling stuck and incapable of even basic self-care. The thought of writing about grief felt far too overwhelming when I was living and breathing it every day, and sitting at my piano started to give me so much anxiety. That’s why this EP is so special to me; because of how impossible it felt to start, let alone finish. When I hear it now, mixed and mastered, I can’t believe that it's done. I can't believe that I did that, amidst the biggest sads of my life.”
facebook.com/saintsouth
Perth-born, now Sydney-based singer-songwriter St. South has released a new EP called BIG SADS. The record, featuring recent singles “Better Days” and “Didn’t Need You,” alongside the EP’s title track is out now on Nettwerk Records.
Of the EP, St. South says, “BIG SADS is about a lot of things, but mostly it’s about feeling some big feelings. Love, grief, depression, anxiety, heartache, and heart-healing. I’m learning that the pain that comes from losing someone is a testament to how much you love them. When my dad died the world was still in lockdown, and I had this hopeful thought that I would spend the next year at my piano, processing the grief in a productive way. When in reality, grief turned into depression, leaving me feeling stuck and incapable of even basic self-care. The thought of writing about grief felt far too overwhelming when I was living and breathing it every day, and sitting at my piano started to give me so much anxiety. That’s why this EP is so special to me; because of how impossible it felt to start, let alone finish. When I hear it now, mixed and mastered, I can’t believe that it's done. I can't believe that I did that, amidst the biggest sads of my life.”
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Miles East
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Singer/songwriter Miles East released his new album Between Lightning and Thunder on ECR Music Group, earlier this year.
“You start out writing songs in a vacuum, out of need, and out of hope that people will listen [talking about the huge spike in streaming thanks to Rolling Stone coverage],” says East. “But once that work exits that vacuum and enters the world, you don’t know how it will be greeted. The response to this music has brought an amazed smile to my face, with some joyful tears too. It’s incredible.”
Tour dates:
Wed, DEC 11 @ 7:00 PM The Bowery Electric New York, NY
mileseast.com
Singer/songwriter Miles East released his new album Between Lightning and Thunder on ECR Music Group, earlier this year.
“You start out writing songs in a vacuum, out of need, and out of hope that people will listen [talking about the huge spike in streaming thanks to Rolling Stone coverage],” says East. “But once that work exits that vacuum and enters the world, you don’t know how it will be greeted. The response to this music has brought an amazed smile to my face, with some joyful tears too. It’s incredible.”
Tour dates:
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