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Minneapolis: September 21 to September 22, 2024

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21 Sep 2024 A.A. Williams at 7th St Entry Read More A.A. Williams Yesterday saw the release of Forever Blue (Bella Union), the debut album from London’s A.A. Williams. The name of the album came from a song that actually didn’t make the album’s final cut… however, the song’s title and …

21 Sep 2024 Saturday

A.A. Williams
at 7th St Entry
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London’s A.A. Williams has announced the new USA tour, in support of As The Moon Rests (out now via Bella Union). The tour will stop in at the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis. As of this writing, no support act has been announced for this show.

Williams adds: “I can’t wait for these shows, for the opportunity to venture so far from home to play for you. To those of you who’ve been waiting a long time for these dates, thank you for your patience! I’ll see you in a few months.”

U.S Tour Dates

A.A. Williams USA 2024 Tour

09/12 – Arts at The Armory, Somerville, MA

09/13 – Milkboy, Philadelphia, PA

09/14 – Preserving Underground, New Kensington, PA

09/16 – The Foundry, Lakewood, OH

09/17 – Lager House, Detroit, MI

09/18 – Downstairs at The Subterranean, Chicago, IL

09/19 – Blueberry Hill Duck Room, St Louis, MO

09/21 – 7th St Drive, Minneapolis, MN

09/22 – X-Ray Arcade, Cudahy, WI

09/24 – Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

09/27 – Volcanic Theatre Pub, Bend, OR

09/28 – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

09/29 – Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA

10/01 – Milk Bar, San Francisco, CA

10/03 – El Cid, Los Angeles, CA

10/04 – Brick by Brick, San Diego, CA

10/05 – Last Exit Live, Phoenix, AZ

10/07 – Sundown at Granada, Dallas, TX

10/09 – Resonant Head, Oklahoma City, OK

10/11 – The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA

10/12 – The End, Nashville, TN

10/15 – Swanson’s Warehouse, Greenville, SC

10/17 – Kings Arcade, Raleigh, NC

10/18 – Pie Shop, Washington, D.C.

1019 – The Kingsland, Brooklyn, NY

21-22 Sep 2024 Lakeville Art Festival at Lakeville Area Arts Center Read More Kaatwalk Kaatwalk is a model and singer, she’s normally plays with Marv, but for this Taste of Minnesota appearance, it’s just solo Kaat. Marv & Katt will be appearing at the upcoming great-get-together Minnesota State Fair on Aug 28-29 …

21 Sep 2024 Saturday
22 Sep 2024 Sunday

Lakeville Art Festival
at Lakeville Area Arts Center
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The 20+ years of Lakeville Art Festival is taking place at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, in Lakeville, Minnesota, on September 21-22, 2024.

MUSIC ON THE MAIN STAGE

Saturday, September 21

10am – 12pm: Boston Imposters

12:30pm – 2:30pm: The Jugsluggers

3pm – 5pm: Emilio Scarano

On the Grounds All Day: Paul Imholte, wandering musician

Sunday, September 22

10am – 11:30am: Maybe Nebraska

12pm – 1:30pm: Leslie Vincent

2pm – 4pm: Marv & Kaat

On the Grounds All Day: Paul Imholte, wandering musician

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS

Enjoy live artist demonstrations throughout the festival. Visit the demo booth on the south side of the grounds.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

8am – 10am: Helena Leary-Heinz: Pottery/ Wheel throwing

10am – 11am: Barb Hughes: Pottery/Wheel throwing

11am-12pm: Sonya Honaker: Lampworking

12pm – 1pm: Laura Presley: Painting

1pm-2pm: Katrina Ulrich: Block Printing

2pm – 4pm: Sonya Honaker: Lamp working

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

8am – 10am: Helena Leary-Heinz: Pottery/ Wheelthrowing

10am – 12pm: Dan Petrov: Oil Painting

12pm – 1pm: Claudia Trepanier: Watercolor Painting

1pm-2pm: Jake Zeiher: Pottery/Wheelthrowing

2pm – 4pm: Laura Juul: Glass Fusing

22 Sep 2024 Descendents with The Buzzcocks and Grumpster at Palace Theatre Read More Descendents When my husband and I met eight years ago, he had just discovered the Descendents and was in that holy - moly - this -is - the - best - thing - I've - ever - heard - … Buzzcocks Speaking of the Varsity Theater, legendary power punk band The Buzzcocks will be stopping by on Thursday. Although only Pete Shelley is the original band member, I don't think anyone cared or mind, just as …

22 Sep 2024 Sunday

Descendents
with The Buzzcocks and Grumpster
at Palace Theatre
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Legendary punk bands Descendents and Buzzcocks are playing the Palace Theatre on Sep 22, 2024.

Buzzcocks at Varsity Theater (11 Sep 2014)

We saw Buzzcocks in Sep 2014 and wrote, “I may have said that Pete Shelley was the only original member of Buzzcocks. Although that is technically true, I believe Steve Diggle (who joined later) is really as much a part of the Buzzcocks as anyone since 1976. And let me tell you - watching Diggle on stage is a delight. I could not take my eyes off of his well-practiced moves; the way he kicks bottled water, the way he holds his guitar, the way he shuffles to and fro... Diggle was having the time of his life on stage and it is just wonderful to watch.”

Grumpster to open.

Tour dates:

USA Tour 2024

25 Aug Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal Olympic Park / Parc Olympique de Montréal

5 Sep Providence, RI, US The Strand Ballroom

6 Sep Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore

7 Sep Huntington, NY, US The Paramount

9 Sep Buffalo, NY, US Town Ballroom

10 Sep Reading, PA, US Reverb Night Club

11 Sep Pittsburgh, PA, US Stage AE

13 Sep Cleveland, OH, US Agora Theatre

14 Sep Columbus, OH, US KEMBA Live!

15 Sep Louisville, KY, US Mercury Ballroom

17 Sep Grand Rapids, MI, US GLC Live

18 Sep St Louis, MO, US The Pageant

21 Sep Chicago, IL, US Douglass Park

22 Sep St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre

24 Sep Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall

25 Sep Omaha, NE The Admiral

27 Sep Denver, CO Fillmore

28 Sep Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center

29 Sep Bozeman, MT The ELM

1 Oct Boise, ID Knitting Factory

2 Oct Reno, NV Virginia Street Brewhouse

3 Oct Pioneertown, CA, Pappy + Harriet's Pioneertown

4 - 6 Oct Punk in Drublic 2024 Berth 46, San Pedro

5 Dec Guadalajara, Mexico C3 Stage

6 Dec Mexico City, Mexico Pabellón del Palacio

9 Dec Santiago, Chile Teatro Teletón

11 Dec Buenos Aires, Argentina Teatro Flores

13 Dec Curitiba, Brazil Tork'n Roll

14 Dec São Paulo, Brazil

22 Sep 2024 Amelia Moore with Julia Cooper at 7th St Entry Read More ASTN Breakout TikTok singer ASTN released his “Last Christmas” in November 2023. Obviously, listening to his song, it’s done in an R&B style… complete with auto-tune and gospel backing response vocals. …

22 Sep 2024 Sunday

Amelia Moore
with Julia Cooper
at 7th St Entry
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Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Amelia Moore is currently on her iCRYONTOUR! Moore first appeared on the scene on TikTok. Her debut Teaching a Robot to Love EP came out in 2022, via Capitol Music. Not sure if they are still together, but she was dating TikTok star ASTN.

Julia Cooper to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 11 Atlanta, GA, US Vinyl at Center Stage

Sep 13 Washington, DC, US Songbyrd

Sep 14 Philadelphia, PA, US The Foundry

Sep 17 New York (NYC), NY, US Bowery Ballroom

Sep 19 Toronto, ON, Canada Drake Underground

Sep 20 Chicago, IL, US Schubas Tavern

Sep 22 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry

Sep 25 Denver, CO, US Larimer Lounge

Sep 29 San Francisco, CA, US Café du Nord

Oct 1 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Roxy Theatre

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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The Wallflowers at Taste of Minnesota (06 July 2024)

07/06 Taste of Minnesota at Nicollet Mall The Wallflowers Setlist Everything I Need Move the River 6th Avenue Heartache Roots and Wings Wild World (Cat Stevens cover) Feels Like Summer I've Been Delivered Sleepwalker God Don't Make Lonely Girls One Headlight Who's That Man Walking 'Round My Garden Refugee (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover) The Waiting (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover) Three Marlenas The Difference Koo Koo Setlist Get Yo Body Movin' Cat Party! Parallel Park Wobbly Man Glitter Ice Cold Lemonade Rollercoaster Who Farted? All I Eat Is Pizza Lineup Great Clips Main Stage 12:00 pm – Koo Koo 1:00 pm – Belladiva 2:30 pm – Gear Daddies 3:45 pm – Sophia Eris 4:45 pm – The Wallflowers 6:30 pm – Martina McBride Featuring: DJ Kessel 20 Washington Plaza Stage 11:15 – 12:30 John Siqveland 12:45 – 2:00 FINICK 2:15 – 3:30 Kaatwalk 3:45 – 5:00 Jordan Johnston 5:15 – 6:30 Allison Eykholt Xcel Energy Singer / Songwriter Stage 11:15 – 12:15 Sammie Jean Cohen 12:30 – 1:30 Max Rewitzer 1:45 – 2:45 Yev Yelena 3:00 – 4:00 Soot & Scratch (Jesse Barstad) 4:15 – 5:30 Caribou Gone 5:45 – 7:00 Zoe Says Go Jazz88 Stage 12:00 pm – Jack Brass Band 1:30 pm – Jennifer Grimm 3:00 pm – BZ3 Organ Trio 4:30 pm – HEYARLO 6:15 pm – L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE Read More Taste of Minnesota This was the second year that A Taste of Minnesota is held at the Carver County Fairground in Waconia, Minnesota. Unlike last year, when the entry fee was waived if you arrived before 3pm, this year, they moved the time up to 1pm. … The Wallflowers As much as a clinic from two expert singer-songwriters as a concert, the Jakob Dylan-led Wallflowers and Boston indie rock artist Will Dailey stopped into midtown Kansas City, to play the Uptown Theater. … Koo Koo Kanga Roo We love Koo Koo Kanga Roo, these guys have to be seen live to really appreciate what they do. They are simply fun to watch, and their shows often inspires their audience to dance and participate with their performance. ...

It’s been a while since we attended the Taste of Minnesota in Minneapolis (previous events had admission fees or were on a bad weekend for us). Weather was incredible on Saturday, bringing out a ton of fans, ready to eat and enjoy some free music.

This year, they had four stages, with one large stage: Great Clips Main Stage, where most people flocked to for The Wallflowers and Gear Daddies. Apologies to Martina McBride, we had to exit due to conflicting commitments.

Overall, the event was incredibly well organized and completely family friendly. Speaking of which, we’ve never seen so many kids and their parents enjoying the Koo Koo (they must have dropped the Kanga Roo part of their name) set.

All their songs are family-friendly, including the “Rollercoaster” and “Who Farted?”. And being at the Taste of Minnesota, they perfectly ended their set with “All I Eat Is Pizza.”

These guys (Bryan & Neil) are great, we’ve always loved them ever since catching them live in Nov 2009.

Bryan mentioned that his son was handling their merchandise, and his son was making money on tips to buy a toy.

Next up was Belladiva, a cover band specializing in disco, pop, R&B, and rock. They are a large group, with 10 band members (including a mini horns section).

Normally these cover lover bands stick to crowd favorites, which means older hit songs… but was surprised to hear some recent covers such as Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” on their set.

The audience’s favorite was their 4 Non Blondes cover of “What's Up?”, as they sing back, “What’s going on?”.

Their set closer was a rocking, guitar-driven Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way?”

Gear Daddies pulled in quite the crowd. Over the 40 years (the group started in 1984) they’ve built up quite a massive fanbase, and based on hearing all the fans sing along to their songs, like “Time Heals”, they are a force to be reckon with! They did one cover on their set, Joe Jones’ “California Sun” … perfect for the sunny weather on Saturday.

Sophia Eris with friends Makr and Jaki Blue (which I thought I heard that she said was her sister).

It sounds like the first part of Eris’ set was purely DJing and dancing… but then she switched it up with rapping over beats from Makr. Highlight of their set was when Jaki Blue took over the vocals duties to sing “Quicksand”, a song co-written by Jaki Blue & Sophia Eris with production from Makr.

We were mostly there to see The Wallflowers, the band led by Jakob Dylan… who is probably more famous for being the son of Bob Dylan. But let’s be honest, The Wallflowers’ hit “One Headlight” stood out on its own.

The Wallflowers setlist at Uptown Theater (17 Aug 2023)

We caught the band last year in Aug 2023 and wrote, “For Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers, it’s been on-again / off-again for the last several years, with Dylan the only constant member, in a lineup that’s included current Foo Fighter Rami Jaffee and former Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, among many others over the years. Between family commitments, other interests, and the ever-changing lineup, the band finally returned during the pandemic with their seventh studio album, 2021’s Exit Wounds and a 53-date tour to support it, with a mostly new lineup (what else?) except for adept guitarist Stanton Adcock, the lone holdover musician from previous. Regarding any concern about them being less musically committed when they opened up with the new album’s “Maybe Your Heart's Not in It No More”, the question was quickly put to rest as the band went from song to song without any pause, ramping things up with musical gusto and a well-rehearsed tightness. From songs that weren’t as well known, Dylan announced their breakthrough hit, “6^th Avenue Heartache” as one that we all would know.”

We complained that “Three Marlenas” was not on the 2023 set… but is happy to see that he’s added the song back on his set for 2024.

During his set, Dylan scolded a photographer for taking photos with a long lens, in the crowd, well after couple songs (the general rule is you can take photos in the photo pit for the first three songs), “Very distracting.”

Over at the JAZZ88 Stage, it started with the Jack Brass Band… a band that formed in 1999 in the Twin Cities, but plays traditional New Orleans’ brass bands.

Jennifer Grimm, when not singing jazz tunes in cabaret and theater venues, she actually does voiceover for commercials and big corporations like Target, Toyota, Bremer Bank, and Papa Murphy’s. Her original song had placements in NBC’s Parenthood, NBC’s SingOff, SHOWTIME's House Of Lies, USA's Suits, TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, and CW'S Stargirl (which we did started watching Season 1 when that originally aired).

BZ3 Organ Trio (keys Brian Ziemniak, guitarist David Feily, and drummer Kevin Washington) played songs from their debut self-titled 2023 album. The BZ3 trio just played with Red Planet at the Icehouse on July 8, as part of David Feily’s programming for Mondays in July.

HEYARLO is an instrumental indie-jazz group, fronted by DeCarlo Jackson on Flugelhorn, with Megan Mahoney on Bass, Evan Slack on Guitar, Sam Rosenstone on Keys and Richard Haneman on drums. We previously mentioned that Heyarlo played with Heiruspecs in Dec 2022.

Over at the 20 Washington Plaza Stage, this seems to be a stage for solo singer/songwriter, like a singer and their instrument of choice.

FINICK Summer Tour 2024

FINICK was there to play some songs from her debut album Where Could We Go? (2023). Despite her young age, she’s already put together a summer tour with an appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on July 12, the Elliott Smith Tribute show at White Squirrel on Aug 5 (Smith’s birthday is August 6), and then Waterworks Building on Aug 15.

Kaatwalk is a model and singer, she’s normally plays with Marv, but for this Taste of Minnesota appearance, it’s just solo Kaat. Marv & Katt will be appearing at the upcoming great-get-together Minnesota State Fair on Aug 28-29 as well as Lakeville Art Festival on Sep 22. Please check her website for full listing.

Allison Eykholt sings “music for the heart”. She previously opened for Nate Amor in 2023. Although it’s just Eykholt solo she may have a full band called the Northwoods, featuring Jordan Hedlund (piano), Tony Johnson (bass), Grey Tison (accordion), and Mike Schiltz (drums) as credited on her five-track EP Allison & The Northwoods.

KEVBand

Over at the Xcel Energy Singer / Songwriter Stage we caught Ukrainian Yev Yelena with his full band, “KEV Band”: Tony, Eliott, Sasha and Adri. He endorsed the Ukrainian food truck… which we ended up eating a meat pie from there.

Max Rewitzer at The Maple House (19 Jul 2024)

Max Rewitzer is a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis (formerly Maryland?), and sings indie and emo folk songs. His next appearance is at The Maple House (a renovated 1888 farmhouse) on Friday, July 19th, with Ry Edwards.

Now that we know where all the stages are located, tomorrow’s coverage (Sunday July 7) of Taste of Minnesota will be more complete.

Apologies for the poor photos and badly drawn art, we did not know the event does not allow for professional cameras without permission.

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The Wallflowers at Taste of Minnesota (06 July 2024)

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