Events
Once On This Island Brings The Tropics To The Ordway
Once On This Island won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, so when it was announced to have a limited run at the Ordway, I had to see it. I love […]
Articles by Fred Sobottka
Concerts
Packed Palace Theatre Bows As King Princess Wows
Tuesday night the Palace Theatre was graced by a visit from King Princess and she left the crowd wanting more. The Palace was packed, fans cheered wildly and they may have seen the early stages […]
Previews
Third Annual Boot Soccer Tournament At Allianz Field On February 9
Surly Brewing and Minnesota United team up again to host their annual boot soccer tournament, this year on the Great Lawn at Allianz Field. The boot soccer tournament is part of the 2020 MN UFC […]
Previews
Direct From Broadway, Hit Musical “Once On This Island” Has Limited Run At The Ordway
Winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Once On This Island comes to the Ordway Theater From February 4 – February 9. Music. Fire. Rain. Passion. And that’s just the […]
Previews
King Princess To Hold Court At The Palace Theatre On February 4
Fresh off an appearance on Saturday Night Live, King Princess will be appearing at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul on February 4th as part of her Cheap Queen Tour. Mikaela Mullaney Straus, known by […]
Previews
Multi Talented Artist Poppy Appearing At The Amsterdam On January 30
Poppy is coming to the Amsterdam on Jan 30th as part of her I Disagree Tour. If you’re unfamiliar, she’s an avant-garde pop enigma/AI and multi-hyphenate: singer/songwriter, performance artist (YouTube channel has 4 M followers, […]
Concerts
Uptown VFW Gets MURFed
Friday night MURF was at the Uptown VFW and it make take a while to clean up the aftermath. Members of the crowd were on stage, the band was in the crowd, glasses, confetti, beer […]
Local Spotlight
MURF Appears At The Uptown VFW On January 10
Local Punk Rock Band MURF will be playing at the Uptown VFW on Friday, January 10. MURF is a six piece punk outfit based in minneapolis. Its members hail from Iowa, North Carolina, South Dakota […]
Concerts
My Favorite Sets Of 2019 – Fred Sobottka
2019 was a great year for concerts. I attended over 60 shows and saw a lot of very talented people and groups. It was hard to narrow it down to 5, so I selected the […]
Concerts
Impaler Comes To (Up)Town For Scary Krampus
Friday night the Uptown VFW was rocking when Impaler and 3 other local bands celebrated Merry Krampus. The beer and (fake?) blood was flowing, moshers were slamming and the bands left rock in concert goers […]