Concerts
SURLY DARKNESS DAY 2024
Surly Darkness Day 2024!! I’ve been waiting for this day for a loooooong time. Not for the special release of their Surly Darkness brew. In fact, I wasn’t even there for any beer. Surprisingly enough, […]
Festival
Concerts
Roots Rock Goes To 11 At The Hook
The Hook and Ladder’s Roots, Rock and Deep Blues Festival each summer is a personal favorite. I’m not alone. It’s been voted best music festival by Twin Cities’ music fans. This year The Hook presented […]
Local Spotlight
Roots Rock Deep Blues. Hook and Ladder Goes To 11 on July 16
The Hook hits year 11 with 2022’s Roots Rock and Deep Blues Festival in the Longfellow neighborhood. Details and tickets can be found HERE. I’ve written before that RRDB is my favorite summer festival for […]
Concerts
Rock The Garden Is Back With A Bang
Photos by Vito Ingerto The weather cooperated beautify Saturday for the return of Rock The Garden to the Walker Art Center. Brought to the Twin Cities by The Current and the Walker Arts Center, […]
Concerts
Midwest Music Fest Pushes Through The Showers. Day 1
The only thing that can dampen a great festival is the damp! Winona feels like summer in San Francisco. This year’s rendition of Midwest Music Fest has been geared toward the hearty. Then again, it […]
Local Spotlight
Don’t Forget The MidWest Music Festival In Winona! April 29-30
Admittedly, the lyric from the song Route 66 references a town in Arizona. However, it’s an appropriate reminder for what’s happening this week in Minnesota’s town of the same name. Midwest Music Festival takes place […]
Concerts
Beer, Mud, And Fun In The Sun — Chicago Riot Fest 2019
This past weekend, I made the trek down south to Chicago for a nutty, high intensity festival that delivered many of the most memorable concert experiences I have had in 2019. I was at some […]
Concerts
Roots Rock Deep Blues. The Hook Produces Another Delightful Summer Festival.
Summer is the season of music festivals around the Twin Cities. There are big ones and there are small DIY type deals. Obviously, when attending one of the big ones, you have a chance to […]
Previews
Steve Miller Band and Brad Paisley Headline Lakefront Music Fest on July 12-13
In celebration of 10 years of music, friendship and community, Prior Lake Rotary’s Lakefront Music Fest had developed a line-up that includes multiple Grammy award winning artists and two Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The […]
Concerts
Sweat, Sunburn and Lil’ Wayne- Soundset 2019 Was A Success
Have I ever explained to you how amazing the Twin Cities are? I’m sure I have time and time again but let me do it one more time. The Twin Cities are so amazing that […]