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July 29, 2017 The Newlands Coop – (Viðar Skrede and Sara Pajunen) + Marques Morel 7-10pm $10 suggested donation Using violin, harding fiddle, guitar and voice, the Newlands Co-op (Vidar Skrede and Sara Pajunen) plays acoustic music from Norway and Finland brought to these new lands by one immigrant or another. VIDAR AND SARA perform traditional and contemporary Nordic folk tunes with unique sensibilities and improvisatory […]

Aug 5, 2017 Feeding Leroy (Duluth) with Special Guest Barbaro Quartet 7-10pm $10 suggested donation Feeding Leroy is a four piece acoustic band from Duluth, MN. With the collaboration of songwriters Lee Martin and Sonja Bjordal, Feeding Leroy has layered its sound and message and delivers honest songs that feed the truth.

August 6, 2017 New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble (Classical) with with Nathan Russell 3-6pm $10 (suggested donation) The New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble aims to bring the music of the past century’s most prolific and creative composers to the audiences of New Mexico. By commissioning and programming modern classical music of the Americas, we present an assortment of artistic landscapes that will continue to resonate within the […]

Aug 7, 2017 Freddie Slack 117th Birthday Party With Chris Nord and more 7-10pm $10 suggested donation Come celebrate Viroqua’s Boogie Woogie king with an evening of Freddie Slack covers performed by a variety of local artists… Featuring Mpls Boogie Woogie Piano legend Chris Nord….    

Aug 12, 2017 Lonesome Dan Kase with Special Guests Boo Bradley 7-10pm $10 suggested donation As a teenager growing up in rural southern Michigan, Lonesome Dan Kase happened upon a radio show called the “Blues Cruise,” broadcast out on Ann Arbor. Although he had picked up the guitar a year or so before, when he began hearing artists like Reverend Gary Davis and Robert Johnson, […]

August 16, 2017 Dead Soldiers with special guest Kendra Swanson 5-8pm $10 suggested donation Dead Soldiers is an American Roots Rock Band from Memphis, Tennessee. Much like The Band and Tom Waits, they draw deeply from influences ranging from Rock, Soul, Outlaw Country, and Bluegrass to Blues to carve out their own dark perspective on what it means to live and die in the American South. […]

Aug 19, 2017 Chastity Brown with special guests TBA 8-11pm $10 suggested donation Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Tennessee, Chastity grew up surrounded by country and soul music. In the full gospel church of her childhood, she played saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Her first show was in Knoxville, TN, and then it was on […]

Aug 20, 2017 NN Unplug recording hold 7-10pm 410 suggested donation   TBD

Aug 23, 2017 The Harmaleighs with special guest Lena Maude 7-10pm $10 suggested donation THE HARMALEIGHS is Haley Grant (guitar/vocals) and Kaylee Jasperson (bass/vocals). Since the duo came together in early 2013, their sound has transformed from an Americana cadence into a unique indie pop/folk fusion. Their anecdotal lyrics are sung through intimately blended harmonies on top of dynamic melodies and bluesy guitar riffs. THE HARMALEIGHS […]