A benefit for Doctors Without Borders, Minneapolis' DRONE NOT DRONES is part benefit concert, part art project, part community event.

Since forming in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude, original songs and a wide range of influences far beyond Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, and Flatt and Scruggs.

In a genre created and dominated by artists from the South, The High 48s were born and raised in the Upper Midwest. And in a music scene where playing standards is the norm, The High 48s are a band of songwriters who perform their own material in addition to the “festival favorites.”

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Storytelling In Jazz, Cabaret This evening of songs born in the decade of the 1920s include the slang, the stories, the songwriters and the singers of that era that shimmied and bootlegged and celebrated leaving the Great War behind. Maud Hixson vocals Rick Carlson piano Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), singer Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Maud is the recipient of four Artist Initiative grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Maud received a Next Step Grant from the McKnight Foundation in 2015 and her most recent Artist Initiative Grant funded a big band project in 2017. In 2016 she made her second appearance at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in a tribute to singer Sylvia Syms, hosted by Rex Reed and presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation. After her Chicago debut in 2017, the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich proclaimed, “Hixson stood out as the biggest revelation at the Chicago Cabaret Convention”. Her newest recording, Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was released in September. In October, she appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part of Rex Reed’s tribute to Doris Day. “Her vocal style is so warm, compelling and intimate—it’s clear she cares about the words and telling the story, with clarity and without artifice—almost a lost art these days.” –Michael Feinstein MaudHixson.com

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. Radio Drama A science fiction double-feature exploring the wonder and danger of technology, performed in the style of an old-time radio broadcast, including vintage commercials and live sound effects.“The Veldt” from Dimension X: George and Lydia are concerned about their children. They’ve become obsessed with the “ nursery” – a virtual reality playroom designed and built by the Happy Home Corporation. A “precautionary” tale from radio’s golden age, adapted from the classic short story by Ray Bradbury. “Watchbird” from Future Crash: Charlie manufactures Watchbirds; armed drones designed to detect and detain murderers before they strike. Will this new technology usher in an age of peace and harmony… or end life on Earth as we know it? An original script by Joshua English Scrimshaw based on the short story by Robert Sheckley. Eric Webster Shanan Custer Tim Uren Joshua English Scrimshaw The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society performed their first staged old-time radio recreation in 2016 at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis. Since then, they have appeared at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, Daleko Arts in New Prague, and the Wabasha Street Caves in Saint Paul. Their recreations were also featured monthly from 2017 to 2019 at the James J. Hill Center and from 2020 to 2022 at Park Square Theater in Saint Paul. Currently, the MORLS performs regularly at both the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater and Crooners Supper Club. “Using their voices to paint a picture so vivid that if you close your eyes you can see the action in your mind’s eye.”–Stages of Minnesota MysteriousOldRadioListeningSociety.com

Free music–light fare available from 4:30pm to 9:30pm. Full-menu available until 8:30pm. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS Maggie’s Afterglow consists of casual entertainment offered outside our usual listening environment of ticketed concerts. Various entertainers appear in the lounge. There are no tickets, but tips are encouraged. You may sign up for the guest list, but space is not reserved. Seating is first come, first served in the bar and at lounge tables.

Brandin Lea, the co-mastermind and lead voice of alt-rock legends Flickerstick, epitomizes a tale of meteoric ascent intertwined with a salute to rock and roll excess.

Hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, Lea rocketed from local stages to national notoriety in tandem with Flickerstick’s triumph in VH1’s renowned series ‘Bands on the Run’ in 2001, during which Flickerstick eclipsed 2000 rival bands. The victory ignited a fresh frenzy of touring, a major release of the acclaimed album ‘Welcoming Home the Astronauts’, and a chart-climbing single. Renowned for their unyielding tour schedule, incendiary live performances, and untamed antics, Flickerstick’s allure continued to shine brilliantly through the 2000s.