Week of Events
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons $6
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons $6
Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you would find in a dance hall, cafe or nightclub anywhere around the world between 1920-1940. Despite being an ensemble firmly rooted in tradition, the band presents their music without being shackled to history. They play their own compositions as well as takes on music of the era. Patty’s eclectic taste gives the band diverse influences including New Orleans Traditional Jazz, Western Swing, Gypsy Melodies, Ragtime Piano Blues, Jug Music and 1930′s Popular Song. The core instrumentation of accordion, clarinet, guitar and bass is light and swift, but also melancholic and lush when it needs to be. Patty, mostly known as an accordionist doubles as the bands vocalist. His voice is inspired most by the old time hollers and croons from the dawn of recording once described as “Tom Waits meets Rudy Vallee.” More than anything, The Buttons is a group that is always enjoying themselves… Which seems to give audiences permission to do the same.
Concert for Charlie 2024
Concert for Charlie 2024
#gap-238887217 { padding-top: 31px; } more info EVENT DETAILS RSVP ON FACEBOOK #gap-1356103615 { padding-top: 15px; } The Hook and Ladder Theater 5:00pm- 9:00pm COVID-19 Policies EVENT DESCRIPTION #gap-303535004 { padding-top: 15px; } Concert for Charlie 2024 We hope you’ll join us on Sunday, June 2 for a special evening of music to raise funds for Faith’s Lodge and to have an early birthday celebration for Baby Charlie who would be turning 10 this year. Watch this page for more details, including a program of events, silent auction items and artist lineup announcements. In the meantime, get your early bird tickets and contact Hyedi at hyedi.nelson@gmail.com if you’d like to sponsor the event or donate a product or service to the silent auction. #gap-620710154 { padding-top: 30px; } #gap-1070650729 { padding-top: 22px; } #col-137917981 > .col-inner { padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px -21px 0px; } #row-950921135 > .col > .col-inner { padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } #col-524123701 > .col-inner { margin: 0px 0px -27px 0px; } #row-38996609 > .col > .col-inner { padding: 0px 0px 15px 0px; }
Music Jam Sunday’s at the Schooner
Music Jam Sunday’s at the Schooner
The Twin Cities have some great touring artists that like to jam local when back in town. The Schooner Tavern is one of the great venues that accomodate with flexible management. Stop on by! Great drink specials!
Sunday Trad Session
Country Two-Step Dance Lesson
Country Two-Step Dance Lesson
Get ready for dancing at Devil Dodger’s gig with Country Two-Step dance lessons! Lessons: 5-6, Music 6-9.
Live Music Tuesdays
Live Music Tuesdays
Live music in Zeitgeist Restaurant + Bar every Tuesday! Artists vary month-to-month!
Devil Dodger Tuesdays
Devil Dodger Tuesdays
Every Tuesday, 5-7! Specializing in American roots music, Devil Dodger’s music draws on a range of themes from lost love, heartache, jail and going to his grandfather’s farm as a child.
The New Havoline Supremes!
Devil Dodger Tuesdays
Devil Dodger Tuesdays
Every Tuesday, 5-7! Specializing in American roots music, Devil Dodger’s music draws on a range of themes from lost love, heartache, jail and going to his grandfather’s farm as a child.
Anothernight Residency w. Lazy Scorsese, Whispered the Rabbit
Anothernight Residency w. Lazy Scorsese, Whispered the Rabbit
Anothernight – Anothernight is a Minneapolis based slowcore experimental folk project channeling both the beauty in and despair in love, loss, and longing. Utilizing minimalism in music and romanticism in lyric, Anothernight explores human emotion from the wild to the mundane, and the willingness to live in either. https://linktr.ee/anothernight Lazy Scorsese – https://lazyscorsese.com/ Whispered The Rabbit – https://linktr.ee/whisperedtherabbit
Todd Albright at White Squirrel
Todd Albright at White Squirrel
Todd Albright is a country blues, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues the distinguished tradition of the very roots of American music as told by the African American musicians who created it. Todd’s vigorous, gritty and soulful performances are accompanied by stories of the masters and a deep intuitive sense of respect for craft, providing audiences with a meaningful experience while creating a transcendent moment. One of the top blues guitarists in the world, Todd is the only contemporary twelve string player in his genre. Todd began playing the blues while still a teenager, some twenty-five years ago. Initially, he was drawn to the sound of the finger-picked style and has since immersed himself in the foundational music and narratives of American culture. Over the years, Todd has shared the stage with artists such as Roy Book Binder, Charlie Parr, Paul Geremia, and Dakota Dave Hull. Todd’s first full-length LP, Fourth Floor Visitor, was released by Jett Plastic Recordings out of Detroit, Michigan (2017). His latest album, Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags, is out now on Third Man Records (2017).
The Second Stringers at White Squirrel
The Second Stringers at White Squirrel
Lars-Erik Larson, Nick Salisbury, Blair Krivanek with special guests
Irish Céilí Dancing
Irish Céilí Dancing
Join in the fun with an Irish céilí dancing session, every Wednesday with instructor Paul McCluskey and live music with local musicians.
Meanest Genus w. Analog Anonymous, Cellar Door at White Squirrel
Meanest Genus w. Analog Anonymous, Cellar Door at White Squirrel
Meanest Genus A culmination of four lifetimes filled with passion for music, Meanest Genus exists as a celebration of the cleansing and clarifying power of loud music. Started in 2022 when singer/songwriter Alex wanted to play music again with his former bandmate Chad, they quickly expanded to include lead guitarist Robin and drummer Dan, forming a formidable guitar-heavy live experience. Analog Anonymous Step into the realm of sonic exploration with Analog Anonymous—a collective of kindred spirits from St. Paul united by a shared love for music. With an affinity for the raw authenticity of analog recording, with a nostalgic nod to the past on cassette 4-tracks, weaving a rich tapestry of experimental and vibrant sound Cellar Door Cellar Door local alternative rock band Anoka mn
Paul Bergen at Dubliner
The Monday Club at White Squirrel
Scottie Devlin
Pine & Fire w. Les Blackwell, Sammie Jean Cohen at White Squirrel
Irish Music Session
HEATBOX / DEAD LARRY 20th Anniversary at Hook and Ladder
HEATBOX / DEAD LARRY 20th Anniversary at Hook and Ladder
Heatbox, aka The One Man Entertainment System, is a Minneapolis based funky beatboxing loop artist, video game show host, voice over actor, and computer programmer. He has performed with or in front of many of the world’s biggest musical acts, and wowed crowds on some of the biggest stages and talent shows.
Spit Takes w. High Tiny Hairs, Bev at White Squirrel
The Langer’s Ball at Dubliner
The Langer’s Ball at Dubliner
Playing their own brand of traditional drinking songs and original material, their sound is harder-hitting and bigger than you’d expect it ever could be.
Mary Bue and friends $15 Aster
Mary Bue and friends $15 Aster
Mary Bue is a songwriter, international retreat guide and yoga teacher based out of Minneapolis, often roaming this beautiful world. Named Best Songwriter of 2020 by City Pages, her music touches upon archetypal themes of the human condition: love, loss, survival, dreams, and the natural world. A longtime student of yoga and psychology, Mary weaves sacred subject matter into her songs, seeking of deeper levels of consciousness, and concern for the environment mixed into oft-crass, real-world hue. Mary is currently working on her 9th album The Wildness of Living and Dying to be released in spring 2024.
Squirrel Vintage & Makers Market
Early Show w. Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘Em Deep, Pure Shifter, Emma Jeanne
Early Show w. Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘Em Deep, Pure Shifter, Emma Jeanne
Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘em Deep Emma Jeanne
Our House: The Music Of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with Taming The Tiger at Hook and Ladder
Our House: The Music Of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with Taming The Tiger at Hook and Ladder
Under the Canopy will be groovin’ to the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed by the all-star band Our House. Special guest Taming The Tiger opens with a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
The Driftless Revelers *OUTSIDE* at White Squirrel
The Driftless Revelers *OUTSIDE* at White Squirrel
Driftless Revelers will be outside playing the Magnolia Band Shell The Driftless Revelers formed in the second spring of the first global pandemic of the 21st century, with one ear turned toward the shellac platters and Victrola virtuosos of the early to mid 20th century, and the other ear glued to the soundscapes of the 1960’s & 1970’s American freak-folk scene. Since their debut tour in 2021, the band has billed with Grammy winning bluegrass legends like Tim O’Brien, toured extensively throughout the Upper Midwest, and had breakout performances at several festivals and events (Mile of Music in Appleton, WI. featured in Rolling Stone Magazine). These Eau Claire, Wisconsin based weirdos have earned a cult following of devoted fans from Minnesota to Michigan who appreciate their irreverent, highly original, and sometimes slightly psychedelic interpretation of American roots music with a Midwest twist. Their live show banter and thoroughly entertaining sets have earned them comparisons to Ween, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Tenacious D, and the Holy Modal Rounders. Their debut record, American Fork Standards (2022), was well received by their family members, and a few other people who said nice things about it. Featuring the original songwriting of Ben Nelson, Matthew R. Sayles, and Jerod Kaszynski, the Driftless Revelers will pleasure a crowd with plectral wah pedal banjo tones, the mournful wailing of resophonic steel guitars, and the up-right bass bellows of an era that can’t quite be defined, but revels in the timeless ephemera of weird old-time American music. With influences as varied and eccentric as a proper musty smelling thrift store record collection, the band grooves merrily through early roots blues and jazz music, to hillbilly and string band howlers, all the way into the not-quite folk but not-quite psychedelic realms of their own creation. A Driftless Revelers show will lure you in with their joy–keep you dancing with their search for the cosmic groove in the confines of stringed instruments–and will send you on your way with flashbacks of the Driftless Revelry found only in the essence of the intangible reaches of notes once played– that then fall silent
42DUGG & Friends LIVE in Concert at Skyway Theatre
42DUGG & Friends LIVE in Concert at Skyway Theatre
42DUGG & Friends LIVE in Concert42DUGG & Friends LIVE in Concert on June 8th in Minneapolis, MN at Skyway Theatre!
Mac and Cheese at Dubliner
Mac and Cheese at Dubliner
Pete McCauley and Tim Cheesebrow bring old tunes to life and have a great time doing it. A Folkin’ Good Time!
Nights with Tim at White Squirrel
Echoes At Midnight + The Farewell Season $8 at Aster
Echoes At Midnight + The Farewell Season $8 at Aster
Echoes At Midnight is an alternative country rock band based in the Twin Cities. The band started as a songwriting collaboration between Mary O’Connor (Vocals & Piano) and Ryan Power (Guitar) who bonded over a love of melodic rock and big choruses. After several years of writing songs, the duo added Mark Kopischke (Drums), Bill Berg (Bass), and Brian Ciaccio (Keys & Backing Vocals) to the lineup.