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Thursday Night Vinyl Sessions continue!

Come and ~vibe on vinyl~ every first and third Thursday of the month!

Vinyl Sighting Presents: Northern Wax Crew
"We are a crew of vinyl addicts' way up north via Duluth, MN'

Curated DJ sessions from a rotating cast! You will hear sets from DJ ANIBODY, Saint John, DJ Fraudulent, DJ StaggaLee, Natty Nico, Steeze in the Breeze, Bog Boy, Moeview, and Al Pajamas!

6-9 PM
All are welcome!
~vibe on vinyl~

8:00 PM Show

Sparrow Smith, a multi-instrumentalist based in Marshall, NC, is well loved for her evocative songwriting, tasteful banjo playing, epic accordion chops, and striking outfits. A longtime member and leader of multiple bands (most notably Resonant Rogues) with Keith Josiah Smith, her husband and collaborator, Sparrow is stepping out under her own name with a new album of Appalachian originals. Her journey into old time started in her late teens with freight trains and Tommy Jarrell tapes, and her musical taste is also inspired by a lifelong love of dance. When not on tour, Sparrow can be found in the North Carolina mountains where she teaches Women’s Basic Carpentry and is building her own house from scratch.

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An outdoor summer music series on The Rugged Spruce Long Iron stage.

8:00 PM Show

Lazy Lightning 420 isa Duluth-based duo consisting of Marc Gartman and Erik Berry (from Trampled by Turtles) who perform full Grateful Dead concerts by re-creating setlists from Archive.org. The duo uses an array of effects pedals and technology to achieve a sound that is more than just a guitar-and-mandolin duo, incorporating a rock band feel into their performances.

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8:00 PM Show

Sarah Morris is a Minneapolis-based Americana singer-songwriter whose crystalline voice and benevolent storytelling have earned her recognition as one of the Midwest’s most compelling musical voices. Over the course of six albums and a decade-plus of steady, determined songwriting, Morris has made a practice of allurement. Her new album, Say Yes, is a suggestion and an encouragement, a delicate search for the honest way forward. Winner of the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Competition in 2018 and three-time Midwest Country Music Organization Songwriter of the Year, Morris creates music that gracefully balances technical precision with profound emotional resonance.

Skarlett Woods || Often known for her way of entwining mesmerizing vocal passages with a 7-string guitar groove far advanced beyond your average singer/songwriter, Skarlett Woods brings folk and West Coast Jazz to the same dinner table. Weaving Swing and Jazz into folk-themed stories of love, she has a stage presence that demands the attention of a room. Taking her listeners on upbeat rhythmic rides over heart-swelling arrangements of originals and covers, Skarlett has simply become more comfortable showing herself in the lights. She took a spotlight in the 2022 Dylan Fest Songwriters Contest as one of the winning songs that evening. She is currently in the studio with Minneapolis Producer/Songwriter, Kevin Bowe, who has worked with Jonny Lang, Etta James, Joe Cocker, and many others, to release her sophomore album in the Fall of 2023.

SLOPE CITY || Slope City is fronted by Michael Smišek, who writes songs that are woven into a blend of genres. From upbeat, windows-rolled-down soul to slow-building blues and folk, the element that holds Smišek’s music together is a sense of familiarity and rhythm.

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Mud Puppies are a young 5 piece Folk Grunge Band from Duluth. The effect of paring their thoughtful lyrics with their unique sound, brings a fun yet unique energy to the stage. You can expect to see influences from bands like Wilco and Nirvana, while their local roots shine through with hints of Trampled by Turtles and Charlie Parr.
Baba Fats is possibly Wisconsin’s Northernmost contemporary jazz(ish) band playing original, instrumental music.
No Cove | All Ages | Family Friendly

Cigarette Picnic is a stripped down, sultry female power trio focusing on rich harmonies and minimal instrumentation. They are based in Duluth, Minnesota and perform original music with bold flavor and smooth soul. The trio includes collaborative lyricism and composition from Ricky Francy (vocals), Madi Phyle (vocals) and Elsa Krantz (vocals, electric guitar).

Join us in Harrison Park every Thursday from 3-6pm for the Twin Ports Roots Market summer season! The market will take place weekly beginning June 18th until October 1st. Each week the market will host a variety of local vendors and community activities, from seasonal produce to live music. Food access programs, such as the Power of Produce, will be available to support fresh food access in the community.

Thursday Night Vinyl Sessions continue!

Come and ~vibe on vinyl~ every first and third Thursday of the month!

Vinyl Sighting Presents: Northern Wax Crew
"We are a crew of vinyl addicts' way up north via Duluth, MN'

Curated DJ sessions from a rotating cast! You will hear sets from DJ ANIBODY, Saint John, DJ Fraudulent, DJ StaggaLee, Natty Nico, Steeze in the Breeze, Bog Boy, Moeview, and Al Pajamas!

6-9 PM
All are welcome!
~vibe on vinyl~

8:00 PM Show

David Huckfelt is a singer / lyricist / activist and founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. An Iowa-native and former theology student, Huckfelt attended the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop undergrad program before turning his attention to songwriting and performing. With musical roots in the same fertile Midwestern soil that produced legendary folk singers like John Prine and Greg Brown, Huckfelt has shared stages with artists from Prine, Mavis Staples & Emmylou Harris to Bon Iver, Calexico and Trampled By Turtles. His work with The Pines received record of the year accolades from Mojo & Q Magazine, and garnered praise from David Fricke (Rolling Stone) as one of the finest songwriters of his generation. In 2018 Huckfelt received the prestigious Artist-In-Residence award at Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior, where in sixteen days he wrote the fourteen songs that would become his breakout solo debut, Stranger Angels.

In 2012 he met American Indian Movement leader & poet John Trudell on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and their subsequent collaboration resulted in the song "Time Dreams", hailed by Democracy Now! and the last recording Trudell made before passing. Since then, Huckfelt has partnered with an impressive array of Native American artists and activists including Keith Secola, Quiltman, Winona LaDuke, and novelist Louise Erdrich in the fight for social justice and protection for Mother Earth. In thousands of shows across the United States, Canada & overseas, Huckfelt’s grassroots following has grown from small-town opera houses, Midwestern barn concerts, and progressive benefit events to national tours and festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue club in his beloved Minneapolis home.

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