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An Outdoor Urban Summer Concert Series
** SOLD OUT** The Belfast Cowboys are a nine-piece band from Minneapolis that specializes in the music of Van Morrison. Powered by a four-piece horn section, the Cowboys have flourished in the renowned Minnesota music scene, and have consistently packed houses and wowed crowds since 2002.
** SOLD OUT** Kiss the Tiger pounced onto the Twin Cities’ music scene in late-2016 and have been making big waves ever since. Inspired by the sounds and energy of The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and Patti Smith, Kiss the Tiger has breathed new life into 21st century rock and roll, and at the same time developed a sound that is uniquely their own. Ready Freddie: A Queen Experience is a spirited and spot on Tribute to Queen.
Community Driven and their support partners St Paul Bagelry, Wiseacre, Widmers & Chowgirls Catering are proud to present an evening of Country Music with Tyler Haag, Jake Duda Band, Pleasure Horse and Cole Diamond. There will also be live art from Rogue Citizen and a mid concert bagel sandwich served to all guests.
** SOLD OUT** Davina and The Vagabonds offer “a modern take on old-time blues and jazz” (PennLive). They’ve created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Davina’s commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time.
Join us for an evening of Rock and Roll fun with live performances by Low Rats, Melk Boys, Black Widows, Whiskey Rock N Roll Club MPLS, & DJ MeganO
** SOLD OUT** Two sets with Jeremy and his band plus a very special opening set with Mayyadda!
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound are the latest in fresh venerable. Benefitting from years of unassuming and understated hipness, they bring forth a funky, lyrically charged racket that sits comfortably with soulful sounds the world over. Intricate but free-swinging, explosive yet intimate, fresh and green as grass.
** SOLD OUT** Special event commemorating The Dylan & The Dead Tour of '87! A multi-set night of Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead with the Jones Gang and special 'Bob' guests!!
“A Triple band fuzz fest” featuring Monica LaPlante / Muun Bato with guest Warcake
The Lonesome Losers are the Twin Cities premiere tribute to Yacht Rock. Covering a blend of soulful smooth soft rock hits that range from 1974 to 1984.
The word supergroup gets overused to describe side musical projects, but it's apt and well-earned when it comes to The High Hawks. With nearly 150 years of collective touring and playing between them, Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon), Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth, Blue Sparks From Hell), Chad Staehly (Hard Working Americans), Adam Greuel (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades), Brian Adams (DeadPhish Orchestra) and Will Trask (Great American Taxi) have maintained a generation-spanning presence at the forefront of the roots music scene for over two decades.
Note from Keller... ADM (Acoustic Dance Music), solo acoustic guitar and voice with every other song walking the line of electronica. If you need a title to file under try electro-hippie acoustic downtempo.
The Hook & Ladder proudly presents 2 separate album releases in one night by highly-respected artists Rich Mattson and Dan Israel.
** SOLD OUT** Sprouted from a blend of American folk, country, rock-n-roll, and blues, Erik Koskinen and his top-shelf band realize a sound that is distinctive and fresh while familiar and classic. On April 2nd, the Minnesota songsmith announces the June 28th release of Burning The Deal on Real Phonic Records/Tone Tree Music, sharing the shuffling “Big Plane” video.
** SOLD OUT ** This New Orleans Supergroup combines irresistibly tight funk, soulful horns, Americana based rhythm and blues, and a pinch of jamband to create a uniquely funky groove for swampified rock-n-roll experience!
** SOLD OUT ** Dr. Mambo's Combo, otherwise known as "The Combo", is a soul and R&B band that has been playing at Bunker's Music Bar & Grill in downtown Minneapolis since 1987. While we wait for Bunker’s to re-open, let's get funky together outside under the canopy at The Hook and Ladder Theater for a special two set family friendly concert on Sunday, June 13!
Founded in 1993, and led by performance artist Venus DeMars, All The Pretty Horses blends the influences of artists such as Bowie and Sex Pistols with a dose of heavy guitar rock and outrageous costumes, into a self-described Glam-Punk Trans-Band. Mayda is a multi-instrumentalist / artist / producer from the land of 10,000 Lakes.
With band members hailing from Venezuela to Liberia, and US Virgin Islands to Jamaica, the International Reggae All-Stars are truly a global band. Featuring one of today’s hottest reggae vocalists, Westmoreland- Jamaica’s native Lynval “Golden Voice” Jackson, the International Reggae All-Stars play reggae, dancehall and all the Bob Marley classics, and bring peace, love and positive vibrations with them where ever they go.
The Hook & Ladder Theater is proud to present a very special co-bill concert event Under the Canopy featuring Lady Lark and Sophia Eris.
**SOLD OUT ** ELnO is back! Join the second best musical tribute to Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra in the greater Twin Cities area as they perform two hours of stone cold ELO classics live.
The story goes that The Big Wu, bound for rock stardom, sold their souls for a case of Old Style beer one thirsty night long ago. The legend and the band live on. Still rocking their powerful, moving, and energizing original music for the fans. A jam band with a unique style and presence, the Wu combine strong, free flowing improv and vocal harmonies, with finely crafted songs for all tastes.
Dale has flown the flag for classic honky-tonk for over three decades. He’s christened his brand of American roots “Ameripolitan” to differentiate it from current crop of Nashville-based pop country. The Alabama-born, Texas-raised Watson may be the hardest working entertainer today and is rapidly approaching legendary status.
Turn Turn Turn bring their Cosmic Americana to The Hook & Ladder on Friday (7/9). They’ll mix up tunes from their debut, a few covers and brand new material they’re working on for their second record. Special guest, seasoned folk-rock troubadour Martin Devaney opens.
Carnage The Executioner presents a display of organic self-expression through live music, dance, art & food. Featuring live painting, vegan vendors and exciting performances from Saltee | ill chemistry-featuring Desdamona | The Orange Goodness | Jodi Seiger’s Rhythm And Shoes Dance Studio
The Mae Simpson band is pure energy and soul. Blistering funk and dance music mixed with soul, blues, country, calypso, jazz, rock, and even a little hip hop. New Primitives is a mixture of different genres, Reggae/Ska, R&B, Afro Cuban, World Music, deep Funk and American Rock and Roll. Stomp your feet and hang on to your washboards, Jeff Ray and Hurricane Harold are bringing their inspired, heart-pounding, sophisticated (acoustic) country blues to Under “The Canopy!
“Gully Boys: With their echoes of fuzz-rocky ’90s bands and lyrical, high-wiry songs, this trio become one of the most buzzing new Twin Cities bands of the past year ” - Chris Riemenschneider - Kent Burnside was born into the blues. He grew up in the North Mississippi Hill Country and is the eldest grandson of blues legend R.L. Burnside. The Flood Brothers are a THUMP MACHINE whose infectious melodies and animal rhythms will have your bones shakin' outta your boots!
Molly Maher resides on the border between the lands of Americana and the Blues and moves beautifully between them, blending simmer and cool with kick-ass guitar playing. R. L. Boyce is a Grammy nominated American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist born and raised in Como, Mississippi, United States. Cutting Edge Bluesman LIGHTNIN MALCOLM, a charismatic and energetic guitar slinger with a deep soulful voice. Sprouted from a blend of American folk, country, rock-n-roll, and blues, Erik Koskinen and his top-shelf band realize a sound that is distinctive and fresh while familiar and classic.
You Oughta Know is a Throwback 1990’s Live-Band party music reenactment of the hottest Jock Jamming, Pumpkin Smashing, Cardigan-Wearing, Blues-Traveling, California-Loving, Waterfall-Chasing, Wayne and Garth Lip-Synching, Virtually Insane, Tubthumping good times out there in this world. Bring your friends, get some drinks, and let You Oughta Know Hit You One More Time, Baby.
Scott H. Biram aka The Dirty Old One Man Band is an American blues, punk blues, punk, country, heavy metal musician, record producer, and ordained minister.
One of the most respected guitarists on the West Coast roots rock scene, Deke Dickerson melds top-notch chops with an encyclopedic knowledge of rockabilly, surf, blues, vintage country, and garage rock styles, all informed by his trademark sense of humor.
Okay, it’s not an orchestra. More like a banjo-harp-gentle-rockin-happy machine. We don’t know what to call it, but we want everyone to know about it. The music has a lot of light in it. We try to play beautiful songs from all eras. Plus a ton of my own songs dating from the beginning of my songwriting quest right up to the present. That’s Quillan Roe of The Roe Family Singers, me, Jacques Wait who touches all music in Minneapolis, and harpist Phala Tracy.
A steadfast and exhilarating live performance of the Beatles’ beloved, rarely-performed studio years recordings, served up by a veteran cast of area songwriters, performers, gadabouts and multi-instrumentalists.
New Orleans, Louisiana’s favorite sons, The Iguanas, bring the diverse sounds of their hometown’s fusion of blues, Latin, Zydeco, Cajun, Tex-Mex and Roots Rock to the Hook & Ladder.
Formed in Los Angeles, CA in early 1987. A gritty, streetwise rock band with a bluesy undercurrent Junkyard's music is steeped in hard rock and metal, but their roots were in hardcore punk.
Music for your dancing soul. Celebrating Afro-Caribbean music. Malamanya is comprised of musicians who share a mutual respect and enthusiasm for traditional rhythms and melodies from the Caribbean and Latin America.
** SOLD OUT ** Tina & the B-Sides formed in the late ’80s, with Tina Schlieske citing Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, and Elvis Presley as influences for her brand of roadhouse rock ‘n’ roll.
** SOLD OUT ** Tina & the B-Sides formed in the late ’80s, with Tina Schlieske citing Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, and Elvis Presley as influences for her brand of roadhouse rock ‘n’ roll.
Formed in St. Paul during the spring of 2016, this group of pals and Minnesota rock veterans, now share their full-throated and full-throttle love of the Led Zeppelin catalog with audiences in the Twin Cites and beyond. Featuring: John Eller (Tiny Lights, Shabby Road Orch.), Paul Boblett (Fathom Lane, Faith Boblett), Noah Levy (Brian Setzer, BoDeans, Honeydogs), Terrance J. Fisher (Run Westy Run) and Zach Sershon.
Live Streaming Concert Fundraisers for Minnesota Artists & The Hook & Ladder Theater!
Jeremy Messersmith is an indie pop singer-songwriter and one of Minnesota’s most recognized and celebrated artists, praised by The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Paste Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Spin, and Rolling Stone among many others.
Dr. Mambo's Combo, otherwise known as "The Combo", is a soul and R&B band that has been playing at Bunker's Music Bar & Grill in downtown Minneapolis since 1987. While we wait for Bunker’s to re-open let's get funky together outside, under the canopy at The Hook and Ladder Theater for a special two set family friendly concert on Sunday, June 13!
This amazing event is aimed at connecting the community to a welcoming social celebration representing traditional Native American culture, customs, and values. It's been a long year due to the pandemic and without any Pow Wows in Indian country, these gatherings have certainly been missed.
The Hook and Ladder Theater presents a wide variety of ticketed events with the very lowest ticketing fees in the Twin Cities.
You’ve heard our name, you’ve seen our records, our t-shirts and our stickers. We’re probably the favorite band of someone you know and yet maybe we’re still a mystery to you. Well my friend, that’s okay, you’re at the right place to get to know the greatest rock-n-roll band in the world, The Supersuckers.
An intimate performance space nestled inside the Firehouse Performing Arts Center
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