The Hook Mpls
Community, Art & Music3rd Anniversary BBQ & Party
September 14 - 4-11pmGetting Here
3010 Minnehaha Ave S.
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The Hook and Ladder Theater presents a wide variety of ticketed events with the very lowest ticketing fees in the Twin Cities.
Please join Twin Cities area supporters & activists for a grassroots fundraiser on Saturday August 24, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for an evening of entertainment, arts and culture and hear from Senator Bernie Sanders about our campaign and join the political revolution.
Fresh Jams 2019 takes over the old Firehouse 21 for a 3 stage experience featuring new music by Cas Haley (album release), Mark Joseph & The American Soul (album release), and Reed Grimm with special guests Steve McCormick , Chase Ingraham, & DJ Elsewhere!
Summit Brewing supports The Hook & Ladder Theater in presenting the return of Zeppo, the mid-west's premier Led Zeppelin tribute act, for a very special performance on Sat, Sept 7th, 2019. Local rock veterans John Eller, Terry Fisher, Noah Levy, and Paul Boblett, along with keyboard wiz Zach Sershon, will bring the iconic sound of the legendary Led Zeppelin to a Southside audience at this special show. Joining Zeppo on this night is a new project from Minnesota music veteran John Munson (Semisonic/TripShakespear), called The Fragrants.
A celebration of the slide guitar via Allstar Tributes to The Derek Trucks Band and The Allman Brothers, along with original compositions and covers by The Tommy Bentz Band, and Dylan Salfer!
Friday, September 13 features Kent Burnside, heir and torch-bearer of his late grandfather RL’s unique Mississippi Hill Country blues catalog, Ft. Wayne, IN’s gut-bucket/punk duo Left Lane Cruiser, Hannibal, MO’s The Flood Brothers and St. Paul’s own Jaw Knee Vee!
Let's celebrate The Hook and Ladder's 3 Year Anniversary! Fulton Brewing, Rain Taxi and MNSpin, are partnering to present a very special, family friendly day with home-cooked BBQ, a special Fulton Beer tasting, Rain Taxi readings from authors, Steve Harley and Daniel Borzutzky, live music with Mayda, and fun spins with DJ Lori Barbero & DJ Truckstache!
As a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and entertainer, Big Sandy has few contemporaries. Over the last three decades, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys have kept up a constant cycle of traveling back and forth across the lower 48, then hopping across the pond to Europe and beyond. They bring with them a brand of music that has earned an induction into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, several national television appearances, guest spots on The Grand Ole Opry, and a slew of adoring fans. They’ve become torchbearers of American roots music with a style that encompasses Western swing, country boogie, Cajun, and rockabilly influences.
Righteous Babe Recording artist and indie folk songstress, hailed as a "self-styled poetess, folk goddess and country waif", has been recognized by NPR for her "moody, ethereal" songwriting and applauded by The Boston Globe for her "mercurial voice”, joins us for the release of her new album.
Craig Paquette’s debut solo album, "Won't Last Forever" was recorded at Sparta Sound Studio with an all-star lineup of musicians that will also be performing at the Hook and Ladder release show including Rich Mattson, Steve Blexrud, Keely Lane, Al Oikari, Colleen Martin Oake, Jillian Rae, Bruce Paquette and Terry Isachsen. It draws from Craig's many musical influences including Rock, Country and Blues. It's filled with songs that reflect on relationships, life and loss.
Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, The Nadas join the Hook and Ladder for star-studded night of alt-rock-country, with a blend of alternative and indie music styles. Joining The Nadas, local legends, The April Fools. A night not to be missed!
An intimate performance space nestled inside the Firehouse Performing Arts Center
Join us for 40th Anniversary Reunion of the Minneapolis' 70's country-groove band, The Ranchtones, at The Hook & Ladder Mission Room on Friday, August 23rd!
Honky-tonk supergroup Western Centuries aren’t bound by any rubric to create their music, for they exist in a space between modern and retro country; drawing from Appalachian string-band music, Texas fiddle traditions, cowboy songs, and Delta blues, all woven together with a bit of classic R&B and of course, some rock'n'roll.
Fresh Jams 2019 takes over the old Firehouse 21 for a 3 stage experience featuring new music by Cas Haley (album release), Mark Joseph & The American Soul (album release), and Reed Grimm with special guests Steve McCormick , Chase Ingraham, & DJ Elsewhere!
Join us for a heavy night of all things METAALLL. The line-up promises to deliver everything from thrash and death, to progressive and technical. We Are Legion top the bill on their, “Reunion Farewell One Night Tour”with locals Coffinrot, Mastiff, and Ysilik. Don't miss it.
The Hook & Ladder Theater, Fulton Brewing and MNSpin are pleased to announce a very special reception and showcase on Thursday, September 12th in the The Hook and Ladder's new Mission Room for the opening of, The Red Chair Series, a collection of portraiture by local photographer, John Botkin, documenting the many performing artists that have shared the stage at The Hook & Ladder Theater and Mission Room over the last year. The celebration includes performances by newly announced MNSpin artists, Adam Kiesling and Becky Kapell.
Join us for Doug Collins' hooky mix of Beatle-esque pop and classic country compositions feature his soulful vocal delivery, and straight-forward songwriting with local folk-country songstress, Sarah Morris.
Let's celebrate The Hook and Ladder's 3 Year Anniversary! Fulton Brewing, Rain Taxi and MNSpin, are partnering to present a very special, family friendly day with home-cooked BBQ, a special Fulton Beer tasting, Rain Taxi readings from authors, Steve Harley and Daniel Borzutzky, live music with Mayda, and fun spins with DJ Lori Barbero & DJ Truckstache!
Kick-off the Fall 2019 Rain Taxi Reading Series with two stellar poets on Saturday, September 14, 7pm, at the Hook & Ladder Theater’s Mission Room. This event serves as the book launch for Twin Cities poet Steve Healey's newest collection, Safe Houses I Have Known, published by local Coffee House Press. Healey will be joined by National Book Award-winning Chicago poet and translator (and child of Chilean immigrants) Daniel Borzutzky, author of Lake Michigan and The Performance of Becoming Human.
Mary’s new album is full of power pop, piano dream waves, and layers of shimmery 90’s influenced guitars to defy and even proudly display the battle scars. Joined by new bandmates Jeremy Ylvisaker (The Suburbs, Andrew Bird, HALEY, Jenny Lewis, Alpha Consumer), Steve Price (The Suburbs, Rex Daisy), Richard Medek (Kevin Costner, Eric Koskinen, Mol ly, Maher) and occasional string section Jul ia Floberg (Delphia Cel lo Quartet, Mestofonia) & Shannon Frid-Rubin (Cloud Cult, batterboy), this is a band fit for a kingdom, newly dubbed Mary Bue & the Monarchy.
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