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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.
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. Oh, and their fans are famously friendly.
Frogleg is an island breeze, a highway cruise with the windows down, a mountainside ramble, a New Orleans night out. Their music is steeped in sounds and lyricism of improvisational rock and roll, reggae, soul, carribean jazz, bluegrass, americana, and folk, among others - if it must be contained to a category, World music suits it best. Chalked full of impressive songwriting ability and instrumental virtuosity, and with two released full-length studio albums, a live album and another studio in the chute, this 6-piece ensemble of artistry has nowhere to go but up.
Sarah Morris has a habit of missing the forest. From the day the Minneapolis based singer-songwriter picked up a guitar, armed with the bone-deep memory of her parents’ well-loved record collection and rooted in the storytelling fire of a Mary Chapin Carpenter tune, she’s been too busy crafting love letters to the details of the trees. Sarah’s endearingly honest, expertly penned songs encourage audiences to pull away from the big picture and get caught up in the magic of our everyday minutia, the rainy day ache in her sunlit voice granting us permission to escape into stories at once hauntingly familiar and uniquely her own.
First ever Davina & The Vagabonds Holiday Concert!! 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.
The Belfast Cowboys are a nine-piece band that specializes in the music of Van Morrison. They have become one of Minnesota's (and The Hook & Ladder's) most popular bands, traveling only when their feet get itchy or the offer is too good to refuse. The band features several veterans of the Minneapolis music scene, including singer Terry Walsh and sax man Vic Volare.
An intimate performance space nestled inside the Firehouse Performing Arts Center
Join us for this Young Voices Matter special episode hosted by Lewiee Blaze featuring musical guests and keynote speakers discussing democracy, freedom, equality, and justice to embolden Minnesota’s youth to take power and lead our nation towards a better future.
Best of Summer 2020 #HookStreams live from the Mission Room featuring: Charlie Parr • Davina & The Vagabonds • Mae Simpson• New Primitives • Frogleg • The Shackletons • Big George Jackson • Mary Cutrufello • Lewiee Blaze • Sarah Morris • The Jones Gang
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