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Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Join us in the Taproom for a sign-along event hosted by the Itasca Community Chorus featuring beer-themed songs and other favorites!
Open to the public from 6-8PM, this lively event invites everyone to participate and enjoy the interactive experience. Bring your friends, family, and singing voice for a memorable evening of music, laughter, and craft beers on tap.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate the joy of music in our community!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
LaPlant Road is Emily LaPlant and Liz Ashworth, two friends who found life in the music of LaPlant Rd
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Join us for music by Sam Miltich, joined by Leah Lemm, Tony Balluff, and Nathan Norman in the Taproom!
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Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on the scene in his teens as a young lion of gypsy jazz, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small town bars on the Iron Range to Lincoln Center.
In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam records and performs extensively with Minneapolis-based jazz singers, Connie Evingson and Charmin Michelle; legendary Twin Cities saxophonist Dave Karr; and Dutch swing violin maestro, Tim Kliphuis. Sam has also collaborated with mandolin virtuoso Peter Ostroushko and classical guitarist Joan Griffith. In 2010, he received a grant to study intensively with Belgian guitar icon Fapy Lafertin and has since then received many more regional and federal arts grants to further his musical development and creative projects. In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz Sam's musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music.
By choice, Sam lives in northern Minnesota, performing at a very high level while maintaining life in a working class, small-town setting. Sam is committed to bringing world-class jazz to a part of the country where live jazz performances are otherwise quite rare. In addition to a busy touring schedule, Sam also hosts a weekly Jazz at the VFW night in his home town of Grand Rapids, MN where audiences can expect to see frequent cameo appearances by well-known musicians from the Twin Cities and beyond. He also organizes the Itasca Orchestra String Program Summer Jazz Camp which teaches young classically-trained musicians how to improvise.
Sam has also been featured on National Public Radio's “Weekend Edition,” and performed for Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He also hosted his own radio program "Sam and Friends" which showcased a year of interviews with renown Minnesota jazz musicians for KAXE radio.
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Duluth-based Landscapes is an all-original and instrumental four-piece group with a sound that can best be described as improvisational groove and soul. Featuring influences from various genres including soul, jazz, blues, funk and pop, Landscapes’ sound can swing from moody, atmospheric layers to rhythmic jam band grooves. Playing at conversation-level volumes, Landscapes’ music can simultaneously please casual listeners and intrigue those seeking a unique live music experience.
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Join us for our Second Annual Festival Rialto at Rapids Brewing Co!
A full day of music featuring artists from all over Minnesota. Great tunes and great times to be had.
Participating Artists:
WILD HORSES
E๏ปฟRIK KOSKINEN
GOOD MORNING BEDLAM
KELLEY SMITH
DREW PETERSON
S๏ปฟPECIAL GUESTS - CHRIS FRANCISCO and KEN SORING
S๏ปฟPECIAL GUESTS - GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND
Event planned outdoors, rain or shine. First come first serve. All tickets general admission. Limited seating, BRING YOUR OWN lawn chair if desired. Craft beer, cocktails, cider, seltzers, wine, bourbon, n/a and food available on site.
Join us for live music by Kim Harrington every Sunday from 1-4PM!
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Join us on Mondays for a high energy, progressive bingo with Organized Chaos!
There are 8 rounds, with 1-7 being traditional bingo prizes every round! Game 8 is a blackout round, with a cash/gift card combo prize that will increase every week!
Before game 8 we'll randomly select the number of songs to beat the blackout, meaning each week is a great potential to win the pot! Each week the prize and song ranges will go up.
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Tim taught himself to play guitar at a young age (he still doesn’t read music) and his first guitar was a Silvertone his parents bought him after he tried building his own guitar after seeing the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" when he was 8. He counts the late Chicago singer-songwriter Steve Goodman as one of his biggest early influences. After seeing Goodman perform in Minneapolis in 1975, Tim decided, “That’s what I wanted to do the rest of my life.” From then on, his life was about music.
In pursuit of that dream, he traveled roads that gave him a breadth of experience and would serve him well when he decided to become a full-time troubadour. He bussed tables, worked crab boats out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, fabricated sheet metal, inspected produce for the California Department of Food and Agriculture and worked as a stonemason. Woody Guthrie once advised, “All you can write is what you see,” and Tim let the characters he met and the roads he ambled tell the stories in his songs. “Many of my songs are about life’s experiences because the best songs come from what you know best,” he said. He’s told those stories on three well-received albums — the self-titled Tim Fast in 2003, followed by Starlite Drive-In in 2007 and his latest, Crooked Door, released in 2011.
Tim’s talent has been recognized by his peers. He’s studied with some of the greats of contemporary acoustic music, including David Wilcox, fellow Minnesotan Pat Donahue, Kathy Mattea, Johnsmith and Ellis Paul, to name a few. Cliff Eberhardt was so impressed with Tim that he asked him to tour with him as his opening act. Eberhardt saw what audiences have long seen: that Tim has a dazzling repertoire of original songs that leave people humming and thinking — and ready to join him on his journey to see what’s over the next rise.
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Small Town Sindrome is an alternative rock band from Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
The band members are Brian Gandy (vocals, guitars), Adam Mahoney (drums), and John Hakala (vocals, bass guitar). Small Town Sindrome, or STS for short, has gained an impressive world-wide following since its formation in 2018. The band has released two studio albums, both blending a high-energy classic punk rock sound with creative pop melodies and lyrics.
STS is currently in the studio working on its third album tentatively scheduled for a mid-2023 release. The band's first single, a remake of the Violent Femmes' classic, "Blister In The Sun", was released February 1st, 2023 on all digital platforms.
June 13 | Grand Rapids, RBCโข 6pm
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TAP into your creativity at Rapids Brewing in Grand Rapids and paint your very own "Mystic Dragonfly" acrylic inspiration on canvas! Our artist will guide you each step of the way while you sip on a tasty beer and enjoy delicious food!
Tuesday, June 13 | 6-8:30pm
Rapids Brewing | 214 N. Pokegama Ave. | Grand Rapids, MN
16x20 Acrylic on Canvas | $40/ person + $3.50 Service Fee | Ages 16+
Ticket Policy:
• $3.50 Service fee is added to online purchase
• No Refunds
• Credits/Transfers may be issued with a 48 hour notice
• $5 will be added to the ticket price if purchased day of at the door
• If we do not meet our minimum or we have to cancel/postpone the event due to unforeseen circumstances, a credit or refund will be issued.
PLEASE NOTE // Tickets must be purchased in advance. If we do not meet our minimum event is subject to cancellation. In the event TAP cancels the event, a credit(s) will be issued to a future TAP event of your choice.
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Grand Rapids Speedway Tailgate Party at RBC!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Calling all race fans!
Join us on June 15th from 4-6:30PM for a Tailgate Party on the RBC Patio before the Grand Rapids Speedway race.
Buy your tickets to the race during the party and get $2 off your tickets AND a FREE beer!
There will also be a raffle sponsored by the Grand Rapids Speedway for your chance to win a new ATV.
Join the pre-race fun and make it a memorable event ๐
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Join us in the Taproom for a live performance by Shagawa Shorty!
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Bio from Shagawa Shorty's FB Page:
It's hard to get a bead on who (or what) Shorty actually is. Some maintain he is a shaved Sasquatch trying to pass as a human. Others suggest he was once a middle class parent who had a mental breakdown from imbibing in too much Barney, TeleTubbies and BooBah with his children. Some even suggest he may have once been a college professor or a kindergarten teacher! In fact, Shorty has claimed all of these origins at one time or another so it is nearly impossible to determine which story may contain a grain of truth and which are simply the products of Shorty's fervent and twisted imagination.
What is clear is what happens when Shorty performs (either by himself or with his band the Derelicts). You'll hear wicked, dirty slide guitar playing. blues ranging from Son House and Bessie Smith to Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, as well the occasional tune by Paul Thorn, Chris Smither or Bob Dylan. Please be aware that you may also be subjected to Shorty's outrageous stories. ridiculous lies and really bad jokes as Shorty seeks to emulate his idol, the late Utah Phillips.
When Shorty is at home he also provides luthiery (guitar repair) service for folks on the Iron Range in Minnesota.
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Lonesome Dan Kase grew up in rural Michigan and began playing guitar as a teenager. When he began hearing artists like Reverend Gary Davis and Robert Johnson, he quickly became hooked on the country blues. In 2001, Lonesome Dan moved to Minneapolis and formed a band called the Crush Collision Trio with mandolin and washboard accompaniment by Matt Yetter and Mikkel Beckmen. They played a mixture of Dan’s originals and old country blues. Dan is currently playing as a solo artist.
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MorningBird is a folk music duo from Northern MN featuring singer songwriter Rob Wheeler and violinist Jill Burkes. Together, their affection towards music and one another captivates audiences across the Midwest. They have recently released their first EP, a five song disc titled Cosmic Escape, which is available on all music platforms.
Summer Solstice Celebration at RBC!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Raise a beer to the longest day of the year and celebrate the Summer Solstice with us at RBC! โ๏ธ
We will be hosting a happy hour from 8-10pm with 50% OFF beer and cocktails.
Our kitchen will be open late for this event, so you can enjoy delicious bites throughout the night.
Plus, we will be offering s'mores kits so you can enjoy a treat by the bonfires.
Stay tuned for more details to come.
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Bruce returns to RBC with his a smoky, primitive Americana infused with blues, bluegrass, country, folk, and rock influences. His impressive finger-picking and slide guitar display a level of mastery that comes from 40-plus years of playing and sifting through musical styles, keeping the bits that resonate with him while merging his Iowa roots and his years in the Minneapolis alt-rock scene. He coaxes from his guitar an instrumental voice that is authentically his own.
Masterful finger-picking and slide guitar punctuate the highly autobiographic lyrics of his album THE HALLOWED LAND. This eclectic, sometimes rollicking, sometimes reflective, genre-bending album is a paean to traditional storytelling.
Archer's career has taken him from open mic nights in college, through forming, performing in and writing for bands that regularly played high profile alt-music clubs in Uptown, Downtown and West Bank Minneapolis, to returning to performing solo in the north woods of Minnesota. He's enjoyed playing with some top-notch musicians, including opening for legendary bass guitarist Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), the Uppity Blues Women, the Jayhawks, the Gear Daddies’ frontman Martin Zellar, the Phones, and Run Westy Run—to name a few.
Through it all, he has relied on his Iowa roots and sense of who he is bringing a raw authenticity to his performances.
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Jason grew up on the family farm north east of Effie…. he did plenty of animal chores as well as logging with his father.
In his teenage years he decided to simplify things by putting a new floor in his great grandpas wooden grainery and lived in it.
It was 16ft long by 10ft wide. Side walls were 4ft high. (No windows)…
He towed it out in in the middle of the field, put a barrel stove in the end without the door and started using only draft horses.
He put in a 1 and a half acre garden and had 2 milking cows.
In addition to simple, off the grid living, Jason always enjoyed singing and he started playing guitar when he was 27 years old.
Some local music veterans helped him start a band about five years ago.
And he’s been enjoying playing ever since!
Some of the artists Jason likes to play are:
Tyler Childers
Hank Jr
Colter Wall
Buck Owens
Hank 3
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Grant Edwards with the Carlson Brothers at RBC!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Playing Americana, Blues, and Folk music.
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Join us in the Taproom for a sign-along event hosted by the Itasca Community Chorus featuring beer-themed songs and other favorites!
Open to the public from 6-8PM, this lively event invites everyone to participate and enjoy the interactive experience. Bring your friends, family, and singing voice for a memorable evening of music, laughter, and craft beers on tap.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate the joy of music in our community!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Northern Minnesota's hippest market!
Makers+Cocktails+Patio Fires+Yard Games+Creative Installs+MORE!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Daniel Nathan offers a unique experience performing solo with his acoustic guitar. He cut his teeth with an old Harmony acoustic guitar in 1998, and brings classic rock through 90's era music to the stage in his performances. Daniel mixes in a few of his own songs, and adept solos over live-looped rhythms will peak interest at his live shows.
Pre-Covid, Daniel performed a tribute to "Duff" of Guns N' Roses in the band Nightrain International and toured across the country and internationally in Ecuador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Southwest Asia. Prior to Nightrain International he performed as Slash as the band leader of Gun Sin Roses.
Daniel is currently the band leader of Funky Chemist, an all instrumental organ trio. They released their new Groove Generator album in March, 2020. Several outlets covered the release including Vintage Guitar Magazine; reviewed in the July 2020 issue. Funky Chemist also saw success with college radio, peaking at #14 on the NACC R&B/Soul chart and reaching #195 on the NACC top 200.
The Brothers Burn Mountain at RBC!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Based out of the backwoods just north of Duluth, MN, The Brothers Burn Mountain are a soulful, energetic, eclectic duo of real-life brothers, Ryan and Jesse Dermody. They’ve been playing music together everyday as a duo for 20 years. They’ve released 9 full-length albums of original music, and have toured across the country over the years, though especially in the Midwest, having played more than 1,800 live shows. Their sound is a roiling melting pot of so many musical influences, that it’s hard to describe, except as energetic and eclectic; with afro-cuban rhythms, Zappa-esque spontanaeity, grittiness, bluesyness, tenderness, and a singer-songwriter, folky flair.
This spring, they’re releasing a new album called The Dark Exchange, co-produced and collaborated on with Alan Sparhawk of Low, with guest musicians Rich Mattson, Germaine Gemberling, Brooke Anderson and Jeff Gilbertson. The album was recorded at their own off-the-grid studio. Built from all recycled materials, Diarmada Studios is nestled in the deep woods only 40 miles north of Duluth.
Corey Medina & Brothers at RBC!
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โCorey Medina is a Native American Blues Artist from Shiprock, NM. Shiprock is on the Navajo Tribal Nation where Corey was born and raised. He moved to Northern Minnesota in 2012 and collaborated with Incepticons Entertainment. Through Incepticons Entertainment Corey released his debut album "Old Dog Crying" in May of 2015, produced by Garlic Brown Beats. Corey now plays, writes and produces with the Incepticons team full time and also travels with his band known as "The Brothers", hence Corey Medina & Brothers. Corey refers to the Brothers as a representation of the relationship he likes to keep with his fellow band mates. Currently the Brothers band consist of Eric Sundeen of Bemidji, MN on Drums and Gary Broste also from Bemidji, on upright bass. After 3 years of talking about a full length studio album, in 2019 Corey and The Brothers released their debut full length album, "Better Days". They set out to spread light to dark, and hope to the hopeless with their raw, soulful, intimate music and stage presence.
Website: coreymedina.com/
FB: www.facebook.com/coreybluesfolks
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGnrr3Gb3gMiWhams9M7LCg
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Chris Holm is a country blues musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A fingerstyle guitar picker and harmonica player, Chris channels the high-spirited liveliness of Charley Patton, thumping on his suitcase drum, attacking his guitar strings with abandon, and shouting along in a gravelly howl, later to channel the lonesome sounds of a weeping slide guitar and a blue yodel.
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Join us for music by Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club with Dave Graf in the Taproom!
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Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on the scene in his teens as a young lion of gypsy jazz, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small town bars on the Iron Range to Lincoln Center.
In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam records and performs extensively with Minneapolis-based jazz singers, Connie Evingson and Charmin Michelle; legendary Twin Cities saxophonist Dave Karr; and Dutch swing violin maestro, Tim Kliphuis. Sam has also collaborated with mandolin virtuoso Peter Ostroushko and classical guitarist Joan Griffith. In 2010, he received a grant to study intensively with Belgian guitar icon Fapy Lafertin and has since then received many more regional and federal arts grants to further his musical development and creative projects. In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz Sam's musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music.
By choice, Sam lives in northern Minnesota, performing at a very high level while maintaining life in a working class, small-town setting. Sam is committed to bringing world-class jazz to a part of the country where live jazz performances are otherwise quite rare. In addition to a busy touring schedule, Sam also hosts a weekly Jazz at the VFW night in his home town of Grand Rapids, MN where audiences can expect to see frequent cameo appearances by well-known musicians from the Twin Cities and beyond. He also organizes the Itasca Orchestra String Program Summer Jazz Camp which teaches young classically-trained musicians how to improvise.
Sam has also been featured on National Public Radio's “Weekend Edition,” and performed for Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He also hosted his own radio program "Sam and Friends" which showcased a year of interviews with renown Minnesota jazz musicians for KAXE radio.
Jake Manders & Paul Lawrence at RBC!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Jake Manders plays folk and Americana music ranging from foot-stomping jams to mournful ballads. Jake often cranks it up with his trusty set of harmonicas, and is known to do a fair bit of stomping on stage. He also performs with alt-bluegrass band, "The Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins.” Jake is a practicing multi-media artist, and will have prints available at this show.
Paul's original folk-country-blues have been performed on stages from Minneapolis to Taipei. Paul's music ranges from folk and country ballads to bluesy boot-stompers, all while delivering exceptional vocals and finely crafted lyrics. “Paul is an excellent wordsmith who sings beautifully, and creates both entertaining and meaningful songs. His energy is infectious. A fun and memorable performer.” - MikeFischer, Chippewa ValleyBluesSociety
"Paul Lawrence has an earnestness and simplicity in his sound that is so refreshing! Moments come to life through his storytelling and you just want more." - Jeni Grouws, 100.5 FM, KDEC, Decorah, IA
www.jakemanders.com
www.facebook.com/paullawrencemusic
Driftless Revelers at Rapids Brewing
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The Driftless Revelers paddle north to this fine ale house and eatery in Grand Rapids Minnesota. Outdoor music in the midsummer means late sunsets, beautiful weather, and weirdos playing hot string music for denizens of the range.
About the Band:
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.
Featuring the original songwriting of Ben Nelson, Matthew R. Sayles, and Jerod Kaszynski, the Driftless Revelers will pleasure a crowd with plectral 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.
โWith 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.
โA 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.
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Lonesome Dan Kase grew up in rural Michigan and began playing guitar as a teenager. When he began hearing artists like Reverend Gary Davis and Robert Johnson, he quickly became hooked on the country blues. In 2001, Lonesome Dan moved to Minneapolis and formed a band called the Crush Collision Trio with mandolin and washboard accompaniment by Matt Yetter and Mikkel Beckmen. They played a mixture of Dan’s originals and old country blues. Dan is currently playing as a solo artist.
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The music of Duluth-based Americana singer-songwriter Grant Glad transforms the day-to-day struggle of American living into foot-stomping, full-hearted anthems about chasing dreams and dancing while you do it. At times twangy, at times funky, his albums stretch the boundaries of several genres to produce something entirely new: songs that offer the loose, raw spirit of punk rock, the bold, driving rhythms of roots rock-and-roll, and the rich sense of personal history that makes classic country forever relevant.
Inspired by down-home, storytelling artists from John Prine to Bruce Springsteen to Uncle Tupelo, Grant Glad writes with a back-to-basics mentality, focusing on guitars, bass, drums, fiddle, and lyrics written by real people for real people.
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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.
Entwining 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 up-beat 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, recording her sophomore album to be released in the Fall of 2023. For a peak into that album, check out her single Close to You (Braver These Days) on all major streaming platforms.
Beards, Beers, & Best Friends at RBC!
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Come join us at Rapids Brewing Company for a fun beard competition!
This is a fundraiser benefitting Great Tails Animal Rescue
A Beard Competition Fundraiser for Great Tails Animal Rescue. Collecting monetary donations as well and supplies needed by GTAR.
All competitors receive one free beer, cider, or seltzer, provided by Rapids Brewing Co., and a Beards, Beers, and Best Friends tee-shirt.
Dogs (and other pets) available for adoption!
Also opportunities to sign up to be a foster family to a furry friend.
To Register for the competition please follow this link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/e35c23d2-1877-4ec2-a186-3945216f8f18
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MorningBird is a folk music duo from Northern MN featuring singer songwriter Rob Wheeler and violinist Jill Burkes. Together, their affection towards music and one another captivates audiences across the Midwest. They have recently released their first EP, a five song disc titled Cosmic Escape, which is available on all music platforms.
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Join us in the Taproom for a sign-along event hosted by the Itasca Community Chorus featuring beer-themed songs and other favorites!
Open to the public from 6-8PM, this lively event invites everyone to participate and enjoy the interactive experience. Bring your friends, family, and singing voice for a memorable evening of music, laughter, and craft beers on tap.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate the joy of music in our community!
Rapids Brewing Co.214 N Pokegama AveGrand Rapids, MN55744 Map
Adam Moe is a fiddler and singer/songwriter based in Duluth, MN. In 2012, he started the folky-tonk duo Pushing Chain with then partner Boyd Blomberg. For the next eight years, Pushing Chain toured the US and Canada, playing venues big and small and gaining fans the old-fashioned way — face to face, one at a time. Adam has been featured on radio and television, and played some of the biggest festivals in the country, including the 2019 Woody Guthrie Festival and the 2019 Kerrville Folk Festival.
With the onset of the 2020 pandemic, Adam has set out on a solo career. His unique original songs backed by his tenor guitar and delivered with his clear, bluesy tenor make for a great show.
Adam believes that good music can make strangers share a table, and he proves it every time he plays. He’s nothing if not entertaining.
Northeast Timberland Band at RBC!
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"The Northeast Timberland Band has been making music in the Duluth area for ten years. We play blue grass, country rock, easy listening classics, and new acoustic tunes featuring three-part harmonies and tight instrumentals. Our sets feature a nice balance of original music and familiar covers that folks love to hear. We are excited about the recent release of our new CD, Blue Moon."
sites.google.com/view/the-northeast-timberland-band/home
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John Kerns is a life-long musician with talents and abilities that reach far beyond the average musician. A powerful vocalist, a multi-instrumentalist and proficiency at running behind-the-scenes sound and recording, showcases him as a jack-of-all-trades in the local music industry of The Twin Cities.
Music has been part of his life and family for decades. His grandfather, Lynn Kerns, toured between world wars in the Rhythm Club Orchestra and his father, Dan Kerns, was a high school band director. This inspired John to learn piano, saxophone and guitar in school and appreciate all genres and instruments.
John began teaching private guitar and bass lessons in 1997 after graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College. Teaching a wide range of students from beginner to advanced, ages 7-67, helped Kerns hone his own skills and come into his own playing and writing music.
Leading and playing in bands as Music Director for Spirit Garage, the Church With the Really Big Door, gave Kerns a unique perspective on how musicians of all levels absorb skills and material. 25 years at this church allowed him to express himself musically and spiritually while collaborating in songwriting, sound mixing, livestream production, producing and recording 3 CD’s along with worship leadership, event coordination and mentorship of volunteers.
Outside of the church world, Kerns has worked with many other bands and musicians, including Jonathan Rundman, Natalie Lovejoy, The Bazillions and Scott Laurent to name a few. His personal projects include rock band Kerns and the Hemispheres, which allowed him to record his first full original CD “Electron Drive”, and, an original children’s album, “Cradlesongs”.
Currently, along with still teaching lessons, Kerns plays in “Sir Psycho”, a Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute act, performs acoustic shows with long-time collaborator and friend Shelly Domke [and The Hemispheres], and performs many community engagement shows geared to children and families.
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Join us for music by Sam Miltich and Friends with Briand Morrison in the Taproom!
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Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on the scene in his teens as a young lion of gypsy jazz, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small town bars on the Iron Range to Lincoln Center.
In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam records and performs extensively with Minneapolis-based jazz singers, Connie Evingson and Charmin Michelle; legendary Twin Cities saxophonist Dave Karr; and Dutch swing violin maestro, Tim Kliphuis. Sam has also collaborated with mandolin virtuoso Peter Ostroushko and classical guitarist Joan Griffith. In 2010, he received a grant to study intensively with Belgian guitar icon Fapy Lafertin and has since then received many more regional and federal arts grants to further his musical development and creative projects. In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz Sam's musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music.
By choice, Sam lives in northern Minnesota, performing at a very high level while maintaining life in a working class, small-town setting. Sam is committed to bringing world-class jazz to a part of the country where live jazz performances are otherwise quite rare. In addition to a busy touring schedule, Sam also hosts a weekly Jazz at the VFW night in his home town of Grand Rapids, MN where audiences can expect to see frequent cameo appearances by well-known musicians from the Twin Cities and beyond. He also organizes the Itasca Orchestra String Program Summer Jazz Camp which teaches young classically-trained musicians how to improvise.
Sam has also been featured on National Public Radio's “Weekend Edition,” and performed for Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He also hosted his own radio program "Sam and Friends" which showcased a year of interviews with renown Minnesota jazz musicians for KAXE radio.
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Acoustic musician in the singer/ songwriter tradition.
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Acoustic musician in the singer/ songwriter tradition.
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Mike Munson makes his home in the small river town of Winona, Minnesota. He has had the honor of opening for the renowned Mavis Staples (2022), performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (2022), Waterfront Blues Festival (Portland, OR, 2018), and the Vancouver Folk Fest (2018). His Americana duo with Jake Ilika, “Land at Last” is a regional favorite and he regularly collaborates with a variety of performers on both guitar and bass.
With his fourth release, Rose Hill (2018, Blue Front Records) Munson traced the country blues tradition to its birthplace, recording at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi. Studying under and performing alongside Grammy nominee Jimmy “Duck” Holmes has informed Munson’s style and refined his craft. Munson has a deep love of all forms of American music, but blues is the undercurrent of his creativity.
Mike Munson is an adept slide guitar player who has built a career on solid songwriting and a reverence for tradition. He deftly blends dark lyrics, intricate finger-picking and hypnotic rhythms. His sound marks the similarities and highlights the distance between blues, American primitive guitar and early rock and roll.
Munson released his sixth full-length album, “Let Some Light In” in 2021 and consistently uses the cold, winter months to record new, original material.
Check out Mike: www.mikemunson.net/
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Gordon Lewis grew up in Birchdale. Minnesota performing as a solo artist and also in groups like Sloughgrass. He attended the Perpich Arts High School in Golden Valley before pursuing a career in music full time.
He now resides in Colorado where he performs with a duo called Roma Ransom and composes music for films/commercials/podcasts. Some of his work has been in featured in films for Patagonia, Bud Light, Vice, YETI, Xtratuf and Huckberry.
soundcloud.com/gordonlewis
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Lonesome Dan Kase grew up in rural Michigan and began playing guitar as a teenager. When he began hearing artists like Reverend Gary Davis and Robert Johnson, he quickly became hooked on the country blues. In 2001, Lonesome Dan moved to Minneapolis and formed a band called the Crush Collision Trio with mandolin and washboard accompaniment by Matt Yetter and Mikkel Beckmen. They played a mixture of Dan’s originals and old country blues. Dan is currently playing as a solo artist.
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Join us in the Taproom for a live performance by Shagawa Shorty!
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Bio from Shagawa Shorty's FB Page:
It's hard to get a bead on who (or what) Shorty actually is. Some maintain he is a shaved Sasquatch trying to pass as a human. Others suggest he was once a middle class parent who had a mental breakdown from imbibing in too much Barney, TeleTubbies and BooBah with his children. Some even suggest he may have once been a college professor or a kindergarten teacher! In fact, Shorty has claimed all of these origins at one time or another so it is nearly impossible to determine which story may contain a grain of truth and which are simply the products of Shorty's fervent and twisted imagination.
What is clear is what happens when Shorty performs (either by himself or with his band the Derelicts). You'll hear wicked, dirty slide guitar playing. blues ranging from Son House and Bessie Smith to Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, as well the occasional tune by Paul Thorn, Chris Smither or Bob Dylan. Please be aware that you may also be subjected to Shorty's outrageous stories. ridiculous lies and really bad jokes as Shorty seeks to emulate his idol, the late Utah Phillips.
When Shorty is at home he also provides luthiery (guitar repair) service for folks on the Iron Range in Minnesota.
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Matt Yetter is the real deal: an old-school, slide guitar playing, harmonica-tooting country blues artist who characterizes music as “a way of making a connection to everybody all at once”.
Based out of Minnesota for the past 30 years, Matt only discovered he could sing in 2010 after years of playing electric lead guitar and mandolin in bands. He ventured out on his own with his resophonic slide guitar, harmonica, and newfound vocal skills… and delighted audiences. In came accolades and more opportunities to perform solo – which brought with it a positive energy that didn’t compare to being in a group – and Matt was hooked.
Regularly playing old-time, rootsy blues from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s all around Minneapolis, Matt’s created his own niche – a vibe that’s hard to come across anywhere else. Like many other jazz and blues musicians, Matt’s ideology is to “carry on the tradition of the music, do your own versions of some of the classic songs and make them your own, as well as contribute to the tradition.” That’s what he’s doing, from the jangle and slide of his guitar and the croon of his harmonica to his rich, compelling vocals.
“Making kids and their parents dance and smile over and over again makes me feel I'm doing something right,” says Matt. The proof is in the pudding, and Matt Yetter’s pudding is one helluva crowd favorite.
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Jason grew up on the family farm north east of Effie…. he did plenty of animal chores as well as logging with his father.
In his teenage years he decided to simplify things by putting a new floor in his great grandpas wooden grainery and lived in it.
It was 16ft long by 10ft wide. Side walls were 4ft high. (No windows)…
He towed it out in in the middle of the field, put a barrel stove in the end without the door and started using only draft horses.
He put in a 1 and a half acre garden and had 2 milking cows.
In addition to simple, off the grid living, Jason always enjoyed singing and he started playing guitar when he was 27 years old.
Some local music veterans helped him start a band about five years ago.
And he’s been enjoying playing ever since!
Some of the artists Jason likes to play are:
Tyler Childers
Hank Jr
Colter Wall
Buck Owens
Hank 3
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Koho & The Pedal Stompers at RBC!
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Join us for St. Patrick's Day with music by Koho & The Pedal Stompers in our Taproom!
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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.
Entwining 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 up-beat 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, recording her sophomore album to be released in the Fall of 2023. For a peak into that album, check out her single Close to You (Braver These Days) on all major streaming platforms.
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Chris Holm is a country blues musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A fingerstyle guitar picker and harmonica player, Chris channels the high-spirited liveliness of Charley Patton, thumping on his suitcase drum, attacking his guitar strings with abandon, and shouting along in a gravelly howl, later to channel the lonesome sounds of a weeping slide guitar and a blue yodel.
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Join us in the Taproom for a sign-along event hosted by the Itasca Community Chorus featuring beer-themed songs and other favorites!
Open to the public from 6-8PM, this lively event invites everyone to participate and enjoy the interactive experience. Bring your friends, family, and singing voice for a memorable evening of music, laughter, and craft beers on tap.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to celebrate the joy of music in our community!
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Join us for music by Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club with Doug Haining in the Taproom!
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Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on the scene in his teens as a young lion of gypsy jazz, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small town bars on the Iron Range to Lincoln Center.
In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam records and performs extensively with Minneapolis-based jazz singers, Connie Evingson and Charmin Michelle; legendary Twin Cities saxophonist Dave Karr; and Dutch swing violin maestro, Tim Kliphuis. Sam has also collaborated with mandolin virtuoso Peter Ostroushko and classical guitarist Joan Griffith. In 2010, he received a grant to study intensively with Belgian guitar icon Fapy Lafertin and has since then received many more regional and federal arts grants to further his musical development and creative projects. In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz Sam's musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music.
By choice, Sam lives in northern Minnesota, performing at a very high level while maintaining life in a working class, small-town setting. Sam is committed to bringing world-class jazz to a part of the country where live jazz performances are otherwise quite rare. In addition to a busy touring schedule, Sam also hosts a weekly Jazz at the VFW night in his home town of Grand Rapids, MN where audiences can expect to see frequent cameo appearances by well-known musicians from the Twin Cities and beyond. He also organizes the Itasca Orchestra String Program Summer Jazz Camp which teaches young classically-trained musicians how to improvise.
Sam has also been featured on National Public Radio's “Weekend Edition,” and performed for Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He also hosted his own radio program "Sam and Friends" which showcased a year of interviews with renown Minnesota jazz musicians for KAXE radio.
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The Rialto Theater
We’re housed in the former Rialto Theater in downtown Grand Rapids. After its opening in 1934, the theater ran films for almost 50 years, showing classics such as ‘The Birds’ and ‘Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back’.ย Just like the old Rialto,ย Rapids Brewing Companyย isย a place to come together- a hangout, a place to be. Although we’ve fully renovated the building, we took great care to pay tribute to the original design and the memories created here.ย The venue is designed to optimize the production values of performances by musicians and artists and keep the spirit of entertainment alive.