Friday, July 23rd. $4. 6:30-10:30. Rocking music. Be there.

Come see Riley McGillivray and Friends for a Winter Solstice show, Dec. 21st at 7:00 pm! Twill be quite the event!

Next up is Dewi Sant’s CD release show, Sunday Jan. 3rd at 7:00 pm. Feel privileged to be exposed to the greatness…..

….But instead of clowns and bearded ladies– it’s a BATTLE OF THE BANDS!

That’s right– Eccentric Circus is back, and will be going down Saturday, June 20th, at 4:00 p.m.  The fun will be held in Sechler Park in Northfield.  Admission is $4, but if you come dressed as a robot, admission is only $3.  Lots of Northfield-area bands will be playing, including this band called Detective Ventriloquist that I keep hearing so much about.

So please, come on down to the park next Saturday for a whole mess of fun.  And check out the poster that Dan Zenner designed. 

It occurred to me today, as I was creating a poster for an upcoming show at The Key, that we never really promote upcoming concerts on this website.  Whoops.  Anyway, first and foremost, there’s a show FRIDAY MAY 29th (tomorrow) at The Cave.   Which is at Carleton College.  But the event is sponsored by The Key, and features everyone’s favorite rappers from the Twin Cities:  Kanser, St. Paul Slim and Prof & Rahzwell.  Admission is $5 at the door, and doors open at 7:00 p.m.  Here is a snazzy poster for the event, designed by Prof himself (I believe.)

Prof and Slim are out promoting their new FREE album “Recession Music,” which is available to donwload on the world wide interweb.

Next week– SATURDAY JUNE 6TH– to be exact, The Key will welcome back Kristoff Krane for this third performance.  Krane is still riding high off of the release of his LP “This Will Work For Now,” which was released in the fall of 2008.  He’s a busy dude who plays a lot of shows in the Twin Cities, but genuinely seems to enjoy working with the youth in Northfield and playing at The Key.  This time out, he’s bringing with him Listener and Fienix.  If you have a free moment, check out some stuff by Listener— it’s like nothing I have ever heard before.

Admission for this show is $4, and the music starts at 7:00 p.m.  So the doors will probably open around 6:00 or 6:30.

Here is a slightly less snazzy poster that I designed earlier today.

Also, look forward to A Night in the Box at the Key, date currently undetermined, but shooting for sometime in late summer. It’s going to be a night filled with stomping, clapping, cheering, accompanied by Minneapolis rock/bluegrass.

anyway, we hope to see you at these shows.  thanks for reading this post.

This past weekend of the 6th and 7th was the Key’s giant Hip Hop Fest. On Friday, Kanser and their backing band (More than Lights) performed an awesome show with some local yokels like Timmy “Two Tone” Hollinger and his band DEAF (Desiring Every Aspect of Freedom) opening. Saturday saw the amazing Kristoffe Krane play. Krane has been making some major press, including some major play (and acknowledgment) on the Current. Local (as in Twin Cities) legend Eyedea also made a guest appearance. Thanks to Madelyn Hartke for the awesome photos.