Coming  Events Feb 24/25

Bluewolf @ The Eagles Club, Grand Rapids, MN. Fri/Sat

Money$hot @ The Locker Room bar, Coleraine, MN. Fri/Sat

War Pony @ Northern Lights Casino, Walker MN. Thurs/Fri/Sat.

The White Iron Band and Matt Ray & Those Damn Horses @ The Cabooze, Mpls. MN. Friday

Payback @ The Bay View Lodge, Tower, MN. Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

 Music news, information, band schedules, links, videos and a lot more..specifically for the Northern Minnesota area.

  

As we've mentioned in the past all of the Arts are suffering.  This message from Showboat points up the fact:

Showboat is looking at several updating needs.
Electrical- $9,000
sound and lighting $10,000
bleacher seating - $50,000
and handicap accessibility needs- $11,000
 
We are seeking grants but also need matching funds.  If you ever participated in Showboat, have a friend or past relative that did, or you attended and just want to help out because you can...please forward your donation to
 
Grand Rapids Showboat Inc
PO Box 321
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
 
Your donation is tax deductible.
 
Thanks a bunch.  Showboat has been a tradition in Grand Rapids since 1956. Hundreds of thousands of visitors and neighbors have enjoyed our local talent.  Many cast members have gone off to careers in theatre/film yet attribute Showboat as a stepping stone along the way.  Mary Robin Roth- on stage in Chicago, Marshall Cook and Mary Segal built Razzle Dazzle company in the Cities then moved on to Bowling Green, Ky to establish a theatre there and now work for an international theatrical producing company based out of Florida; Kevin Coy went on to be a technician for the Jim Henson Muppet Shows in South America; Greg Rosatti was a featured dancer in GREASE;  Bruce Toms starred in several 1970's films and now produces TV shows in California; and Sonja Peterson is doing FOREVER BLONDE a Marilyn Monroe one woman theater production all around the world.   
Your help would be appreciated.  If you would not wish to be recognized in our summer playbill as a contributor let us know. We will honor your request.  Please be sure to leave us an address to send a 'thank you' in return...
 
Feel free also to forward this to anyone you feel would love to support this long lasting family oriented production.
By the way, we were listed in the top 100 summer attractions in the USA about 6 years ago.  I have been told that we are the ONLY theatre on the Mississippi River where a boat comes in, docks, and does a show in the replication of the 1890's.  There are shows held on boats that are docked in the cities and shows on moving vessels...but none like ours...that is quite the honor.
Thanks for your time.
Brian

 

 

 

 

 

 The Boundary Waters Blues Fest, held here in Grand Rapids, MN. for the last two years, will..sadly..not be returning.  For more information click here and watch Mikeys video.  We have sponsored this festival for the two years it has been in our neighborhood, and it's tough to see it go, but..as with all live music..it's happening everywhere.

Those of you that have been around the area for a time no doubt know about the West Range Country Show.  Here's a call for bands from that group: "The West Range Country Show  showcases the local talent from the Iron Range and surrounding areas, and is in it's 22nd year in Coleraine, MN.  We are putting together the May show which will be held on Sunday, May 13th, Mother's Day and are looking for performers to donate their talent. The WRCS will be  donating a portion of the proceeds from the May show to the Grand Rapids chapter NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness"

 email them here.