For once, the weather forecast looks promising and, as usual, the music lineups look coolly eclectic and adventurous for Art-a-Whirl weekend in northeast Minneapolis. Where are else are you going to see vintage country charmers the Cactus Blossoms back-to-back with apocalyptic electro-spazzoids Marijuana Deathsquads – for free, outdoors? Here are the schedules at the biggest of the big bashes, most featuring outdoor stages and all offering free cover.
ANCHOR FISH & CHIPS (302 13th Av. N.)
- Saturday: 2 p.m. Hiawatha / 3 p.m. Southside Desire / 4 p.m. Tyte Jeff / 5 p.m. Shiro Dame / 6 p.m. Brass Kings / 7 p.m. Cactus Blossoms / 8p.m. Marijuana Deathsquads
- Sunday: 2 p.m. Kiss or Kill / 3 p.m. Tea & Sympathy / 4 p.m. Black Audience / 5 p.m. Magic Castles / 6 p.m. Valet / 7 p.m. Romantica
GRUMPY'S NORTHEAST (2200 4th St. NE)
- Saturday: 1 p.m. From The Midwest / 2 p.m. Crossing Guards / 3 p.m. Hollow Boys / 4 p.m. United Teachers of Music / 5 p.m. Dumpster Juice / 6 p.m. Romantica / 7 p.m. Appetite For Zaccardi / 8 p.m. Eleganza! / 9 p.m. The Blind Shake
INDEED BREWING CO. (711 15th Av. NE)
- Friday: 6 p.m. Whatever Forever / 6:50 p.m. France Camp / 8 p.m. The Chambermaids
- Saturday: 12:15 p.m. Whiskey Jeff & the Beer Back Band / 1:20 p.m. Peter Lang / 2:25 p.m. The Dirt Road Ramblers / 3:30 p.m. Silverback Colony / 4:35 p.m. Little Man / 5:40 p.m. The Last Revel / 6:45 p.m. Southside Desire / 8 p.m. The Black Eyed Snakes
612 BREW (945 Broadway St NE)
- Friday: 5 p.m. The Fattenin' Frogs / 6 p.m. Black Market Brass / 8 p.m. Step Rockets / 9 p.m. Big Jess
- Saturday: 2 p.m. Moonmaster / 3 p.m. Hot Damn! / 4 p.m. Local Rhythm / 5 p.m. Jonny & the Palms / 6 p.m. Central Coast / 7 p.m.Kingsview / 8 p.m. Pony the Mustang / 9 p.m. MaLLy
- Sunday ("Polkadot Party"): Noon Lydia Hoglund / 12:45 p.m. Jon Jones / 1:30 p.m. So Big / 2:30 p.m. False Teeth / 3:30 p.m. KPT / 4 p.m. Botzy
331 CLUB (331 13th Av. NE)
- Friday: Indoors: 10:00 p.m. Crankshakft, Mike Gunther / Outdoors: 6 p.m. Tungsten / 7 p.m. Sam Cassidy / 8 p.m. Red Daughters / 9 p.m. Mark Mallman
- Saturday: Indoors: 10:00 p.m. Ticket Torture, the Drug Budget / Outdoors: Noon The Brass Messengers / 2 p.m. John Swardson & Bad Blood / 3 p.m. Jillian Rae / 4 p.m. Sun Gods to Gamma Rays / 5 p.m. Dosh / 6 p.m. BNLX / 7 p.m. Juiceboxxx / 8 p.m. Metallagher / 9 p.m. Hastings 3000
- Sunday: Outdoors: 12:30 p.m. Prairie Fire Lady Choir / 1:30 p.m. Wild Goose Chase Cloggers / 2:30 p.m. Gabriel Douglas / 3:30 p.m. Pennyroyal / 4:30 p.m. Black Diet / 5:30 p.m. Davina & the Vagabonds / Field Trip (formerly Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles) / 7:30 p.m. BB Gun / 8:30 p.m. The Cloak Ox
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