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Full lineup for Taste of MN 2014 includes Starship, Joe Nichols, Halestorm

Admission to St. Paul's July 3-6 festival will be $10 after 3 p.m., which includes a $5 food or drink ticket.

By Chris Riemenschneider

June 25, 2014 at 9:45PM

Fireworks light up the Mississippi River as patrons watch from both boats as well as the fair grounds during the 2009 Taste of Minnesota Thursday evening on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Dml - Star Tribune Special To T/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Starship starring Mickey Thomas will headline Taste of Minnesota on July 4. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Classic-rock fans will once again have their appetites filled at Taste of Minnesota, which returns to St. Paul's Harriet Island following a three year-hiatus July 3-6.

Organizers announced their full 2014 music lineup today with a July 4 schedule that looks particularly like something out of years passed, with Starship of "We Built This City" notoriety, the Marshall Tucker Band, Joey Molland's Badfinger and the previously confirmed Cowboy Mouth. That holiday blowout will be preceded by a day of local bands on July 3 with Soul Asylum, the newly reunited Tina & the B-Sides and Tim Mahoney. July 5 will be more of a hard-rock affair with powerhouse howler Lizzy Hale's namesake band Halestorm, Cinderella's Tom Keifer and local vets Crow and Gypsy. The fest will end July 6 with a day of country acts including Joe Nichols, who had a hit with "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off."

The schedule also came with Taste's new admission policy: Attendees can get in free from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., after which they must pay a $10 ticket fee that will include $5 in food or drink tickets.

Here's the full lineup:

Thursday, July 3
Pioneer Press Main Stage Taste Stage
2:30 p.m. Owl featuring Chris Wyse 11:30 a.m. Killcode
4:30 p.m. Tim Mahoney 2 p.m. The UnderGroove
6:30 p.m. Tina and the B-Sides 4:30 p.m. Corey Stevens
8:30 p.m. Soul Asylum
Friday, July 4
Pioneer Press Main Stage Taste Stage
12 p.m. Vic Tedesco 11:30 a.m. Backseat Boogie Band
2:30 p.m. Cowboy Mouth 2 p.m. Electric Eye
4:30 p.m. Badfinger featuring Joey Molland 4:30 p.m. New Primitives
6:30 p.m. Marshall Tucker Band
8:30 p.m. Starship featuring Mickey Thomas
Saturday, July 5
Pioneer Press Main Stage Taste Stage
2:30 p.m. Crow 11:30 a.m. Oddfathers
4:30 pm. Gypsy 2 p.m. Flamin' Oh's
6:30 p.m. Tom Keifer 4:30 p.m. Ipso Facto
8:30 p.m. Halestorm
Sunday, July 6
Pioneer Press Main Stage Taste Stage
2:30 p.m. Maiden Dixie 11:30 a.m. The Castaways
4:30 p.m. Devon Worley Band 2 p.m. Free Fallin'
6:30 p.m. Tim Sigler Band 4:30 p.m. Arch Allies
8:30 p.m. Joe Nichols

Let us know what you think below? Are you looking forward to having Taste back -- and willing to pay for the music this time?

about the writer

Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.