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Deep-Blues Festival set for Patrick's Cabaret on July 16

Even though Patrick's has lost its lease, the music and food fest will still go on in south Minneapolis

By Jon Bream

March 29, 2016 at 4:35PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Crankshaft/ Photo by Stacy Bengs (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Even though Patrick's Cabaret has lost its lease in south Minneapolis, the sixth annual Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep-Blues Festival will still be held there on July 16.

The multi-stage fest will feature local foods, beverages, crafts and music. The lineup includes Black Eyed Snakes, Charlie Parr, Erik Koskinen, Kent Burnside, Spider John Koerner, Crankshaft & the Gear Grinders and many others.

Tickets, priced at $20, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at rootsrockdeepblues.com.
The festival, which will be staged indoors and outdoors in the Minnehaha & Lake Street area, is a benefit for Patrick's Cabaret, which is celebrating its 30^th anniversary.

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.