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The Setlist: Where to hear live music March 21-23, 2024

KAXE | By Malachy Koons
Published March 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM CDT
"The Setlist" and "Duluth, Grand Rapids, Nisswa, Laporte" over a crumpled paper background.
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Live music happening March 21-23, 2024, in Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features Davina & The Vagabonds, Bruce Archer, John Gorka, and The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire.

We are currently in our spring member drive here at KAXE, and The Setlist is a great example of how we "keep it local." We want you to know when live music is happening in our community so you can get out there and enjoy it.

KAXE is an independent and member supported radio station. Your membership makes features like this possible. Click the blue donate button in the top right corner and become a member today!

Davina & The Vagabonds will be in Duluth this Thursday at the West Theatre. Formed by Davina Sowers in 2004, the jazz and blues combo have been working on a new album Shoot for the Moon. They recently shared that recording is completed and the album is in the mastering phase. The show is at 7 p.m.

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Davina Sowers of Davina & The Vagabonds. The jazz and blues combo are playing Friday night in Duluth.

In Grand Rapids, Rapids Brewing Co. are hosting Brainerd bluesman Bruce Archer, Friday at 7 p.m. Archer is a storytelling singer who specializes in fingerstyle and slide guitar.

The second Grassroots Concert is Friday at 7:30 p.m. Acclaimed folksinger John Gorka will be at the Live Well Nightclub and Coffee Bar in Nisswa. Gorka released his debut album on Red House Records in 1987, and has resided in Minnesota since 2005.

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Folksinger John Gorka is playing Friday, March 22, in Nisswa.

Our final featured show for the week is The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire at the Popple Bar & Grill in Laporte. The Treasures, Doyle Turner and Ted Hajnasiewicz, released their debut album in 2023. Lemire is an accomplished harpist who performs with multiple symphonies and Twin Cities folk group The Foxgloves.

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Ted Hajnasiewicz and Doyle Turner of The International Treasures.

Thursday, March 21

  • Davina & The Vagabonds - 7 p.m., West Theatre, Duluth, $23-$27

Friday, March 22

  • Bruce Archer - 7 p.m., Rapids Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, free

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    Bruce Archer is playing Friday, March 22, 2024, in Grand Rapids.

  • John Gorka - 7:30 p.m., Live Well Nightclub and Coffee Bar, Nisswa, $15 (adult), $5 (under 12)

Saturday, March 23

  • The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire - 5:30 p.m., Laporte, free
    Nikki Lemire posing with her harp. Her left arm is resting on her head and her right is on the harp.
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    Harpist Nikki Lemire is joining The International Treasures in Laporte this Saturday, March 23, 2024.

The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Malachy Koons
Malachy started his radio career at a college radio station, where he played weird music in the middle of the night to possibly no one. On a good night maybe his parents were listening. Nonetheless, he was hooked on public radio and is still doing it today. He joined Northern Community Radio in 2022, where he gets to share his passion for local music as Producer of Centerstage Minnesota, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 2pm.
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