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The Setlist: Where to hear live music May 24-25, 2024

KAXE | By Malachy Koons
Published May 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM CDT
"The Setlist" and "Cass Lake, Coleraine, Park Rapids, Bemidji" over a crumpled paper background
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Live music happening May 24-25 in Northern Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features The Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest, Brothers Burn Mountain, Charley Wagner & Debbie Center, and The Oxbows.

Here are some live music options for Friday and Saturday this weekend, including an Indigenous music festival, summer concert series kickoff, and a brand new band from Bemidji.

The Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest is coming to Cass Lake this weekend. Hosted by KOJB, a community radio station owned and operated by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the festival is headlined by blues rock group Indigenous and country singer Hadley. It will also feature Minnesota musicians Corey Medina & Brothers, Annie Humphrey, David Huckfelt and many more. Music begins at 11 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Annie Humphrey singing into a microphone and holding an acoustic guitar.
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Annie Humphrey is one of the artists playing the Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest in Cass Lake on Saturday, May 24, 2024.

Smoke on the Water in Coleraine recently added an outdoor stage and will be hosting live music Saturdays at 5 p.m. throughout the summer. Duo Brothers Burn Mountain will be kicking off the series this weekend.

In Park Rapids, Charley Wagner and Debbie Center are playing Wine Not? at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night. Wagner is an Americana singer-songwriter from Longville who also performs with Forge. Center is a classically trained pianist with a love for 70s rock and roll.

At 7 p.m. Saturday evening, a new Bemidji band will make their debut at Bemidji Brewing. The Oxbows are a four-piece string band led by Eric Carlson, that play mix of Nordic, Celtic and modern tunes.

The four members of the band The Oxbows. From left to right there is two people playing violins then one playing guitar and one playing bass.
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The Oxbows are a new folk band playing Bemidji Brewing this Saturday at 7 p.m.

Friday, May 24
  • Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest - 11 a.m., Cedar Lakes Casino, Cass Lake, free

Saturday, May 25

  • Anishinaabe Arts & Music Fest - 11 a.m., Cedar Lakes Casino, Cass Lake, free

    Corey Medina in Aitkin, Minnesota. Portrait taken at Mennesota Fest on April 21, 2024.
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    Corey Medina in Aitkin, Minnesota. Portrait taken at Mennesota Fest on April 21, 2024.

  • Brothers Burn Mountain - 5 p.m., Smoke on the Water, Coleraine, free
  • Charley Wagner & Debbie Center - 6:30 p.m., Wine Not?, Park Rapids, free
  • The Oxbows - 7 p.m., Bemidji Brewing, Bemidji, free

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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