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The Setlist: Where to find concerts near you Aug. 1-3, 2024

KAXE | By Malachy Koons
Published July 31, 2024 at 12:12 PM CDT
"The Setlist" and "Turtle River, Grand Rapids, Hibbing" written over a crumpled paper background.
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Concerts happening August 1-3, 2024 in Northern Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts in northern Minnesota features Two Hearted Trio with April Mae, Third Coast Chamber Collective, Sam Miltich, Greg Kazcor, the Rockbee Music Festival, and The Brothers Burn Mountain.

The Setlist this week features concerts to help you welcome in the month of August. In Hibbing, the Range comes alive with their preeminent music festival, Rockbee, hosted by the Iron Range Music Association. Grand Rapids has multiple concerts as part of Tall Timber Days and First Friday Art Walk, and a Bemidji folk-blues-jazz quartet plays in Turtle River.

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Northern Minnesota weekly planner July 29-Aug. 3
From Bemidji, Brainerd and Grand Rapids to Hackensack and Hibbing, small towns across Northern Minnesota are chock-full of events.

Two Hearted Trio is John Henningsgaard, Lance Heddan, and Shane Kingsland, and this Thursday they'll be joined by vocalist April Aylesworth at the TRC Bar & Grill in Turtle River. The group play a mix of folk, blues, and jazz, with music starting Thursday at 6 p.m.

The First Friday Art Walk includes three concerts this week in Grand Rapids. At 5 p.m., classical quartet Third Coast Chamber Collective will perform on the 2nd floor of the Old Central School. At 6 p.m., Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club are at Rapids Brewing Co. and Greg Kazcor is at Unwined Up North.

The Rockbee Music Festival is this weekend with a great lineup of bands from the Range and Northeastern Minnesota. Taking place at Mesaba Co-op Park near Hibbing, the two day festival includes on-site camping with music starting on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. The lineup includes Hobo Revival, MorningBird, Rich Mattson & The North Stars and many more with Alan Sparhawk's gritty blues revival band Black-Eyed Snakes closing the fest out Saturday night.

A poster for the Rockbee Music Festival at Mesaba Co-op Park in Hibbing. Set times are Friday: Horse Fzce (6 p.m.), Big Into (7 p.m.), Hobo Revival (8 p.m.), MorningBird (9 p.m.), Whale in the Thames (10 p.m.). Saturday: Thor Leseman (6 p.m.), Iron Range Outlaw Brigade (7 p.m.), Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners (8 p.m.), Rich Mattson & The North Stars (9 p.m.), Black-eyed Snakes (10 p.m.). Tickets are $20 per night.
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Rockbee Music Festival is Aug. 2-3, 2024 near Hibbing.

Another festival with live music is Tall Timber Days in Grand Rapids. Local cover band Twist of Fate is playing Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., and duo The Brothers Burn Mountain play Saturday at 2 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1

  • Two Hearted Trio with April Mae - 6 p.m., TRC Bar & Grill, Turtle River, free

Friday, Aug. 2
  • Third Coast Chamber Collective - 5 p.m., Old Central School 2nd Floor, Grand Rapids, free
  • Sam Miltich - 6 p.m., Rapids Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, free
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    Briand Morrison and Sam Miltich.
  • Greg Kazcor - 6 p.m., Unwined Up North, Grand Rapids, free
  • Rockbee Music Fest Day 1 - 6 p.m., Mesaba Co-op Park, Hibbing, $20 (per day)
  • Twist of Fate - 7:30 p.m., Tall Timber Days, Grand Rapids, 5$

Saturday, Aug. 3

  • The Brothers Burn Mountain - 2 p.m., Tall Timber Days, Grand Rapids, free
  • Rockbee Music Fest Day 2 - 6 p.m., Mesaba Co-op Park, Hibbing, $20 (per day)

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 in 2017 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 Minnesota Mixtape, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. You can also find him hosting Headwaters and curating The Setlist.
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