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The Setlist: Where to hear live music Aug. 9-11, 2024

KAXE | By Malachy Koons
Published August 7, 2024 at 3:36 PM CDT
"The Setlist" and "Chisholm, Bemidji, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Park Rapids" written over a crumpled paper background.
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Concerts happening Aug. 9-11, 2024 in Northern Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts features Joe Flip, The Oxbows, Bayfront Blues Festival, Chris Holm and Charley Wagner.

Northern Minnesota has the blues on this week's Setlist, with two individual blues shows and a full festival in Duluth.

In addition, there is old-timey bluegrass in Bemidji and Americana in Park Rapids.

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The 35th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival is this weekend in Duluth with music beginning at noon Friday through Sunday.

Headliners are The Devon Allman Project, 2023 Grand Rapids Riverfest performer Shemekia Copeland and Buckwheat Zydeco. Also on the lineup are Joanne Shaw Taylor, GA-20, Bernard Allison and many more.

Shemekia Copeland singing into a microphone. She is wearing a black dress and a metallic bracelet.
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Shemekia Copeland at Grand Rapids Riverfest in 2023.

In Chisholm, blues-rocker Joe Flip will be at Jim's Sports Club Bar & Grill Friday night at 7 p.m. He released Home Sweet Home in 2023 and performs on a homemade oil can guitar.

The Oxbows are a folk quartet from Bemidji who play old-time and bluegrass music. They will be at Brigid's Irish Pub this Friday at 7 p.m.

On Saturday, one-man country-blues band Chris Holm is playing at Rapids Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids. Originally from Clearbrook, Holm also plays with the Fattenin' Frogs and Heatwave & Landman. Music begins at 6 p.m.
Chris Holm on stage holding a steel guitar. He is wearing a baseball cap and a blue button up.
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Country blues musician Chris Holm will be at Rapids Brewing Co. on Saturday, Aug. 10.

In Park Rapids, Americana singer-songwriter Charley Wagner will be at Wine Not? Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. Wagner also fronts Forge North, bringing jam band flavor to his original songs.

Friday, Aug. 9

  • Bayfront Blues Festival Day 1 - Noon, Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, $65 (single), $169 (3 day)
  • Joe Flip - 7 p.m., Jim's Sports Club Bar & Grill, Chisholm, free
    A man holding a red oil can guitar and wearing a black t-shirt. He is standing in front of a brick wall.
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    Blues guitarist Joe Flip.
  • The Oxbows - 7 p.m., Brigid's Irish Pub, Bemidji, free

Saturday, Aug. 10

  • Bayfront Blues Festival Day 2 - Noon, Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, $65
  • Chris Holm - 6 p.m., Rapids Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, free
  • Charley Wagner - 6:30 p.m., Wine Not?, Park Rapids, free

Sunday, Aug. 11

  • Bayfront Blues Festival Day 3 - 12 p.m., Bayfront Blues Festival, Duluth, $65

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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