Signal Fires - MUDSONG

Rendezvous Brewing...Hackensack

Rendezvous Brewing in Hackensack hosts live music summertime Saturday nights, on their patio. During the fall and winter, their music schedule isn't as frequent, but definitely still lively throughout the seasons. See their calendar for current music events.

Barrell & Vine...Hackensack

Barrel & Vine on main street (Hwy 371) in Hackensack hosts music a few times each month on Saturdays. See their website www.barrelvinemn.com and call (218)-675-4017 for current line up.

Organized chronologically, here's where you can see multiple bands and festivities on firefly-lit summer weekends around here. By clicking on the picture, you'll link through to the event webpage, if the event has one.

Summer Deck Tunes...Walker

Portage Brewing in Walker routinely hosts Deck Tunes every Friday @ 4:30. And occasionally throughout the year for holidays & events. Here's where they often post this summer's events:

https://portagebeer.com/events

Green Scene...Walker

Green Scene (Walker) May-September, every Thursday (10-1) and most Saturdays from 1-4, music on the patio during their artisan and farmer's markets and Saturday brunch bash. Features a brunch menu centered on woodfired pizza & more.

The 502...Walker

The 502 Restaurant at Chase on the Lake in Walker hosts live music every Friday & Saturday night. Call 218.547.7777 for the current line up.

About...

On any given weekend in glades and glens carved into stands of pines, upon a nearby shore, someone is singing. Often from the heart. Usually accompanied by some virtuosic twizzle of a bandmate's guitar, fiddle, keyboard, or loop station. Many times, people are listening, singing along, shimmying their shoulders and letting their hips declaratively wiggle while their feet can't help but tap.

A few years ago, I learned music as we know it is only possible here on Earth. Music, as it soundtracks our moments of days, like water, is a sign of planetary life. It only happens here, on this Pale Blue Dot. What we hear each weekend in our bars, restaurants, and concert halls isn't possible in The Big Quiet beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Since knowing this fact, I haven't been able to unknow it.

This website is an attempt to link the Signal Fires of live music, of life, that buzz, hum, and wiggle the strings weaving us together in community in these Northwoods. If you need a place to listen to music, or an artist to listen to, hopefully you'll find something here to celebrate what it means being Earthlings with your neighbors.

Take care,

Mary O.

P.S. If you are one of these venues or artists and want to update your info, drop me a line. If you want to be added, also drop me a line.

Why not just stay informed via Instagram or Facebook?

Those systems are designed to monetize our personal connections. I’m hoping you’ll join me, in a quiet act of resistance, in the email space to preserve a more authentic, intentional connection that compose our community of music lovers. The connections we share when we melt our faces, close our eyes, or raise our hands high as grateful listeners.