Magnificent 7

Reader Contributing Staff 

Lisa Loeb and Straight No Chaser at Symphony Hall July 24.

Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday, July 19, 7:30 pm – Leif Erickson Park
Tuesday, July 23, 7:30 pm – Moose Lake Community School
Sunday, July 28, 7:30 pm – St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium
Duluth’s only intergenerational and free summer orchestra, a homegrown group that invites talented musicians, exceptional students and seasoned amateurs and professionals, featuring powerful guest soloists.

Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival
Saturday, July 20, 12-11 pm
Bayfront Festival Park
A celebration of world music whose artists spread the message of love, hope and equality for all people worldwide.

Moon Landing Party
Saturday, July 20, 7 pm
Jade Fountain
Anniversary celebration of the 1969 moon landing with music by Flip Arkulary, Mara Lovejoy, Larry Wish, DJ Fraudulent and Molotov Cocktail. Cocktail hour at 7 pm with early electronic moog music. At 8 pm a curated set of space-themed music videos, followed by the live performances. Retro-future attire encouraged.

Red Thread
Sunday, July 21, 4 pm
B’nai Abraham Cultural Center
Closing show of the Northern Lights Music Festival. Red Thread features a harmony-forward vocal ensemble playing original and traditional music rooted in Eastern European, Yiddish and Americana lineage.

49 Winchester
Monday, July 22, 7 pm
Earth Rider Fest Grounds
Russell County, Va.-based band plays a unique brand of tear-in-your-beer alt-country, sticky barroom floor rock and high-octane Appalachian folk. With Zandi Holup.

Straight No Chaser, Lisa Loeb
Wednesday, July 24, 7 pm
DECC Symphony Hall
A cappella group, formed at Indiana University in 1996, unexpectedly hit the big time 10 years later when a comical take on “12 Days of Christmas” went viral on Youtube. Their theme for this tour is the ‘90s, appropriate since they’re here with the decade’s icon Lisa Loeb.

Trailer Trash
Thursday, July 25, 8 pm
The West Theatre
Friday, July 26, 7:30 pm
Silver Bay City Center Park
Trailer Trash got its start in the ‘90s as a regular attraction at Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis, playing retro-country and swing-dancing music. Now in its 31st year, the Trash enjoys its reputation as Minnesota’s premier honky tonk band. With Rich Mattson.