It's Jazz Appreciation Month.

JAM Duluth
April 2-30
Multiple locations
April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), celebrated with this series that began in 2022. Music takes place Mondays 6 pm at Bent Paddle, Thursdays 6 pm at Duluth Cider and Sundays (starting April 12) 4 pm at Northern Waters Smokehaus, with a Jazz Crawl Saturday, April 25.

Paul Metsa & Friends
Fridays in April, 6-8 pm
Alhambra Theatre
Intimate setting for the legendary musician has long stood apart as a songwriter unwilling to separate art from responsibility. Across folk, rock, blues-inflected roots and acoustic confessionals, his work reflects a belief that songs can still bear witness, still rally, still heal.

Pine & Fire
Saturday, April 4, 8 pm
Cedar Lounge
A night of punk folk. Pine & Fire is a D.I.Y. music duo from the north woods of Minnesota that blends traditional folk music influences with a modern punk sentiment, creating a unique and driving sound. With Jason Dea West & Nora Jean.

Group Too
Sunday, April 5, 10:30-11:30 am
Studio Café
Longtime Twin Ports duo of Bob and Carol Flatt serenade with the sounds of Americana folk rock, blues and some lovely originals. Your foot’ll be tappin’ and your body swayin’ to these sweet sounds.

Crazy Train
Wednesday, April 8, 7:30 pm
The West Theatre
Touring Ozzy Osbourne tribute show with Vinny Cormier as the Prince of Darkness, supported by a Berklee-level crew including Vinnie’s son Dylan on guitar. Played loud and live, the show is packed with special effects and wow moments.

WWII Letters of Edward A. Kennedy
Thursday, April 9, 6:30 pm
Bong Veterans Historical Center
After losing both his sons in combat during World War II, Edward Kennedy did something positive with his grief. He took a request from his employer, the Northwest Paper Company of Cloquet to collect names and addresses of their employees in military service and turned it into a letter-writing mission. This is the story of those letters and the connections they made.

Beautiful Thing
April 9-18
Zeitgeist Teatro
Jonathan Harvey’s 1993 play, which became a 1996 film, is about two teenage boys who live on a working-class London housing estate and fall in love. The story follows their blossoming romance against the backdrop of their unstable home lives.