Join the Duluth Dylan Fest for a special evening with award-winning New York City-based musician and music journalist Jeff Slate at 7 pm Thursday, May 25 at Sacred Heart Music Center.

Slate has appeared on stage and worked with music legends like Pete Townshend, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy, Sheryl Crow and his music has appeared in advertising , films and television, including in the show “Gossip Girl.” His writing can be found in The New Yorker, Esquire and the Wall Street Journal, where last year he interviewed Bob Dylan.

Joining him is music partner Mark Bosch.

Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl will open the night.

Paul Metsa, who the Huffington Post called ” The other great folksinger from Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range ” will be joined by his longtime harmonica player Sonny Earl in a great evening playing Dylan songs, Metsa originals, and blues and country songs by artists that influenced Bob Dylan.

E-Tickets are $15 in advance and available at 10 am Monday, April 3 on Eventbrite HERE. Paper tickets will be available at Globe News in Superior and Zenith Book Store in West Duluth. Tickets will be available for $20 at the door while they last. Doors at 6. Music at 7.