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March 2023
2nd Annual Songwriter Showcase hosted by Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold
Showcasing some of the finest Twin Ports music makers, Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold will host their 2nd Annual Duluth Songwriter Showcase Saturday, March 4 on the beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center altar stage. This one-time-only event features three Duluth-based singer-songwriters performing a solo set of their original music for a live audience, discussing the craft of songwriting, and sharing stories that inspire their music. Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold will conclude the night with a full band…
Find out more »Caravan Du Nord: Dred I Dread, The Orange Goodness, AfroGeode & The Gemstones
CANCELLED DUE TO WINTER WEATHER. WE WILL RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. Twin Cities reggae legends Dred I Dread, Minneapolis alternative rockers The Orange Goodness and Duluth jazz-funk favorite AfroGeode & The Gemstones will all perform full sets as part of the Minnesota Music Coalition 2023 Caravan Du Nord. Dred I Dread was formed in 1998 and chosen as "Best Local Reggae Band" by City Pages Magazine in 1999. The Band features talented musicians that come from Jamaica, New Orleans,…
Find out more »Willowgreen
Duluth-based Willowgreen returns to the beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center stage for another St. Patrick's Day celebration. Willowgreen performs traditional, contemporary and original music from Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, Canada, U.S.A. and the rest of the Celtic music world. Their signature vocal style combined with instrumentation including harp, hammered dulcimer, bodhrán, guitars, button accordion, whistles and mandolin appeals to audiences of all ages. Willowgreen has performed at many festivals and concert series throughout North America, including Milwaukee Irish Fest, Newfoundland and…
Find out more »Singer/Songwriter Series: Skarlett Woods
Singer songwriter Skarlett Woods will perform her latest work and talk about her life in music during our next "Live from The Heart" Songwriters/Storytellers live stream at 7:30 pm Tuesday, March 21 on the Sacred Heart YouTube channel. Karen Sunderman will host. Known to mix mesmerizing vocal work with a 7-string guitar groove far beyond your average singer/songwriter, Skarlett Woods brings her unique folk and West Coast jazz to the same dinner table. Wood blends swing and jazz into folk-themed…
Find out more »April 2023
Sara Thomsen & Peter Mayer
Minnesota folk favorites Peter Mayer and Sara Thomsen return to share the beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center stage in this great double bill Saturday, April 1. Peter Mayer has been singing and songwriting full-time for 25 years, performing in venues across the United States and beyond. He writes songs for a small planet, songs about life and the mysterious fact of our existence. He also writes about dress hats, pumpkins and pajamas and other important stuff. Peter has 11 albums…
Find out more »America’s Forest with Chuck Leavell screening special
Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell returns to Sacred Heart Music Center to celebrate the recent PBS broadcast of "America's Forests with Chuck Leavell: Highway 61 Reforested." Leavell filmed the Minnesota episode of America's Forests last winter which included a performance of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" with Big Wave Dave and the Ripples at Sacred Heart. The episode is currently airing nationwide on PBS and the America's Forest with Chuck Leavell website. This special event will kickoff with Leavell…
Find out more »Billy McLaughlin/Michael Gulezian
Finger-style acoustic guitarists Billy McLaughlin and Michael Gulezian will share the Sacred Heart stage for this rare, one-night-only, double-bill at 7:30 pm Thursday, April 13. For decades, Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences around the world with his complex and rhythmic acoustic guitar music. At the height of his international recording and touring career, Billy was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia, a mysterious and yet-to-be-cured neuromuscular disorder that rendered him unable to play. But Billy did the unthinkable: He learned to play his…
Find out more »O Joy! College of St. Scholastica/St. Benedict choir
The College of St. Scholastica's Bella Voce and the College of St. Benedict's Women's Choir join their voices in a collaborative performance. Tickets available HERE.
Find out more »Dan Israel
Dan Israel is a longtime fixture on the Minneapolis music scene and performs all over Minnesota both solo and with his band. He has been called “the hardest working singer-songwriter in Minnesota" and will perform both new material and old favorites with his band in this one-night-only concert. Israel won Song of the Year (for “Come to Me”) in the 2005 Minnesota Music Awards and Songwriter of the Year in the 2006 MMA’s. He received a 4-star review from the…
Find out more »Songwriter/Storyteller Series live stream: Alberto del Toro
Alberto del Toro is the new solo project recently launched by A Winter Downpour frontman and Duluth singer songwriter Alberto Serrano Rivera. A Spanish language project, Alberto del Toro takes inspiration from both post- punk/rock and from the music Rivera heard growing up in Puerto Rico, including romantica, salsa and merengue. KQDS radio disc jockey Chris Allen will host this live stream only event beginning at 7:30pm Thursday, April 27 on the Sacred Heart Music Center YouTube Channel. A limited…
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