Music & Events
Coming to
the Cedar
Date:
Thu 05.15.2025
Chastity Brown + Superior Siren
Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Tennessee, Chastity Brown grew up surrounded by country and soul music. In the full gospel church of her childhood, she played saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Her first show was in Knoxville, TN, and then it was on to Minneapolis. Since then, she’s been featured on NPR’s “Favorite Sessions,” CMT, American Songwriter, the London Times, Paste Magazine and others. Chastity has toured the U.S. and abroad, appearing on the U.K.’s Later…with Jools Holland. || SUPERIOR SIREN singer/songwriter opens the show.
Fri 05.16.2025
Misisipi Mike | Weekend Primer
“Misisipi” Mike Wolf is a traditional folk and country singer/songwriter who performs both solo and in enough bands to fill a summer music festival lineup. He writes songs with the same heart and humor as greats like John Prine, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Wolf recently won first place in the Duluth Dylan Fest songwriters contest and holds down weekly residencies throughout the Twin Ports, most recently at the Cedar Lounge. His local band projects include Boxcar, Neatneatneat, Actual Wolf, Crooked Mile and Eldri Snow’s Wintry Mix.
Sat 05.17.2025
Between Howls + Skarlett Woods
Between Howls are dynamic vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ren Cooper Howl & guitarist/singer-songwriter Nick Muska Howl. The two perform a blend of folk, rock and soul featuring a distinctive take on the catalogs of artists past & present alongside their own original material. Skarlett Woods opens the show.
Sun 05.18.2025
Sunday Funday
Pitcher and Pizza for $25
Sun 05.18.2025
Boss Mama | Sunday Strum Day
Mahtowa-based singer/guitarist Colleen Myhre put out a note to the world in 2019 with the release of the album Boss Mama. In the lower right corner of the album cover are the words “just getting started.” Though she’d been performing for more than 20 years, she was indeed just getting started. Collaborations with a slew of the region’s musicians led to the gradual and seemingly ongoing formation of Boss Mama and the Jebberhooch, a band that pushes Myhre’s country soul to new levels with deep grooves and a visible sense of joy.
Mon 05.19.2025
Hospitality Worker Monday
Hospitality worker Monday | All Day | Monday - show proof of employment for $4 pints and $6 pizzas all day.
Tue 05.20.2025
Riders Day
$3 half Pours $6 pub pizza
Tue 05.20.2025
Beginners KUBB League @ Earth Rider Brewery Fest Grounds
Lake Superior KUBB is hosting a beginners Kubb League on the fest field every Tuesday 5/20/25-6/17/25. Come grab a pint and check out the league and learn how to play KUBB!
Wed 05.21.2025
Molly & The Danger Band | Duluth Dylan Fest
Singer, songwriter, fiddle, mandolin, guitar player Molly Otis fronted the power country group known as Molly & the Heymakers. The band took the best from honky tonk, bluegrass, country-rock and other styles and blended them seamlessly into a foot stomping good time.
Thu 05.22.2025
Bingo, Beer & Gear at the Cedar Lounge
Drink beer + Win Prizes! ~ Just like your granny used to play but better, and with beer! An early event of 'Bingo & Beer' beholds your chance to win Earth Rider Brewery pints, crowlers, six packs and tickets to upcoming events at the Earth Rider Brewery Fest Field & Cedar Lounge Taproom. Free to play. Stop on down for some belly laughs, beer and B-I-N-G-O
Thu 05.22.2025
Harbor Monster Meet and Greet + Beer + Music
Meet the Duluth Harbor Monsters’ top new players and cheerleaders. Team giveaways, autographs and more. Sign up to win Earth Rider gear and beer and live music with Lake Effect String Band. Let's celebrate our local champs!
Fri 05.23.2025
Misisipi Mike | Weekend Primer
“Misisipi” Mike Wolf is a traditional folk and country singer/songwriter who performs both solo and in enough bands to fill a summer music festival lineup. He writes songs with the same heart and humor as greats like John Prine, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Wolf recently won first place in the Duluth Dylan Fest songwriters contest and holds down weekly residencies throughout the Twin Ports, most recently at the Cedar Lounge. His local band projects include Boxcar, Neatneatneat, Actual Wolf, Crooked Mile and Eldri Snow’s Wintry Mix.
Sat 05.24.2025
Lake Effect String Band + Cloverland
Brought together by the Bluegrass jams flurried throughout the Duluth hillside, the Lake Effect String Band is “grounded in the rich traditions of delicious, upbeat picking styles.” Drifting from Flatts, Scruggs, and Doc Watson classics to new grass acts such as Hot Rize, Sam Bush, and David Grisman, Lake Effect piles up tunes for lovers of string music. || CLOVERLAND || “Cloverland hails from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a landscape that’s been cutover and cultivated, regrown and regenerated. They chart a distinctive musical topography by blending driving bluegrass, old-time melodies, soulful harmonies, classic country, and the timeless energy of rock. Combining their own original compositions with traditional American music, Cloverland’s sound pays homage to the past while growing something fresh, vibrant, and uniquely theirs.”
Sun 05.25.2025
Sunday Funday
Pitcher and Pizza for $25
Sun 05.25.2025
Marc Gartman | Sunday Strum Day
Twin Ports singer/songwriter, band leader and multi instrumentalist Marc Gartman solo and acoustic, live and in person on the Cedar Lounge stage. Marc can often be found performing with the bands Coyote, Glitteratti, Damien, The Wandering Eye and Lazy Lightning 420.
Sun 05.25.2025
Burger Joint Food Truck
Born from a lifelong passion for crafting the perfect burger. All made from the freshest locally sourced ingredients. All patties are a premium blend of chuck, brisket and short rib.
Mon 05.26.2025
Hospitality Worker Monday
Hospitality worker Monday | All Day | Monday - show proof of employment for $4 pints and $6 pizzas all day.
Tue 05.27.2025
Riders Day
$3 half Pours $6 pub pizza
Tue 05.27.2025
Beginners KUBB League @ Earth Rider Brewery Fest Grounds
Lake Superior KUBB is hosting a beginners Kubb League on the fest field every Tuesday 5/20/25-6/17/25. Come grab a pint and check out the league and learn how to play KUBB!
Wed 05.28.2025
Thor Leseman | Cedar Sessions
Thor Leseman is a singer/songwriter known for weaving passionate lyrics about life, love, and the ultimate pursuit of freedom. Combined with a soulful punching guitar that is rooted in folk and country but explores expressions of rock, punk and American bluegrass. Thor’s work digs into the American song tradition, uncovering and shedding light to some of the heaviest emotion. Expressing raw rhetoric that encapsulates the listener with the surroundings of the song catapulting them into the center for them to feel the intensity and explore the scape for themselves.
Thu 05.29.2025
Bingo, Beer & Gear at the Cedar Lounge
Drink beer + Win Prizes! ~ Just like your granny used to play but better, and with beer! An early event of 'Bingo & Beer' beholds your chance to win Earth Rider Brewery pints, crowlers, six packs and tickets to upcoming events at the Earth Rider Brewery Fest Field & Cedar Lounge Taproom. Free to play. Stop on down for some belly laughs, beer and B-I-N-G-O
Fri 05.30.2025
Misisipi Mike | Weekend Primer
“Misisipi” Mike Wolf is a traditional folk and country singer/songwriter who performs both solo and in enough bands to fill a summer music festival lineup. He writes songs with the same heart and humor as greats like John Prine, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Wolf recently won first place in the Duluth Dylan Fest songwriters contest and holds down weekly residencies throughout the Twin Ports, most recently at the Cedar Lounge. His local band projects include Boxcar, Neatneatneat, Actual Wolf, Crooked Mile and Eldri Snow’s Wintry Mix.
Sat 05.31.2025
Thomas Sticha with special guest Billy Bronsted
Singer-songwriter Thomas Sticha has been carving out his niche of Country & Folk in he Minnesota music scene over the past year. His original music draws inspiration from Classic Country songwriting legends (such as John Prine and Dean Dillon) and combines them with the refreshing sounds of new Country songwriters (such as Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, and Zach Top).
Sun 06.01.2025
Burger Joint Food Truck
Born from a lifelong passion for crafting the perfect burger. All made from the freshest locally sourced ingredients. All patties are a premium blend of chuck, brisket and short rib.
Sun 06.01.2025
Earth Rider Makers Market
Unique, sustainable, handcrafted, locally-grown and freshly-brewed goods are sold at the Earth Rider festival grounds on the first Sunday of each month, May to September. The market features a variety of what Twin Ports makers have to offer the first Sunday of the month May though August. Complete with live music featuring Twin Ports troubadour and guitar slinger Ian Alexy (Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank).
Consult Earth Rider’s social media for updates regarding weather, music, food trucks and vendors.
Sun 06.01.2025
Ian Alexy | Sunday Strum Day
Rock-and-roll vagabond Ian Alexy moved to Duluth 20 years ago and launched a music career performing in a variety of Americana and folk bands — including Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank with his brother Teague. The group recorded five albums, toured the nation and scored a hit in Green Bay Packerland with the song “Old Number Four.” A 2008 move to the Twin Cities saw the formation of Ian Alexy and the Deserters where his songwriting expanded into funk, rock and world music. Now back in Duluth, Alexy is a member of the group Babie Eyes.
Sun 06.01.2025
Sunday Funday
Pitcher & A Pizza for $25
Mon 06.02.2025
Hospitality Worker Monday
Hospitality worker Monday | All Day | Monday - show proof of employment for $4 pints and $6 pizzas all day.
Tue 06.03.2025
Beginners KUBB League @ Earth Rider Brewery Fest Grounds
Lake Superior KUBB is hosting a beginners Kubb League on the fest field every Tuesday 5/20/25-6/17/25. Come grab a pint and check out the league and learn how to play KUBB!
Wed 06.04.2025
Paul Metsa | Cedar Sessions
"Paul Metsa is the other great folksinger from Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range." huffington Post. Metsa has played over 5,000 professional shows, won 8 MN Music Awards, and has performed in concert with Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, J.J. Cale, the Neville Brothers, and Leon Russell. "Paul is the Godfather of the Minnesota grassroots music scene. His songs cut like an axe." Al Sparhawk
