August 20, 2014, Wednesday - Mill City Live at Mill City Museum

Mill City Live returns for its eleventh season with four outdoor concerts on Wednesday evenings in August.

Set in the museum's dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, "Mill City Live" features four great evenings of outdoor music by top local artists.

• Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
• Fee: $5 includes concert and museum admission from 4 to 9 p.m., an opportunity to visit Mill City Museum at a significant discount. Free for Minnesota Historical Society members.
• In case of rain, Mill City Live goes on indoors!

Wednesday, August 20th, 6-8pm Fort Wilson Riot Electro-Pop

This Minneapolis-based avant pop duo of Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis have no shortness of ambition. They recorded an indie-rock opera, Idigaragua, and

performed it with a full cast of actors and dancers. In 2010 the recorded and

produced the full length follow up Predator/Prey. In 2011 they gave us

the Generation Complex EP which experimented with pristine vocal harmonies

married to jarring electro-garage-pop. Through 2012 and 2013 they made a mad

dash around the USA into clubs, bars, living rooms and festivals. And now,

“trIllIun”. With the former 12 Rods and Mystery Palace man, Ryan Olcott, at the production helm, Fort Wilson Riot promise an album that blurs boundaries while immersing the listener in hypnotic waves from some sunset alien shore. The first taste is “Yes Indeed,” a sultry psychedelic R&B jam that showcases a new side of FWR and gives a tantalizing glimpse of the exciting new ground they are covering.

 

Wednesday, August 27th, 6-8pm

Erik Koskinen Country, folk

Erik Koskinen grew up in a rural, working class town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He got his first guitar from his father when he was 12 years old. Over the years he’s made a living as a carpenter, welder, snow blower, truck driver—the list goes on. But since he moved to Saint Paul he’s built a following as a guitarist (Molly Maher, Randy Weeks), songwriter, producer (Trampled by Turtles) and engineer. “America Theatre” (2014) is Erik's second album, the follow-up to the acclaimed Keep it to Yourself. “Erik Koskinen should be recognized as a masterful songwriter and rousing country singer..." - Chris Riemenschneider - Minneapolis Star Tribune