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Darin Bergsven shoots “Coffee & Guitar” from his living room-adjacent, home studio. “I can play all day and still be part of the family, not a reclusive dad down in the basement,” he said.

Performing once more for live audiences, the New London Little Theatre has shifted its focus from producing stage plays to “art by appointment” experiences and other types of organic live performances, including the monthly Open Mic, Jazz Night and private events.

Mitchell Hall Litchfield, June 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Central Park, downtown Litchfield; Thriving Thursday music by Mitchell Hall & The Tennessee Trio; www.facebook.com/groups/1686898771377304 John Dokken Spicer, June 3, 6:30 p.m., Glacial Ridge Winery; music by John Dokken; rain or shine; bring your own chair; Porchfest New London, June 5, beginning at 11 a.m., Porchfest includes the dedication of the City Stage to the late Mayor Bill Gossman. There will be music on front porches within the area ...

More than two dozen musicians will be playing music nearly all day in front of businesses and on porches Saturday in New London during the launch of the community's Porchfest. The event includes a performance by Duluth musician Charlie Paar, who will be performing on the outdoor Bill Gossman Memorial Stage in downtown New London.

Marah Evans Thursday is traditionally Souptown night for the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, with most shows happening in Superior and a pre-game soup potluck with music, dubbed #SoupB4Sup at 2104. In a way, this year’s Thursday activities were more like a normal Homegrown than previous nights, with a small gathering of soup-eaters and livestreams at 2104 plus live, in person shows across the bridge at Earth Rider. The live shows started earliest, with the Misisipi Mike Allstars  kicking ...

Marah Evans Friday of Homegrown Week saw another night of live performances at Earth Rider Brewery festival grounds for their Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash, and it was Duluth Homegrown Music Festival founder Scott “Starfire” Lunt’s actual birthday, which made everything even more festive. If it seemed as if more people than usual were clad in flannel, blame item #31 from the Unofficial Homegrown Scavenger Hunt task list, “Flannel Day!” The hunt continues through Sunday at 4pm. T...

Looking back, the last large-scale events we attended last March sound other-worldly. Written By: Christa Lawler | × Matt McGrath (from left), Mare Winningham and Todd Almond perform a scene in “Girl from the North Country” which opened about a year ago on Broadway, but quickly closed down because of the pandemic. (Photo by Matthew Murphy) It was a band that holds the metaphorical key to the city that played one of the last large-scale events in this region before everythi...