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Normal is gearing up for 2024 Make Music Normal in uptown next month. Check out the lineup and headliners here.

In this weeks BloNo Beats, read about how a tight-sounding band bonded in Bloomington over a passion for classic rock. Theyll open for a Saturday show at nightshop.

In this weeks BloNo Beats, we talk to musicians from and playing in the Twin Cities about what theyre feeling thankful for this year.

Excellent electronic music is more than neat sequences of bleeps and bloops. In this BloNo Beats, read about how local artists are pushing the envelope with gear and production techniques.

In this weeks BloNo Beats, get the lowdown on Front Street Collective, a new eight-piece act slinging R&B and rock hits and supporting performers at Bloomington open stage nights.

School supplies will be dished out at The Castle this weekend. Read for updates on V8 Vast Changes next album and how another local rapper made it big on Tiktok.

See photos from Fridays Make Music Normal festival

A drag queen who acts out the slaughtering and gutting of animals will be featured as a performer for the Town...

In this column, our music columnist checks back in with Poster Children, V8 Vast Change, and Modern Drugs, and hears from a hard-rock band that opened for Puddle of Mudd.

Make Music Normal will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 23, and noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 24, in uptown Normal.