Son Volt to headline free Manitowoc Metro Jam summer concert in August
View Comments MANITOWOC - Manitowoc's free-admission Metro Jam will return for the 42nd year Aug. 20-21 with headliners Son Volt. The concert series includes nine diverse acts over two days and is held in Washington Park, 1115 Washington St., downtown Manitowoc. Son Volt takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21. According to a news release: "2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose 'No Depression' album helped define the alt-country and Americana genre. Still based in St. Louis, 'It...