ELnO is back again! Come spend an evening with the Twin Cities second best musical tribute to Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra as they perform two full-flavored sets of stone cold ELO classics “underneath a starry sky” on The Hook’s outdoor stage.

The largest and longest-running record show in Minnesota!

Attention Minnesota Foodies!
After a 2-year pandemic-inspired hiatus, the non-profit Hook & Ladder Theater in south Minneapolis is proud to announce a return to it’s Annual Morelfeast Fundraiser on Saturday, June 4th, featuring an outstanding mix of local chef-talent from award-winning twin cities’ restaurants, with a focus on eclectic preparations of Minnesota’s state fungus - the mighty Morel!

Join us for an awesome night of roots music as we celebrate the release of In The Fire, the highly-anticipated new album by Jeff Ray & The Stakes. Twin Cities party favorites The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins kick off the festivities.

jeremy messersmith is an indie pop singer-songwriter and one of Minnesota’s most recognized and celebrated artists, praised by The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Paste Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Spin, and Rolling Stone among many others. A thoughtful, clever lyricist with a tender voice, the Minneapolis-based troubadour crafts songs that are catchy and relatable, and span the emotional gamut from poignancy to whimsy.

All The Pretty Horses
Founded in 1993, and led by performance artist Venus DeMars, All The Pretty Horses blends the influences of artists such as Bowie and Sex Pistols with a dose of heavy guitar rock and outrageous costumes, into a self-described Glam-Punk Trans-Band.

Grrrl Scout events are created for queer folx (meaning, but not limited to all people that identify within the LGBTQIA+ umbrella) and their allies.

Bringing some Louisiana swamp rock radiating from the bowels of New Orleans. Cosmic Fishheads will bring the heat, the boogie and the spaceship you need to blast off for two 'After Dark' fat sets!

EVENT DETAILS under the canopy at The Hook and Ladder Theater 1:00pm - 6:00pm All Ages *Does not include feesNO REFUNDS EVENT DESCRIPTION The Legacy Building, First Independence Bank, The Current, & The Firehouse PAC presents Soul of The Southside Juneteenth Festival Join us for the Soul of the Southside Juneteenth Festival featuring live music, [...]

Columbia, Missouri trio The Hooten Hallers are a high-energy blues-rock band known for hard-traveling and wild live shows, with a seemingly endless tour schedule.

PRIDE is the perfect place to meet new people, make new friends or snag a new sweetie!! So diitch the apps and join us, on the Hook & Ladder patio, for some fresh air, tasty drinks, outdoor games and a whole bunch of queer cuties. Swipe Right is an event for folx wanting to build community, connect with new queer friends and more! We can’t wait to kickoff PRIDE weekend with you!

Hook & Ladder Theater and Minnesota Music Coalition come together to feature amazing Minnesota talent across a variety of genres. Join us monthly (Every 4th Thursday) to catch some of your favorites as well as some musicians you may not have seen yet!

A Wayne “The Train” Hancock album is as refreshing as a beer pulled from a tub of ice on a summer’s day. You stick your hand deep into that tub, you know it’s gonna be cold, and you know it’s gonna be beer, but, dang, if it ain’t always a kick how surprisingly JUST RIGHT it is.

Thelma and the Sleaze is an independent all-female, queer rock band from Nashville, Tennessee that has released two LPS, and numerous singles and EPs. Their music combines heavy rock ‘n’ roll and southern old school blues.

What happens when you give three queer musicians a Tinder account? They find a fourth and start a band. VIAL is a Minneapolis, MN-based band, founded in 2019 by four best friends who just wanted to write and play the music they wanted to hear in Minnesota. With keytarist Taylor Kraemer (she/they), guitarist KT Branscom (they/them), drummer Katie Fischer (she/they), and bassist Kate Kanfield (they/them), VIAL brings their genre-bending cascade of sound into electrifying live performances.

Master of Ceremony and reader Zibiquah, Potawatomi/Ho-Chunk, Poet/Writer;
Annastacia Cardon, writer and poet, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Anthony Ceballos, Mille Lacs Ojibwe, Poet/Writer; Teresa Peterson, Utuhu Cistinna Win, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, writer; Bay Quaderer, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, Poet/Writer. HIP HOP Artists: Native Son, bdewankanton Dakota and Hopi, DJ & Hip Hop Artist; Tall Paul, Leech Lake Ojibwe, Hip Hop Artist.

American Songwriter describes Eilen Jewell as “one of America's most intriguing, creative and idiosyncratic voices.” The Boise, Idaho songwriter leads a tight quartet that blends influences of surf-noir, early blues, classic country, folk, and 1960s era rock ’n’ roll.