Hello my friends!
We had such a blast at Pride and thank you so much to all of you lovely people who joined us. Unfortunately, our Wirth Park Trailhead show was a literal washout with rain coming down sideways soaking us and our equipment. Luckily, no equipment casualties this time!
We are joining forces with several other bands on Saturday, July 1 at Palmer’s to raise money for She Rock She Rock, the nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls, women, trans and nonbinary folks through the art of music. I participated earlier this year as a coach for their Women’s Rock Retreat and saw firsthand the amazing effect this organization has on the participants.
On July 5 at the Icehouse, my Wisconsin friend Genevieve Hayward will be playing with an opening set by Natalie Fideler. We played with her at the Octopus in Cedar Falls last April and she was magnificent~I highly recommend this show! She sings like Dusty Springfield and writes like Elton John.
Coming up on July 7, I’ll be joining First Avenue’s Rock Lottery - 48 Hours, 25 Musicians, 5 Bands, 1 Stage! “25 local musicians are drafted into 5 bands and have 48 hours to write a collection of original music to perform on the Mainroom stage” This should be a blast and I hope you can join us to see how it turns out!
Next up on July 8 the whole band will be playing at the Aster Cafe with support from Boston’s Linnea’s Garden. Linnea’s originally from St. Paul, but left for the East Coast several years ago where by day she is a scientist (I kid you not) and by night a crazy rock star. Tickets are only $12 bucks and available here. Super guy Joe Holland from The Goo Goo Mucks and Mad Mojo Jett is filling in on bass that night for the power trio.
Then we hit the road again for a show in Winona at the No Name Bar with cool bands Rogue the Wolf and The Silent Treatment on 7/21 and then the Smokestack in Dubuque with local heroes Skinny and the Shakes.
To wrap up the month we once again join a cast of thousands for PALMFEST 2023 with the Black Widows, River Sinclaire, Whiskey Rock and Roll Club Minneapolis, Goo Goo Mucks, the Sex Rays, The Silent Treatment, Cornbread Harris and many more! The festival runs from 7/29-7/30 and promises once again to be a hot and sweaty not-to-miss summer concert.
That’s all for now-I love seeing your beautiful faces at shows and can’t believe how lucky I am to play music again.
See you soon,
xoCindy