Northfield Downtown Development Corporation

It’s the NDDC’s annual thank-you to our partners…and celebration of Downtown Northfield.  Doors open at 7 p.m., at the Grand Event Center.  There’ll be live music, free appetizers, a cash bar, a low-key raffle, and a whole bunch of your friends and neighbors.  So come on down(town) and celebrate with us, this Friday night.

Friday, February 17th: NDDC Downtown Celebration, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m., Grand Event Center; 6th Annual Northfield Winter Stomp, 7:00 – 10:30 p.m., National Guard Armory; The Melvilles, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Hogan Brothers; Arsenic and Old Lace, 7:30p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Dan Israel, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Matthew Griswold, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; Martin Devaney, 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Contented Cow; and Karaoke, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein. (more…)

The Big Wu is celebrating 20 years of making music…in downtown Northfield.  The Big Wu was founded in 1992 by St. Olaf College students and played their first gig on 2/14/1992 in the Lion’s Pause in the basement of the old Ytterboe hall.  The Big Wu continued to play every three weeks or so at the Upstairs Reub.  They return to the Rueb this Saturday night.  There’s even more return of local talent on Saturday night, Meredith Fierke and the McKinstrys at at the NAG and The Last Known Whereabouts are at the Cow. (more…)

Winter may be on its way out…but we’ve still got a number of weeks of days with late sunrises and early sunsets.  Shake off the gloom…and shake your tailfeathers…to the music of such American greats as Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, provided by local greats Terry Van DeWalker, Scott Skaja, Allison Rae, Jacob Hendrickson, C. J. Alt, Ross Willits, and Ray Barnard…Friday night at the Cow.

Friday, February 3rd: New Moon Trio, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; One Act Plays, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium; Winter (’50s) Dance Party, 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Ben Aaron, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Karaoke, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein. (more…)

Given my interest in Country Rock, Outlaw Country, and Alt-Country Music, I was thinking this might be a ’70s Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys tribute band.  But no, think ’60s British Invasion, The Tornadoes, The Beatles, The Troggs…and The Kinks, tribute band.  They’re “flying in” from the Twin Cities to play at the Contented Cow on Friday night.

Thursday, January 26th: Midnight Collision, 8:00 to 11:00, Contented Cow; Lyric Theater: Transformations, 8:00 p.m., Urness Recital Hall on the St. Olaf College campus; Marv Gohman, 8:30 to 11:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Prom Queef, 11:59 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Contented Cow. (more…)

Dirty Petrov and the Gentillionaires, Northfield’s premier Gypsy Rock band, will be making music for premium dance this weekend in Downtown Northfield.  It’s downtown Saturday night at the Cow.  Not into Gypsy Rock?  Then Eat Ice Cream in the Snow, Saturday afternoon in Bridge Square.

Friday, January 13th: Occasional Jazz, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Arts for Martin, 7:00 p.m., ARTech; Exhibit Opening Reception: Surfacing and One Stroke at a Time, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild; The Melvilles, 7:00 p.m., Hogan Brothers; The Beguine Brothers, 8:00 to 11:00, Contented Cow; Matthew Griswold, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; The 8th Street Band, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein; and Mark Mraz, 9:00 p.m., Froggy Bottoms.

Saturday, January 14th: Winter Scream, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., Bridge Square; New Moon Trio, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow; Harlow’s Edge, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Hogan Brothers; Relativity, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; Spruce Top Review, 8:00 to 10:30 p.m., Contented Cow; D J Music, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein, Whiskey Trick, 9:30 p.m., Froggy Bottoms; and Dirty Petrov and the Gentillionaires, 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Contented Cow.

Sunday, January 15th: Politics and a Pint, 6:00 p.m., Northern Roots Session, 7:00 p.m., and Quiz Night, 8:00 p.m., all at the Contented Cow.