Events

Featuring House of Mercy Band, award winning classic amaricana Rebekah Crisanta is a Mexica/ Azteca musician performing as Lady Xok, Poet Amy Munson, and the Music Hall Community Choir singing white gospel, shapenote, and worker and civil rights movement songs. A neighborhood performance space + music, art, writing, community. In a time of increasing isolation and fragmenting communities, House of Mercy Music Hall provides a creative public performance space where everyone is welcome and encourages collaboration across disciplines, genres, ages, ideologies, and identities. Follow on Instagram @houseofmercymusichall.

Danny’s thrilled to be back in the Twin Cities. He was with beloved St Paul-based record label, Red House Records (Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, etc) for almost a decade, and built a deep love of the Twin Cities during that time. $20 tickets at the door Schmidt is a force of nature: a blue moon, a hundred-year flood, an avalanche of a singer-songwriter. His songs are a flood of poetry, mythology, folk wisdom, and surprise. He is perhaps the best new songwriter we’ve heard in the last 15 years. Sing Out Magazine

Special Guests John Hermanson of Storyhill Angel Band Grannis Girls Angel and Michael Abigail Pelham and Doug Trail-Johnson Doors at 6:30 Volunteer For This Event! Ushers and Stage Crew needed. Friday set up 6:30 - 8:00 pm Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 pm More info

Ben Kyle is a Singer, Song Maker with Romantica. Poet, Painter. Father of 5. Joyful human. With guests: Sound Bath Angel Protest Song Singalong with Paul Laurine Chang - spoken word $20 tickets at the door He has such a warm voice, it really draws me in. I like it very much. Peter Jesperson (New West Records)

Obsidian James is an Afro-Indigenous Artist from Harlem, New York. He fell in love with music on a subway platform as countless musicians poured their hearts out to anyone who would listen. James started writing and performing songs at the age of 14 and now he has been releasing music for the world to hear since 2024. Spotlight on Obsidian James Also performing: Liz Draper Hawona Sullivan Janzen The Music Hall Community Choir   I am an Afro-Indigenous (Nahua & African American) artist who’s bringing honest and relatable music to the world Obsidian James, Musician

Friday, April 17, 8pm Headliner Erik Brandt and the Folksingers Featuring the lineup from his recent album Folksinger: Doug Trail-Johnson Elise Trail-Johnson Jeremy Szopinski Dave Strahan Peter Rasmussen AJ Scheiber To learn more, check out the Spotlight on Erik Brandt Opening band: Wintry Elementary Wintry Elementary is a four-piece indie band based in Northfield, Minnesota. Formed at St. Olat College by students in the "Enduring Questions" program, the group describes their sound as "chamber folk pop" that is lyrically-driven and "quietly nerdy. Their music often draws inspiration from cinema, poetry, and classical music, with songs acting as stories-a reflection of their academic roots. Also performing: Mercy Music Hall Community Choir   $20 tickets at the door. Tickets include a complimentary CD by Erik Brandt The Music Hall provides a welcoming community performance venue for these audiences and a safe and supportive space for new performers.