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Events for August 22, 2008

Blues Tonic

When: 9:00 PM
Where: American Legion
Phone (venue): 701-293-3930
21+, ID Required

Poitin

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Dempsey’s Public House
Phone (venue): (701) 235-5913
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

Legionnaires

These FM originals will be gracing the Fargo VFW Post 762 with their “country and bluegrass jams, with the rude talk that y’all secretly love” for two nights this weekend. Both shows begin at 9:30pm, and will showcase some new material the band has been working on for their upcoming CD.

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Fargo VFW
Phone (venue): 701.235.8243
21+, ID Required

Love at Bombsite with Fup and Sleeping in Gethsemane

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required

Mindfunk Allstars

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required

Blue 42

When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Venue @ The Hub
Phone (venue): 701.478.HUB7
21+, ID Required

Dirty White

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Hooligan’s
Phone (venue): (701) 373-0770
21+, ID Required

Events for August 23, 2008

Ewa Tarsia’s Solo Exhibition Artist Reception

When: 6:00 PM
Where: North Dakota Museum of Art
Phone (venue): (701) 777-419
HPR Best Bet!

Kanser

Twin Cities hip hop (backed by a full band) returns for an evening of awesome shows. Joining them for both shows are Blueprint & Illogic and Fargo’s own Me and You Crew. The all-ages show begins at 6:30pm, the 21+ crowd files in at 10pm.

Price: $6
When: 6:30 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913

Kanser (with full band), Blueprint, Illogic and Me & You Crew

Early All Ages Show.

Price: $6
When: 6:30 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913

Kanser (with full band), Blueprint, Illogic and Me & You Crew

Price: $6
When: 6:30 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913

Horse Park Concert Series: Boomtown

When: 7:00 PM
Where: North Dakota Horse Park
Phone (venue):

Sketch Comedy Troupe

When: 7:00 PM
Where: Roland Dille Center for the Arts-Fox Recital Hall
Phone (venue):

Flashback

When: 8:30 PM
Where: West Fargo VFW
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Rumblefish

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Speck’s Bar
Phone (venue): (701) 232-0202
21+, ID Required

Methuselah

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Rick’s Bar
Phone (venue): 701.232.8356
21+, ID Required

Blues Tonic

When: 9:00 PM
Where: American Legion
Phone (venue): 701-293-3930
21+, ID Required

The Blackwells

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Spirits Lounge (Holiday Inn)
Phone (venue): (701) 277-7330
21+, ID Required

The Legionnaires

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Fargo VFW
Phone (venue): 701.235.8243
21+, ID Required

Avalanche

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Pistol Pete’s
Phone (venue): 701.478.4012
21+, ID Required

Betty Does

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Big D’s (Fargo)
Phone (venue): 701-241-4FUN
21+, ID Required

Mystical Overtones with Christopher Flitton, Fighting at a College Level and The Decomposuers

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

Mystical Overtones

It only takes a moment of listening to understand that these folky, Jack White-inspired blues boys are sure to gain momentum, and eventually rock everyone’s faces off. Playing the Nestor with them are Fargo’s Christopher Flitton, Fighting at a College Level and the Decomposeurs. 

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required

Kanser (with full band), Blueprint, Illogic and Me & You Crew

Late 21+ Show. 

Price: $6
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required

Events for August 24, 2008

HPR Best Bet!

“Salsa del Sol”

Island Park Outdoor Festival. Nine-piece salsa band from the Cities.

When: 1:00 PM
Where: Island Park
Phone (venue):

Roosters

When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Windbreak Saloon
Phone (venue): 701.282.5507
21+, ID Required

Sketch Comedy Troupe

Price: $5
When: 10:00 PM
Where: Roland Dille Center for the Arts-Fox Recital Hall
Phone (venue):

Events for August 25, 2008

HPR Best Bet!

A Great Conversation With Phil Jackson

From Williston to Los Angeles and everything in between.  We won’t miss this one.

When: 5:00 PM
Where: Chester Fritz Auditorium
Phone (venue): (701) 777-4090

The Well Hungarians

When: 7:30 PM
Where: MSUM Student Union
Phone (venue):

Events for August 26, 2008

Summer Concert in the Garden

Price: $5
When: 6:00 PM
Where: North Dakota Museum of Art
Phone (venue): (701) 777-419

Karen Solgaard

Price: $15
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center
Phone (venue): (218) 299-5511

JONNY LANG w/ Jason Eskridge

Price: $43
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Fargo Theatre
Phone (venue): 701.235.4152

Jonny Lang

Price: $45
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Fargo Theatre
Phone (venue): 701.235.4152

Tom Roble

When: 7:30 PM
Where: The Winery
Phone (venue): 701-237-WINE
21+, ID Required

Kenyon Williams and Ryan Jackson: “The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies”

When: 7:30 PM
Where: Roland Dille Center for the Arts-Fox Recital Hall
Phone (venue):
HPR Best Bet!

Jonny Lang

Fargo’s blues prodigy returns to the Fargo Theatre for a night of promising entertainment. This all-ages show begins at 7:30pm. Tickets available at the Fargo Theatre, or the Hub Ticket Kiosks. For more information call: 1.800.882.4275.

Price: $45
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Fargo Theatre
Phone (venue): 701.235.4152
HPR Best Bet!

Tsavo

Eric Mitchell has been writing songs since junior high, so his mother told me.  Now he and the rest of Tsavo are doing their first real gig, to be followed by their first CD in a month or so. His mother would be so very proud of him. I know I am. Acoustic urban folk. 612.623.4545

Price: No cover
When: 9:00 PM
Where: Terminal Bar, 409 E. Hennepin, Minneapolis
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Funk You

When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required

Events for August 27, 2008

Blind Joe’s Alcoholiday

Join the gang at Rascals this Friday in celebration of a much needed “alco-holiday”! Featuring performances by Fargo favorite, Blind Joe! The celebriation lasts all day, the show begins after 9pm.

When: 1:27 PM
Where: Rascals
Phone (venue): (218) 287-1846
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

F-M Leonard Peltier Support Group

It’s been 33 years since the shootout at Jumping Bull Ranch, and Leonard Peltier has been in prison for more than 30 years.

When: 6:30 PM
Where: Moorhead Public Library
Phone (venue): (218) 233-7594

Carmen the Cactus

When: 8:00 PM
Where: Hotel Donaldson
Phone (venue): 701.401.8888
21+, ID Required

Gordon Court

When: 8:00 PM
Where: Fort Noks
Phone (venue): 701-478-9191
21+, ID Required

Deadly Electric Blonde

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Rick’s Bar
Phone (venue): 701.232.8356
21+, ID Required

Fallback

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Rick’s Bar
Phone (venue): 701.232.8356
21+, ID Required

Great Outdoors

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Pistol Pete’s
Phone (venue): 701.478.4012
21+, ID Required

Cassie Mae

When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Windbreak Saloon
Phone (venue): 701.282.5507
21+, ID Required

Events for August 28, 2008

Lance Johnson on the Mighty Wurlitzer

When: 12:00 PM
Where: Fargo Theatre
Phone (venue): 701.235.4152

“Find Anthony Ant”

When: 6:30 PM
Where: West Fargo Public Library
Phone (venue): (701) 433-5460

UND vs. Texas A & M

When: 7:00 PM
Where: Alerus Center, Grand Forks
Phone (venue):

Nita Velo and Scott Gundvaldson Concert

Price: $10 / $12
When: 7:30 PM
Where: York Mills Regional Cultural Center
Phone (venue):

Tucker’d Out

When: 7:30 PM
Where: The Winery
Phone (venue): 701-237-WINE
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

Divas Of Improv

Its time for a change of pace in your dreary nightlife routine, and The Divias are just the ladies to give it to you. This all gal group will be performing a two hour improv show sure to leave you a changed man or woman. Tickets can be purchased at the Howard Johnson.

Price: $8
When: 8:00 PM
Where: Howard Johnson Hotel
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Last Call Jam Band & Jam Session

When: 8:30 PM
Where: Speck’s Bar
Phone (venue): (701) 232-0202
21+, ID Required

Fargo Elks Karaoke

When: 8:30 PM
Where: Fargo Elks
Phone (venue): 701-293-5151
21+, ID Required

Karoake Lady

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Moorhead VFW
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Whiskey Sam

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Diamond Lounge
Phone (venue): (701) 772-8700
21+, ID Required

Fallback

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Rick’s Bar
Phone (venue): 701.232.8356
21+, ID Required

Great Outdoors

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Pistol Pete’s
Phone (venue): 701.478.4012
21+, ID Required

Identity 5

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Joe Black's, Grand Forks
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

October Road

When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Windbreak Saloon
Phone (venue): 701.282.5507
21+, ID Required

The Hub Bar and Grill Open Mic

When: 11:00 PM
Where: The Hub Bar and Grill
Phone (venue): 701-746-7443
21+, ID Required

Events for August 29, 2008

“Swing Kids”

When: 1:30 PM
Where: Fargo Public Library-Carlson Branch
Phone (venue): (701) 476-4040

Divas and Rockstars Karaoke

When: 8:00 PM
Where: Divas and Rockstars
Phone (venue): (701) 356-SING
21+, ID Required

Boomtown

When: 8:30 PM
Where: West Fargo VFW
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

American Legion Karaoke (except on live band nights)

When: 9:00 PM
Where: American Legion
Phone (venue): 701-293-3930
21+, ID Required

Neptune Men

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Speck’s Bar
Phone (venue): (701) 232-0202
21+, ID Required

S.O.L.

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Spirits Lounge (Holiday Inn)
Phone (venue): (701) 277-7330
21+, ID Required

Fargo Elks Karaoke

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Fargo Elks
Phone (venue): 701-293-5151
21+, ID Required

Peppers Karaoke

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Moorhead VFW
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Whiskey Sam

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Diamond Lounge
Phone (venue): (701) 772-8700
21+, ID Required

Great Outdoors

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Pistol Pete’s
Phone (venue): 701.478.4012
21+, ID Required

Jazz on Tap

When: 9:30 PM
Where: ‘I Bistro @ Canad Inn
Phone (venue): (701) 792-1960
21+, ID Required

8th Hour

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Fargo VFW
Phone (venue): 701.235.8243
21+, ID Required

HYENTYTE W/ WBPN

Price: $5
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required

Dingus and Ugly Fat Kids with Dynamiteasaurus and Sleeping in Gethsemane

Price: $5
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

Dingus

These guys have been playing punk rock since they were practically babies. Originating from Grand Forks, now based out of Minneapolis, they’ve had plenty of time to polish their sound, and it shows. Joining them for this rowdy affair are What the H?!, Faster on Building, the Daleks and Fargo’s Dynamiteasaurus (hard to spell, fun to watch).

Price: $5
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required

Vic’s Bar and Grill Karaoke

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Vic’s Bar and Grill, Moorhead, MN
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

Betty Does

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Hooligan’s
Phone (venue): (701) 373-0770
21+, ID Required

October Road

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Windbreak Saloon (Next To The Flying J)
Phone (venue): (701) 282-5507
21+, ID Required

Events for August 30, 2008

PluckStruck

When: 10:30 AM
Where: Town Square Farmer’s Market, Downtown Grand Forks
Phone (venue):
HPR Best Bet!

Aqua Fest

This year’s celebration boasts one hell of a headliner, Billy Nershi (of String Cheese Incident) will be joined by Head For the Hills, Heatbox, Fat Dad and many more. This loaded affair begins at 6pm and runs till bar close. for a full list of performers and times, visit http://www.myspace.com/theaquariumfargo

$20 Door $17 Advance

Price: Advance $17, At the Door $20
When: 6:00 PM
Where: The Aquarium
Phone (venue): 701.235.5913
21+, ID Required

“Yatra: A Journey Through Timeless India”

Price: $5
When: 6:30 PM
Where: Festival Concert Hall-NDSU
Phone (venue):

Horse Park Concert Series: Kevin Diehl

When: 7:00 PM
Where: North Dakota Horse Park
Phone (venue):

“Edges”

When: 7:30 PM
Where: Gaede Stage-Roland Dille Center for the Arts
Phone (venue):

Divas and Rockstars Karaoke

When: 8:00 PM
Where: Divas and Rockstars
Phone (venue): (701) 356-SING
21+, ID Required

Boomtown

When: 8:30 PM
Where: West Fargo VFW
Phone (venue):
21+, ID Required

S.O.L.

When: 8:30 PM
Where: Spirits Lounge (Holiday Inn)
Phone (venue): (701) 277-7330
21+, ID Required

Deadly Electric Blonde

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Rick’s Bar
Phone (venue): 701.232.8356
21+, ID Required

The Bowler Karaoke

When: 9:00 PM
Where: The Bowler
Phone (venue): (701) 293-0200
21+, ID Required

Whiskey Sam

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Diamond Lounge
Phone (venue): (701) 772-8700
21+, ID Required

Platinum Rose

When: 9:00 PM
Where: Mainline Bar &Grill
Phone (venue): 218-789-7610
21+, ID Required

Slammer’s Sports Bar Karaoke

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Slammer’s Sport Bar And Grill (Red River Lanes)
Phone (venue): (701) 235-1912
21+, ID Required

Neptune Men

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Speck’s Bar
Phone (venue): (701) 232-0202
21+, ID Required

8th Hour

When: 9:30 PM
Where: Fargo VFW
Phone (venue): 701.235.8243
21+, ID Required

LUCYD W/ BLACK EYES DOLLS EYES and GO STEVE JONES

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required

October Road

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Windbreak Saloon (Next To The Flying J)
Phone (venue): (701) 282-5507
21+, ID Required
HPR Best Bet!

Lucyd

The Lucyd reunion show was a hit, and this show promises to be similarly thrilling. Joining them are Black Eyes Dolls Eyes and Go Steve Jones. Bring your party pants.

Price: $3
When: 10:00 PM
Where: The Nestor
Phone (venue): 701.232.2485
21+, ID Required

Events for August 31, 2008

HPR Best Bet!

History Rocks

The Grand Forks Historical Society knows how to party. Join them and celebrate the 1950s and 1960s the only way you can, with live music and classic cars. Kenny and the Classics Take the stage at 1:00pm. Classic cars will be on display throughout the grounds. Admission includes tours of the museum facilities. Food and refreshment will be available for purchase. Classic car owners may register as early as 10:00 a.m. 

Price: $5, Children under 12 get in free with the admission of an adult
When: 1:00 PM
Where: Grand Forks HIstorical Society
Phone (venue):

October Road

When: 10:00 PM
Where: Windbreak Saloon (Next To The Flying J)
Phone (venue): (701) 282-5507
21+, ID Required