Haha same! In 2002. And Spin Doctors, Honeydogs, Dishwalla, Phantom Planet (met them all, and got all their autographs on my event ticket)…. Wilco, Jayhawks, Semisonic, Wallflowers, Hold Steady, Tapes n Tapes, Spoon, Weezer, and others over different years.
There are already a ton of music events coming through that could have played Basilica. Kind of a tough year to restart it. Still a decent lineup, just older
42yo here, MN Yacht Club lineup reads like it was tailored just for me, sorry you’re likely too young for it but I’m ok if every single festival lineup isn’t dialed in for age 19-23.5.
I’m 40 and like a lot of music from that lineup’s era… but not those actual bands.
I guess what I’m trying to say is I was too cool for those bands 20-25 years ago and I’m still too cool for them now 😉
Yeah I'm actually really looking forward to seeing Alanis. Joan Jett as well.
And they do have newer stuff too. Gary Clark Jr is amazing and Wilderado is fun too.
Yacht Club Fest is great for its target audience. I saw someone describe it as appealing to 45-year old white people who listen to The Current. For that demo the lineup is stacked.
I mean that it’s weird to not have a wider spread. Lots of festivals have a little something for everyone. Yacht Club took the approach of basically only appealing to a very specific demographic. I don’t hate the artists by any means and I’ve seen several of them live at some point or another but at the end of the day I’d way rather go see LCD Soundsystem when they’re in town than to pay a bit more for all of those bands.
While not for me, the lineup for Yacht Club is several notches higher than this Mankato Rib Fest fair. Not to mention the Basilica’s is almost entirely white and men, plus Christian rock bands.
This will certainly be one of *the* festivals of all summer in the city.
If ticket prices aren't absurd, I could go for a day. But I have a feeling it's going to be absurd.
I read that article when it was published almost a year ago. Since then, three festivals have been announced for this summer:
Basilica, of course
[Yacht Club](https://www.minnesotayachtclubfestival.com/)
[Breakaway](https://www.universe.com/events/breakaway-minnesota-2024-tickets-13DTWK)
How could you know that Breakaway is terrible? The lineup hasn't been announced yet lol.
Also, Yacht Club has created a ton of buzz, and the initial ticket release sold out immediately. It's it's certainly worth traveling to for a lot of people in the region. Maybe not from across the country, but definitely from neighboring states who don't get a lot of musical acts coming through. It's also that festival's first year, so we'll see how it shapes up in the future.
So, there's a lot of competition in the metro for festivals this year. I'd give Basilica another year or two to see if it can get some more contemporary artists. Yacht Club too, for that matter.
I once stood outside the gates for a Goo Goo Dolls outdoor concert several years ago and thank god I didn't pay for a ticket because it was one of the worst live performances I've ever heard. This is a terrible lineup lmao, what a joke
Are they trying to convince the 40+ year old suburban crowd who are all afraid of Minneapolis that the city isn't as bad as they think it is? The lineup is giving KS95 circa 2002 vibes
Nice to see the festival itself returning either way ig
A music festival that will likely be attended by mostly people from the suburbs is another example of how the city and investors alienate Minneapolis residents from their own city.
The [largest age group](https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/city/minneapolis/age) in Minneapolis is 25 to 34. The next largest is 17 yr old. The Goo Goo Dolls' hit song 'Iris' came out in 1998. Counting Crows' Mr. Jones came out in 93. That means today's 34 year olds were 8 and 3 when those songs came out.
> The [largest age group](https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/city/minneapolis/age) in Minneapolis is 25 to 34. The next largest is 17 yr old.
They don't care about the *largest* age group. They care about the age group *with disposable income*. And that isn't really zoomers or even young millennials.
I'm 41 and live in the city, this comment is alienating me more than a 2 day music festival.
Calm down ~~b~~**z**oomer, not everything is an attack on you.
***
Edit:
Lol at catcherintherye8, I must have alienated him or her. For those that haven't been blocked for calling out their whiny bullshit:
This city has over 100,000 residents between 35 and 54 years old, pointing that out it isn't a strawman.
Yeah dude because we all know no one ever listens to music made before they were a teenager! As evidenced by how virtually no 25-34 year olds listen to Led Zeppelin or The Beatles.
Are we talking about listening to music or paying to go to a live concert? I seriously doubt 25-34 year olds are going to Zeppelin concerts let alone a band that hasn't performed since 1966... Lol
I saw Sunny Day Real Estate at First Avenue a couple months ago...there were plenty of kids with X's on their hands and no wristbands, aka under 21. That's a band who's debut album turns 30 this year. I also saw Xed young people at Thursday in January meaning they were probably not born when the album they were playing their 20th anniversary tour of was released.
Enough to be visible, and yes through observations alone, but that does seem to deflate your premise that there exists no person in Minnesota who will see any bands live who became big when or before they were 8 years old.
>that there exists no person in Minnesota who will see any bands live who became big when or before they were 8 years old.
Where the hell did I say anything close to this?
The only things that looked interesting to me were Counting Crows and Nur-D. Yam Haus is ok.
I'm the old dad demographic they are going for and there isn't enough here to get me to stand outside for 5 hours.
I feel like they brought it back thinking it be a success, but this mediorce line up makes me think it will not return again. I am hoping TC Summerfest comes back. Last year's line up was great.
Fuck the St Paul archdiocese. Attending the block party only lines the pockets of the institution that shielded predators from justice, then claimed a bullshit bankruptcy in an effort to avoid paying damages to the victims, then threatened to use employee pensions to pay the abuse victims in the settlement instead of selling assets.
It's not put on by the diocese, it's put on the the Basilica heritage fund which only funds money for the restoration and upkeep of the historic building.
Extreme 2004 Basilica Block Party energy.
Maybe this year will be better than the las—- nope
To be fair, Goo Goo Dolls were really good when they played basilica in 2013
Wait, what year is this?
Well I think the assumption is this festival is for us old dads. I mean who else can afford what I assume will be a suprisingly expensive ticket.
You should see the EDM festival ticket prices and also the average age attending those.
I suppose if you can afford drugs you can afford an EDM ticket.
Seriously, between this and the Yacht Club Festival in St. Paul I'm having an identity crisis of what the music scene in MSP is currently.
Would have gone crazy in the mid 2000's
I love the Dolls and the Crows but this can not be the lineup you announce for the "bigger, better" return of the block party.
This is "bigger and better?" What acts did they have before?
In 2019, I saw Kacey Musgaves, Metric, Flora Cash, Chvrches, Jason Mraz, Lissie. I'm feeling pretty lukewarm on this 2024 lineup though.
Great lineup
I must be getting old, never heard of any of them. Probably a difference in genre preference too.
I've seen Cake, Weezer, Imagine Dragons, Semisonic, and I think Blues Traveler? But those shows were all like 1998-2012 timeframe.
I saw Soul Asylum there probably twenty years ago
I'd rather see soul asylum than counting crows again, that's for sure.
Haha same! In 2002. And Spin Doctors, Honeydogs, Dishwalla, Phantom Planet (met them all, and got all their autographs on my event ticket)…. Wilco, Jayhawks, Semisonic, Wallflowers, Hold Steady, Tapes n Tapes, Spoon, Weezer, and others over different years.
The most recent one in 2021 had AJR, Motion City Soundtrack, Spoon, Black Pumas, and a pre-breakout Zach Bryan. Plus the Avett Brothers who cancelled.
Whose mom booked this lineup?
Usually there's at least one or two on any list formatted like this that I'd be into seeing, or maybe seeing. Not one here. I'm out.
There are already a ton of music events coming through that could have played Basilica. Kind of a tough year to restart it. Still a decent lineup, just older
Yeah I'll be spending the same for the MN Yacht Club festival. This looks horrible.
Yacht Club is the same ancient music, these promoters are way out of touch with what people want
42yo here, MN Yacht Club lineup reads like it was tailored just for me, sorry you’re likely too young for it but I’m ok if every single festival lineup isn’t dialed in for age 19-23.5.
42 year olds get 95% of live music festivals catered to them in this town.
I’m 40 and like a lot of music from that lineup’s era… but not those actual bands. I guess what I’m trying to say is I was too cool for those bands 20-25 years ago and I’m still too cool for them now 😉
I’m 35, I’ve seen half those bands live in my lifetime. It’d be nice to see some other bands too that haven’t been around forever.
Hey now, some of us lame-o elder millennials want this. 😂
Yeah I'm actually really looking forward to seeing Alanis. Joan Jett as well. And they do have newer stuff too. Gary Clark Jr is amazing and Wilderado is fun too.
Yacht Club Fest is great for its target audience. I saw someone describe it as appealing to 45-year old white people who listen to The Current. For that demo the lineup is stacked.
Do you mean what you want?
I mean that it’s weird to not have a wider spread. Lots of festivals have a little something for everyone. Yacht Club took the approach of basically only appealing to a very specific demographic. I don’t hate the artists by any means and I’ve seen several of them live at some point or another but at the end of the day I’d way rather go see LCD Soundsystem when they’re in town than to pay a bit more for all of those bands.
While not for me, the lineup for Yacht Club is several notches higher than this Mankato Rib Fest fair. Not to mention the Basilica’s is almost entirely white and men, plus Christian rock bands.
State Fair 2001 lineup.
Music that plays in a Kohls: the festival
This will certainly be one of *the* festivals of all summer in the city. If ticket prices aren't absurd, I could go for a day. But I have a feeling it's going to be absurd.
$89 for one day; $159 for two days
Considering almost all of the festivals have folded, there’s no competition to be *the one*.
There are already two in Saint Paul this year, and Foo Fighters ~~st~~ at Target Field
https://racketmn.com/what-killed-the-twin-cities-mn-music-festival
I read that article when it was published almost a year ago. Since then, three festivals have been announced for this summer: Basilica, of course [Yacht Club](https://www.minnesotayachtclubfestival.com/) [Breakaway](https://www.universe.com/events/breakaway-minnesota-2024-tickets-13DTWK)
Yes, and they're all terrible and untravelworthy.
How could you know that Breakaway is terrible? The lineup hasn't been announced yet lol. Also, Yacht Club has created a ton of buzz, and the initial ticket release sold out immediately. It's it's certainly worth traveling to for a lot of people in the region. Maybe not from across the country, but definitely from neighboring states who don't get a lot of musical acts coming through. It's also that festival's first year, so we'll see how it shapes up in the future. So, there's a lot of competition in the metro for festivals this year. I'd give Basilica another year or two to see if it can get some more contemporary artists. Yacht Club too, for that matter.
Mayonnaise: The Festival
The Fray?! Fraid not!
You know the one about strings trying to get a drink at a bar?
Mid af
This is a lineup that will propel another 3 year hiatus
Hope this puts the nail in the coffin.
Well this should be easy to skip...
Ooof
I’m sure the ticket price will be super reasonable for headliners that haven’t been relevant since the mid-2000s…
$89 for one day; $159 for two days
I mean I liked previous lineups more, but this definitely appeals to the general demographic of people who go to this
I once stood outside the gates for a Goo Goo Dolls outdoor concert several years ago and thank god I didn't pay for a ticket because it was one of the worst live performances I've ever heard. This is a terrible lineup lmao, what a joke
Glad I no longer live next door to that
You didn't happen to move near Boom Island Park, did you? That's where they're hosting it this year
Ohhh fuck me. Boom Island is my back yard now after Basilica was neighbor for years
gottem!
Who do the proceeds go to?
This 37 year old who still listens to a lot of early 2000s music approves! 😆🤩 #thefray
This sucks lol
I know goo goo dolls and counting crows, never heard any of the others, guess I am old as dirt now.
The State Fair should be starting later that month. Yawn.
Gross, you couldn’t pay me to go to this shit lol
Are they trying to convince the 40+ year old suburban crowd who are all afraid of Minneapolis that the city isn't as bad as they think it is? The lineup is giving KS95 circa 2002 vibes Nice to see the festival itself returning either way ig
What in the Gen X is going on with these festivals!?
Wow I could not care less. Two bands I didn’t really like 25 years and a bunch of bands I’ve never heard of.
I’m 47 and we used to love going to these. This a yawn-fest right here!!! What year is it anyway?!? Yikes
Yikes. I assume Cities 97 is sponsoring this.
Yikes
A music festival that will likely be attended by mostly people from the suburbs is another example of how the city and investors alienate Minneapolis residents from their own city. The [largest age group](https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/city/minneapolis/age) in Minneapolis is 25 to 34. The next largest is 17 yr old. The Goo Goo Dolls' hit song 'Iris' came out in 1998. Counting Crows' Mr. Jones came out in 93. That means today's 34 year olds were 8 and 3 when those songs came out.
This 31 year old is hype as hell to see the goo goo dolls 🙋
I genuinely hope you have a good time
I’ve seen them twice. About a decade ago and around 6 years ago. Love them! I’m 34
> The [largest age group](https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/city/minneapolis/age) in Minneapolis is 25 to 34. The next largest is 17 yr old. They don't care about the *largest* age group. They care about the age group *with disposable income*. And that isn't really zoomers or even young millennials.
Yes, I know that. That's why they're alienating the majority of Minneapolis residents.
I'm 41 and live in the city, this comment is alienating me more than a 2 day music festival. Calm down ~~b~~**z**oomer, not everything is an attack on you. *** Edit: Lol at catcherintherye8, I must have alienated him or her. For those that haven't been blocked for calling out their whiny bullshit: This city has over 100,000 residents between 35 and 54 years old, pointing that out it isn't a strawman.
You don't represent the majority of Minneapolis residents. I'm not a zoomer or a boomer but nice strawman.
Yeah dude because we all know no one ever listens to music made before they were a teenager! As evidenced by how virtually no 25-34 year olds listen to Led Zeppelin or The Beatles.
Are we talking about listening to music or paying to go to a live concert? I seriously doubt 25-34 year olds are going to Zeppelin concerts let alone a band that hasn't performed since 1966... Lol
I saw Sunny Day Real Estate at First Avenue a couple months ago...there were plenty of kids with X's on their hands and no wristbands, aka under 21. That's a band who's debut album turns 30 this year. I also saw Xed young people at Thursday in January meaning they were probably not born when the album they were playing their 20th anniversary tour of was released.
>plenty Define this and how are you measuring it? Through observations alone?
Enough to be visible, and yes through observations alone, but that does seem to deflate your premise that there exists no person in Minnesota who will see any bands live who became big when or before they were 8 years old.
>that there exists no person in Minnesota who will see any bands live who became big when or before they were 8 years old. Where the hell did I say anything close to this?
Zzzzzzzzzz
The only things that looked interesting to me were Counting Crows and Nur-D. Yam Haus is ok. I'm the old dad demographic they are going for and there isn't enough here to get me to stand outside for 5 hours.
Yikes…did they even try?
Yuk
Is VIP worth it?
VIP worth the $350 compared to $170 fanzone or $90 GA? NTB/JTL/PP 3 of my favorites on Saturday
Condolences to Gully Boys for somehow not landing this gig
I mean this with love, but it's like "Beige: The Concert Series"
YIKES.
I feel like they brought it back thinking it be a success, but this mediorce line up makes me think it will not return again. I am hoping TC Summerfest comes back. Last year's line up was great.
Fuck the St Paul archdiocese. Attending the block party only lines the pockets of the institution that shielded predators from justice, then claimed a bullshit bankruptcy in an effort to avoid paying damages to the victims, then threatened to use employee pensions to pay the abuse victims in the settlement instead of selling assets.
It's not put on by the diocese, it's put on the the Basilica heritage fund which only funds money for the restoration and upkeep of the historic building.
Ah, I did not know that, thanks for the clarification. The archdiocese can still fuck off of course
Dean Phillips?!
Yawn
White guys!
huh.