Inexperienced Day, Weezer, Father John Misty, Alabama Shakes
Minnesota Yacht Membership Competition 2025, St Paul, Minnesota, US, July 18-20, 2025,
Jul 24, 2025
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In its sophomore yr of existence, Minnesota Yacht Membership Competition took a large leap this yr in establishing themselves as one of many new go to music competition locations in mid July. The St Paul primarily based competition takes place within the Harriet Island Regional Park alongside the Mississippi River which together with the skylines and summer season sunsets painted the right backdrops for the headliners.
A giant change for the fest in its second yr was extending its size from two to 3 days. The weekend’s lineup was a stupendous fusion of a wide range of artists from the 90s together with present artists who’ve clearly drawn their very own inspiration from acts of that period of music.
This yr’s headliners included, Hozier, Alabama Shakes, Fall Out Boy and Inexperienced Day in addition to marquee acts Weezer, Rubbish, Sheryl Crow and to my shock Practice. I assume we must always by no means underestimate the ability of singalong rock ballads. There have been lots of hidden gems all through the weekend both for native followers who had been unaware of the artists or a number of the up and coming artists who simply are making actually thrilling music.
A brand new technology of guitar rock gods and goddesses with Cory Wong and Grace Bowers. Private favorites from the weekend had been Father John Misty, Rafaella and Remi Wolf. The Seashores had a killer set as they excited their followers for his or her upcoming sophomore album, No Exhausting Emotions due out on the finish of August.
It’s thrilling to see a competition this younger set up itself so seamlessly and each embrace town’s musical historical past in addition to create a novel expertise that has this music fan trying ahead to seeing what they’ve in retailer for us subsequent yr.
