After last year’s rousing success, mnartists.org Field Day is back tomorrow (August 19th) with a fresh slate of events and activities celebrating local artists and art supporters. In a summer bursting with exciting, intriguing and unexpected events on the Walker Open Field…..Field Day is sure deliver something for everyone.
There will be several performing arts events throughout the day from experiments in the Sky Pesher to an Open Mic and a live DJ to try out your grooves on the grove. Its all free…so come out and join us.
The Genesis
Open Lounge, 4 pm – 6 pm
Invoking the spirit of the beginnings of Hip Hop culture, the audience is invited to interact with D.J. mal – who will be continuously spinning and cutting up various musical selections live. The audience is invited to step up to the microphone, and/or get on the dance floor, and add their own voice to the beats.
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Rockstar Storytellers
Open Lounge, 6 pm – 8 pm
Raise a drink after work and listen as some of Minnesota’s most entertaining writers, performers and artists tell stories under the canopy of the trees in the Open Field Grove. What to know more…check out this profile from our mnartists.org.
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Campfire Concerts
Greenspace, Lounge and James Turrell Sky Pesher 8:30 -10 pm
Join with local musicians Holley Munoz, the Roe Family Singers and Velvet Davenport as they perform in intimate settings around the Walker campus. From experimental battery-powered rock in the Skypesher, old-fashioned jam under a grove of trees, to acoustic sing-along on the grass with artist designed “campfire”…its will be a wonderful way to close out the evening.
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