Don’t forget about the Open Mic happening from 4-6 on Friday and Saturday during the Mid West Music Fest at The Blooming Grounds Coffee Shop!!! Come and see what happens, you never know who will show up…See you there!!!

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The Mid West Music Fest 2013 Artist Sampler presented by The Noisy Neighbor is finally here. It’s got over 30 songs and all from different MWMF 2013 artists. And the best part is you can download it for FREE! So, go get it and listen to some MWMF acts before the festival.

Have you heard about The Noisy Neighbor yet?

The Noisy Neighbor will be your new source for Winona’s Arts, Music, Food & Culture. The full website launching soon will have a calendar of Winona events that also allows you to submit your own events. You’ll also find interesting articles, photos, community groups, and directories of artists, bands, and local businesses as well as all kinds of local deals, specials, and buzz.

The Noisy Neighbor aims to support the Winona community by acting as a multimedia hub, connecting individuals and groups to the arts, music, food, local business and entertainment, and cultural events happening in Winona and its surrounding area.

Download the MWMF 2013 Artist Sampler presented by The Noisy Neighbor

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Got your wristband ready? If not, there are several options:

Three-day wristbands are available in advance for $49 at Mister Groovys (corner of 3rd & Main) and a limited quantity is available for $35 at the Winona Post (64 E 2nd St).

During the festival, Some Sum Studio, located between Walnut and Market at 168 E 3rd St, will serve as MWMF’s “hub” this year for volunteer and band check-in, as well as the box office.

Hours for the box office will be open until midnight all three days of the festival. If you ordered your wristband online, this is where you’ll pick it up. Also at this location, we will be offering $10 off a 3-day wristband with a valid student I.D.

It’s never too late to place an order online as well! Just click here.

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Native-Tennesseean/current-Minnesotan Chastity Brown will make her second Winona appearance at MWMF on April 19th, returning with Brother Ali’s keyboardist deVon Gray.

Throw all the genres and hyphenates together you want to describe her – gospel, roots & soul, jazz, blues & country – they are all right, and also not enough.

Although she was the winner of City Pages’ Best Folk Artist of 2012, Brown is not just a folk artist, she is a poet, one who pours every ounce of her life and feeling into her music, one who is impossible to ignore. Her past, her struggles, and her wisdom are scattered throughout her storyteller’s songs, folded into lyrics sung in her dark honeyed voice. A voice that Knoxville’s Daily Times calls “a sweet and rich concoction of melody and passion”.

Coincidentally, you’ll be able to hear Chasity’s music on the US Premiere of HBO’s “Mary & Martha” (starring Hillary Swank & James Woods) the day after her MWMF appearance.

Brown will be playing indoors at Ed’s (no-name) Bar at 10:15pm after Friday’s Block Party, followed by the Painted Saints at 11:45 (a project of former DeVotchka/current Brass Messenger Paul Fonfara)

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Hailing from Olympia, WA Kendl Winter is no stranger to Winona. She has graced the stage of the annual Boats & Bluegrass Festival playing as a member of The Blackberry Bushes String Band.

“She is a dreamer of dark clouds, has a drawer stuffed full of stolen socks, and picks banjo and guitar like a hillbilly in the Ozarks. She has taken her love of superstition to the birds, literally: bluebirds mean good luck, chickadees mean call home, and a whippoorwill’s morning song is a sign of a good day.”

Come and see for yourself how this songbird sounds at the Winona Arts Center. Kendl Winter will be playing with Jenn Rawling & Basho Parks who also hail from the west, Jacob Green from southern Wisconsin and Winona local Matthew Francis Byrnes who kicks things off at 5:15 on Thursday April 18th.

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