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Third Coast Chamber Collective performs in Grand Rapids.

Burnstone Music Festival
Fri.-Sun., Aug. 9-11
Sandstone, Minn.
Musicians and visual artists from Duluth, Minneapolis and nearby areas. Camping included with entry. Music acts include Babie Eyes, Salty Dog, Steve Solkela, Boxcar, Black River Revue, Twine, Wunderfunk and Charles Peters.

Third Coast Chamber Collective
Friday, Aug. 9, 6:30 pm
Kiesler Wellness Center, Grand Rapids
Sunday, Aug. 11, 2 pm
Edge Center for the Arts, Bigfork
Saturday, Aug. 17, 7 pm
MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids
The collective’s fourth annual festival features music by composers C. Shaw, A. Piazzolla, O. Golijov, E. Fine, W. Grant Still and more. Guest artists Floocello Duo, pianist Alyona Waldo and percussionist Ryan Loken join TCCC core members.

Atmosphere
Friday, Aug. 9, 6:45 pm
Earth Rider Brewery
In their 25-plus years as a duo, Atmosphere’s rapper Slug and producer Ant have built a legacy embedded in the fabric of underground hip-hop. With HEBL and NOFUN.

Will Weaver
Saturday, Aug. 10, 11 am-1 pm
Zenith City Books
Bemidji author of the novel Red Earth, White Earth, which became a 1989 CBS television movie, and the short story A Gravestone Made of Wheat, which was adapted as the acclaimed 2005 film Sweet Land, presents his newest novel, Power & Light, set in 1906.

Anna Smyrk, Gavin Headley
Saturday, Aug. 10, 7 pm
Wussow’s
With a voice described as ‘truly astonishing’ by Rolling Stone, Smyrk is a powerful singer and songmaker from Australia. Headley is a former pro off-road cycler who, while sidelined with an injury in Europe, was inspired by the underground music scene.

Richard I. Bong & Mission Marge
Monday, Aug. 12, 6:30 p.m.
Amnicon Town Hall
John Gidley of the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center will talk about America’s “Ace of Aces,” Poplar native Richard Bong, and his whirlwind courtship and marriage to Marge Vattendahl that captured the nation’s attention in the 1940s.

Fish Heads
Thursday, Aug. 15, 6 pm
United Protestant Church, Duluth
Duluth’s longstanding eclectic band performs bluegrass, country, folk and rock at a unique setting in Morgan Park.