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Sophie Hiroko 

Duluth Superior Pride Festival
Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Multiple locations
Mayor’s reception Thursday, Youth Pride Dance and a Liberace & Liza Show Friday; festivities all day Saturday at Bayfront, block parties in Duluth and Superior Saturday night; worship service, parade and drag show Sunday; plus art exhibits, parties and more. See duluthsuperiorpride.com.

The Leave Alones
Friday, Aug. 30, 7 pm
Wussow’s
Guitar-based band promises emotional, self-deprecating songs of love, loss and trauma with a little dark humor to lighten things up. With K.V., loud punk rock from Brainerd, and Innerstellar Overdrive, old-school metal from Duluth.

KTWH Catch The Wave Freewill Concert
Saturday, Aug. 31, 2-4 pm
Thomas Owens Park, Two Harbors
Third of four fundraising concerts brings traditional songwriter/guitarist Jon Edwards and Duluth good-time bluegrass country band Tres Osos. Bring a chair, blanket, cooler and picnic, the family and your good spirits.

Sophie Hiroko 
Saturday, Aug. 31, 7 pm
Bent Paddle
With a mixed cultural background and queer identity, Hiroko’s take on femme grunge is intertwined with poetic lyrics that offer fierce commentary on political issues, as well as heart-centered dialogue ranging from love to dystopia.

NOUN, LUNG
Sunday, Sept. 1, 7 pm
Jade Fountain
NOUN from New Jersey consists of Marissa Paternoster, singer/guitarist of Screaming Females, and Phillip Price. LUNG from Cincinatti is an electric cello and drums duo. Fierce, ethereal and heavy as hell.

Gigibaaga’adowewin: Traditional Lacrosse
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 5:30 pm
AICHO Gym
Ben Spears and son Milton of the Red Lake Ojibwe Nation teach about the Creator’s Game. Meal, cultural stories of lacrosse, a skill building session and game scrimmages. Free for all ages and abilities, beginner and advanced.

The Carpenter Ants with John Ellison, pat mAcdonald
Thursday, Sept. 5, 7:30 pm
The West Theatre
For more than four decades, the Ants, a quartet steeped in Appalachian gospel, soul and country, has amassed a resume that includes some of the most creative artists in American music. Tonight includes Ellison, who recorded the original version of “Some Kind of Wonderful” with The Soul Brothers Six. Also performing is mAcdonald of the techno-folk pioneers Timbuk3.