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Baba Fats is one of the many bands appearing at Wussow's during One Week Live, Oct 7-12.

Art Beagle’s Backup Band
Friday, Oct. 4, 8 pm
RT Quinlan’s
Saturday, Oct. 5, 9 pm
Sir Benedict’s
The story behind this Minneapolis blues-jazz-funk-pop-R&B trio is that Art Beagle is a guy who sits in a chair and watches TV and they asked if he could be his backup band. He grunted and they took that as a yes. 

Wait Until Dark
Oct. 4-13
Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theater
The 1966 Broadway thriller starring Lee Remick and Robert Duvall, which became a 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, had a contemporary ‘60s setting. This reworked version moves the action back to 1944 to make it a film noir on stage.

Friend’s Fest
Saturday, Oct. 5, 12-8 pm
Wild State Cider
Celebration of two and four-legged friends with a pop-up dog park, food trucks, ice cream and, natch, cider: hot and cold, new releases and a cellar sale. Live music by The Walker Brothers Band (noon), Desperate Electric (4 pm) and Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold. (6 pm)

SkySpiders & The Imperceptible Web
Saturday, Oct. 5, 7 pm
Bent Paddle
From a solidarity love story between hiphop and folk music comes Sky Spiders to haunt you with raging poetry, dreamy vocals and infectiously danceable apocalyptic beats.

Paul Metsa & The Tilt Town Titans
Sundays through Oct. 27, 4-6 pm
Carmody’s
Sunday residency for the eight- time MN Music Award winner and his new band which includes Taylor Shykes-bass, Ian Hopp-drums and George Ellsworth-keyboards. Most of their set is Metsa originals but will also include blues, country, blues, Nawlins’, jazz and more with lots of improvisation.

One Week Live
Oct. 7-12, 7-10 pm
Wussow’s
Volume 22 of the iconic annual live recording fest with three acts per night, including Baba Fats, Hotclub of Duluth, Becktet, Mara Lovejoy, Water Cat, Willem Dafoe Fan Club, a songwriters competition, Berzerk Blawnds!, Janie & the Spokes, Josie Langhorst, Minor Moon, Between Howls, Smallfoot, Urban Hillbilly Quartet, The Penny Peaches and The Adjustments.

John Ford Coley
Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30 pm
The West Theater
Half of the 1970s-era Grammy-nominated duo, England Dan & John Ford Coley, who created multiple hits such as  “Love Is The Answer”, “Gone Too Far”, “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight”, “We’ll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again”, “Nights Are Forever Without You” and “Sad To Belong.”