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Junkyard Mule performs Wednesdays in December at Cedar Lounge.

Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Show
Friday, Nov. 28, 7 pm
Silver Bay Reunion Hall
Originally a holiday feature and 22-year tradition at the (now closed) Lee’s Liquor Lounge, this is the first time this classic Twin Cities favorite has appeared in the North Country. The is a free concert with advance passes available online.

Aidan Thibault & Friends
Friday, Nov. 28, 8 m
Wussow’s
Aidan is a Gen-Z Duluthian who, while still a teenager in 2024, won the Acme Comedy Company’s prestigious annual Funniest Person Contest, a summer-long competition in the Twin Cities with 125 other comedians.

Mason Jennings
Saturday, Nov. 29, 8 pm
Sacred Heart
Minnesota troubadour returns to Sacred Heart to debut his new album “Magnifier,” which showcases classic Jennings songwriting: austere, honest, bold, intimate, personal, poetic and pure. With Skarlett Woods.

Pronoya
Saturday, Nov. 29, 9 pm
Pizza Lucé
Duluth metalcore band (we’re guessing the name is a variant of “paranoia”), fusing heavy metal and hardcore punk, debuts its EP “All for the Sun.” With Elevada, Giants Knife and Evernorth.

Songwriters in the Round
Sunday, Nov. 30, 4-6 pm
Harbor Rail Pub, Two Harbors
Six Northern Minnesota songwriters – Breanne Marie, Rich Mattson, Reggie Ducote, Christopher David Hanson, Ditty Wish, Cameron Elijah Erickson – get together and swap songs, tell stories of inspiration and hope, and make genuine connections.

Junkyard Mule
Wednesdays, Dec. 3-31, 6:30-11 pm
Cedar Lounge
Old-tyme country acoustic three-piece plays original songs and classic covers about drifting, drinking and long-lost love. The band’s music sounds like it was made in the back room of a crossroads general store sometime around 1950.

Housing in Duluth
Thursday, Dec. 4, 7:30 pm
St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium
A panel of leading advocates will speak in this roundtable discussion. This is the Tom Morgan Honorary Local Panel, part of the 2025-2026 lecture series “Home,” presented by the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice.