Events

Based out of Duluth, Death Valley Yacht Club is the creative collaboration of musicians Charlie Jacobs and Alex Oberton. The two-piece band’s signature sound features their intricate vocal harmonies sung over the interplay between their tightly-arranged acoustic guitars.  Their original music takes inspiration from artists like The Beatles, Neil Young, The Avett Brothers, and Jesse Welles. 

Emerging from the fog of Lake Superior, mud_puppies (often styled in lowercase) are a Duluth-based band carving out a unique niche they call "folk-grunge." Founded by Jacob King Downs and Roland Struckman, the group blends the raw, distorted energy of 90s alternative rock with the storytelling soul of traditional folk. Their sound is heavily influenced by the duality of their inspirations—drawing as much from the gritty intensity of Nirvana and Jeff Buckley as from the poetic songwriting of Townes Van Zandt.