Modern Guitar Festival 2
Modern Guitarist: A musician who abides by a genre-less and boundary-less agenda. A free-willed improviser who listens well but isn't afraid to act or instigate new ideas. A musician void of competition. A musician open to communal collaboration. A modern guitarist is an explorer of electronic technology past and present. A modern guitarist is a student of global melodies and rhythms.
Please join us on Saturday, October 9th to experience some of Minnesota's most creative guitar players and sonic explorers. Modern Guitar Festival 2 is curated by Mike Michel and was created as a communal arts outing to help shine light on Minnesota's global and diverse underground music scene! Patrons will be able to experience a mini " Namm" show within the Cedar, for there will be many Minnesota Music Manufacturers displaying their custom guitars, amps, and pedals for patrons to try out! If you are a guitar geek at heart (or a zombie*), this concert is custom built for you. Thanks for your support!
Modern Guitar Festival 2 Performers
Park Evans (Parker Paisley, These Modern Socks)
Jake Hanson (Mpls Dub Ensemble, Halloween Alaska)
Jeremy Ylvisaker (Alpha Consumer, Andrew Bird)
Mike Michel (Mike Michel & CO-OP, Unknown Prophets)
Chris Cunningham aka Neverwas (Mississippi Peace)
Blair Krivanek (Nachito Herrera)
Tom Reichert (Douglas Ewart)
Luke Polipnick (Volcano Insurance, Natty Nation)
Terry Eason (Self Sound Orchestra, Patches and Gretchen)
Minnesota Music Manufacturers
Audiofile Engineering
Derrick Guitars
Todd Lunneborg Guitars
AT Guitars
Resonant Electronic Design Amps
Humphrey Amps
Heavy Electronics
Amplification Anywhere
AT Mars Amplification
Linden Hills House Of Music
Savage Audio
Caswell Amplification
MGF 2's proud sponsors: The Cedar Cultural Center, Audiofile Engineering, Willies American Guitars, Rock Camp For Dads, and KFAI Radio
Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.
All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.
*Zombie alert: This event takes place on the same night as the annual Zombie Pub Crawl. It is highly likely you will encounter zombies on your visit to the neighborhood. Some may even be at the show. Do not be alarmed. The Cedar is an inclusive venue, and zombies are welcome to attend Modern Guitar Festival, provided they have purchased their Very Important Zombie (VIZ) bracelet. For regular garden variety zombies, there will be beer and nourishment out on the patio 5pm to 11pm (gain entrance by lurching through the outside gate closest to Palmers).
William Michel aka Mike Michel was born and raised in Cincinnati where he played freaky guitar in many cool bands, tinkered with guitar pedals, ate Cincinnati Chili, and owned many VW Bugs. He had a calling to head West so he moved to LOS ANGELES, CA.........
Got noise? Listening to Jeremy's guitar playing is similar to being frozen in the climax of a helicopter accident. He will drag you teeth first through a whirlwind of gentle screams and ecstatic howls, waking you into his tension, violence and urgency,...
Park Evans is a Minneapolis based guitarist, composer, and teacher. Originally from Ithaca, New York he moved to Minnesota to study classical guitar and composition. He currently performs in multiple bands ranging stylistically from jazz to rock to...
Christopher Cunningham (a/k/a Neverwas) launched himself into the early 1980’s No Wave and downtown punk-funk scenes of both American coasts. His lead guitar gig with James Chance (James White) and The Contortions (Blacks) began a twenty-five year period...
Blair is an amazing guitarist who has played with many of the top local bands including Soul Tight Committee and the BKS Vine. His work ethic and talent are recognized by the top musicians in the Twin Cities and his guitar work is sought by many. He...
Luke Polipnick is an improvising guitarist who has been involved with music since he was young. He started playing piano at age 7 but was always drawn to the guitar for some reason. He really got into jazz in high school and eventually sought out more...
Here's stuff other people said at other times: "He's been called the one-man Elephant Six Collective of Minneapolis, an understated sound-tinkerer and our scene's most modest indie-prog guitar hero." (City Pages).
Some bands I've played in that...
Jake, according to Jake: "My parents put a toy guitar in my hands when I was very small. A few years later, I was making UFO sounds with an analog delay pedal in my bedroom before my first day of 2nd grade. At age 12, my dad brought me to a long haired...
Tom has been composing and performing for over 20 years. When he lived on the east coast Tom played with many established musicians from all over the world. Tom Graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1999 and has played and written with the...
Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
