St. Paul summer music festival will draw Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morissette, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new music festival in St. Paul this summer will draw heavy hitters from the '90s-era and end a drought of similar outdoor concert events in the capital city.
The Minnesota Yacht Club on July 19 and 20 at Harriet Island Park will include headliners Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morissette and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played the same space when Lollapalooza came through in 1992.
Tickets go on pre-sale Friday, Feb. 2. They range in price from $135 for a single ticket for one day and about $1400 for a VIP package to attend both days of shows. General admission for two days start at $215 before prices increase.
Organizers said the setting is the perfect site for a summer event in Minnesota, sitting along the Mississippi right next to downtown. The last time there was a music festival like it was River's Edge 12 years ago, which included Dave Matthews Band, The Flaming Lips and DJ Diplo.
"[The Twin Cities] is a major market in the U.S. it obviously has multiple professional sports team and has a handful of festivals but nothing that was like really next level so that was an opportunity for us," said Tim Sweetwood with C3 Presents, the production company putting on the show, told WCCO.
Hold Steady and Hippo Campus — two bands from the Twin Cities — are also scheduled to perform along with fellow Minnesota-native groups the Gully Boys and Soul Asylum.
Joe Spencer, president of the Saint Paul Downtown Alliance, said entertainment is the heartbeat of downtown as it rebounds from the pandemic. He's excited about the festival drawing thousands of people to the city who will support local businesses while they're here.
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Different downtown events are bringing people back to pre-covid levels, he said.
"When we look at the data about who's coming back to downtown and in what volumes, it's our visitors coming for hockey games, concerts, plays, operas. That is what's really driving a ton of our traffic," Spencer explained.
"This is a fantastic win for downtown," he added.
C3 Presents also produces Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza.
Here's the full lineup:
Day one
- Gwen Stefani
- Alanis Morissette
- The Black Crowes
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- The Head and the Heart
- Durry
- Morgan Wade
- Michigander
- Gully Boys
- Harbor and Home
Day two
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Offspring
- Hippo Campus
- Gary Clark Jr.
- The Hold Steady
- Soul Asylum
- Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
- Wilderado
- Nico Vega
- Irontom