Live from Med City | Season 1, Episode 1
GOOD MORNING BEDLAM | Sponsored by Mayo Clinic
Premieres Thu Nov 5 @ 6 PM 

Re-Broadcast Schedule: Thu Nov 5 - Thu Nov 12 | 7 AM & 6 PM

YouTube Live Link: rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2
Facebook Live Link: https://www.facebook.com/riversideconcerts1/live/

 HOW TO WATCH: This virtual concert can be viewed on Riverside Concerts’ Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram accounts, and on the local Government Access Cable Channels (Spectrum Channel 180, MetroNet Channel 80). All Facebook Live broadcasts will be cross posted to partner accounts including the City of Rochester, Minnesota’s Rochester, The Rochester Posse, Med City Beat, along with that episode’s venue and featured artist.

The pilot episode of Riverside Concerts' online music show "Live from Med City" features Rochester natives and new-folk up-n-comers Good Morning Bedlam. This show was recorded "live" in the summer of 2020 at Riverside Concerts' drive-in style "Car Park Concerts" in the 125 Live Community Center parking lot.

Good Morning Bedlam has become an innovative force in the midwest folk scene. Their shows are known for their contagious energy, with members careening about the stage, jumping and dancing with a wild playfulness. With tight soaring three part harmonies, and thumping kick-drum, they captivate their audience night after night with no intention of slowing down. Every song is a unique twist on what is generally dubbed as folk music. “We want to surprise our audience from song to song. Rather than creating our music to fit a genre, we allow it to be an outpouring of our own stories and unique sound,” says Isaak, frontman of GMB. Just when you think you have Good Morning Bedlam pegged, they take you in another direction. You will be treated to a haunting waltz, whistling, jazz scatting, and the euphoria of the violin melodies. When it comes to their lyrical storytelling, Isaak says, “We’re desperate to connect to people through the common human experiences that we write about and the exuberance of our live show. People have a lot of choices of how they’ll kick-back, so we intend to deliver a show where they can be free--to share in whatever they need to--joy, grief, anger, gratefulness, or bedlam!”

Riverside Concerts, the City of Rochester's music department, presents "Live from Med City", an online video digest of all things arts and entertainment in Rochester, MN. The "Live from Med City" concept was conceived with the objective to spotlight the many “live arts experiences” Rochester (home of the world renowned Mayo Clinic) has to offer, featuring artists from around the block and from all over the world, and filmed in some of our finest and most unique venues. Focusing first on Riverside Concerts’ own presentations, but with an eye toward broadening the coverage to include presentations from other local organizations in the future.

Brought to you by the Friends of Riverside Concerts with additional support by the Mayo Clinic. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support Grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.