Rochester, MN
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201 4th St. SE
Suite 170
Rochester, MN 55901
Phone: 507-328-2200
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Mon-Fri: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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About Rochester Public Music
Rochester Public Music brings people together through concerts, cultural programs, and music education. Our events are free and public by design.
We turn parks into concert venues, bring artists into classrooms, and share music across neighborhoods. Our work is rooted in shared experience, local connection, and the belief that music belongs to everyone.
Music with Purpose.
Rochester Public Music is a department of the City of Rochester.
Our Programs
- FORWARD Park Concerts: Free summer concerts in Rochester parks. Local bands, local food, and space for everyone to gather.
- Riverside Music Series: Live music. Big names. No tickets. Large-scale concerts featuring chart-topping acts and rising stars.
- Sound School: In-school residencies where students explore rhythm, movement, and musical identity — from hip hop and taiko drumming to close-harmony singing.
- Passport Sessions: Free outdoor concerts during Thursdays Downtown, celebrating culture and connection through sound.
forWARD: Southern Avenue w/ Colin Bracewell
- Date: 07/21/2021 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
1738 E Center St
Rochester, Minnesota 55904
- Artist Website URL https://www.southernavenuemusic.com/
- OpenerColin Bracewell
Southern Avenue - Southern Avenue is an award winning, 2020 Grammy Nominated band out of Memphis, Tennessee. The group combines the talents of a prodigiously talented set of young musicians who bring their individual backgrounds to the table to create music that carries the Southern soul legacy into the 21st century, spanning the band members' wide-ranging musical interests while showcasing the powerful chemistry and electrifying live show that they've honed through extensive stage and studio experience. Since the release of their award winning debut album in 2017, Southern Avenue has played in over a dozen countries and wowed audiences at such festivals as Bonnaroo, Firefly, Electric Forest and Lockn’.
Colin Bracewell - As a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Colin feels it is important for people to interpret his music in a way that best fits them and their own stories. He is influenced by personal experiences, especially the ones that are tough and make you grow. Colin believes it is through the "stories" in music that a person is given the ability to connect with themselves and the people and places around them.
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.