(photo from MPR)

I will readily admit to being a longtime Basilica Block Party skeptic, with their lineups seemingly tailor made for the square, middle aged, Cities 97 loving crowd, but they have really stepped up to the plate the last few years.  Seeing the Hold Steady on a beautiful night (last year) is always a good thing, and they have followed it up with another pretty decent lineup.  While there are lots of bands in the lineup that are pretty far from what I would call good music, bringing in Spoon was quite the coup.  If we are going by headliners (Spoon plus a just barley still relevant Weezer ) and local representation versus Rock the Garden (the highly overrated MGMT and only one local band), somehow the Basilica Block Party has quickly surpassed Rock the Garden as far as bang per buck.  The bands and set times are below and tickets will be available at the door for both nights.

FRIDAY

Sun Country Stage:

• Weezer 9pm – 10:30pm
• Eric Hutchinson 7:30pm – 8:30pm
• One eskimO 6pm – 7pm

M&Ms Stage:

• Spoon 8:45pm – 10:15pm
• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals 7:25pm – 8:25pm
• Rogue Valley 6:05pm – 7:05pm
• hunter(HERO) 5:15pm – 5:45pm

Vita.MN Happy Hour Stage:

• Kristoff Krane 6:15pm – 7pm
• Dada Trash Collage 5pm – 5:45pm

Saturday

Sun Country Stage:

• Barenaked Ladies 9pm – 10:30pm
• Guster 7:30pm – 8:30pm
• Ingrid Michaelson 6pm – 7pm

M&Ms Stage:

• The Avett Brothers 8:45pm – 10:15pm
• V.V. Brown 7:25pm – 8:25pm
• Robert Francis 6:05pm – 7:05pm
• Chester Bay 5:15pm – 5:45pm

Vita.MN Happy Hour Stage:

• ReadyGoes 6:15pm – 7pm
• Blue Sky Blackout 5pm – 5:45pm

     -Josh

Official