CAPTIONS:Hear Ipso Facto at Live on the Drive on August 9.
Regina Williams made her rescheduled Live on the Drive appearance on June 28. Her first concert was postponed due to severe weather. Photo by Randy Klauk.
There’s no better way to end the best concert series of the summer than with the Northside’s own Ipso Facto, at Live on the Drive, August 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. The free concert is held outdoors on the scenic Victory Memorial Drive at 34th Ave. N, one of the most beautiful concert settings in the city.
Ipso Facto is a Minneapolis-based reggae/funk/jazz band that has played for audiences around the world. They are “still rockin’ the body, still rockin’ the mind, and playin’ music about change.” Band members for the Live on the Drive gig include Wain McFarlane on guitar and vocals, Greg McFarlane, drums and percussion, Julian McFarlane on bass and vocals, Bruce Jackson on keys and vocals, Tommy Harsevort, guitar and vocals, Beth Ann Dodds, vocals, and Jose James on saxophone, percussion and vocals. A nice, big seven piece band to help us celebrate five nice, big years of Live on the Drive!
Our final summer concert will also feature an artist spotlight during intermission. Be sure to pack a picnic, invite your neighbors, bring your friends and walk or roll to the concert.
Live on the Drive is presented by founding partner, North Memorial, with the Cleveland Neighborhood Association, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Northwest Minneapolis Business Association, North End Hardware and The Lowry Café, Camden Music School, NorthNews, Camden Pet Hospital, The Capri Theater, Washburn McReavy, Emily’s F&M Café, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. (Sponsors to date.) This activity is funded, in part, by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Info: 612-588-1155 or visit www.liveonthedrive.org.