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New Power Generation
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 8 pm
Dubbed a Tribute to the music of Prince Drummer and Musical Director, Michael Bland, Keyboard Player Tommy Barbarella and Guitarist Levi Seacer Jr were among the musicians in the Original New Power Generation, a band Prince formed in 1990. They went on to record a series of albums with the Purple One, including 1991’s “Diamonds and Pearls.” Various versions of NPG backed up Prince through 2013 and reunited to play on the final album of his life, 2015’s “Hit n Run Phase Two.”
2GETHER - for this ONE NIGHT CONCERT EVENT at the Hopkins Center for the Arts will be a show you will never forget while they cover some of your favorite Prince songs in a way never before that will bring honor to the NPG legacy. Joining them for this concert will be Dr. Fink of The Revolution with Homer O'Dell and Rick Kinchen of Mint Condition (who got their start from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis). The night will also include special guests G Sharp, Jay Bee, Ashley Commodore, and The UC Horns.
Tickets for this concert will be available for sale:
- Tuesday, February 4 at Noon to Members Only
- Tuesday, February 11 at Noon to the Public
$50 Standard level/ $40 Economy level/ Members: $45/$35
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ATTENTION MEMBERS! Members of Hopkins Center for the Arts get to purchase tickets a week before they go on sale to the public, pick your favorite seats, AND receive the member discounted pricing. (Limit of four tickets per concert during week of presale.)
Beginning February 4 at noon: Members have the first opportunity to purchase tickets for the concerts. Members -watch for a special email on February 4 that includes a link for pre-purchase of New Power Generation tickets. The link will be activated on Tuesday, February 4 at noon.
Tuesday, February 11 at noon: Ticket sales open to the PUBLIC.
Not a member, but would like to be? Follow this link to Become a Member
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Sister Sadie - Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 8 pm
Raging hot bluegrass combined with breathtaking instrumental drive and awe-inspiring vocals. Comprised of original members Deanie Richardson (fiddle), Gena Britt (banjo & vocals) and newcomers Jaelee Roberts (guitar & vocals), Dani Flowers (guitar & vocals), and Maddie Dalton (acoustic bass & vocals), Sister Sadie has combined the varied talents of each of the individual women in the lineup to create something that is far more than the sum of its parts. It is a sound uniquely their own. Yes, it’s undeniably classic, hard-driving bluegrass, but it’s much more than just that. Rooted in forceful and tight vocal harmonies, this isn’t your granddaddy’s Appalachian high lonesome sound. This is something far more powerful than that—it’s the sound of the mountains themselves.
$45 Standard level/ $35 Economy level/ Members: $40/$30
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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Friday, March 21, 2025 at 8 pm
“You have to make the music that’s in your heart,” says Marty Stuart. “Sometimes that lines up with what’s going on out there in the world, sometimes it takes the world thirty or forty years to catch up, but if you’re true to your heart, that’s all that matters.”
Altitude, Stuart’s exhilarating new album, is proof of that. Recorded in Nashville with his longtime band, The Fabulous Superlatives, the collection finds Stuart picking up where he left off on 2017’s Way Out West, exploring a cosmic country landscape populated by dreamers and drifters, misfits and angels, honky-tonk heroes and lonesome lovers. There’s a desert flare to the music here, a sweeping, spacious feel that conjures up wide-open horizons and endless stretches of two-lane highway, and the production is raw and cinematic to match, tipping its cap both to Bakersfield and Laurel Canyon as it balances jangle and twang in equal measure. It would be easy for an artist as accomplished as Stuart to rest on his laurels at this point in his career, but Altitude instead showcases the work of a searcher with an insatiable appetite for growth and reflection, one whose ambition, much like his keen wit and rich imagination, only seems to grow with each and every release.
$221 - VIP (Limited to 40 tickets)
$71 Standard level/ $61 Economy level/ Members: $66/$56
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Joy Clark - Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 8 pm
Joy Clark is a New Orleans singer-songwriter, lyrical guitarist and composer who creates soulful original compositions that celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Her intricate rhythms and warm melodies reveal a sweet vulnerability that enchants her audiences around the world. Like so many other artists in New Orleans, Joy’s first stage was in church. Growing up the daughter of a minister, she learned to create an atmosphere ripe for an emotional experience. So it’s no wonder she believes music is her ministry and intimacy is her superpower. Joy tours with Allison Russell and won a Grammy for her work on The Returner Album. Joy has shared the stage with Brandi Carlile, Ruthie Foster, The Indigo Girls, Black Opry, Cyril Neville, Water Seed, Sister Strings, Madeleine Peyroux and many others. Joy signed a recording contract with Righteous Babe Records last year and first single Guest was released. Guest was co-written and produced by Margaret Becker and features piano and keys by Lisa Coleman of Wendy and Lisa (Prince Revolution Band). Her second single, Gumbo Christmas, was released on November 16. Margaret Becker produced the forthcoming album and co wrote some of the material for Tell it to the Wind, scheduled for release on October 4, 2024.
$35 Standard level/ $25 Economy level/ Members: $30/$20
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Hopkins Center for the Arts Box Office
Room 206, Second Floor
Tuesday through Friday: 12 noon - 4 pm
Concert Days: 3 pm - 8 pm
Phone: 952-548-6490
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Activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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