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Thursday night: Spoutstock!

Posted at 4:12 PM on July 26, 2011 by Jacquie Fuller
Filed under: Live Events, Local

I've been working on a Current Presents about writers and their favorite songs (airs Sunday, August 7), so the intersection of writing and music has been on my brain a lot lately. In addition to be having an amazing music scene, Minnesota boasts a solid literary community, too, with three of the nation's most successful small presses (Milkweed, Greywolf, and Coffee House) located here in the Twin Cities, as well as other independent presses like Spout Press. This Thursday night, these two communities - writers and musicians - will come together for Spout Press' annual fundraiser, Spoutstock. Spoutstock is a cover song contest and fundraiser - each year with a new roster of performers and celebrity judges. This year, Spoutstock celebrates the press' ninth year with performances by Nice Purse, The Fontanelles, Pilla, Long Straight Forever, Little Man, Paul Metsa, Jerome Mayne, Natalie Lovejoy and some surprise guests. Mom told me never to judge others, but this time it's for a good cause - I'll be serving on the panel of judges alongside Peter Scholtes from City Pages and Lori Barbero of Babes in Toyland (squee!) The fundraiser kicks off at 8:30 p.m. at Mario's Keller Bar in Northeast Minneapolis, and you can learn more at Spout Press' website.

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