Definitely recommend checking out the chain of lakes in Uptown (southwest of) Minneapolis as well. Plenty of food, drink, shopping, etc. only 1 or 2 miles from downtown.
Cross the river from downtown in North Minneapolis is a fun neighborhood. And U of MN is nearby also.
Probably wont get there until the afternoon. If this a woman, know of any nice places to get my wife and/or little girl a nice present? If this a guy, know of any good strip clubs within a cab ride?
If you're downtown Minneapolis, there are handful of gentlemen's clubs to choose from. Although I can't speak to the quality or local liquor & exposure laws. It's been a long time...
There's a real nice pedestrian mall downtown - Nicolet Avenue between 1st & 12th Streets. You should be able to find something nice for your little girl there, and you can avoid the Mall of America.
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so when's the next get together to discuss pre-party stuff. i had to miss the last one for softball.
Funny you should ask. Apparently we were scooped and are not the "official" preparty planners. Someone else got in contact with Wishlist and is planning it now? Funny also that it doesn't appear to be someone from this thread.
Anyway, I think there's talk (amongst the original group - DFZ, adusick and yourself) of an "unofficial" party planned for Saturday, October 18 at a bar in St. Paul. We'd invite all our out-of-town guests. I say we still do charity and raffles and prizes etc for that.
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I'm pumped for a Pearl Jam St. Paul shirt, sticker, poster, flyer, hat, bouncy ball, wrist band, patch, shoe laces, socks, jersey, hoodie and/or comb!
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We could get together at Big Wood taproom on wedneday nights. It's vinyl night there.
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Funny you should ask. Apparently we were scooped and are not the "official" preparty planners. Someone else got in contact with Wishlist and is planning it now? Funny also that it doesn't appear to be someone from this thread.
huh. where is this being planned? or is it just not that far along yet but you were told someone was already doing it?
a party is a party, i guess, and i'll still be happy to volunteer. if the planner is reading this, please post here!
Anyway, I think there's talk (amongst the original group - DFZ, adusick and yourself) of an "unofficial" party planned for Saturday, October 18 at a bar in St. Paul. We'd invite all our out-of-town guests. I say we still do charity and raffles and prizes etc for that.
i'd be down.
as for bar nights, my wednesdays are softball nights until mid-july or so, but i'm all about a vinyl night when i'm able.
Well, let the mystery organizer reveal himself. My name is Tony and I live in Blaine. I didn't mean to scoop anything, and I wanted to make that clear when I talked to Laura at Wishlist this past weekend. I actually WANT the help of everyone on here and am really looking forward to it, even though most of you probably don't know me (yet). I have past fundraiser experience and really wanted to get my small, local organization (Hope in Grace) involved somehow. Check out hopeingrace.org if you care to learn more about us.
I haven't started planning anything yet, know that McGovern's is the preferred location (as long as it is big enough, Wishlist wants a place that can hold 500+ people), and could use all the enthusiasm that this thread has, and all the people involved who are interested, to make a kick ass preparty that everyone on here can be proud of.
Who wants to help?
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Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
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Well, let the mystery organizer reveal himself. My name is Tony and I live in Blaine. I didn't mean to scoop anything, and I wanted to make that clear when I talked to Laura at Wishlist this past weekend. I actually WANT the help of everyone on here and am really looking forward to it, even though most of you probably don't know me (yet). I have past fundraiser experience and really wanted to get my small, local organization (Hope in Grace) involved somehow. Check out hopeingrace.org if you care to learn more about us.
I haven't started planning anything yet, know that McGovern's is the preferred location (as long as it is big enough, Wishlist wants a place that can hold 500+ people), and could use all the enthusiasm that this thread has, and all the people involved who are interested, to make a kick ass preparty that everyone on here can be proud of.
Who wants to help?
I think there are several people who were interested in helping out with the preparty (myself, Dirty Frank Z, AndySlash, r'peche, kdiddy, adusick) and even met the day the show was announced to start planning (I think I posted it in this thread). It was just a surprise to hear, because Dirty Frank had contacted Wishlist the day the tour was announced and told they would get back to him.
Half the fun is getting together, picking locations, charities and going from there. Sounds like location/charity etc has been done/picked already, which is fine, but I guess that means we're following your lead now. Let us know what you need. It looks like a great cause and I'm sure several of us will donate prizes and whatnot.
Good luck.
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I only mentioned McGovern's because I have seen so many people mention it either on here or the Facebook page. I would love to meet for beers and discuss other potential locations and a plan going forward. Like I said, we need help, and I wouldn't have agreed to organize the event if I'd had known i was stepping on so many toes in order to do so.
So a location needs to be finalized before anything else can take place, and I could use help scouting. There really are only a few locations that would be big enough. What has already been discussed? Do we want to have another local meet up? The only thing that has really been planned so far is one of the charities. The rest is still up for debate.
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St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
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Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
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Still looking for two extra fan club. Flying in from New Jersey. Thanks also, can anyone pm me with some advice on hotels? my best friend and I are looking for an area with a few bars, some cool places to walk to and preferably within walking distance of the venue. I have zero knowledge of st. paul/minneapolis. I have no clue how far they are apart, mass transit, nothing. I'll trade advice with someone if they are going to nyc in the future. Thanks you again. mike
I am the one who has suggested mcgoverns on Facebook. And we should absolutely meet up.
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Well, let the mystery organizer reveal himself. My name is Tony and I live in Blaine. I didn't mean to scoop anything, and I wanted to make that clear when I talked to Laura at Wishlist this past weekend. I actually WANT the help of everyone on here and am really looking forward to it, even though most of you probably don't know me (yet). I have past fundraiser experience and really wanted to get my small, local organization (Hope in Grace) involved somehow. Check out hopeingrace.org if you care to learn more about us.
I haven't started planning anything yet, know that McGovern's is the preferred location (as long as it is big enough, Wishlist wants a place that can hold 500+ people), and could use all the enthusiasm that this thread has, and all the people involved who are interested, to make a kick ass preparty that everyone on here can be proud of.
Who wants to help?
I grew up in Blaine, let me know if I can help somehow
I am the one who has suggested mcgoverns on Facebook. And we should absolutely meet up.
I can do Friday night this week, but not Sat or Sun. Otherwise next week seems pretty wide open
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Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
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Should we meet up AT McGoverns?... get the scouting out of the way? If a 500 person capacity is required, the only spot at McGovners might be the upstairs OR if possible the patio and patio bar.
I'm cool with that...and at some point we would have to speak with the manager to make sure they would be on board. I don't think any manager would mind having their bar SRO for at least 3-4 hours before the show...
As for the 500...I'm sure it is not required per se, but with everyone coming up from Moline and everyone from here, we are going to NEED the biggest, and most convenient place to the X we can find. Great Waters, thanks to their banquet room, is the only other place near there I can even think of right now that would be similar...but McGovern's is just so close to a bunch of other places...even if we have to spread out between two.
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Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16 Wrigley - 8/18/18 Wrigley - 8/20/18 St. Louis - 9/18/22 St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23 St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23 Chicago 1 - 9/5/23 Chicago 2 - 9/7/23 Wrigley - 8/29/24 Wrigley - 8/31/24
I only mentioned McGovern's because I have seen so many people mention it either on here or the Facebook page. I would love to meet for beers and discuss other potential locations and a plan going forward. Like I said, we need help, and I wouldn't have agreed to organize the event if I'd had known i was stepping on so many toes in order to do so.
So a location needs to be finalized before anything else can take place, and I could use help scouting. There really are only a few locations that would be big enough. What has already been discussed? Do we want to have another local meet up? The only thing that has really been planned so far is one of the charities. The rest is still up for debate.
No worries. It just came as a surprise to us, because we were told Wishlist would be getting back to us about organizing. So we started discussing locations, charities etc. To then find out that someone's already done it without really saying anything here, it just felt like we were, well, "scooped." That's all.
Again, if you've picked the charity etc, then there's not much else for us to do but follow your lead. Which, again, is fine. It was just a surprise.
Let us know how we can help. From my experience, location should be locked down ASAP. That means figuring out how you can reserve it, if we have access to a PA system, music, getting someone emcee, coordinating drink specials for the party. Then focus on donations (i.e. gifts/raffle prizes). Times 10. The best preparties have lots of prizes. You'll not only raise the most money but you'll have the most attendees and the most people hanging around too. Then, get the word out.
I think there will still be an "unofficial" on Saturday night, more to host all the out-of-town guests that will be in MN that weekend. We can promote the heck out of it the night before too.
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mcgoverns should be the first place to check, for sure. they hosted the preparties for the petty/pj shows in 2006 so they should know the drill. hopefully they will be receptive to another.
mcgoverns should be the first place to check, for sure. they hosted the preparties for the petty/pj shows in 2006 so they should know the drill. hopefully they will be receptive to another.
McGovern's doesn't require anything other than a month heads up. It's all on their website. I just figured they would be the best because I like the bar B-)
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Still looking for two extra fan club. Flying in from New Jersey. Thanks also, can anyone pm me with some advice on hotels? my best friend and I are looking for an area with a few bars, some cool places to walk to and preferably within walking distance of the venue. I have zero knowledge of st. paul/minneapolis. I have no clue how far they are apart, mass transit, nothing. I'll trade advice with someone if they are going to nyc in the future. Thanks you again. mike
Venue is in St. Paul. Nightlife in downtown St. Paul isn't much compared to night life in Minneapolis. They are about 15-20 minutes apart; easy drive/transportation (i.e. cab etc). Light rail should get you between the two as well. I'd stay in downtown St. Paul; there may also be a get-together at a bar in St. Paul on Saturday night, for people just like yourself.
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2011-09-03 PJ20
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2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
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McGovern's doesn't require anything other than a month heads up. It's all on their website. I just figured they would be the best because I like the bar B-)
We shouldn't have to "reserve" anything because it will be an open to the public event. It is more getting the location secured before someone else might. Plus, they will have to make sure they can/will play PJ the entire time, so maybe we can provide them with the bootlegs from both of the 2006 shows along with a little LB sprinkled in? They will benefit immensely because all of the pre-concert publicity for this event will be promoting their bar as "the place" to be that night
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Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16 Wrigley - 8/18/18 Wrigley - 8/20/18 St. Louis - 9/18/22 St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23 St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23 Chicago 1 - 9/5/23 Chicago 2 - 9/7/23 Wrigley - 8/29/24 Wrigley - 8/31/24
Still looking for two extra fan club. Flying in from New Jersey. Thanks also, can anyone pm me with some advice on hotels? my best friend and I are looking for an area with a few bars, some cool places to walk to and preferably within walking distance of the venue. I have zero knowledge of st. paul/minneapolis. I have no clue how far they are apart, mass transit, nothing. I'll trade advice with someone if they are going to nyc in the future. Thanks you again. mike
Venue is in St. Paul. Nightlife in downtown St. Paul isn't much compared to night life in Minneapolis. They are about 15-20 minutes apart; easy drive/transportation (i.e. cab etc). Light rail should get you between the two as well. I'd stay in downtown St. Paul; there may also be a get-together at a bar in St. Paul on Saturday night, for people just like yourself.
McGovern's doesn't require anything other than a month heads up. It's all on their website. I just figured they would be the best because I like the bar B-)
We shouldn't have to "reserve" anything because it will be an open to the public event. It is more getting the location secured before someone else might. Plus, they will have to make sure they can/will play PJ the entire time, so maybe we can provide them with the bootlegs from both of the 2006 shows along with a little LB sprinkled in? They will benefit immensely because all of the pre-concert publicity for this event will be promoting their bar as "the place" to be that night
I think he just means reserve the set up space etc. (room for raffles, emcee, money taker etc). Its obviously going to be open to the public, but we don't want to show up that day and find out another group had the same idea.
Might be a good idea to reserve some area for them and ensure they will play good music. Personally, it would break my code to listen to PJ on the day I'm seeing them live. Haha! But yes, I agree, we should make sure they will play our stuff and that they have space.
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2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
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code, schmode. it's a pj show, a pj preparty. gotta be pj. i do like the idea of playing live shows, though.
"It sounds better the first time you hear it that day." I don't want the third time I hear "Alive" to be at the show. I'll wear ear plugs.
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There's a real nice pedestrian mall downtown - Nicolet Avenue between 1st & 12th Streets. You should be able to find something nice for your little girl there, and you can avoid the Mall of America.
Keep an eye on Pollstar, and maybe there will be a show worth catching the night before at First Avenue, Dakota Jazz Club or Cabooze. http://www.pollstar.com/resultsCity.aspx?ID=38154&SearchBy=minneapolis, mn
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Anyway, I think there's talk (amongst the original group - DFZ, adusick and yourself) of an "unofficial" party planned for Saturday, October 18 at a bar in St. Paul. We'd invite all our out-of-town guests. I say we still do charity and raffles and prizes etc for that.
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10-19-014 St Paul
10-22-014 Denver
9-26-015 New York City
8-20-016 Wrigley
8-22-016 Wrigley
8-13-018 Missoula
8-18-018 Wrigley
8-20-018 Wrigley
9-18-022 St. Louis
a party is a party, i guess, and i'll still be happy to volunteer. if the planner is reading this, please post here!
i'd be down.
as for bar nights, my wednesdays are softball nights until mid-july or so, but i'm all about a vinyl night when i'm able.
I haven't started planning anything yet, know that McGovern's is the preferred location (as long as it is big enough, Wishlist wants a place that can hold 500+ people), and could use all the enthusiasm that this thread has, and all the people involved who are interested, to make a kick ass preparty that everyone on here can be proud of.
Who wants to help?
Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16
Wrigley - 8/18/18
Wrigley - 8/20/18
St. Louis - 9/18/22
St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23
St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23
Chicago 1 - 9/5/23
Chicago 2 - 9/7/23
Wrigley - 8/29/24
Wrigley - 8/31/24
-Christopher Walken
you're=you are
your=showing ownership
The truth has a well known liberal bias.
-Stephen Colbert
Half the fun is getting together, picking locations, charities and going from there. Sounds like location/charity etc has been done/picked already, which is fine, but I guess that means we're following your lead now. Let us know what you need. It looks like a great cause and I'm sure several of us will donate prizes and whatnot.
Good luck.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
So a location needs to be finalized before anything else can take place, and I could use help scouting. There really are only a few locations that would be big enough. What has already been discussed? Do we want to have another local meet up? The only thing that has really been planned so far is one of the charities. The rest is still up for debate.
Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16
Wrigley - 8/18/18
Wrigley - 8/20/18
St. Louis - 9/18/22
St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23
St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23
Chicago 1 - 9/5/23
Chicago 2 - 9/7/23
Wrigley - 8/29/24
Wrigley - 8/31/24
With that said: Hard to Imagine. :-D
-Christopher Walken
you're=you are
your=showing ownership
The truth has a well known liberal bias.
-Stephen Colbert
also, can anyone pm me with some advice on hotels? my best friend and I are looking for an area with a few bars, some cool places to walk to and preferably within walking distance of the venue. I have zero knowledge of st. paul/minneapolis. I have no clue how far they are apart, mass transit, nothing. I'll trade advice with someone if they are going to nyc in the future. Thanks you again.
mike
6-26-06 St Paul
6-27-06 St Paul
7-2-011 EV MPLS
9-3-011 Alpine
9-4-011 Alpine
9-22-012 Atlanta
7-19-013 Wrigley
10-9-014 Lincoln
10-14-014 Memphis
10-17-014 Moline
10-19-014 St Paul
10-22-014 Denver
9-26-015 New York City
8-20-016 Wrigley
8-22-016 Wrigley
8-13-018 Missoula
8-18-018 Wrigley
8-20-018 Wrigley
9-18-022 St. Louis
Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16
Wrigley - 8/18/18
Wrigley - 8/20/18
St. Louis - 9/18/22
St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23
St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23
Chicago 1 - 9/5/23
Chicago 2 - 9/7/23
Wrigley - 8/29/24
Wrigley - 8/31/24
As for the 500...I'm sure it is not required per se, but with everyone coming up from Moline and everyone from here, we are going to NEED the biggest, and most convenient place to the X we can find. Great Waters, thanks to their banquet room, is the only other place near there I can even think of right now that would be similar...but McGovern's is just so close to a bunch of other places...even if we have to spread out between two.
Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16
Wrigley - 8/18/18
Wrigley - 8/20/18
St. Louis - 9/18/22
St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23
St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23
Chicago 1 - 9/5/23
Chicago 2 - 9/7/23
Wrigley - 8/29/24
Wrigley - 8/31/24
Again, if you've picked the charity etc, then there's not much else for us to do but follow your lead. Which, again, is fine. It was just a surprise.
Let us know how we can help. From my experience, location should be locked down ASAP. That means figuring out how you can reserve it, if we have access to a PA system, music, getting someone emcee, coordinating drink specials for the party. Then focus on donations (i.e. gifts/raffle prizes). Times 10. The best preparties have lots of prizes. You'll not only raise the most money but you'll have the most attendees and the most people hanging around too. Then, get the word out.
I think there will still be an "unofficial" on Saturday night, more to host all the out-of-town guests that will be in MN that weekend. We can promote the heck out of it the night before too.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
6-26-06 St Paul
6-27-06 St Paul
7-2-011 EV MPLS
9-3-011 Alpine
9-4-011 Alpine
9-22-012 Atlanta
7-19-013 Wrigley
10-9-014 Lincoln
10-14-014 Memphis
10-17-014 Moline
10-19-014 St Paul
10-22-014 Denver
9-26-015 New York City
8-20-016 Wrigley
8-22-016 Wrigley
8-13-018 Missoula
8-18-018 Wrigley
8-20-018 Wrigley
9-18-022 St. Louis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
Indianapolis - 8/18/00
Champaign - 4/23/03
St. Paul - 6/26/06 (w/Petty)
St. Paul - 6/27/06 (w/Petty)
Chicago - 8/23/09
Minneapolis - 7/2/11 (Ed)
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/3/11
Alpine Valley (PJ20) - 9/4/11
Wrigley - 7/19/13
Pittsburgh - 10/11/13
Buffalo - 10/12/13
Moline - 10/17/14
St. Paul - 10/19/14
Milwaukee - 10/20/14
Wrigley - 8/20/16
Wrigley - 8/22/16
Wrigley - 8/18/18
Wrigley - 8/20/18
St. Louis - 9/18/22
St. Paul 1 - 8/31/23
St. Paul 2 - 9/2/23
Chicago 1 - 9/5/23
Chicago 2 - 9/7/23
Wrigley - 8/29/24
Wrigley - 8/31/24
Might be a good idea to reserve some area for them and ensure they will play good music. Personally, it would break my code to listen to PJ on the day I'm seeing them live. Haha! But yes, I agree, we should make sure they will play our stuff and that they have space.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1