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  • 05.Sep
  • The NOWnet quartet. Sunday, Sept. 7. Free show, free CDs!
  • CONCRETE AND GRASS FESTIVAL
    When: Noon
    Where: Mears Park (5th and Wacouta in downtown St. Paul)
    Details: The annual SPCO-sponsored festival features a stacked lineup of the scene’s most stellar musicians from all genres. We’d be down here listening even if we weren’t playing.
    Come early, because we’ll be handing out free NOWnet demo recordings! Each CD features five […]

  • 26.Aug
  • The NOWnet Quartet. This Sunday. Free.
  • We will be there will bells on. We hope you will be, too. But don’t worry if you forget the bells at home.
    Anyway. The details:
    What: SPARK 24 FESTIVAL
    When: 10:30 a.m. (we know, we know, but if you live in the sister city, you might already be in Minneapolis trying to avoid all the hullabaloo, and […]

  • 20.Aug
  • Two upcoming NOWnet shows. Outdoors. And free.
  • Hello all,
    You have two opportunities to see the NOWnet before fall is upon us. Both shows will feature the NOWnet quartet, with Jeremy, Kelly, Kevin, and our good friend Jeff Brueske filling in for Anthony Cox on bass. Both shows are outdoors and absolutely free. So come on down and hang with us, listen to […]

  • 20.Aug
  • thank you, thank you, thank you
  • to everyone who came out to our first fundraiser and open rehearsal party last night. And thank you to those who couldn’t make it but still donated. We had an outstanding time getting to know all of you and can’t wait to see you at our upcoming performances.
    Your support means more than we have words […]

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  • Jazz is NOW!
  • is a Minneapolis nonprofit that presents vibrant, original music by local and national musicians. The centerpiece of Jazz is NOW! is the NOWnet, a flexibly sized composers' ensemble comprised of top Twin Cities players.