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New Quick Web Poll!

It’s carnival season, so it’s time to vote for your favorite carnival ride in our awesome web poll over in the left sidebar! Leave comments right on this post.

Posted by Mike

10,000 Lakes Festival Ticket Winner!

A big, huge, jam-rockin’ congratulations to Veronica Kraus of Chippewa Falls who, through a random selection process, won the 10KLF ticket give away! Come July 23-26, Veronica will be treated to the sonic stylings of The Flaming Lips, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, and many, many, oh so many more. Thanks for playing everyone!

Photo courtesy of Jason Kaczorowski Photography.

Posted by Mike

Thursday: Irie Sol + Juneteenth

Tonight in the Phoenix Park amphitheater, you'll groove to the reggae/hip-hop/jam ensemble Irie Sol. This band is chock full of local talent, and they've been hard at work spreading their special blend of musical herbs and spices all over Eau Claire like tasty mayonnaise. (Just go with the metaphor.) You can expect horns and drums and lots and lots of love. The performance is part of Eau Claire's own Juneteenth celebration, happening down in the Phark all day.

Sounds Like Summer: Irie Sol (part of Juneteenth) • Thursday, June 19 • Phoenix Park amphitheater in Downtown Eau Claire • 6:30pm • all ages • FREE • 552-0457

Check out the sponsors: RCU, Downtown Eau Claire Inc., Hillside Dental, the Wisconsin Arts Board, Chilson Subaru, and the Chippewa Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. 

Posted by Mike

June 19 issue reaches you like thumping state fair music wafting into your backyard from all the way across town

This summer is something else. There's so much going on, so many locals writing books and releasing CDs and developing community and whatnot, that it's all we can do just to cram it all into the mag.

This ... biweek? ... V1 tackles pedestrian culture and safety in Eau Claire; new band Nameless Feeling (think ambient music from metalheads); local veterans The Jim Pullman Band's new CD; Janice Durand's documentary about the Northern Wisconsin State Fair, Fair Is Something You Take a Pig To; UW-Eau Claire's Summer Shorts film series; kids learning golf and life skills through The First Tee; several local restaurants/bars adding patios, which may or may not have anything to do with Eau Claire's impending smoking ban; the grand opening of the Ager Association's resource library; and upcoming shows by artists such as QuinnElizabeth (has a new CD out), The Softrocks, and Chastity Brown.

BONUS: Have a listen to a few touring bands in the valley this weekend (in addition to our many talented locals):

The Histronic
Blue Sky Canopy
TUGG
The Eugene Smiles Project
The Breakfast

Check the issue for the when and where.

Posted by Karline

Woah-oh! Something Unexpected!

Woah-oh! The Chippewa Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau made a sweet video with awesome rockin' tunes! Original rockin' tunes! Woah-oh!

Watch now!

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Posted by Mike