Music

Parachigo Celebrates Second Birthday

The venue scheduled a full day of activities to commemorate the event.

A full lineup of the day’s events.FARGO, N.D. – It’s been a thrilling ride for those involved in the creation and execution of Parachigo, an artistic space on 8th Street South. Getting it to where it is today required a monumental communal effort. “Everything’s been made from the ground up by the people who occupy the space,” explaind Anj Karna,…

Big Turnout for Record Store Day at Orange Records

Management did not comment on sales figures, but the eye test says that the numbers must have been impressive.

FARGO, N.D. – Vinyl aficionados lined up literally around the block to celebrate Record Store Day at Orange Records in Fargo. The store adjacent to the recently opened Paradox Comics-N-Cards is the last one standing in the metro. Both Vinyl Giant and Mother’s have closed this year, so customers flocked to Orange to get their fix. Record Store Day began…

“Battle of the Buns” Combines Cooking and Musical Competition

The event, put on by the non-profit Love Your Buns, aims to raise awareness regarding colon cancer.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – While there were many kinds of cakes and pies available for consumption, the 4th annual Battle of the Buns also featured some rockin’ competition. “First year we had just the battle of the bands, second and third years we had baking competitions,” explained Jarod DCamp, executive director of Love Your Buns. “So, bringing it all together,…

Luke Bryan Announced for North Dakota State Fair

The country music megastar is set to close the festival on July 26.

MINOT, N.D. – We’ve kept you updated on all the announced performers for the North Dakota State fair. The most recent confirmed attendee, though? He might just outshine each of the previous ones. Luke Bryan will be rocking out in Minot on July 26. Bryan is a five-time “Entertainer of the Year”, being awarded by both the Academy of Country…

Two More Performers Announced for North Dakota State Fair

They join Bailey Zimmerman and Jelly Roll at the festivities in Minot.

MINOT, N.D. – The North Dakota State Fair keeps rolling out the performance announcements. Jelly Roll and Bailey Zimmerman were confirmed already, and now the number of artists on the bill has doubled. Ian Munsick will perform on July 19 and Sawyer Brown hits the stage on July 23. Munsick is a 31-year-old from Wyoming who has toured with industry…

First Artist Announced for North Dakota State Fair

Bailey Zimmerman has made a lot of noise in the country music scene since being discovered in late 2020.

MINOT, N.D. – It’s only January, but anticipation is already building for the North Dakota State Fair. It’s only continued to grow after the first official announcement for the performance schedule. That lucky artist is one Bailey Zimmerman. The 24 year old hails from Lousiville, Illinois. He began making waves with his original compositions on social media near the end…

NDSU Hosts 10th Annual Chamber Music Festival

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is hosting its 10th Annual Chamber Music Festival. NDSU invites members of the Fargo-Moorhead community to hear performances by student musicians paired with professional musicians. Previous professional musicians hosted at the festival have included Grammy Award-winning artists and faculty from the Royal Academy of Music in London and Carnegie Mellon. This year…

Winds of Change concert series returns to F-M region for 16th year

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Here’s a special treat for all you classical music fans out there. That is the New York Kammermusiker and its back in our region for the group’s 16th annual Winds of Change Concert Series. The nonprofit ensemble reintroduces instruments and music of the double-reed band to modern audiences. A North Dakota native and director behind the…

Queen of Rock-n-Roll Tina Turner has died

Turner put on a concert at Fargodome in November 2000 with opening act Joe Cocker

FILE – Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who…

David Hamilton to retire after more than two decades at F-M Opera & Concordia College

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – After being part of Fargo-Moorhead Opera for three decades, 25 of them in leadership roles, General Director David Hamilton is calling it a career. He has also been teaching voice and Italian at Concordia College since the mid 1990s. Hamilton has a wide range of performing experience including with the Metropolitan Opera in New York and…