One-of-a-Kind Minnesota Music Festival Boasts 6 Incredible Stages

An amazing Minnesota music festival is fast approaching! If you've never been to this festival before, it's one to check out. There are a total of 6 different stages at 6 different venues and it's all happening on one day.

I'm definitely not a music festival connoisseur, but I'm pretty sure I've never heard of a festival quite like this before.

One-of-a-Kind Minnesota Music Festival

First of all, this festival has 6 stages. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure most other music festivals have half that many.

Second of all, each of those stages is at its own, unique venue. And each of those venues is a local business, so at each spot you decide to stop, you're supporting local.

And don't worry, you're not driving to Timbuktu to see different acts, they're all in one area of town.

Rochester Thaw 2024

We're talking about Rochester Thaw in Rochester, MN! The festival is back this year with tons of incredible artists. It's coming up fast, too, Saturday, March 23rd, so make your plans soon.

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The venues for this year's event are:

Historic Chateau Theater

Art Heads Emporium

Bleu Duck

Cafe Steam, Downtown

LC's Venue

Treedom

All of the venues have their own unique stage and they're all downtown making it really easy to hit up the venues/artists you want to see. Just park your car in one of the parking ramps (which is free on the weekends, by the way) and hang out downtown for some awesome music!

Rochester Thaw Artists

There are 30 artists that will be performing across the 6 stages on the 23rd. Some of the artists include Mae Simpson, Nur-D, Monica LaPlante, Texas Toast, Sleeping Jesus, and Hiahli.

The first performers will hit their respective stage at 3:00 PM and the final performers will be on starting at 10:15 PM. You can take a look at the schedule to make sure you don't miss the specific artists you want to see.

And if you look at all of that and you're thinking "Holy cow, how am I supposed to decide who to see?" Rochester Thaw has your back! They curated different schedules based on what you may be interested in seeing:

Rochester Thaw Tickets

Tickets are $55 each if you buy them online in advance. Your ticket gets you into every venue all day. If you decide to get your tickets the day of they're $65 each at the door.

Before the party starts, you have to check in at the Historic Chateau Theater, even if you bought your ticket online. Check in starts at 2 PM.