“The future isn't what it used to be.”
Yogi Berra

"It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.”
E F Schumacher

Friday, January 27	Scrapegoat w/Skin and Bones Is Lowertown-neo-traditional the next big thing? Catch ol' Scapegoat, our hero, howlin', banjo pickin', 12-string, urban-jamdelic, country-bluegrass, is huge! Do not try this at home! Those of you who have experiences the intoxicating mixture of shots and beers on a chilly, Friday payday with Scraper and his amazin' backup as a backbeat... you know what I'm talkin' bout! We all expect Lowertown, St. Paul bands to be more spot-on! After all, this is the Cultural Capital. Get skinned and boned with Scraper at the Hat Trick this Friday!
Saturday, January 28	Scattered Birdz COLLISION: A merging of musical culture! (Improvisational Drum and Dance meets Indie Rock)! Ms. Bonnie Herring and collabeteers played the Trick on one other occasion. It was a fascinating show under unusual... whatever. It was fun, refreshing and we welcome the COLLISION! Bring it on!
Friday, February 3	Tadd's Delight Joe McBride (p), Wally Walstad (g), Ted Crawford (b) Tadd's Delight explore rarely visited areas, interpreting hidden gems of the jazz standards' book. Treat your ears to a tasty treat with us. You can go to the same ol' place, see the same ol' stuff. Break out! For a deliciously uncomment twist, it's Tadd's at the Trick. This is a Lowertown Jazz Alert show!
Saturday, February 4	Pocketful 'A' Change
Friday, February 10	Smashing Adams
Saturday, February 11	The Eddies
Friday, February 17	Jazz Alert, Smackdown Twin Cities Jazz Festival roundup! This is a Lowertown Jazz Alert show!
Saturday, February 18	Dime-Store Watch
Friday, March 24	Trained Monkey and Primadonahue
Saturday, February 25	Scrapegoat, Skin and Bones
Friday, March 2	St. Peter Street Stompers Jazz Band
Saturday, March 10	Steve Kimmel
Saturday, March 24	The Joe Meyer Blizzard We rarely gong a show because of weather. After all, this is Minnesota! Poor Joe Meyer and band have suffered two snow cancellations. They are a fun band; rock, jazz, reggae. Come on out! It's spring!
Saturday, March 31	JazZen

Friday, April 27	Rhonda Laurie and The Swing Set Rhonda Laurie and The Swing Set - vocal jazz savvy swing combo that you can listen to, tap your toes to or step lively to! Join us after the St Paul Spring 2012 Art Crawl for a delightful evening of our cities' art , music and culture.

“The future isn't what it used to be.” Yogi Berra

“The future isn't what it used to be.”
Yogi Berra