Upcoming Events
April 2019
Jonathan Byrd, Black River Revue & Jake Ingamar at The Aquarium
21+ / $10 cover Doors 8 p.m. / Show 8:30 p.m. Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys: Jonathan Byrd is an award-winning songwriter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for literary, outsider songs that have become Americana favorites. The Chicago Tribune called Byrd "one of the top 50 songwriters of the past 50 years." Multi-instrumentalist Johnny Waken cut his teeth on electric guitar in Pittsburgh with rock legend Norm Nardini, opening for The Blues Brothers Band on their Red, Hot…
Find out more »C4 Rich In Spirit Tour
C4 @ THE AQUARIUM DOWNTOWN ON APRIL 26 FOR THEIR "RICH IN SPIRIT" TOUR Featuring: FETTI BOI, X3P GANG | MO DA KID | YUNG CUSE ALEKSTHARAPPER WITH PALIEN | MORE TBA. Sounds by DJ YS 8PM / 21+ / $10 ADV / $15 AT THE DOOR TICKETS @ VITALCULTURE.COM
Find out more »Midwest Mixtapes Volume II Release Show ft. Fiscal Spliff
SEE YOU NEVER RECORDS PRESENTS MIDWEST MIXTAPES: VOLUME II. This is the second compilation tape from See You Never Records. The tape features DIY bands from all over the Midwest. Come out and support the touring act Fiscal Spliff all the way from Russellville, Arkansas. BANDS: Fiscal Spliff (Rocknroll / Punk from the Ozarks) fiscalspliff.bandcamp.com Pass the Flask (Locals Punks, first show back since their US/Canadian Spring Tour) passtheflask.bandcamp.com MAUL - Band (Local Death Metal that is currently tearing up…
Find out more »Escape from the Zoo, Mr.Meaner, Michael Strike & TGDB, SHS & PTF
Doors 9:30 / Music 10 p.m. 21+ $5 Escape From The Zoo features Jesse from Days N Daze and Chad Hates George. Coming all the way from Houston, TX to play their raw electric ska meets grind/thrash punk will leave your noggins spinning. Local support: Mr.Meaner, Michael Strike and the GDB, Pass the Flask and Seriously Hot Shit
Find out more »MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran at The Aquarium
Video game / post-punk / nerdy as heck hip-hop on The Mt. Nerdcore tour! with: MC Lars MC Frontalot Mega Ran Schaffer the Darklord 7:30 p.m. doors / 8 p.m. music 21+ / $10
Find out more »May 2019
Sub:Culture : ZeroGravity
Sub:Culture 5.1.19 ZEROGRAVITY $10 Doors 9 p.m. // Show 9:30 p.m. Residents New Reign Dj Econ ZeroGravity The Stage Alias of Devin Lee, ZeroGravity is a Milwaukee based project that prides itself on remaining the utmost creative in today's electronic world. From his spacey, mind scrambling originals, to his high energy free range live Ableton sets, this movement is here to push earthlings out towards the fringes of deep space, and away from the societal hold of current times. Come…
Find out more »Nadir, Anomic, Strange Company and Shadow Lab
NADIR ANOMIC STRANGE CO. SHADOW LAB (first show) 8 p.m. at The Aquarium in downtown Fargo / Tickets $5 / 21+
Find out more »Living Hour, Disappear Forever, Electric Blankets & Walker Rider
Living Hour returns! With support from: disappear forever, The Electric Blankets and Walker Rider 21+ / $8 / Monday, May 13 8 p.m. doors / 8:30 p.m. music Everything about Winnipeg’s Living Hour has been expanding since their humble basement beginnings in 2015. What started with dreamy love songs inspired by the cinematic sky of their hometown has transformed into even more sprawling and expansive expressions on their latest effort, Softer Faces due March 1, 2019. What started as a…
Find out more »D Mills & The Thrills at The Aquarium
9 p.m. doors $10 advance / $13 at the door D Mills & The Thrills are an original hip-hop band from Fargo, ND and Minneapolis, MN. This will be our first show back at The Aquarium since December 2018. More info TBA!
Find out more »June 2019
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts w/ Richard Loewen and Walker Rider
Doors 8 p.m. / Show 8:30 p.m. 21+ / $8 cover Support from Richard Loewen (open.spotify.com/artist/1eDiwS84PBNTO2lb7pwJlP) and Walker Rider (open.spotify.com/artist/7sQZCJJRt63Nd9o0NcLV1V). Simon Joyner's brand of honest, authentic folk first came to prominence during the lo-fi movement of the early '90s alongside contemporaries like Will Oldham, Peter Jefferies, the Mountain Goats and Bill Callahan. He's been credited with influencing Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Gillian Welch, Kevin Morby and Beck. Joyner was championed early by the late British DJ, John Peel, who…
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