The Contented Cow http://contentedcow.com A non-smoking Northfield pub and wine bar with a British accent Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en JuneBug at the Cow, evening #3 http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/406/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/406/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:47:03 +0000 Griff Wigley http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/406/ The third evening of the First Annual JuneBug Festival of Music was as picture-perfect as the first two. The cold front spun around Northfield, leaving us cool but dry. Performances in order of appearance: Fish Frye, Loafers, Matthew Bunch, Gospel Gossip, Jon Manners, The Zillionaires.

See the album of 7 dozen+ photos, or this slideshow:

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/406/feed/ JuneBug at the Cow, evening #2 http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/405/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/405/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:12:38 +0000 Griff Wigley http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/405/ The second evening of the First Annual JuneBug Festival of Music was as picture-perfect as the first. The thunderstorms tracked north, leaving us with a gorgeous sunset and warm, starry night. Performances in order of appearance: Occasional Jazz, Blue Moon, Meredith Fierke, and Last Known Whereabouts.

See the album of two dozen photos, or this slideshow:

Performances today begin at 3 PM and include:

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/405/feed/ JuneBug Festival of Music opens at the Cow http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/404/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/404/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:20 +0000 Griff Wigley http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/404/ The First Annual JuneBug Festival of Music got underway last night with performances by Marty Anderson and the Goods and the RCAs (Rice County All Stars).

 JuneBug 2008 Norman ButlerContented Cow Operations Manager VanDeWalker; Manger Julie Bixby; proprietor Norman Butler

Left: the view of the new stage and the food tent adjacent to the back patio
Center: No, Norman wasn’t singing, thankfully. He was the occasional emcee.
Right: Contented Cow Operations Manager VanDeWalker; Manger Julie Bixby; proprietor Norman Butler

See the album of two dozen photos or this slideshow:

Tonight’s lineup:

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/404/feed/ New outdoor stage for this week’s JuneBug Festival of Music is ready http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/389/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/389/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:57:17 +0000 Griff Wigley http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/389/ Leigh and Charles Johnson JuneBug mobile stage JuneBug mobile stage

The mobile stage for this week’s JuneBug is almost ready. The boys from Built by Johnson (Leigh Johnson and Charles Johnson) have constructed it over the past few days… and it was band-tested on Saturday night by Draper Daniels.

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/389/feed/ Northfield JuneBug 2008 http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/342/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/342/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:36:07 +0000 Julie Bixby http://contentedcow.com/?p=342 JuneBug-2008

The Contented Cow is pleased to host the First Annual JuneBug Festival of Music, June 26-28, 2008. We’re constructing a special stage for the event, adjacent to our riverfront back patio.

Thursday, June 26

  • Marty Anderson and the Goods
  • RCAs

Friday, June 27

Saturday, June 28

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/342/feed/ July Music and Events http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/339/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/339/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:13:11 +0000 Julie Bixby http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/339/ Sundays:

Politics & A Pint 6pm

Northern Roots Session 7:30

Every Tuesday

Blue Grass & Old Time Jam

2nd & 4th Thursdays (7/10 & 7/24)

Study Hall with Peter and Terry

Fri. July 4 Waking Avalon

Sat. July 5 The Last Known Whereabouts

Fri. July 11 Bridge Water Ramblers

Fri. July 11th Kaethe & Peder’s Rehearsal Dinner. Congratulations!

Sat. July 12 Ira’s Jazz Quintet

Thurs. July 17 Alisa Leonard with Bo Aylin and Joel Cooper

Fri. July 18 The Frontline

Fri. July 25 Marty Anderson & The Goods

Sat. July 26 Bonnie and the Clydes

Thurs. July 31 Leslie and Andrew’s Rehearsal Dinner. Congratulations!

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/339/feed/ June Music and Events http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/317/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/317/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:43:22 +0000 Julie Bixby http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/317/ Every Sunday

  • Politics & a Pint 6pm
  • Northern Roots Session 8pm

First & Third Thursday

  • Blue Grass and Old Time Jam

Second & Fourth Thursday

  • Study Hall w/ Peter and Terry

Friday, June 6 Occasional Jazz 5pm - 7pm

Friday, June 6 Dolce 7pm - 8:45pm

Saturday, June 7 Spruce Top Review.

Friday, June 13 John Wills 6pm

Friday, June 13 Trace Remington 8:30pm

Saturday, June 14 Blue Moon

Thursday, June 19 Taste of Northfield. The Cow will be a food vendor.

Friday, June 20 Katie Harris & Baker London

Saturday, June 21 Draper Daniels

Thursday, June 26 - Saturday, June 28 Northfield’s First Annual JuneBug Festival of Music.

June Bug logo

Sponsored by:

  • NDDC (Northfield Downtown Development Corporation)
  • Tiny’s
  • Sitze Building owned by Ray Butler
  • Chapati
  • The Contented Cow

The list of musicians participating:

  • RCAs
  • Blue Moon
  • Meredith Fierke
  • Gospel Gossip
  • Marty Anderson & The Goods
  • The Zillionaires
  • Occasional Jazz
  • Jon Manners
  • Dr. Jelly Fish
  • The Loafers
  • Fish Frye
  • Last Known Whereabouts

Music starts at 7pm on Thursday, 5pm on Friday & 3pm on Saturday

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/317/feed/ May Music and Events http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/324/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/324/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 14:13:41 +0000 Julie Bixby http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/324/ Fri. May 30th  The Norwegian Cowboy

Sat. May 31st Bonnie & The Clydes

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/324/feed/ JuneBug http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/308/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/308/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 18:30:32 +0000 Norman Butler http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/308/ Northfield JuneBug is the name of the upcoming three-day Festival Of Music in late June ‘08 on the Cannon River in Northfield, MN.

We’ve set up a website for it that anyone can link to. Details coming soon!

NorthfieldJuneBug.com

]]> http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/308/feed/ Girl’s Night Out 2008 http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/309/ http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/309/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:19:46 +0000 Julie Bixby http://contentedcow.com/weblog/post/309/ The Cow is offering Martini specials!

Girls, make sure The Cow is on your list of places to visit during your adventures on Girl’s Night Out!

See Griff’s blog about Girl’s Night Out

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