Tour Dates

03/01 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/02 – Nashville, TN @ Station Inn
03/03 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
03/04 – Fredericksburg, VA @ Fredericksburg Fest
03/05 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
03/07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
03/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
03/09 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music
03/10 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music *
03/17 – Cambridge, MA @ Sanders Theatre*
03/18 – Brownfield, ME @ Stone Mountain*
03/19 – Burlington, VT @ First Unitarian Church*
03/22 – Fairfield, CT @ Stage One*
03/23 – Turners Falls, MA @ Shea Theatre*
03/23 – 03/26 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival*
03/24 – Albany, NY @ Massry Center for the Arts*
03/25 – Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester *
03/27 – Lexington, KY @ Wood Songs Old Time*
03/28 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at
04/06 – Savannah, GA @ Charles H. Morris Ctr
04/13 – Waimea, HI @ Kahilu Theatre
04/14 – Kahului, HI @ Maui Arts & Cultural Ctr
04/15 – Honolulu, HI @ Hawaii Theatre
04/18 – Seattle, WA @Neptune Theatre
04/19 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
04/21 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Kuumbwa Jazz Ctr
04/22 – Berkeley, CA @ Freight & Salvage
04/23 – Davis, CA @ Jackson Hall
04/25 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Campbell Hall
04/26 – Malibu, CA @ Smothers Theatre
04/27 – La Jolla, CA @ Ballroom, Price Center

*w/ Aoife O’Donovan

Bluegrass/folk duo Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge recently made an appearance at the Hopkins Center for the Arts in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Saturday, February 25th. The guitarist duo is currently on tour in support of Mount Royal, the follow-up to their debut Avalon.

Included with the price of admission was a special “Social Hour”, prior to the show. This came with free hors d’oeuvre and cash bar, provided by Big Ten Restaurant and Bar. Patrons ate, drank, and chatted, while enjoying paintings and sculptures that decorated throughout the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

The Hopkins Center typically hosts plays, so its clienteles are some of the most respectful and friendliest people around. You can hear a pin drop when Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge took the sparse stage.

The two started playing two instrumental songs from their latest Mount Royal to a very attentive crowd. Eldridge then announced that they were two guitarists, and that they would be playing nothing but “guitars songs”. If you didn’t like guitar music… then you were at the wrong show, Eldridge joked.

While the majority of their set were instrumentals, they did throw in a couple of traditional cover songs (with Eldridge taking over the vocal duties), such as Norman Blake’s ‘Ginseng Sullivan’.

You can tell by the way the two interacted that they were close friends, spending so much time on the roads. “Jules” and “Critters” also hinted that they’ve been in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St Paul) quite a bit in 2016.

Based on the comfortable seats, the highly respectful audience, and the wonderful social hour, seeing a concert at the Hopkins Center is one of the best experience we’ve had in a long time. Imagine that, the audience watching and listening to the band! Just wonderful.

Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge’s Mount Royal is available now.