Mpls: HUG at McGuire Theater at Walker Art Center (Oct 14, 2026)

October 12, 2026 Monday
HUG
at McGuire Theater at Walker Art Center
walkerart.org

HUG is the new supergroup between three friends: indie folk innovator Devendra Banhart, multifaceted guitarist Gyan Riley (he plays in Paul Simon’s band), and musician/record producer Noah Georgeson (he produced Cate Le Bon’s album) . The group will be playing their self-titled debut album live at the McGuire Theater (inside the Walker Art Center). The show is copresented with Liquid Music (one of our favorite music/art series).

We saw Banhart in May 2016 and wrote, “The Saturday night would also have a similar setup, Devendra Banhart, this time with a full electric band, would open up the show. As described by Banhart, there were no established setlist for his band and some sets were entirely improvised and some old songs are completely redone in a different direction. Whatever they decided to play, it was clear that Banhart was absolutely giggly about the whole thing. You can hear it in his voice and his mannerism, he was extremely excited to perform these songs for us.”