The High 48s 20th Anniversary Celebration
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Friday, November 20, 2026
7 pm Doors // 8 pm Music
All Ages
The High 48s celebrate 20 years of original, modern bluegrass with an unforgettable evening of music featuring every member of the group, past and present, coming together for one night to play songs from each lineup of the band since originally forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006.
The current lineup will be joined by founding members Chad and Derek Johnson (Monroe Crossing), Marty Marrone (Special Consensus, Lake Monsters) and Mike Hedding (Kind Country, Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins) for a once-in-a-decade celebration of the band's unique brand of upper-midwestern bluegrass. 20 years, 9 members, 5 lineups = one heck of a party!
Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude. They're a band with one foot in tradition and the other in the world of music today and one of the very few who can find an overlooked bluegrass classic in a song by M. Ward or The Clash and then throw down hard on a standard by Bill Monroe. The High 48s are also a band of songwriters. Here, too, they take a modern approach, heeding the well-worn advice to writers: write what you know. Their songs ring true to their lives as northern city folk rather than an imagined "sweet, sunny south" of coal mines and dark hollers.
7 pm Doors // 8 pm Music
All Ages
The High 48s celebrate 20 years of original, modern bluegrass with an unforgettable evening of music featuring every member of the group, past and present, coming together for one night to play songs from each lineup of the band since originally forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006.
The current lineup will be joined by founding members Chad and Derek Johnson (Monroe Crossing), Marty Marrone (Special Consensus, Lake Monsters) and Mike Hedding (Kind Country, Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins) for a once-in-a-decade celebration of the band's unique brand of upper-midwestern bluegrass. 20 years, 9 members, 5 lineups = one heck of a party!
Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude. They're a band with one foot in tradition and the other in the world of music today and one of the very few who can find an overlooked bluegrass classic in a song by M. Ward or The Clash and then throw down hard on a standard by Bill Monroe. The High 48s are also a band of songwriters. Here, too, they take a modern approach, heeding the well-worn advice to writers: write what you know. Their songs ring true to their lives as northern city folk rather than an imagined "sweet, sunny south" of coal mines and dark hollers.
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Where is it happening?
The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave,Minneapolis,MN,United States
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